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Year: 1878

The HAIR.-A very good remedy for
thickening the hair and preventing it
from falling out is to wash daily the scalp
with sage tea, made by pouring boiling
water over sage leaves, and allowing it to
steep on the back Of the stove. Another
remedy, where badness is the grievance,
is to rub the bald place every night, before
retiring, with sliced onion and washing
it off in the morning with CASTLE soap.
We have known this to raise a growth of
hair on head that had been bald for
seven years. It requires perseverance to
be success. Ammonia, diluted with wa
ter, (warm.) in the proportion of one part
of ammonia to two parts water is an ex-
cellent wash for the hair. It renders the
hair clean, soft and smooth, and removes
dandruff and dust from the scalp. Il
should afterwards be washed of with pure
water and dried with towel.
Year: 1878




The horse viii eat ten hours out of eve
ry twelve; and the hog never knows what
it is not to be hungry. The crow flies six
miles, and the wild pigeon sixty an hour,
but the humming bird beats all things on
the wing. The wild turkey can run faster
than he can fly, and any man who is a
good walker can tire deer out in twenty
four hours. The fox is the hardest animal
to catch in trap, and muakrat the cas-.
lest, and the meadow lark is the shyest Of
all the birds in the air. The spider is the
only creature that catches its food in .
trap, and sheep win live without watel
longer than any other domestic animal.
Year: 1878

benefit of posterity, but his name has
been cherished among the noblest bene-
factors of the Livery Companions of
London as the discoverer of an ambrosial
nectar which enabled the appetite to be
grati6ed to the utmost without the un-
pleasant results which had been wont
to accrue. The occasion of the discovery
was heavy Company" dinner and the
consumption of viands had been serious.
As he took his virtuous way homeward,
apprehensive of the night and the NOR
row, good fortune suggested to him, or
accident put in his way, subtle mixture
of compounds and simples, of which he
partook. He felt himself refreshed; he
suffered no bad effects from overeating,
and he left sum of money as an en-
dowment for the purpose of providing
every member of the company with a
glass of the liquid at the end of feast
To this day that liquid, known as Lady
Cowper," is drunk in the city, and men
pay honor and homage to the memory of
the man who has enabled them to eat
and drink without stint and without re.
morse. aLL
Year: 1878

The distillers have been in Washing
ton lobbying for reduction of the
taxes on their peculiar article of COM
merce. If the tax should be reduced,
must we attribute it to liberal distri-
button of the brain-muddler, or to an
earnest desire ON the part of our legisla-
tors to subserve the public intesests9
Year: 1878

The Republicans put forth a dark
horse for United States Senator in the
recent election before the Legislature.
His name is Stephen johnson, and he
received three votes. The rest of the
Republicans voted blank, not desiring to
commit themselves directly in favor of
any candidate at the present crisis.
Year: 1878

LIT Ia now many generations ago since
there arose in the City of London
great benefactor to the gormandizing
species. The history and early life Of
the man have not been recorded for the
Year: 1878




DIR. J. G. Holland writes in Scribner:
When he arrived in America, after his
splendid feat-than which none more
heroic and daring has been performed
during this century, except later one
by himself-he was received with small
burst of enthusiasm, which soon died
out, when it was found that he
could not lecture, and would not be
lionized. Nothing was forgiven to him
on account of strangeness to society,
and the social cold shoulder was turned
toward him by all those who could
neither tell hero when they saw him,
nor hold him at his superlative value
| when they had him in their hands.


Stanley lived in New York for some
time, his social relations limited to few
congenial mep and women. Then he
went away, and, at last, we heard of him
engaged in organizing a force to march
across Africa. When he received the
dispatch which summoned him to this
task, it threw him into a violent fever.
He knew what the undertaking was. No
one else did; and for more than three
years he has been engaged in the gigan-
tic task of managing hundreds of wild
men, in the midst of thousands of wilder
men, in passage through wilderness
thousands of miles in extent. Hehas had
to pierce forests, thread rivers, cross
lakes, tread morasses and fight wild beasts
and savage men by day and by night.
His one will has directed and controlled
everything. The strain upon him must
have been terrible-three summers and
three winters long. Can any one
imagine his Joy as he traced the Congo to
the sea, and caught sight of the waves
that connected him with his home?


We do not feel particularly interested
in Mr.. Stanley's discoveries. The
| geographers may have that part of it
but we are immensely interested in the
hero, and shall be glad to see his face
and take his hand once more And il
New York shall fail to take and hole
him at his value this time, she will dc
herself foul dishonor This man who
has done SO much to honor the Ameri
can name, and so much to illustrate tht
higher traits and capacities of human
, nature, should have beftting welcom,
on his arrival home. 1t should not be
fitful and quickly forgotten affair; bu
after such tempestuous tossings upo1
the sea of his great enterprise, h.
should find himself in smooth water
The heroes of few battle-felds hav,
: been worthier of lasting admiration an,
! homage than he is, who will come to IL
from his latest achievement in Africal
discovery. Let us give him the freedon
of the city in the freedom of our homes
Year: 1878

DROWNED IN THE SUKF.-TuJoro, n. c.,
May 2O.--Late yesterday evening Miss
Melissa Smith, daughter of Mr.. William
Smith, of Hatteras Island, Dare county,
was drowned from the new lighthouse,
which is surrounded by water. Miss Smith
was on the point of retiring and had
thrown open her door to get the sea breeze.
As she lifted the pillow from her bed it fell
from her hand and rolled into the stairway,
the slide being drawn, and in attempting
to pick it up she slipped and fell, her head
striking the iron steps. She fell into the
water, gave three piercing screams, and
was carried out by the surf just as her
father came to the door. She was beauti-
full girl, the belle of Dare county, and
known as the lighthouse keepers pretty
daughter. She was to have been married
on Wednesday, and had parted with her
betrothed only half an hour before her
death.
Year: 1878

Notice is hereby given that the time TO take out
licenses under the act entitled An Act taxing manu-
acturers and for other purposes for the year 1878
win be the first day of June next


ROBERT RAUGHLEY,
may saw Clerk Of the Peace in and for Kent County.
Year: 1878

fSnmn Can't be made by every agent every mouth VESuk ill the business furnish, but those will N11 ing to work easily dozen dollars WUUU day right in their own localities. Have no

 room to explain here. Business pleasant and honorable Women, and boys and girls do well as men. We will furnish you complete Outfit free. The business pays better than anything else We will bear expense of starting you. Particulars free Write and see. Farmers and mechanics. their sons and daughters and all classes in need of paying work at home should write to and learn all about the work at once Now is the time Don't delay. Address,

 IVA TRUE CO.,, Augusta, Maine.
Year: 1878

The violent Northeast gale of Thursday brought into the harbor of New York the high est tide ever known Several of the wharves were overfowed, some of them being one or two feet under water down town cellars were flooded, the basement floor of the Produce Ex- change had two feet of water, and the ferry floats came near being carried away by being lifted above their usual height '' 7'
Year: 1878

WILMINGTON, DEL, May 81, 1878.


We are informed, on credible authori-
ty, that large number of people resid-
ing in this city purchase their D r Y
GOODS in Philadelphia. We believe
the statement to be correct, for If the
$4,000 people who reside in and around
this city did their shopping at home all
the stores that are here now would do
about twice as much business, Gf that
were possibe) and, as consequence, the
city would be more prosperous. We beg
to assure the people who think they cam
not buy their dry goods in Wilmington,
we mean the general run of dry goods,
1--WE except very fine goods that we think
they are mistaken. You can get just as
good goods, and can buy them just as
cheap, and some goods you can buy
ABSOLUTELY CHEAPER III Z r e
THAN IN PHILADELPHIA.
Since opening our store we have been
hononed with a visit from several Gus
toners from Philadelphia, who have as
sured us (and they seemed to know what
, they were talking about) that we are
selling goods CHEAPER than they can


buy them in that city.


I Save your time and railroad fares by


patronizing the stores in your own city,
where you will do just as well, and IL


some kinds of goods little better.


Our store is large, well lighted
tractive, and stocked with a la


desirable stock of all kinds of


fancy dry goods, which w
! to sell as low, if not lower


in Philadelphia. We h.
and sell for cash omt


small expenses, enc
, for mere COMM
less appreciated
pie who deal
Year: 1878

The crime generally characterized al


"shop-lifting," says a Paris letter


writer, is very common here, the great


shops and bazars offering exceptional


temptations. Every week we hear Of
arrests for petit larcenies, and in mani
cases the criminals are ladies of familf
and position. l am sorry to say that n
number of American ladies have been
arrested here, and 1 remember two


which required all the influence that
Mr.. Washburne had to get them of
They finally compromised by paying for
the goods and by giving 800 to the
poor. Kleptomania seems to be on the
increase. During the past week We
have had three cases that were very
sad. One French lady stole an article
worth fifty cents, although possessing
large fortune another, the wife of q
rich merchant, had Mt least 100000
francs year to spend. The third case
is that of a German countess, and the
wife of a distinguished general. Some
time ago she took apartments in the
Rue Lafayette, and soon won the favor
of everybody. She lived a regular life
had plenty of money, and seemed 10
spend her time in shopping. Every
day she came in with numerous bundles.
Yesterday she was detected stealing
some small articles in the Magazine de
Louvre, and on searching her other
things were found upon her. She CON
fessed that her mania for pocketinG
small things was so strong that she was
unable to resist it, and she offered %
pay any sum not to be exposed. The
said that they had tried the
compromise system with ladies SO long
and vainly, that they now had to try
severity, and they felt bound to pros
ecute the countess as an example
The poor creature is in pitiful oon1
tion to-day, and her appeals for mf
are heartrending. All the great


have to employ special detectl


men are kept watching the


through holes in the ceiling
Year: 1878

told him about Davis, and that is all. 1
didn't want the man hung, of course;
but 1 hope he won't be allowed to MUIR
der me, as am sure he will want to
when he finds I am not dead"


But Davis was past doing any one any
further injury. The wretch went from
one fit into another, aud finally died,
literally frightened to death. And so
his sin had certainly found him out.
Year: 1878

The pleasant Spring, the joyous Spring
His course is onward now;
lie comes with sunlight on his wing,
And beauty on his brow
His impulse thrills through rill and flood,
And throbs along the main,
lis stirring in the waking wood,
And trembling DER the plain.


Cornelius Webbe.
Year: 1878

One may study nature all his lifetime,
and then not be able to explain why the
man W ho misses one step in going down
stairs is certain to miss three or four
more before he brings up.
Year: 1878

For 10, the Winter is past, the rain is over
AMI gone; the flowers appear on the earth the
time OF the singing of birds is come, and The
voice Of the turtle is heard in the land.-Bible.
Year: 1878

As THE GovERMEST bonds were
bought at about sixty cents on the dollar,
it would not be doing half as much vio-
lence to justice if Congress were to carry
out Ben. Buffers suggestion and pay
about $i00,000,000 of them off In green
backs. Their pledge TO protect equally
the real estate owner was violated when
they made the bonds in the hands of the
money kings payable in gold, and pro-
posed TO tax the real estate to make good
this promise. The action put double
tax on real estate and while it increased
the value of the bonds it decreased the
value of the real estate. 1t was a rascal
ly TRANSACTION. The bonds should have
been left just as the business and the
trade Of the country found them. They
were then the best investment there was;
the interest was promptly paid in gold,
and they would have been redeemed in
good paper. Every day that passes
shows that old Bill Allen, of Ohio, was
wiser than any Of the people that oppos-
ed him if we except the interested bond.
holders and brokers like Belmont; and
we believe their gain by the depression
of real estate and the elevation of the


bonds will not equal what they will final


ly lose by the destruction of labor ant


the retarding Of the renewal of trade.
Year: 1878

THE CHAIRMAN of the Democratic
County Executive Committee should
give notice at once of the day for
holding the election for Delegates to the
Democratic State Convention, on the 9th
of August. The day ought to have been
named in the call for the Convention, as
has been usual of late years, it would
then have been uniform all over the
State. The general opinion is that Sat
urday the goth day of July would be a
good time for the election. Joseph ii.
Walker, Esq, of Middletown, is the
Chairman cf the Executive Committee.
If notice is published at once ample
time will be Afforded to make the election
generally known by the 20th.
Year: 1878

THE Republican is not correct in what
it says in the following from its issue of
Saturday:


The ordinance which was repealed
last night, would have compelled the
street committee to have given the con-
tract for hauling the ashes and removing
the garbage and oflal from the streets, TO
a Philadelphia firm, which happened to
be about 500 lower than the lowest of
our own home bidders. Had the contract
been given to this Philadelphia contractor
our streets would have been cleaned by
Philadelphia laborers, Philadelphia
horses and Philadelphia carts, and S11,-
600 would have been lostt to Wilmington.
This is the main reason why the contract
referred TO was annulled and all this work
and money will now be given to our home
laborers."


The Republican knows better. And
we just expected it would make some
such cunning and reckless assertions 10
cover up the act of the Council.


1t is not true that the contracts would
have TO be given to Philadelphia firm;
that was not the reason it was repealed,
nor did the Council say it was. In fact
the Council reserved the right to reject
any or all bids, and only proposed to give
it to the lowest and best bidders, Under
their call for proposals they could have
selected one of our own people who bid
for the contracts; or they could have ask
ed for proposals again. Nor does it fol-
low that if the contract had been given to
aPhiladelphia firm that they would moi
have employed Wilmington laborers.-
That is only surmise-a weak excuse
to cover up the wrong that has been done
by the party caucus action of the Repub
licans. If we are correctly Informed
there are now about thirteen out of 2
members of the City Council in favor 0
the contract system. All of the Demo
cracts (nine) are in favor of it, and tou
or five of the Republicans. But the Re
publicans held a caucus and all We're re
quired to be bound by its majority. Thu
there are II Republicans and seven 0
these favor repeal and oppose it in Tia
caucus, and thus the vote is carried whe
they 60 into Council the twelve all vot
for it and thus the city is governed in a
important matter by seven members il
stead of by q members. This is crack
ing the party whip with vengeance.
this action should be carried through til
year it will cost the city about $1,000
more to do the same work than it co.
last year.


We hope however that tbe Democra
may carry majority of the Council
September, and then the contract systel
will be restored again, and thus savir
of perhaps seven or eight thousand dolla
be effected.


The Democrats don't care picayur
for the Council and turned it out We;
before last because the Street Commit,
was not as economical as it should ba,
been, and now they will find the Repu
licans equally as ready, We hope, to NAL
the change the other way. In this ws
the people will be able to make Il
schemers for reelection know that tn,
cannot elect themselves at the expense
eight or ten thousand dollars ofthe NON
OF the taxpayers.
Year: 1878

get their education and accomplishments
gratuitoasly from the public schools, 1t is
not in accordance with sound economy
or equal justice, in so far as it becomes
public service, to whial ooiy favored
few are admitted, while the great mass
of our girls are required 10 shift for
themselves, and find employment as best
they can, at work that ia not balf so
agreeable and that does not pay half so
much. In some cases two from one
quite good annual revenue is the result


The teachers are given about ten weeks


in the year as holiday vacation for which
they are paid just as though they were
at work. They are, therefore, enabled
to visit the watering places and enjoy
themselves handsomely. In addition to
the ten weeks vacation they have about
"a holidays in the year, not counting
Sundays, for which they are paid. When
their advantages and privileges are COM
pared with the condition to which all
who fail to get employment at teaching,
and who are compelled to work everys
day or lose the time, and only get about
four dollars week and find themselves,
and run the risk of securing work
and also the money for it after it is done,
the contrast is wide one, and shows
how much our female teachers would
still be favored # their salaries were re-
duced about 30 per cent. We know
there are hundreds of young women
who would be glad TO take these posi-
tons at such reduction. We should re-
commend such reduction and an addi-
ton of about 30 per cent. of teachers.
This would diffrse the appropriation
while it would greatly benefit the schools
and guarantee far greater attention
and more rapid advancement in the
scholars in every department.
Year: 1878

DELEGATE CANNON, of Utah, is
likely to defeat the non-Mormon dele
gates from that Territory in their
efforts to have Congress pass a bill reg
ulating the election franchise in Utah.
The House subcommittee on Terri
tories are agreed that the people of
Utah have Il secret ballot, but Cannon
recently exhibited to them draft Of q
bill introduced in the Mormon legisla-
ture. providing for registration law
and secret ballot, and on the strength
Of this the House subcommittee have
agreed, by vote of three to two, to
hold in abeyance their report on the
secret ballot bill, pending the action of
the Utah legislature on the election bill
now before that body.
Year: 1878

THE British war spirit has extended
to Canada, and army officers in the
Dominion have received instructions to
hold themselves in readiness to join
their corps. 1t is understood, also, that
the coast defenses of the Dominion will
be placed in an effective state. 1t would
be a fine opportunity, if England goes
to war over the Eastern question, for
Canada to set up housekeeping on her
own account.
Year: 1878

THE result of Wednesdays proceed
ings in the House of Representatives
has been disastrous to the malcontents
who have been continually shrieking
about fraud and bargains. They were
given battle on ground of their own
selection, and the boldest defiance that
could be made failed to draw them out.
After this contest it is not likely that
the electoral fraud bugaboo will be
again brought into the House.
Year: 1878

Our babbling and eccentric voting
on the financial question in Congress,
have brought sixty millions of our bonds
back for sale from England and Ger
many during the last three months.
That blunder can't be remedied, but
we must now make provision to absorb
the bonds we have invited home.
Year: 1878

Washington, Feb. 1.-THE Union
Pacific company paid out 100000 for
legal services last year, and it is believed
the money was used to help along the
cause here last winter. 1t is possible
that a committee of the House will be
ordered to investigate the matter.
Year: 1878

IT seems to be pretty well understood
that western Democrats are tired of an
eastern gold bug as chairman of the
National Democratic committee. 1t is
believed that the head of the present
chairman, Barnum, of Connecticut,
will go into the waste basket when the
committee next assemblies. That will
L.. sull,-
Year: 1878

1t was evident, Oh the first night OF
Mother and Son at the Union Square Theatre that
tins powerful drama woud have long caieer ~ the
public favor The event has justified the anticipation
The plece is still current, and stlll attractive Ihere
are points of possible domestic experience woven INTO


its texture which good taste might well desire should be
but lightly touched or not touched all, upon the
stage TIE piece nevertheless is one Of deep and con-
tiuuous interest, and that Ii steadily vital with
effective action. No drama Of It's class has been
produced here. since this peculiar kind of French
play cane into vogue which, upon the whole, 10 so pure
and at the same passionate in motive, so roman
tic I'm interest and so salutary moral The excellence
OF the scenery and OF the acting with which Mother
and Son has been commended to the public notice was
long since recognized this place. II said that new
play, entitled "Lian"-written by the celebrated
'drcss coat" ana patent Gather boot dramatst, Mr.
Bronson Owardis In preparation at the Union Square
Theatre ana w be produced there after the career Of
Mother and son " il ended.