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Year: 1879

How many young husbands have
been wakened from their dreams OF do
mestic happiness and prosperity by the
anxious care OF a sickly wife. The
home is not the elysinm the lover had
so fondly pictured. Its atmosphere is
gloomy with invalid complaints. Sweet
winged hope that at first brooded on its
hearthstone, soon fled, and an ominous
bird is there instead, croaking of disap-
pointment. The many little household
offices that should be the delight of the
wife to perform are conlided TO strang-
ers. The home soon becomes one only
in name, and the disappointed husband
seeks pleasure and society elsewhere,
and goes down srep by step, from vice
to vice, until the ruin is complete; and
oil because a'wife has lost her health,
and with it her temper and all those
sweet womanly graces that can alone
retain the love the maiden had won.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is an
etiicacious remedy for the painful dis
eases and weaknesses incident TO the
female organism. 1t is both a tonic
and a neryine, strengthening the parts
as well as remedying the diseased oon-
dition. .i Z
Year: 1879

The prevailing opinion in Washing
ton and elsewhere seems TO be that the
National Board Of Health is an expen-
sive humbug, and it is doubtful wheth-
er the board will be instrumental in re-
pressing epidemic diseases at any point,
Year: 1879

the secret at that ball The other night,
when he sayi he was put 10 dcspera G
trial, hut he had promised me never TO
disclose il till we were quite sure of
success. Well, you are happy now,
Madgew


."My dear, gotd father! How eau
ay when she felt his arms around her
in that moment of fulfilled desires, and
his lips pressed her forehead in fatherly
affection now that his long solicitude
was at an end and his hard task well
done.


That verA night Madge, scarcely able
to realize her joy, was betrothed to
Herbert Fitzallen, who when once the
secret was dissolved, would not wait
another hour.


"IIave not waited years." he said.
can my time abroad was waiting. and
then came back and found my Madge
more than ever had desired to hope"


But Madge in her freedom did not
forget poor Jack. Indeed she was al
most in trouble about her unkindness to
him when she heard that he had only
been play ing part, bearing all her teas
ing, and being purposely ungi acious
whenever she grew kind. But Ter.
trude consoled her eflectually OH that
score, by telling another secret after hei
kiss of congratulation.


Jack was indeed doing his best to
carry out the PLAN, she said; 'and he
was often grieved about you; but, dear
Madge, you must congratulate us now
not me, but us. Jack and made il
up between lis months ago, and we had
many quiet laugh about YOU


So Madge herself accepted the ring,
and wore her golden fctters by her own
free will after all; nor was there ever a
happier or more willing captive. AS
for Fitzallan, if he was not another Ar
thur, as the girls fancy had prompted
her to call him, he was 'bameless' as
the prince of the 'Idlys,' and far more
blest; and if he reigned over no realm.
he was at least king over one braye and
tender heart-a kingdom wide enough
to satisfy his desires, and prize which
time proved to be well worth his years
of waiting.-[Cassell's Magazine.
Year: 1879

We were extremely sorry to hear Of
the death of little "Belle" earns, aged
six years and ten months, which oc-
Cured at one o'clock yesterday at the
residence of her parents s24 w. Fourth
street, after short but severe illness
of membraneous Group. Little "Belle"
was an only child, everybody's pet,
intelligent beyond her years and too
good to live on the earth. We have
received a sorrOwful note from her
teacher who speaks in the highest
praise of her deceased pupil. One less
on earth, one more in heaven.


Mrs. Florence Heller, an amiable and
pious lady, after short illnes of con-
sumption, closed her eyes in death last
night. Mrs. Heller whose maiden
name was Kershaw has only been mar
ried some four months and while up
the Brandywine in July she with sew
eral other ladies took a bath and catch
ing cold, consumption and death soon
follow ed and she leaves behind her q
young husband aad large number of
sorrow stri cken friends.
Year: 1879

This morning We had call from
Mr.. "Gus'' O'Donnell, charged with
illegally voting, and whose name we
suppose our readers have seen men
toned in the papers occasionally.


"Gus" was not pleased with our
report OF the manner in which he was
arrested by Sheriff Pyle at the Mid
dletown Fair, and wished us to state
that he did not 90 up to the Sheriff to
shake hands with him and pointing to
his boots asked him II he wanted "a
shine" He says the Sheriff came rid
ing around in carriage, and noticing
him sitting on his brush box he jump
ed out and tapping him on the shoul-
der said he had capias for his arrest.
"Gus" says he went Immediately with
the Sheriff, who locked him up, and
when he was ready TO 60 took him to
New Castle, and that was all there was
of it. Gus says bail was entered for
him to-day, and he was Just from New
Castle Jail, which he was glad to leave
and which he hopes he will never have
to enter again. He does not say he did
or did not vote at the late city election,
but he will submit to the law and judg-
ment of the Court, and if found guilty
will cheerfully bear his punishment.
lie is very emphatic, however, that he
will never be caught in such snare
again. Having given "Gus" the bene-
fl. of his statement we hope there will
never be any occasion for catching him
again.
Year: 1879

Persons living on Shipley street be.
tween Fifth and Sixth, complain that an
individual who circulates around
the Delaware House stables, was
making the night hideous until
a late hour last evening. They are
beginning TO believe that the nearer
the Hall the less protection from the
orgies of drunken sots.
Year: 1879

Now for war. The senate commit
tee on commerce has decided to report
adversely on the New York custom
house nominations. This is interest
ing for this reason: Conkling said he
would make a careful canvass of the
senate and see whether an adverse re-
port would be adopted, before present.
Ing 1t. If otherwise, he would allow
the new nominations to die in COM
mittee. So it seems that he has ascer-
tanned that a majority exists in the SEN
ate against the president.
Year: 1879

WE sARE impressed with solemn
sense of duty in chronicling the fact
cabled at great expense from London
to the effect that Mr.. Ruskin has with
drawn his resignation of the Slade pro-
fessorship.
Year: 1879

THE Sun came out last evening with
its dress right side forward. Hereto
fore its appearance forcibly reminded
us of the boy who wore his pantaloons
reversed. However, now that Bro.
Slack has recognized the right of the
second page to editorial comments, we
will expect some rattling and pointed
articles
Year: 1879

The Yazoo affair has become part of
the history of the times. The assassi-
nation of Dixon was political murder
committed by the Democratic party,
not of Yazoo County alone, but of the
State of Mississippi. This is not and
cannot be successfully disputed. Now
we propose 10 show that the Northern
wing of the Democratic party is parti-
cipS criminis- that it shares in the
guilt of the bloody deed, Such an out
rage would be impossible at the North
Northern public sentiment, whether Of
Republican or Democratic origin, would
revolt at the spectacle of apartisanship
so violent as to cause bloodshed here.
A political organization at the North
which should be suppressed by murder
would instantly reassert itself with four
fold strength. Why, then, is the DEM
Year: 1879

The Louisiana Republican State Convention
will be held at New Orleans October 20, and
the Democratic Convention at Baton Rouge
October @.


On the afternoon OF the Goth a respectable
looking man walked into the Capital City
Bank at Columbus, Ohio, called the attention
OF President Rickley and entered into con
Versation about the purchase of some bonds.
A few minutes after another man came in aud
also engaged Rickley's attention concerning
some other business. The first man slipped
away, walked over to the water cooler, and
Rickley supposing he merely desired TO
get drink OF water continued his
attentiou to the last visitor Presently he
saw he was leaving the bank and going to the
vault discovered that 5000 in currency and
$4,000 In bonds had been stolen. He was
Wild with excitement, and returned from the
vault just In time to see the confederate leave.


The large brick tobacco factory at Rich
mond, Va, used as prison for Federal and
Confederate prisoners during the late war,
aud known as "Castle Thunder,n was de-
stroyed by fire on the 26th


1t will be remembered that some weeks ago
horrible murder was committed In the east
Year: 1879

The Republican State Convention meets
next wednesday at Saratoga. On account
of the number of State Offices TO be
filed it is specially important Con-
venton. But the effect Of its action on
the National contest next year gives it yet
greater consequence. On all accounts alike,
its State and National delegates need to
bear in mind that they ere trusted, to an un-
usual degree, with the Republican party and
its fortunes.


We hope and believe that their action will
be wise, and that they will fairly represent
the wishes Of those Republicans in the State
who do most to elect q ticket after it is
nominated. There have not been wanting
efforts, in some discontented quarters, to
stir up factions hostility 10 particular can
didates but we see no evidence that these
reflect much beyond private spites. There
is no candidate prominently named, who, If
fairly nominated, will not command, and
deserve, the full support Of the party.
No one can bo nominated. however. who
will not have certain amount OF preJu-
dice TO disarm and the contest in the State
is sure to be so close that not a vote should be
impeIilled. Whoever controls the Convention,
therefore, Is under special bonds to pursue a
conciliatory course toward al sections and
fragments of the party; and this policy
may well find its first expression in the
distribution of honors Oh the ticket.


We assume that the Convention will
cordially recognize the course OF the
Administration in defending the cleo
tion laws, and resisting Southern ag-
gression; that it will give due honor
to the wise management of our finances, which
has resulted in specie payments, lower inter
est, and reviving prosperity; and that it will
emphasize the duty of rallying the old
party of Freedom to avert surren-
der of the National Government TO n party
controlled by the men who tried to break it
up. We are sure, too, that while much OF the
clamor against railroads is mere demagogism,
there are railway grievances that deserve re-
dress, and we incline to think that the Con-
vcntion ought to say Sc.


New-York can be carried for the Republ-
cans this Fall. and so made sure for the
great National contest of next year. If it is
not. the fault will rest largely with this Con-
| VentlOD,
Year: 1879

cent in Russia. 30 per cent In Switzer-
land 10 per cent in Italy, ID per cent III
Germany, and 10 per cent In Roumap'a.
While the later reports from the west ic'.u
to lower estimates of the aggregate yieid id
this country. it is indisputablo that we shaii
have surplus exceeding the quantity ex-
ported last year, and, apparently, demand
for all that we can spare. The iron industry
continues to revive, AMI the entire failure mus
far of attempts to restrict production oi COAL
though dsheartcning to holders OF coal Stocks,
holps materially to increase consumption ahd
to encourage manufacture. No considerable
difficulty Is seen II any important branch OF
industry Oh trade. The domestic exchanges
continue large FOR the season, and the
temporary stringepcy in the loan mar
ket here, though affecting to many
holders of stocks, has in 10 respect affected
the activity of legitimate business here or
elsewhere. All feel that the year is to be one
of great prosperity. md among intelligent ana
candid men there is growing conviction that
the country is indebted 20 the Resumption
Act, and to it's faithful enforcement, fol
great part of the rapid recovery Of business
oui industry
Year: 1879

No amount of facts now given can destroy
the effect OF the bad Impression made the time OF te
Dxou tragedy. The entire Scuta has been intellectually
injured and the lesson OF Yaz0O Is that personal wrongs
should be borne with all possible patience by southern
men.-fLOulsville Courier-Journal (Dem)


Whoever is nominated ut Saratoga must be
elected Iet there there DO full and far Interchange
Of opinion tae policy OF the parry let the merits OF
different candidates DO freely .n justly considered;
and then let all unite IA heartily supporting the do
eisiop.-[ Albany Journal (Rcpl
Year: 1879

Our London correspondent suggests one way
to get around the necessity of sending rich
man to succeed Minister Welsh which has not
been thought of, and that Is to send bach
elor. And yet in the long list of persons nen-
toned" for the vacancy there Is not one
barhelOr
Year: 1879

In the remarkable paper OF Professor Pcirce the
Meteoric Condition of the Sidcrcal Universe. an
outline of which was given in Saturdays TRIBUNE,
occurs the following sentencei 1.-The aggregate
mass Of these invisible meteors probably surpasses
that Of tho visible celestial OBJECTS This be-
wildering conjecture Is not altogether new
one. and it recalls eloquent passage written
nearly fifty years ago by Isaac Taylor whose works.
replete as they are with science, philosophy and
poetry, are strangely neglected in these days In
the work entitled Saturday Evening" Mr. Taylor.
in discoursing of tho vastness Of the material uni
verse. says: The invisible material creation,
therefore, it il probable vastly outnumbors the
visible; and it may justly be thought that
the worlds made known TO us by their inherent
splendor arc to tho only in the proportion OF
the chiefs of an army tho Thousands that ell rank
and file. 1t is as if from the summit of q tower we
were looking by night upon boundloss plain iilled
with the array of war. and could discern nothing
but the gemmed crcsts of the captains cleaning
amid the countless and unseen multitudcs thoy
were leading on"
Year: 1879

Mr. Gilbert, the composer Of 'Pinafore,'
had talk with anewspaper man in New York
last Wednesday about his new opera and also
about "Pinafore." In regard to the new comic
opera he said: 81 can't tell you much about
it, The piece has no name yet. Then, l
should hardly like to let the public know just
now what the piece is to be. As to the name,
1 presume we shall do as we did with Pima
fore"-get lot OF names printed IN pig iet'ers
set them up in front of us, and pick out the
one that looks the best. / have decided to re,
write the first act. TIE piece is all completed
= or has been-but don't like the first act
The second goes all right, and the nrst must
be written up to it. So tomorrow morning


hall 20 to work and continue working till the


iece is done. [ will tell you this much about


he niece: 1t is written after the fashion OF D
Surry melodrama. The scene IS laid two or
three hundred years ago, and the characters
dress and act like those of to-day 1t is q
broad burlcsque, done with all possible gravity
We depend greatly for our humor on such
effects. The idea is that If man comes on
the stage with proposterous nose, grotesque
wig and a laughable costume, and stands on
his head, no one is surprised it is what you
would expect lust that sort of fellow to do.
But if there comes on the stage respectable
solicitor or a dignifed Judge, and stands on
his head, that is q surprise, and people laugh
There is much of that idea in "Pinafore;' but
| understand that you play it here rather
broadly, the actors seeming to realize that it is
burlesque. Now, our people play it as though
it were the most serious play in the wofid.
Sir Joseph would not be out of place IN the
Queens drawing-room, and he IS mercy
rather eccentric old gentleman. Captain Cor
coran would grace any quarter deck. None Of
the people look remarkable in any way and;
meeting them you would not turn your mead
to look at them. The humor ls in the Sltua-
tions and in the dialogues, uttered with all
gravity"
Year: 1879

There is nothing new, then, in the pretenses
that are to be resorted to in the coming ses-
sion Of Congress with the view of mitigating
the olium and distrust which the Democratic
party has brought upon itself Every intell-
gent man knows what the whole thing means
1t is stupid bit of strategy,-so stupid that
everybody can see through it. and through
the "Democratic leaders Of high national re-
pnte" who are weak enough to suppose mat
the bad essence Of their party may be rendered
less obnoxious by the use of fine words.
Year: 1879

ADMISSION by the New York Sun: The
elections which have just taken place in
several States show conclusiyely such an
augmentation of Republican strength as to
render it altogether probable that the Re-
publieans will be able to elect their candi=
date for President next year. The greatest
question, the one great question now before
the country, becomes who that candidate
cha1l hn -
Year: 1879

We do not read anonymous letters and eommuni-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
all cases Indispensable, not necessarily for publiea-
ton but as guaranty of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or preserve com
mnnicatlons tnat are not used
Year: 1879

The World has come TO the conclusion
that ''no man can be elected President Of
the United States by the Democratic party
in 1890 who cannot command the united
support of the Democrats of New York; and
no man within the State Of New York, un-
less perhaps Gov. Seymour, who, for reasons
satisfactory to himself, neither can nor will
accept another Presidential candidacy, can
command the united support OF the Demo-
Gratis of New York in 1SS0N
Year: 1879

Over the deep salt sea


Goes the busted Solon, the great q. b.
Wherever he may GOO


Twang Twang! his proboscis will blow.
Mournfuly over the sea-e,


Goes the busted Solon, the great G. b.
Steering for Salt River, which has its rise
in the wonderfully arid regions OF nowhere,
like the Greenback party.
Year: 1879


had permeated that section of the country,
Lang in his ''History of Transportation es-
Inmates at $4,000 the number of eonvicts,
male and female, rebels, felons, traitors,
strumpets and vicious characters who were
emptied into the Southern colonies before
1913.


And thus we might so on, quoting similar
specimens of descriptive nature, but these
will suffice for our purpose, to show the gen.
eral character Of her early civilization. The
half has not been told, and many points of a
statistical nature could still farther cineh
the vice which history has clamped around
her. We can thoroughly agree with the
Richmond State in the adage "Like master
like man." for they are the worthy descend
ants of this 'hstorical ancestry"


1t is not necessary for us to indicate the
probable proportion of heterogeneous blood
introduced into the veins of these fellows
who affect a noble birth and adopt the cava-
lier as their sectional device. This story Of
early white serfdom, wholesale transporta
ton Of vicious wretches, disgusting dicker
for merchantable women, makes it evident
that the purity Of lineage SO essential to
race of English gentlemen hao been sadly
imperilled since their earliest settlements.
One only needs to regard for 4 moment the
character of the woman who would allow
herself to be shipped to u strange country
and be sold to a strange man, and the germ
of Virginian lineage stands out in all its
miserable nudity. OF these women one con-
temporary author says: 'They are not put
to work in the field If t ey be good for al Y
thing else" Heaven preserve lis from sueh
traditional past and like historical
ancestry" This, then, is the fabric OF So
ciety of which the Souther- ers so loudly
boast in their ignorant pride, woof that is
Year: 1879

The following simple rules for preserv'
ing health and promoting comfort, il
not new 20 some o. our readers, are none
the less important t, every one;


The object of brushing the teeth is to
remove the destructive particles of food
which, by their decomposition, gener
decay. To neutrslize the acid resulting
from the chemical change Is the object
of dentrifce. A stiff brush should bt
used after every meal, and q thread o.
silk floss or India rubber passed through
iood Rinsing the mouth in lime water
neutralizes the acid.


Living and sleeping in room in which
the sun never enters Is slow orm OF
suicide. A sun bath is the most refresh
ing and life-giving bath that can posi-
bly, be taken.


Always keep the feet warm, and thus
avoid colds. To this end, never sit in
damp shoes or wear foot covering fitting
or pressing closely.


The best time TO eat fruit i. half an
hour before breakfast.


A full bath should not be taken less
than three hours after q meal. Never
drink cold water after bathing, Do not
take cold bath when tired.


Keep box of powdered starch on the
wa-hstand and after washing, rub a
pinch over the hands. 1t will prevent
chsppiDg.


II feeling cold before going to bed, ex
ercise; do not roast over fire.
Year: 1879

am more and more sure by expert
ence, that the reason tor the observance
OF the Sabbath lies deep in the everlast-
ing necessities of human nature, and
that, as long as man is a man, the
blessedness Of keeping it, not as day OF
rest only, but as day OF spiritual rest
will never be annulled. ] certainly do
feel by experience the eternal obligation,
because of the eternal n, cessity, OF the
Sabbath. The soul withers without il.
1t thrves in proportion toits observance
The Sabbath was made tor man. God
made it for men in a certain spiritual
state, because they needed it. The
need, therefore, is deeply hidden il
human nature He who can dispense
with it must be holy and spiritual in-
deed Aud he who, still unholy and
unspiritusl, would yet dispense with IT.
is man that would tain be wiser than
his Maker We, Christians as we are,
still need the law, both in its restraints
and its aid to our weakness.-[F. w,
II Jbertson.
Year: 1879

Moro than ninety million pounds OF these
articles were manufactured in tho United
States in 1873, much aud probably most Of it 50
carefully disguised that it is sold in the
markets without detection. Mr. John Michels,
an eminent microscopist of New York city,
says that in the process of manufacturing tho
oleomargarine butter and cheese, the fat used
is never subjected to q higher temperature
than 1909 Fahrenheit that such butter may
bo still considered to be in u raw state; that
any germs of disease, morbid secretions or
embryos Of parasites in the animals from which
this oil was obtained arc liable TO be trans.
ferred in living condition into the systems Of
those who uso this butter; that animals used Tor
food are subject to the attacks OF internal para
sites, that lodge in countless multitudes in all
parts of their bodies that some of the most dam
gerous forms will also live aud thrive in
man that the trichiue which enter tho body
at once breed by the million, and invade the
whole system from head to foot that il is
well known that living organisms have with
stood u temperature much higher than that
which caul fat is subjected TO in the prepara-
tiOn of Oleomargarine, and that even 100 de-
grces have been resisted by these germs that
IL would not be strange if the caul fat from
diseased animals, whose meat is not used for
food, should often be sold for this purpose
that lie has found in oleomaTgarno animal
tissues, with fragments and cells of suspicious
nature that lie has reason to believe that the
refuse fat Of Mt least one pOrk-packing cstab-
lishment is used in its manufacture, and that
he views with anxiety its introduction us an
article of food.


Professor Church statcs that he has found in
oleomargarinc, by analysis, horse fat, fat from
bones and waste fat, such rs is used for maxi
ing candles.
Year: 1879

OuR thriving young city Is getting To
be quite metropolitan. We pow have
not only an amateur brass band but a
boating club also. 50 We may look tor a
few rowing matches this summer.