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Year: 1878

The Treasury Department is trying to catch
up with some Of the lies of the Greenback
orators. II is large job and wo should need
q whole new Department to manage 1T prop
erly. But the particular lie which Is described
in our Washington dispatches was too pic
turesque to be lost and so Secretary Sherman
has had it photographed.


The conquest of Bosnia and Herzegovina
gives Austria two important provinces, richly
endowed with mineral wealth places a bar
rier to the extension of Servia and Monte
negro, and redeems the military prestige of the
Empire. which was for while greatly clouded.
Other difficulties will have to be encountered
before order is restored, but che experience
which Austria has had IN governing diverse
races will serve to render her task compare
lively easy.


The Greek claim on Turkey must hence
forth be deemed of greater importance since
Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales have
each asked the Hellenic Government to adopt
Midhat Pacha's plan, whereby Greece would
receive the island of Crete in lieu of
one-third of the territory on the mainland
granted her by the Congress. This scheme
would give freedom to an historic island
which has battled bravely against her Op-
pressor, but it is hardly fan to ransom her
people at the cost of another portion of the
Greek race. Where liberty is at stake there
ought to be no degrading compromises.


The released Fenians will not lecture or
run for Congress, and no public meeting Will
be held to celebrate their return. One goes
West, and the other goes TO work wherever
his friends can find it for him. 1t is so un-
usual thing to see gentlemen of the Fenian
persuasion abandoning the role of exile as
soon as they are fairly qualified TO fill it that
the public may demand a glimpse of them
Just to see what manner of men they
are who, with an excellent stock in trade,
fail to set up as martyrs TO British cruelty
and oppression. But these gentlemen have
learned that Fenianism sometimes means wear
ing something less becoming than green
aash, and that playing the old style of patriot
Year: 1878

We have received the compli.
ment of ticket to q social ball to
be given at the Pacific Hotel, on
Thursday evening, October Sd.
The affair is under capable man
agement and we predict for all who
attend delightful time.
Year: 1878

dob work at low prices; apply at the
GAZETTE job Office.


Flick and Flock pantomime at the
Opera House this evening.


The Board of Education will hold an
adjourned meeting this evening.


The fair at st. Paui's Catholic church
still continues, and SO far very success
fully.


Have your teeth removed by Dr.. Gal
iagher, the dentist, No. 835 Market
street.


The city had better put up fire alarm
telephone, Instead of telephone. 1t would
cost less.


A musical and literary entertainment
will take place at the First Presbyterian
church this evening


The great Engle clock,.on exhibition
at the Institute Hall, still continues to
attract large number of persons daily.


The DELAWARE GAZETTE, the best
weekly paper Oh the Peninsula for this
week is now ready, aud Can be had at
The publication office.
Year: 1878

The time is drawing near when the
democrats of this city will choose a can
didate for Mayor. AS a we'll wisher of
our party, l advise united action. There
is al present, l believe, three candidates
spoken Of. 1t behooves us to nominate a
man, whom we can elect and one who
will administer the laws, without fear,
favor, reward, or hope of reward. And
one whom the people can confde in and
respect. L believe Edmund b. Frazer
Esq, to be that gentleman. A few
months ago one hundred and sixty nine
prominent gentlemen-among whom
were many influential business men of
this City and county-testifed to his f.
ness and ability, tojudge between man
and man. Mr.. Frazer has given a good
account of himself since that time, and
am satisfied no one who recommended
him at that time has cause to regret lt,but
on the contary will heartily give him
this support aud influence. He has made
many friends by showing to our citizens
and the Moral Suasion Reform Associa-
ton Of which he is a consistent member,
that he as maxi of clear ideas and a
sound reasoner. Let the people unite
and elect him.


ROMEO.
Year: 1878

DON'T DISCOURAGE THE BoYs.-One
reason why boys do not remain on the
farm is because they have received the
impression from the remarks of their
parents, that almost every other pursuit
pays better than farming. Hence they
conclude that it is better for them to
try something else for earning liveli-
hood. If farmers habituated themselves
to taking more hopeful view of their
calling, and mingled enough thought
with it to render it profitable, boys
would regard the farmers life with
more favor, and prefer to remain Oh the
farm.-LelUiStOR Journal.
Year: 1878

In 1921, Mr.. Bryant married Frances
Fairchild, Il woman of great loveliness
of character, and her death in 1866 was
the great blow of the poets life. She
was the subject of some of his most
deep and tender poems, especially "The
Future State," beginning
How shall know thee in the sphere which keeps
The disembodied spirits OF the deada"
The poem reveals the inner character
which so singularly underlay in life the
high serenity of the poet, in such lines
as these -


THE love that lived through all the stormy past
And meekly with my harsher nature bore,
And deeper grew and tenderer to the last
Shall it expire with life and be more9
"a happier lot than mine and larger light
Await thee there; for thou hast bowed thy will
In cheerful homage to the rule of right,
And lowest all and renderest good for ILL
For me- the sOrdid cares in which dwell
Shrink and consume the heart as heat the scroll
And wrath has left its scar-that fire of hell
Has left its frightful scar upon my soul''
Now his body is at rest at her side, and
his questions are perhaps answered fol
him in the life beyond. 1t will be OBJ
served by many of Bryant's readers
that his death at this season is in
touching fulfillment of desire express
ed in one of his earlier poems, although
no mountains look upon his grave at
ROslyn. We quote from this poem
called "June" the first and last two
stanzas =


Il gazed upon the glorious sky


And the green mountains round,


And thought that when came to lie


AT rest within the ground,


'Twere pleasant that in f1owery June


When brooks send up cheerful tune


And groves joyous sound,


The sections hand my grave to make,


The rich green mountain turf should break.
know, know 1 should not see


The seasons glorious show,


Nor would its brightness shine for me,


Nor its wild music flow;


But if around my place OF sleep


The friends love should come to weep


They might not haste to go.


Soft airs, and song, and light and bloom


Should keep them lingering by my tomb.


These to their softened thought should bear


The thought of what has been,


And speak of one who cannot share


The gladness of the scene;


Whose part in all the pomp that fills


The circuit of the summer hills


Is that his grave is green;


And deeply would their hearts rejoice


To hear again his living voice.
Year: 1878

MODERN PHILosoPHY.-Thc proudest boast
Ihat freeman can make is tl.at he is
ignorant OF everything except the art of
paying his creditors less than he owes them.


Ihe duty of all railroad companies is to
carry freight and passengers under cost.


Every man who has bank account sbouId
De looked upon as an enemy of the human
race.


The whole duty of man is to cheat hi,
creditors.
Year: 1878

Some months ago-I need not mention where


There was a meeting in a temperance hall
And many workingman assembled there;


Among them sat man, well dressed and tall
Who listened anXiOusly to every word.


Until one near spoke to him thus:
Come William Turner have never heard


How that you changed so much; so tell us
Why you gave up the public house. All! few


I'm sure can tell so strange tale as YOU"
Up rose William at the summons


Glanced cOnfusedly round the hall:
Cried with voice of deep emotion.


The little shoeS-tAey did it all!
" One night on the verge of ruin,


As hurried from the tap,
beheld the landlords baby


Sitting in its mothers lap.
80 Look dear father said the mother.


Holding forth the little feet;
Look, we've got new shoes for darlingl :.
Don't You think them nice and neat?
fe may judge the thing is simple
DiSbelieve me fyou choose:
but, my friend. no fist e'er struck me
Such blow as those small shoes
" And they forced my brain to reason;
What right, said l, standing there,
Have to clOthe anothers children.
And to let my own go bare?
" 1t was in the depth of winter
Bitter was the night, and wild:
And outside the faring grog shop
stood my starving wife and child.
Out went, and clutched my baby.
Saw its feet so cold and blue;
Fathers! if the small shoes smote me
What did those poor bare feet do?
Quick thrust them in my bosom:
On they were so icy chill!
And their coldness, like a dagger
Pierced mel can feel it still.
OF money had but trifie,
Just enough to serve my stead;
1t bought shoes for little baby
And single loaf of bread.
That loaf served US all the Sunday.
And went to work next day;
Since that time I've been teetotal-
That is all I've got to say"
Year: 1878

A NEW WAY TO COLLECT WHISKY TAXES


In Mississippi plan has been propossd
for collecting money to run the State
government which is claimed to be much
superior to the Mofistt whisky register now
in operation in Virginia. Books of coupon,
would be sold by the Mississippi State
auditor to all liquor dealers. When the
drink is sold the consumer receives a
coupon, which entities him to receive from
the State in payment of his taxes one cent.
II TWO drinks are to be paid for he receives
an orange colored coupon good for tive
cents. If FIVE drinks blue paper good for
hve cents. Not only would the State eniov
an income from the tax on drinks but tbs
consumer have reasonable chance of nav.
ing off his taxes with orange and blue
coupons Then might the saloons bs
crowded with men making out their taxes.
Who would ever have expected that the
popularity of whisky could be employed to
overcome the unpopularity of ta,ses2 The
bill after passing one house has, however.
been laid on the table in the other.
Year: 1878

BEST FOR YOUNG MEN JUsr SrARrrxe-
A writer in the New York Lel1er holds
mat young men coming upon the stage Of
active life during the present hard timos
are much more likely to be permantly sue.
eessiul than those who made their advent
IN business during the period of imitation.
OF nigh prlcess, and of fabulous nominal
profits The great reason of this is that
young men who begin now, from necessity.
form their business management and per.
sonal habits on principles of rigid economy
these IN the long run tell so powerfully as
70 make, in many cases, the difference
between failure and success.


Men who began when everything was ot
the top find it very embarrassing to coma
down and adapt themselves and THAR bps;.
ness 10 the times that try mems purses, as
war is said to try their souls whereas. those
who commence when economy is the order
OF the day experience no difficulty what.
ever in starting upon an economical basis.
and' once startedit will be easy to adhere
to it.


90 that' Tor young men just embarking
Tor themselves, we may almost assert tho
paradox, that bad times are the best.
Year: 1878

Citizens of New Jersey are petitioning
the Governor to enforce the laws that for.
bid the running of more than one pas.
ssnger train on any railroad on Sabbaths.
and SO prevent great and grievous amount
of Sabbath desecration.
Year: 1878

Gustave Labutat, the New Orleans wife.


murderer, told the ghastly story of his
crime with Partisan nonchalance. at said
to my wife, Your fate is sealed, but | will
give you time to pray;' and, God bless her.
she did pray. After she had PRAYED. 7 mt
my arm around her waist, and, taking the
KNIFE from my pocket, l stuck it to the
hit IN her stomach. | thought the frat
blow had killed her, but on finding she was
not dead, picked her up, kissed her, and
said God bless you, love you; YOU are
not dead; pray again, because l am going
to finish you She placed her arms around
my neck and said, 'Gustave, love vou,
Oh, God! it was the happiest moment of
my life | saw she was suffering, and. as I
could not stand and see her suffer. II
took the knife blade, the handle being
broken, and cut her throat" All these
details go to show that man can murder
his wife in the most affectionate manner.
Year: 1878

front row of the crowd bodily out
as best they could, and with tre-
mendous efforts. Major Trevelyan
and Colonel Utterson behaved with
the greatest gallantry, and but for
the order and confidence inspired
by their daring and GOODNESS the
loss of life would have been much
greater. The whole fire did not
occupy many minutes; but as the
scorched and wounded people were
pulled out from near the entrance
and passed into the open air it
seemed an eternity before the
flames died down sufficiently to
enable the rescuing party to drag
the dead out of the center Of the
auditorium. The sight was simply
awful. About forty men had either
been burned to death or had more
mercifully been suffocated by the
smoke. Nine of the persons who
were got out alive died the same
day in the hospital. Some of the
bodies were so much disfgured by
the fire that fathers and mothers
could not recognize their very sons
and daughters. The cause Of the
| fire is unknown.
Year: 1878

From Scenes in Hyde Park. LondOn.l


A single mounted policeman is
seen approaching, and as he comes
a line is formed up the center of the
drive; he is soon followed by a sim
pie victoria, drawn by gray horses,
seated in which is the Princess of
Wales with three of the young prin-
cesses, her daughters-two on the
seat beside her, one on her knee, a
pretty, charming sight. The prin-
cess looks lovely, as young as ever;
everything about her is trim and
neat; a tight-fitting costume and
ruff high up round her neck, the
little princesses in sailor hats. II
is etiquette not to trouble the prin-
cess with much particular notice
when driving in the park, but so
endeared has she become to every
heart that the rule has to be broken
through, and ladies bow and smile
and gentlemen take off their hats as
she passes, and in turn all receive a
kindly recognition from this truly
angelic princess. This occurs every
afternoon. Year after year the in
terest increases, her reward for a
truly loving nature.
Year: 1878

Here is rather a curious remedy,
says Cassels Family Magazine, but
in many cases very certain one,
for the cure Of indigestion. 1t is
simply the cultivation Of a habit of
chewing, while out of doors, differ
ont kinds of green leaves and swal-
lowing the juice. One can always
Gull leaf from a hedge or bush as
one passes. Almost all are good
that are not nauseous, such as the
ivy are poisonous, as the laurel leaf.
One of the latter, however, is a
capital thing where there is slight
irritation Of the stomach. The
chewing of leaves cures dyspepsia,
principally, | believe, by increasing
the flow of the salivary juice, and
partly by the tonic or stimulating
action Of the leaf chewed, The
leaves that occur to me at present
as most likely to be beneficial are
those Of the pine trees, spruce OF
Scotch fir, blackthorn, currant and


rose bushes, mint, the petals OF


many flowers, the stalks Of noun
Year: 1878

How Y0uuE Hamilton, aT silver


City, EheBped from the BnnROcks.
Idaho Avalauchs.l


Andy Baker arrived here on
Saturday evening, with the mail.
He furnishes further particulars of
the death of George McCuthan, the
driver, at the hands Of the infa-
nous savages. When he saw the
band of Indians making toward
him he wheeled round in an instant
and put his four horses on the full
run in the direction of Dry Creek.
1t was a race for life. Although
the horses were the best stock on
the road, it could not be expected
that they would maintain the as
tendency in speed with such a heavy
load to pull, and the savages pur-
suing them on horseback. But the
driver and his passengers, knowing
tho fate that was in store for them
if they fell into savage hands,
pushed along for few minutes at
a lightning rate. The bullets Of
the pursuing savages were whizzing
round them thick and fast, but
they needed them not. They were
appalled,, however, at the fact that
the distance was gradually lessen


ing between the pursuers and the


pursued, but in this dire emergency


their GOODNESS did not desert them.


The demoniac yells of the saw
ages were now heard close to their


rear. The distance sped over was
about three miles, and then began
a new phase of the struggle for life.


1t was but the work of an instant


for driver and passenger to jump


from the stage and cut loose the


leaders. This they did, and each


man mountinga horse sped onward,


leaving the stage and the other two


horses behind. They now seemed


in a fair way to escape. The savageS


kept right on after them, seeming


not satisfied with the booty that


had been left them. About two


miles had been made when an un.


looked for accident occurred. The


horses were still carrying all theil


harness, and being thus encum,


bered, the one being ridden by the


driver stumbled and fell. He did


not drag the other horse down with


him, although the horses were still


connected with the harness as when
attached to the wagon. The horse


ridden by young Hamilton detached
himself, and he was left to keep uT
the race himself. Poor McCutcher
had not time to get his horse uI
and mount him, The sayagoS were
already upon him, and Immediately
began their brutal and torturing
work, killing him by slow process,
: and mutilating his body. One Of
his eyes was gouged out. The fend'
, took his watch, riiled his pockets.
and left the dis6gured body near by
The mail sacks on the stage wert
= subsequently cut open, and theil
: contents either appropriated or de
stroyed. Hamilton was pursued {
! short distance, but the chase wa
given up. He ran his horse Severa
: miles farther, taking to the sage
l brush. When opposite Dry Greek
[ the horse sunk from exhaustion
Hamilton made his way on foot tt
Dry Creek station, got "a fresh horse
T and he and the stock tender start
$ ed on, warning the few settler
g along the road of the impending
q donUar
Year: 1878

among the lower and working
classes. The Germans whom we
see in the United States coming
from sAipboard are from the rural
districts, an honest, hard-working
class, as distinct in appearance as if!
they were OF another nation from
the people of Vienna. They can
be found here, but it is always as
laborers, both male and female, the
latter often using spade and pick,
and always carrying the hOd, mix
ing the mortar, and doing all the
rough laboring work about new
buildings. They can be seen by
hundreds wherever new buildings
and improvements are in progress,
and seem bright, contented and
happy. The very hardest species Of
manual labor is spading the ground,
and they can frequently be seen in
gangs of five or six working side by
side in the vegetable gardens near
the city. These women, from the
constant exposure to the sun and


the hard lives they live, become


coarser in their features than men,


and lose all grace of form and car


riage. The youthful ones look like


dirty and ragged boys in female


attire, and many of them wear


dirty and ragged coats, and all Of


them long boots. They carry the


buckets of mortar or baskets of


brick balanced on their heads, and


wear pants, whilst an old ragged
petticoat is often the only article Of


female attire visible. They seem


happy and contented, and general
ly sing whilst at work. The Wen


nese motto, "What's the odds, so


we are happy ?" prevents any move


ment from being made toward the


bettering of the condition Of these


people.


The men of Vienna, or at least,


those in the better classes of society,


are remarkable for their fine, man.


ly bearing, and dress with elegance


and excellent taste. At an early


hour in the morning the business
men of the city visit the splendid
coffee saloons on the Ringstrasse
and they arc remarkable for theiI
fine, gontlemauly appearance, ant


the evident care which has beer
taken in their morning toilet
There are very few of them whom
an American would decide, from
their personal appearance or fea
J lures, to be Germans. They Nigh
/ be taken for Americans if it wer
! not for the fact that they are most
{ ly robust and hearty specimens G
e humanity, with healthy complex
S ions, and evidently not mucI
, troubled with dyspepsia. The off
: GERS Of the Austrian army, who ar
S very numerous in Vienna, are al
G fine looking men, and their closely
: fitting uniforms and round jacket
t show off their forms to great advan
: tage. The Hungarian officers ar
G especially fine looking, and the
G promenade the streets and music


gardens with the air of men VIII
A know that they are objects Of admi
It ration. The men in the lowe
r classes of life are, however, neithe
t handsome, ,lwell formed nor gracefu
/. in their motions. The Austria
}. soldier is generally short and un
/. calmly in appearance, whilst tn
d Hungarian regiments are known t
S the stranger by their fine forms an
o martial carriage.
Year: 1878

G. c. Fulton's Vienna Letter to the North


American.


There are more well-dressed ladies
to be seen on the streets of Vienna
than in any other city in Europe.
In Paris, respectable ladies nearly
always appear on the streets in
plain black dresses, as if striving to
avoid notice or attention. Iu Wen.
pa the very reverse is the case, and
they generally display great neat
ness and good taste in their outfits.
They are lively and yivaoious, as
much so as the French, and are
remarkable for fine forms and grace
full movement. In fact there is
seldom to be seen man or woman
on the streets of Vienna who pos,
sesses any of the characteristics oI
form or feature that would indicate
they are Germans, unless it b.