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Year: 1874

FoRGorroN.-Ge Generation after gen.
Grafton have felt as we feel, and their
fellows were as active in life as ours
are now. They passed as vapor, while
nature wore the same aspect Of beauty
as when her Creator commanded her to
be. And so, likewise shall it be when
we are gone. The heavens will be Al
bright over our graves as they are now
around our path; the world will havc
the same funeral winding on its way.
and the attractions for offspring that
she once had for ourselves, and that she
has now for our children. A little while,
and all this will have happened. The
throbbing heart will be stil!ed, and we
shall be at rest Our prayers will DO
said, and the grave-clods will be threwn
in, and our friends will all return, and
we shall be left behind to darkness and
10 the worms. And it may be for some
short time we shall be spoken Of, but
the things Of life will creep in, and our
names will soon be forgotten. Days
will continue to move on, and laughter
will lie heard in the very chamber in
which we died; and the eyes will glisten
again with JOY; and even our children
will cease TO think of us, and will not
remember to lisp our name.
Year: 1874

VISITING ScRooLs-None but the
teacher realizes the heneficent effect Of
frequent visits from parents and guar
dians to the school. They stimulate
the teacher to greater effort and encour-
age the pupil TO more diligence Moth
ing helps more to make children take
an interest in themselves than to he
fully persuaded that their parents take
deep interest in their progress. Do
not go To school especially on FRIDAY.
or the last day, but 20 on Monday or
Tuesday, or any day when you can
spare an hour or two and see the every
day working of the school Teachers
and school officers can do much. but
they cannot perform the duty YOU indi-
vidually owe your children and your
n.ightor The value of friendly visit
and an encouraging world from each
patron of the school once or twice du-
ring the term cannot be told With
cut il tie record is incomplete and the
school is partially at least failure.
Year: 1874

Oh how hard it Is TO pay bills. Every
body knows this. II is such pleasant
thing, too to have money in your pocket,
and there is no way in W hieh this desira-
BILE result can be secured except by spend
ing less than you receive. Nothing as
sists in this calculation so much as pay
ing for what you get when you get it.
When you ruuEp bills at the butchers,
the bakers andthe nliliiner's, and dress
makers, you never know exactly what
you can afford. 1t is hard to keep track
of all your accommodating indebtedness,
and yau are tempted to spend the money
lying idle in your hands, for things which
you can just as well 90 without, and in
this way ineOmmode yourself when the
day for the settlement Of bills arrives.
Every tradesmAn knows that people buy
more freely on credit than for cash.
When the pocket book is drawn upon
every time that want is satisfied, there
is truer appreciation Of the cost than Of
the purchase. In housekeeping especial
u, the cash system is the best and pleas
ATTEST. 1t prevents great deal of cheat
ing, waste, and saves the mistress of the
house 20 end Of trouble. Cash customers
buy cheapest, and are the most desirable.
Pay cash.
Year: 1874

THE EAST ESD.-Permit me small space
in your valuable paper to say a word in be-
hnlf OF those who five away out in the East


End. Now that we have representatives
from our midst in the incoming Council, we
hope to have some attention paid to our
streets and walkways-the latter partlcu-
IarIy-which it is hoped will be put in order
at once. At present many places OF busi-
ness are made to suffer by the impassable con-
ditfon of the walkways. However, we feel
confident that this state of things viii be
remedied by the gentlemen recently elected,
who will. no doubt, take pride In discharg-
ing the duties coufded to them. Weof the
Year: 1874

TIE SToYE-WORK At THE fEsETToIR.-ln
consequence OF some trouble with the stone
cutters the Council Committee on Water
Yesterday evening" altered the plan for the
reservoir t. an extent that Will enable
lhem 10 do with much less dressed granite
,ian WAS first calculated upon.
Year: 1874

A NYcTALoPE.-Marie Verdin, a
girl Is years Of age, is attracting the
attention of the medical faculty Of
Paris. She is affected with strange
iafrmity known as nycta!ope, that is,
losing the faculty of sight when the
sun is above the horizon, and regain
ing it in the night time. During the
day Mile. Vcrdin Is Obliged to keep
her eyes closed and TO wear a thick
veil. But in utter darkness she can
see 50 as to read and write with per.
feet ease.
Year: 1874

Young Smith was walking out
with the idol of his heart the other
evening, and they chose the favorite
resort of lovers, the goat pasture near
the dam. While admlring the falls
and getting their noses reddened by
the north wind, she burst out raptu
ou ly, Isn't that dam splendid ~
She nearly tainted away when Smith
answered that he wasn't used to hear
ing young ladies swear, and another
engagement is bi oxen off.
Year: 1874

A noted horse jockey "down East
was awakened one night by violent
thunderstorm. Being somewhat
timid, he awoke lis wife with "Wife,
wife, do you suppose the Day OF
Judgment has come p "Shut up
you fool :" was the affectionale reply;
"how can the Day of Judgment come
in The light n
Year: 1874

He was known to large number


oil people as very civil, quiet man


quite liberal with his money, and Q


coed fellow generally. A large


circle of his associates expressed as


tonishmcnt when they heard OF the


killing of Mr.. Armand by the accus.


ed, and awaited the result OF his trial


with an interest which was Gagniacd


10y his previous fair reputation as a


quiet, inoffensive man. His wife died


abont four years ago.


According TO his statement there


was a woman in the case, and that
! caused the whole difficulty. He had
boarded at the house where the hom:-
eide occurred about Il year and a
half, and on account of some unpleasN
antncs5 with the landladv, which We
forbear to mention, as it is strictly
private matter in which q lady i
name should not be made public, he
gave notice that he would board there
10 longer.


Accordingly, on sunday, The 5th of
October, he moved out OF his room
and took lodgings elsewhere. On the
following Tuesday, the 7th Of Octo.
Der, etwccn seven and eight o'clock
in the evening, he went back to his
former room, as he says, TO get three
handkerchiefs and pistol that he
h ad left between the mattresses on
his bed. On coming down stairs to
the second story, where the parlor and
two bedrooms were situated, he saw
two ladies, witnesses in the case, sit
ting in the middle bedroom. Having
reached the foot of the stairs, he
found that ;he gas light in the hall
was turned down very low-an unu-
sual circumstance in that house-and
so dim was the light that it was diff
cult TO see the full form of man in
the passage.


AS be was about stepping iuto the
parlor door a man whom he never
saw before struck him a bow in the
face, which


KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND HE FELL
near a side table; when partially re-
covering himself be saw man in the
dim light reflected from The hall as
sage fire a pistol three times. The
marks made by the balls, he says,
were to he seen in the plastering.
Williams then arose partially on his
elbow and in this reclining position,
fred three or four shots in quick sue
cassion. One took effect in the head
of the deceased and one went into
his heart.


One of the lady witnesses had tes-
tilted on the trial that Williams got
up from the floor, put the pistol
against Armand's head and fired.
This statement he said was contra
dicted by DR., Cooper, who testified
that there were no marks of powder
on the face of the deceased, which
must inevitably have been the case if
the lady told the truth. Williams
asserts that he- evidence as to put
ting the pistol TO the face Of deceased
should not have been credited on ac-
count of The absence OF powder
marks. He asserts positively tha.
neither Of the four lady Witnesses
were present ct the shooting. and that
they only came into the parlor after
Year: 1874

In Massachusetts, the tax on dogs
10 two dollars per year for male dogs
and five dollars on females. When
sheep are destroyed by dogs, the
owner of the dogs if known, and the
fact of killing proven, is obliged te
pay the damages in full; otherwise
Judgment is made from the fund
raised by the general dog tax, SO thai
in any event the owner of the sheer
is sure Of his recompence. The law
is proving satisfactory to the gener
ality of sheep owners.
Year: 1874

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The RENroN CoAL.- Mr.. Wilson. the
foundry man. informs us that he has
i1isd some Of tho eoe2 from Tie nav
mine bslonetne 10 the Reptol Coal
Company, in his blast furnace. and he
has no hesitation in pronouncing Il tho
best quality Of coal for steam or smelt-
ing purposes which he has found apon
this coast. 1t burns freely and evenly,
leaving no clinck and less than the or
dinary amount Of ashes. Mr.. Wilson
is an old expert in the.use of coal. hav-
ing had much experienceboth IN Europe
and America, and his disinterested testi-
mony is of value in establishing the
characte, Of this coal. when it is consid-
cred that the specimen which he had to
test was but the surface or out-cropping
of the vein, which always improves in
quality as the center is approached.


In addition to quality. this mine has
the advantages of quantity. accessibility
and availability. over all others with
which it can come in competition. 1t is
literally mountain Of coal, which may
be quarried from the face above the
water, loaded Immediately upon cars
and by a tramway run upon barges to
he towsd to the harbor by steam tugs
and transferred on ship board or to the
docks, without breaking bulk from the
time it leaves the mines till the cars are
emptied into the hold of a ship or upon
the wharf. There is no expense for
pumping or draining the mine, for hoist
ing the coal from underground pits, or
for re-hnndling the coal between the
mine and the shipping point. which is
saving of half the ordinary expense of
mining and shipping coal to its first
market. A railroad connection between
the mine and the port would economise
the expenses still more. Then this
mine would pay an enormous profit if a
ready sale could BE- guaranteed for all it
could produce, at one half the present
prices. Such reduction of price would
more than double the consumption; so
those who take stock in the Company
are not only guaranteed their own coal
at half the present rates, but have a
reasonable assurance of good dividends
upon their investment besides.
Year: 1874

Days went by yet Cecilia Fessenden sent
not back line to tell of her whereabouts, and
every inquiry and every search had been
made in vain by her lover and his rival, Nc
Donald.


Ola was nearly demented at the conduct of
her mistress and when she received her full
confidence, she mentally cursed the false and
treacherous man who had caused all this
mysery and grief-grief to her mistress, and
grief also to the Kentucky gentleman, who
had loved her gentle lady so very dearly and
tenderly.


MI. Gadbury inserted personals" without
number, in every leading journal of the day
first to Cecilia, and afterward to Ola, offering
her handsome reward if she would give him
the slightest information respecting her mis-
tress' retreat.


But the days heightened into weeks. All
New York betook itself to the shadow of the
mountains or the sands of the sea-shore, and
came back again to the whirl and dash-the
sparkle and splendor the metropolis; and



still there came no news of Cecilia.


Gadbury wandered up and down the
streets-drove hither and thither-until body
and soul were weary; but waiting and search
ing were alike vain. Cecilia was not to be
found neither was she to be heard of, from
any source.


Finally the search was abandoned. Cad
bury mourned for her as one dead; yet he still
fingered in New York, hoping that he might,
by chance, hear of her-living or dead-and
his hopes were realized finally; but not as he
had prayed they might be.


One day letter was delivered to him,
written in a cramped hand, as if the writer
we're unaccustomed to the use Of the pen.
Opening it, he found the communication was
written from Catlettsburgh, Kentucky, and
proved to be from Ola. 1t was brief and to
the point


"DEAR MISTER GADBERRY:--Mrs. F., my mis-
tress, is stopping in this town. She is grieving
herself to death about you. Please come, and
dent mind the notice about her death In the pa
per, signed, OLA BURNS"


Gadbury was beside himself with joy. He
never paused to read the newspaper notice of
his beloved Cecelia's demise, which she had
inserted to mislead Mcdonald and himself, he
did not, for one moment, doubt.


He would have started that afternoon for
the Southwest, but for the fact that he prom
ised to call on Lide Halstead that day and
Year: 1874

SENSATION OF FSTARv1Na.-Fort the first two
days through which strong, healthy man is
doomed to exist upon nothing, his suferings
are perhaps more acute than in the remain
ing stages-he feels an inordinate, unspeaka-
BILE craving at the stomach, night and day.
The mind runs upon beef, bread and other
substantials, but still, in great measure, the
body retains its strength. On the third and
fourth days, but especially on the fourth, this
incessant craving gives place to sinking and
weakness of the stomach, accompanied by a
nausea. The unfortunate sufferer still desires
food, but with loss of strength be loses that
eager craving which is felt in the earlier stages
Should be chance to obtain morsel or two of
food, he swallows it with wol6sh avidity, but
five minutes afterward his suferings are more
intense than ever. He feels as if he had
swallowed living lobster, which is clawing
and feeding upon the very foundation Of his
existence. On the fifth day his cheeks sud-
denly appear hollow and sunken, his body at
tenuated, his color is ashy pale, and his eye
wild, CLASSY and cannibalish. The different
parts Of the system now war with each other.
The stomach calls upon the legs to 60 with it
in quest of food; the legs, from very weak.
ness, refuse. The sixth day brings with it in
creased suffering although the pangs ofhunger
are lost in an overpowering languor and sick
ness. The head becomes giddy-the ghosts
of well.remembered dinners pass in hideous
professions through the mind. The seventh
day comes, bringing increased lassitude and
further prostration of strength. The arms
hang lifelessly, the legs drag heavily. The
desire for food is still left, to degree, but it
must be brought, not sought. The miserable
remnant of life which still hangs to the suffer-
er is burden almost too grievous to be borne;
yet his inherent love Of existence induces a
desire still to preserve it, if it can be saved
without a tax upon bodily exertion. The
mind wanders. At one moment be thinks his
weary limbs cannot sustain him mile, the
next he is endowed with unnatural strength,
and if there be certainty Of relief before
him, dashes bravely and strongly forward,
wondering whence proceeds his new and sud-
den impulse.


SEASONED WOOD Most PROFITABLE
Economy may be practiced in thousand
ways, and one way is in our fuel. Wood that
has been summed for few days after cutting
and splitting it, and then housed four months
or more, is worth for the family purposes of
warming, cooking, and washing, almost twice
as much as when green. But few farmers
realize the value of dry wood, especially du-
ring the winter season, and hence but little
wood is stored during the summer season.
Be sure to furnish plenty of oven wood. This
should be piled in part of the woodhouse
by itself. It will promote kindly feeling in
the family-will save much time otherwise
lost in kindling fires with green wood. Then
let us prepare good supply of dry wood for
winter, full six months before wanted for use.
Cor. Country Gentleman.
Year: 1874

The Chinese are always kind to animals
and never punish; hence a mule that in
the hands OF "a foreigner would be not only
useless. but dangerous to every one about
it, becomes. in possession of Chinamans
as quiet as a lamb and as tractable as a
dog. We never beheld runaway, a iib-
bing, or a vicious mule or pony in China
man employment: but found the same
rattling, cheerful pace maintained over
heavy or light roads by means OF tar-r
or clu6 k, the beast turning to the right or
left and stopping with but hint from the


reins. This treatment is extended TO all
animals they press into their service. Of
ten have | admired the tact exhibited in
getting IL large drove Of sheep through
narrow, crowded streets and alleys by
merely having a little boy to lead one ofthe
quietest of the flock in front; all the others
steadily followed, without aid either from
IA yelping cur or u cruel goad. Cattle,
pigs. aud birds are equally cared for,
1racels on horseback. ~
Year: 1874

w dEN l1E SOWS SOAE AxOAEs ANAdhy " =
our farmers have wasted many years OF
valuable time just because they did not
teach their cows to come home at
night Any one who has lived or trav-
elled in the country will remember the fa-
miliar Co. bos, Co-bos! of the farmers SON
or hired man as he endeayors to coax the
COW from the great pasture. We have had
little experience in these matters, and we'll
remember how many times we have wad-
ed through burs and boys looking for the
cows. and bny-like we thought them dread
Iul contrary animals. But we have lived
long enough to learn better, and now
hink that the biped was the more contrary
animal of the two. Boys, we will tell
YOU secret that will save you a great


deal of trouble, and ia Is this Every time
The cows are driven up at night or in the
morning. give them good lick Of meal
or bran, and our word for it the cows will
always be on hand at milking time. Be-
sides this, they will give more milk. and
forget to kick over the milk pail. even it
you do whistle little too loud. 3esq
Year: 1874

A large portion of the members of
the Church of England are now pro
testing that their Church is not n Pro
testant church at ALL but is and always
has been Catholic church, while a
still larger section of the members oil
the Establishment are protesting
against the absurdity involved in this
declaration. The latter have the best
of the argument. Their chief spokes-
man is the voluble Sir w. V. Harcourt,
who. in series of long letters, to the
Times, has been demonstrating that
the Anglican Church had its first birth
in the time of Henry VIII. and that
ever since its prevailing characteristic
has been not an Affirmation OF its own
faith, but negative of the faith OF the
Church of Rome.
Year: 1874




A great effort is being made by the
Radical newspapers in Kent and sussex
counties to avert the effect of the defeat
of the Republican party in Wilmington
on the first of the present month; put
this will avail them nothing. 1t wall
only prove to their readers how false
were their predictions uttered previous
to the election when they said that the
Ring would come out of the contest with
laundering majority, which was looked
for to prove the popularity OF Dr. Jump.
LoAand they knew had been killed and
they did not hope for much from his
friends.


But as soon as these editors find the
Republican party here defeated and laid
upon the shelf with the corrupt Rng'
they modify their tone and assert that
Jump and Lohand were not involved IN
the contest at the municipal election IN
this city.


Well, the more they deny that their
party was defeated in Wilmington, the
worse it will be for them. Because the
people know to the contrary.


There was not man elected in the
city, so far as we know, who was an
ayowed advocate Of the nomination Of
Jump and Lohand.


But the matter does not stop here
The election is the re-echo of the public
voice that is being recorded everywhere
against the corrupt party Of which Junl
and Lohand are the representatives II
this State; and the vote of Wilmington
is simply repetition Of what is taking
place in other cities and other States. II
fact there is no use in having the ballo
to determine questions If intelligen
gentlemen who claim to exercise tn
right of freemen are to be bound atp b
parti=anship to sustain qrrong and bea
such burdensome taxation, merely Tor
party triumph.


And when this thing is carried to tn
extent of using the ignorant negro vt
ters to beat out the political brains
the Republican party that would initial
Reform, there is no hope but in crushin
out Ringism.


In this county the Ring used the negr
voters to crush all the Republican cand
dates for Sheriff and Coroner; and the
they used the same voters to crush Of
the vote for candidates for Governor al
Representative, and they grew boastf
and declared they would crush out {
opposition to Reform in the City Counc
They would allow no man to be nomina
ed that was opposed to Ring rule. Th
declared Messrs. VIM. Candy, VIM.
Candy and Richardson, should not be r
nominated.


The people could stand this no long
and the Seventh Ward Republicans q
pealed to the Democrats to assist the
resist the crushing process. And the De
ocrats of this ward were not the men
stand by and see their white bretherr
although Republicans, go down under
negro, and all they asked was u plet
for Reform in the interest Of economy
the whole city. The decision of
Democrats of the Seventh Ward seen
to lift load from the heart of every
publican anti-Ring man in the city ;
sealed the fate of the Ring, SO far as
election on the 5th of September was C
cerned, and it has sealed the doom of
Radical party in this county and Stat
We shall have no negro Juries, ne
Magistrates nor mixed schools in D
ware, if the defeat of Doctor Jump an
Radical Legislature will prevent it. {
gress will have to force them on our pee
if they are tolerated at all here.