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Year: 1879

Domestic EcoSoMY.-Therc is one
boarding house keeper who is going 10 be
just perfectly miserable for the next week
at least. She has new set of servants.
and green servants are such a vexation
They haven't the faintest idea of geome..
try, and it takes the average landlady at
least weeks careful drilling to teach
them how to arrange the tableclo,h in
such a scientific manner that the holes
will be under the butter dish, the caste.
and the coffee urn.--LouisuHle Courier
Journal.
Year: 1879

SNUFF IN THE SENATE.-On each side


Of the Vice Presidents seat in the United


States Senate are fastened two old snuff


boxes. which are kept filed by the at


tendants. They are the result Of custom


inangurated almost at the found alton of


the government. when snuff taking was a


universal habit. Thurman is the only
Senator who makes habit Of using snuff,
buts sometimes a Senator will stop aud
take an occasional pinch, while the many
visitors to the chamber take a little out of
curiosity. At first the box was kept on
the Vice Presidents desk, but in those
days SO many Of the Senators used the ar
ticle, and so frequent forgot to bring their
boxes with them, that it was resolved to
place two public receptacles for it, and in
the annual expenses Of the Senate is al
ways found the item Of snuff. The aged
doorkeeper, Isaac Bassitt, stated to your
correspondent that he had often seen
Henry Clay leave his place in the midst
of speech, walk grayely to the box, take
a pinch and continue his remarks.
When | was page. nearly City years
ago." said he "many Of the Senators would
give me sign which indicated that they
wanted snuff, and would carry the box
to them, Nearly all the Senators used
snuff in those days. Henry Clay was in
the habit Of giving me fifty cents week
to keep his box full Of snuff. and l have
never forgotten that when he left here for
the last time he owed me fifty cents for
this service. | never brought a bill
against the estate," said the old gentle
man, smiling. "and / guess the debt is
out|awed by this time. .'-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Year: 1879

The Eastern trunk lines mean to make u1
now for the losses they incurred on the sretshs
business during the last winter and the early
part of the summer. During the past tHo
months the rates to the East have been advanced
three times, and they are nov higher
than they have been at this season Of
the gear for some years past When the
last advance was made OF the 4th OF August, it
was thought that no further advance would or
could be made until the close OF navigation but
it seems that the ayaricfous trunk-line managers
mean to pile 1t on as thick as possible as long
as the shippers will stand It. Already
it Is stated that the trunk-line man.
ayers are considering the adVisability
Of making still further advance OF five cents,
which would make the rates on grain from Chi
caeo to New YORK 80 cents oer:1O0 pounds, and
on fourth-class freishts IS cents. 4 nd when it
is announced that the tsurk-lne managers con-
slider the advisabilitg Of making an advance it
may be considered certain that an advance will
speedily follow. OF course the roads leading
east from Chicago severely suffer from these
high rates, as they have to compete against the
lake. but the trunk-lino MANAGERS care nothing
for this, as they get the lake business anyway
at Buffalo, nnd other points on Lpke Erie, and
the higher rates they get from these points east
and on the busi1lcsst received from interior
roads more than compensate for the loss INCUR
red By their Chicago connections.
Year: 1879

BY =. TWIST.
Hope on, though all your dreams of life should


vanish,


And mortal blooms like autumn leaves de-
cay;
Though all the phantom joys you love to cher
ish


Elude your grasp like spectral shades the
day,
Though friends forsake and all the world de-
ceive you,
And every mound you stand upon is gone,
Though night shuts in without one star to
light you
And tempests howl around you, still hope
on.
Hope on. The bowling blast will sink beneath
And natures storm leave the sea more calm
The starless night shut in at last will leave
And morn's bright star proclaim the break


of dawn.
Though deaths pale stced should sweep In


cycles round You
And bid you muse upon the life of man.
Though every friend in life be called to leavC


you


And silent sleep or roam in distant realm,
Though death should drop his murky mantle


DER you
And earth's scenes fade within night OF


gloom.
Hope on. For one passed through the gate be-


fore you
And burst the bonds his lone rock.seaed


tomb.
Though every gem of life seems dead within


you


And YOU walk the Valley of Shades alone,
Hope on. The Lord thy God is there above


you,


And he will light you to the Masters throne.
Year: 1879

The third plank of the Pennsylvania
National-Greenback platform. "We de-
mand, for the sake of economy and COM
merce, that the trade dollar and fraction
al silver coin be replaced by fractional
paper currency" expresses one of the
most needed things in the way of curren-
cy reform. The redemption of our old
fractional currency deprived our people Of
a very convenient means of doing small
business by letter. If they wished to pur.
chase an article at Il distant city costing
less than dollar, or subscribe for a news
paper, all they had to do was to enclose
the required amount of fractional currency
in letter and address it. Now they
must purchase post office order and take
upon themselves vast deal Of trouble to
obtain what they could obtain with so lit.
tie trouble and cost before. Fractional
silver cant be sent in letter, and the
amount Of business transacted in this man.
ner has greatly decreased since it was is.
sued instead of the paper currency.


The trade dollar has become something
of nuisance lately, and it would be an
easy way to get rid of it to redeem it in
greenbaCk fractional currency. Besides
getting rid of the trade dollar, and fur
nishing the people convenient medium
with which to transact certain kind OF
business, the government would make
considerable by buying them up and re-
coming them into standard dollars. 1t
would make more than enough to print
the currency.


The fractional silver currency is based
upon intercSt-bearing bonds. The bonds
were sold to purchase the bullion from
which it was coined; and with this per
cent, interest-bearing money our old frac-
tional currency was redeemed. By issu-
ing new currency we cant get rid OF
these bonds, but want will be supplied.
The redemption of the old fractional cur
rency was mistake, and the government
should rectify it by substituting the old
fashioned quarters" and "halvcs" for
thp trade dollar
Year: 1879

From the Boston Commercial Bulletin.
The Oldest theater gore-red paint.
Do church singers wear choral iewelry!
Hotel walters are on the lookout now
for summer quarters.
An electrical girl has been discovered in
Canada. She ought to marry good con.
ductor.


There is one southern yell that it is TO
be hoped we shall not hear this season,
and that is the yell O. fever.
A sour old bachelor objects to equal
rights for woman. He says her origin in.
dicates she was only intended for u side
show.


If any body would invent some mucil.
age that would stick as well as fly does
to a baldheaded man, he would make q
fortune.
Year: 1879

| JOrtcsltunucNCc lllIuutlpuh lIth'.


A letter from Il lady residing in Califor'
mia recalls romantic episode connected
with the writer The lady, school
teacher in the country, estimable and well
educated, who had passed out of her
twenties, but was of a very romantic and
imaginative disposition, about two years
ago, while on visit to Franklin Pa,
formed the acquaintance Of a lady who
had brother, a bachelor, IN California.
This brother had written to his sister to
procure him lady correspondent in the
East. The sister showed the letter to Miss
S., and, after some persuasion and warm
praise of the absent brother, obtained her
promise that ii he would write to her she
would reply Soon after her return home
she received letter, and this vas the be-
ginning of quite an animated correspon-
dence. Photographs were exchanged,
and finally, the gentleman proposed and
was accepted by the lady. But now came
the startling proposition for her to JON
him in San Francisco, where they would
be married To this the lady demurred,
but after a good deal Of pleading upon his
part, and the plea that his business in
terests would not allow him to come East
for sometime, she consented, and he sent
her money to defray the expenses of the


Journey, and about a year after the cor
respondence began she set out alone to
meet her unseen lover. After a pleasant
trip she arrived in San Francisco, where
Mr.. C. met her. 1t was case Of mutual
love at first sight, and neither had any
wish to secede from the contract. A car
riage was procured, and they were driven
to the residence Of a relative where they
were speedily united, and at once pro-
ceeded to Mr.. G. S residence, about twenty
miles from San Francisco, where he had a
home prepared for his bride, and now,
after the lapse of a year, the incident is
revived by the letter referred to, in which
the lady writes that she has no reason to
regret that she threw up the ferule in
Jefferson County. and set out towards the
setting sun to seek her fortune. She
speaks in glowing terms of her lovly, lux.
urious home on the Pacific Slope, and
eulogizes in fond terms him who she says
is "the best husband in the world"
Year: 1879

GREENBAcK men at LeadviIle ought to
provide some place where they can hold
their meetings without molestation from
the authorities. A meeting was broken
up there lately by the arrest of the speaker
for obstructing the sidewalk.
Year: 1879

GOLD, silver, nickel, copper, platinum,
tin, iron and all other metals which have
been used as substances upon which to
stamp money are inferior for that use to
paper, because coins are too heavy to carry
upon the person and too heavy to remit
by mail III quantities above Il few dol
lars. Heavy and expensive to express and
unsafe to freight.
Year: 1879

MONEY needs not to possess value in
itself, for all the function money can per-
form is to certify that the bearer has per-
formed a service to the human family and
is entitled to receive the valve of his labor
in something he may wish in exchange
for it. A paper bill will do this better
than a coin.
Year: 1879

"a FRIEND in need is "a friend indeed!
Let the people remember the greenback
horse thatcarried us safely across the aw.
ful chasm of secession, and not cross him
with the breed of animals that run away
when the rebels fred on Sumptcr.
Year: 1879

Two wrongs will not make one right
The enrichment OF the bondholdcr seven
hundred million dollars, is no argument
for the enrichment of silver miners by a
like amount. Then why single out the
silver producers and make them privil
eyed class2 Are there not privileged
classes enough already? 1t is the de,
crease, not the increase, of the number oi
these classes that justice to labor de-
mands.
Year: 1879

Now the business view OF the whole
matter'is this: So long as silver is coined
into money, let it be done by the United
States for the benefit of the people. Ii
they will insist on paying eighty.three
cents per dollar, let them have the seven
teen per cent. profit in the form of re-
duced taxation. Or let the government
repay the silver men as many dollars in
money as they deposit dollars worth of
bullion,
Year: 1879

The clear-sighted, honest hearted,
greenbackers cannot review the situation
on the financial issue in Maine and else
where without feeling that there is an at
tempt being made to shadow the glory of
the money of the people" and to belittlc
the services it rendered the country in
its hour of greatest need.
Year: 1879

A BILL was passed In the House the
other day that has history. 1t is 8
claim for damages on account of a
seizure without sufficient cause of a
ship by United States Consul. The
bill was first introduced in 1913, and
has been through the mill many times
since then. Curiously enough, Mr.. Nc
Lane, who made the speech ia its favor
during this session was the man who
introduced it away back yonder 10
1848-thirty-one years ago; and Beale,
who reported it from the Committee of
Cnmmerce, was also in the House in
1848 II the claim is ast one the
heirs OF the original claimants
have a weary time in waiting until
they should have their own again.
Year: 1879

SINCE the Democrats captured the
Capitol," they have forgotten all about
their charges thas too many men were
employed there. They increased the
force in the Senate three men, the
other day, although at the time of the
increase just twice as many men were
employed as there was in 1860.
Year: 1879

IT is whispered around with bated
breath and under most stringent oath
of secrecy, that some daring reporter
on the slill-hunt for a sensation slipped
a dose of epsonl salts into Ben. Hills
whis- water the other day, and if
this is true, look out, that's all.
Year: 1879

MEASLES are epidemic in New
York. That callow youth, Sammy Til
den,s. mother must keep him in doors
for few days then. It would be too
bad to have the nasty red blotches over
his boyish face.
Year: 1879

Hints to Ladies Going to Travel.


Ladies who contemplate visiting fash
ionable resorts will need a large or limit
ed supply of clothing according, to the
length of time spent in one place. If a
tour among different watering places is
intended, affording only few days or a
week at each, comparatively small num-
Der Of dresses will prove sufficient, for the
obvious reason that they are virtually
new in each different place. The travel
ing dress should by all means be of ma
tcrlal which will stand sun, " ind and rain
and here we find nothing more serviceablc
than the light wool or silk and wool ma
terials which abound, or black or dark
colorcd silk Of a light quality. 1t should
be made in simple style, as devoid of trim
ming or any thing which may prove a
resting place to dust, as possible. Let the
hat or bonnet correspond; select kind of
trimming which is readily brushed, and
which docs not soil easily. An ulster is
also very desirable, since by reason of it's
lightncss it forms scarce an appreciablc
addition to the amount of luggage, while
the freshness of the travelling suit is pre-
served by proportionatc exclusion from
the shower of coal dust so often unavoida-
bic even on first class railroads. Mohair
is preferable for the ulster as it does not
crumpie nor require doing up. Lislc
thread gloves arc most worn, and in going
any distance beyond u days journey,
there should be at hand supply of linen
or paper collars and cuffs, or frills, as may
be thought most desirable. A rubber
waterproof is a useful addition, and it
may be compressed within very small
space. Rubber ovcrshocs in case of sud
den storms, should not be forgotten, nor
is it safe to travel without a shawl.
Year: 1879

tion which Congress may see fit to attach to
such bills, under penalty of refusing the means
needed to carry on an equal function of the
government. My views on these subjects have
been sufficiently expressed in special messages
sent by me to the House of Representatives
during the present session. What was said in
those messages regard as conclusive to nv
duty in respect to the bill before me. The ar
guments used in those communications against
he repeal of the election laws and against the
light OF Congress to deprive the executive of
hat


SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENT DISCRETION
and Judgment which the constitution confers
and requires, are equally cogent in opposition
to this bill. This measure leaves the powers
and duties of the supervisors of elections un-
touched. The compensation of these officers
Is provided for under the pc manent laws and
no liability, for which an appropriation is now
required, would therefore be incurred ty their
appointments; but the power Of the national
government to protect them in the discharge
of their duty at the polls would be taken
away. The State may employ both civil and
military power at the elections but by the
bill, even civil authority to protect Congress
sional elections is denied the general govern
ment. The object Is to


PREVENT ANY ADEQUATE CONTROL


by the United States over national elections.
by forbidding the payment OF deputy mar
snaiS or elections who are clothed with au-
thority TO enforce the election laws. The fact
that these laws are deemed Objectionable by
the majority of both houses Of Congress is
urged as sufficient warrant for this legisla-
tion. There are two ways always to overturn
legislative enac:ments one is the repeal, the
other is to decision Of a competent tribunal
against their validity. This bill seeks to de-
prive the executive department of the govern
mcnt of the means to execute the laws which
are not repealed, which have not been declared
invalid. and which it is therefore the duty of
the executive aud every other department OF
the government to enforce. l have in my for
mer message on this subject expressed my
willingness to concur in suitable amendments
for the improvement of the election laws. but
l cannot consent to their absolute and entire
repeal, and cannot approve legislation which
seeks TO prevent their enforcement.


(Signed) RUrHERFoRD B. HayEs,


Executive Mansion, June 20, 1879.
Year: 1879

All lifc's brightness comes not in the sunshine.
Or its sweetness all in summer flowers.
Deepest joy is not in onward seeming.


Trucst rest is not in empty hours.
II the shadows deepen just before us,


Not cloud but is with silver lined,
Though we cannot see the waiting blessing
While our downcast eyes with tears are blind.
Hours for which We wait with anxious longing
Come and go-nor bring the peace we


sought,


And We almost murmur in our weakness


That our asking has been all for naught
Seeming to forget the tender kindness


OF the Hand that leads along the way,
Turning all our signing into singing,


Changing all our darkness into day.
God, who notes the growing of lilies,


And who even marks the sparrow's fall,
Will not leave his chosen in the darkness,
Nor will fail to hear their faintest call.
For he knows the path His children journey,
Nor unmeaning sorrow will He send,
Known to Him is every footstep,


Who, from the beginning, sees The end
If VIC will but trust His loving kindness,


If We do not clasp His outstrctched hand,
Safe through lfc-its sunshine and its shadow.
He will lead us to better land
Year: 1879




The household is asked, s'if broiling is
not good method Of fcooklng. Certain
", and in some instances it is the only
way to prepare certain dishes properly.
Beef steak, for instance, chops, and some
kinds Of fish should always be broiled.
It is an cxtravagant way Of cooking, how
ever, and one requiring great care to
make the dishes thoroughly good and
palatablc. The fire is the first considcra-
ton, and the gridiron the next. The
first should be clear and bright, and the
second absolutely clean. If it has no
groove to receive the drlppings, it should
be tipped back in order that the fat may
fall on the back of the stove and be burn
ed there, and not discolor the meat as it
must do if the gridiron lies flat over the
fire and the fat dropping from it burns
under.


Replying to the question, GLOW long
docs it take to broil?' That depends al
together on what is to be cooked. 1t
takes from ten to twenty minutes to broil
steak, according to the size and quality
of the meat Chops, from seven to twenty
minutes
Year: 1879

Good soup Is the literal substance of
the ingredients from which it is made
All the good of the meat, vegetables or
grain is found III the soup; nothing is
lost, nothing wasted: and for that reason
soups form the most economical and at
the same time the most nutritivc of foods.
The pot liquor in which meat has been
boiled is frequently thrown away under
the misrepresentation that it is useless.
That is Il great mistake, and if vegetables
Or grains were added with seasoning of
sweet herbs il would be found that pa
latabIc and very good dish could be OBJ
tanned from it. In warm weather there
is an objection to soup on account of its
heating qualities. Another mode of pre-
paration Of meat and vegetables which is
equally effective in cconomizing, all the
Juice and substance of the material is to
put the vegetables and meat, together
with sufficient seasoning and as much wa
fer as may be sufficient to keep the whole
from becoming dry or burning, into an
carthcn-Narc pot with close cover, &C.
mcntcd on with {; flour paste, and to
bake in IN oven three or four hours.
Year: 1879

the election law to an appropriation
bill, were very generally discussed,
and the prevalent opinion was op-
posed to such action. The state
ment with reference to the previous
joint caucus being conclusive
as regards the measures in
question, is said by prom
inent Democratic Senators
to be exaggerated, as certain resolu
tions were introduced at that meet
ing which could not be expected to
be binding upon Senators, and
furthermore that they were not so
intended. The final question as to
what course is most practicable to
be pursued will probably be deter
mined at future caucus. The &C
ton Of the House in disposing of
these matters finally will have con-
siderable influence as to how the
Democratic members of the Senate
will act.
Year: 1879

AN effort is being made TO abolish
the corporation of Cleveland, just why
does not appear. If it is for the pur-
pose of getting rid of city officers chos
en- 10y the people, as has been init
mated, il is a characteristic exhibition
Of little partisanship, in keeping with
tue style of those who now control the
party in power in this State.
Year: 1879

THERE was considerable of an effort made last week
TO getup popular excitement on the Dutcher-Wason
"innocents" in Wilmington and on popular wave
of feeling growing out of their alleged persecution
swoop down on the towns on the Peninsula on a
grand lecturng and exhibition tour. In the cities
notorety growing out of scandals will draw the
curious and gaping crowds but not so in the country
for people want something besides noteriety, and
hence the plan did network worth cent. They tried
to make arrangements with the temperance leaders
in this town, but there no place for them, nor
have we heard of any arrangements being made in
towns below In fact temperance tremps and other
deluded or wicked pretcnders, such as Adventists,
nccromancers spirtualsts, &c. do not find congcnal
soil in Smyrna and hence we have been free from
their disturbing influences
Year: 1879

Boyd's New Peninsuar Directory published by
James u Webb of Wilmington, is out and the copies
for subscribers were delivered in this town on Mon
day. We have had time for brief examination
only and that in reference to our own section. and
find more mistakes than ought to occur in a work of
the kind. When the C0nVaSCr for this section said
the book would be out in two or three weeks from
that date we concluded that it was too much hur


ricd and are not disappointed to find numerous er-
rors. 1t to give the names Of all the business
men farmers DC, but it has not begun to do it, And


the classification is considerably at fault For in
stance under the head of painters but two are given


whereas there are seven eight In the list of doc


tors the name of one appears twice. under the head
of auctOncers but one is given when there are four


of basket makers. but two are given cut of six or
seven but two OF biGcksmiths out of four or five of
veterinary surgeons only one is mentioned while
there are two; not half the dress makers are mem
toned and Messrs. Kahn and Phillps& Co. clothiers


are under the head of canned goods The name of
the publisher of the TIMES in addition his proper
business also appears vCnder Of piaOs and organs
All orders he may receive however, will be turned
over to the very proper person, a. p. Griffith who
does know how 10 sell those instruments good and
cheap The list Of names Of persons for the town and
hundred must be very far from complete. We know
the impOsSiblity Of getting out work of this kind
without numerous unavoidable errors but this has
too many, and we would suggest 70 the publishers


new and thoroughly revised edition at distant day
This Will do for beginning; il is printed on good


paper and must be valuable help to business men.