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Year: 1877

CURRENT gossip in Washington
prophesies the retirement of the adju-
tant general and the quartermaster
general of the army. II these veterans
go on the retired list, it is thought not
improbable that the successors of both
will be found on the staff of General
Sheridan, at his headquarters in Chi
Year: 1877

There is q thing Of which want 10 speak
aud that is the behaviour Of young girls to-
wards young men who are not lovers, but
simply friends. Let TIE tell you plainly that
our sex were not meant 10 be wooers.--
The custom prevalent among certain class
Of young ladies Of asking directly, or Indirect
ly, the attendance Of young gentlemen is not
an admirable custom. My son." said la
dy to me no: long since, sis much prejudiced
against young girl whom / admire, because
she is constantly sending him notes, Inviting
him to be her escort here and there, and plan
ming to have bin with her." A modest and
dignifed reserve, which is neither prudery nor
afectation, should distinguish your manner TO
gentlemen. Too great familiarity and too
evident pleasure 10 the society Of young men
are errors into which no delicate and pure
minded girl should fall.
Year: 1877

A farmer in Brandywine Hundred has
two roosters that have had fight almost
every day since the National election.
Taking all things into consideration, he
has come to the conclusion, that they must
be Democrat and Republican. He has
made up his mind not to expect peace
until the Presidential question is settled.
Let this be settled speedily for the sake OF
those two r0Osters.
Year: 1877

A horse and wagon was left standing at
Third and King streets, yesterday afternoon,
the horse becoming impatient ran on the
pavement. Restless horse. should always
be hitched, as q sad accident might &C.
cur, through such carelessness, many little
children have no other place to play. Men
should have an eye on their horses.
Year: 1877

No lamps were lighted in the Ninth Ward
along Market street, last night, and between
the lamps and the bad condition OF the road
Market street was almost impassable. The
street and lamp committees would do well
to look to this.
Year: 1877

The "Daily Enterprise" was the first
daily paper ever published in Wilmington.
1t was printed at the Cor. of Fifth and Mar
ket street about the year 1856. 1t did not
prove success, and the editor lost money
He has since been q member Of the New
Jarsey Legislature.
Year: 1877

The Coroner yesterday Afternoon held an
inquest over the remains Of q colored child,
named John Henry Clark, about two years
of age, found dead in its bed on Sunday
evening. The jury gave verdict OF death
from natural causes,
Year: 1877

TREATING ACHING TEETH. Remove, if
you can, all foreign matter from the cav .
ity, thoroughly washing it with tepid wa
ter,and get an opening into the pulp cham
ber This alone will often cure it. Paint
lhe gums freely all around the tooth with
strong tincture of iodine, first driving Off
the moisture from the gum. Hold ice.
cold water or Jumps of ice continually in
the mouth, but should you start on this
cold water method of treatment you must
keep it up for several hours. or it will be
worse than useless. Hot foot-baths and
saline cathartics. Let the tooth alone, do
not keep feeling Of it, thus keeping up tb -
irritation which you are trying to az ~.
Remember that this form of lroatment is
not applicable to an exposed living pulp,
but only in cases where this " Ian is dead.
Cold water applied to an ,tlamed living
pulp would only increa,a your agony.
Should you find that yo'. cannot arrest the
Inflammation after sufficient trial, you will
have TO take the o'ier course, and that is
to hasten suppl.raliun by warm applica-
lions directly TO the part. For this purpose
nothing is better than IL split fig, roasted
and laid or tue gum. Warm fluids held
in the mouth will sometimes give relief
But it Is wiser to go TO IL competent den
list, us serious trouble often arises from
This form Of disease. Never ON any con-
@ideralion apply poutices on the outside
of the face, for, should the nbscess point
and brcai there, II permanent and unsigat.
Iy scar will be the resull.-J0WrBul Of
CbcmistfV.
Year: 1877

FIRE AT TIE GARRIson.-About IL clock
on the night of the 1st inst, (Thursday) the
alarm OF fire was given by the sentinel at
the Garrison. the troops responding in an un-
usual quick time. II was found that large
hay stack. containing about one hundred
and fifty tons of hay, was on fire. The blaze
was very soon subdued, and q continual sup
ply of water kept on the stack TO keep it
down. Notwithstanding which it continued
to gain headway towards the interior of the
stack, dry hay when once on fire being
most difficult to quench. A request was fn-
ally made to Mayor McAuliff for a fire engine
from town, which was promptly responded
to by the Mayor in person in charge of one
Of the handsome engines of the city, and in
quick time strong and heavy stream was
brought to bear on the smouldering ruins of
timothy, which together with heavy show
er, brought King fre TO time, The boys at
the Garrison had a night of it. as few of
them got 10 bed before o'clock, to ge. up
again soon after 4. NJ. for reveille.
Year: 1877

TIE WALLowA TRoUBLE.-Ws have it
on competent authority that there is no In
tention on the part of the military to iuaug-
urate hostilities with Joseph and his band of
renegade Nez Perce Indians As soon as the
roads are in condition to travel, a couple of
cavalry companies will proceed to the Wal
Iowa valley and the occupy same, much as
they have for the past two years. The idea
of using force to compel Joseph and his band
to go upon the reservation is not as yet con-
templated. This is a matter that more espe-
cislly is under the contrcl of the Interior De
partment, and as we understand, il is in
tended to use every means of persuasion, and
if in the end all these fail, then resort will
be had TO force. 1t Is computed that Joseph
can bring into the field iull two hundred
warriors, and that with his knowledge of the
country be can maintain defensive warfare
that will possibly involve the expenditure of
millions of dollars, TO say nothing of the loss
of life. Under these circumstances the mill.
tary will act with great oircumspeciion, and
in occupying WallowA valley the main object
will be to maintain peace between the whites
and Indians.
Year: 1877

ELwooD EVANS is still pouring out his
history OF Washington territory in one ever
lasting stream of words. We make it rule
to read nearly everything that comes along,
and now after careful perusal of all that
Evans has published, we are constrained to
say that his history is duller reading than
last years almanac A perpetual flow of
words-aud that's All there is of it.
Year: 1877

THE PORTLAND REPUBLICANS hung
ort q banner in honor of the action of
the counting in" board. The men
who rejoice over the blacklist crime of
the nineteenth century could scarcely
be trusted in the neighborhood Of a
hen roOst,
Year: 1877

McDoSAID, for years leading salesman for
Sohwabacher Bros, is revisi'ing his old
stamping ground Mac has been away some
seven or eight years, aud in the course of
that time visi'ed Europe. drift ed through he
Allan States, and finally brought up in
san Francisco, where he fionr-hed as
broker and sock operator. At one time by
a series Of lucky hts Mac was the happy
owner of over 500, 600. but lurk turned ana
he again vent down TO zero. Always ire
pressible. Mac held on and succeeded in gather
ing enough up from the wreck TO leave him
comfortably fixed" Rumor now has it
that Mac comes back To take position with
the Old housa. We hope it may prove true
Year: 1877

Yesterday afternoon the heavy, cumuIus clouds
that had been gathering for some time. giving
portent Of the approach OF storm, broke and q
heavy rain set in, accompanied by severe gale
from the east. The danger signal had been fly
ing for some time at the Custom House as warn
ing 70 mariners. and it's truthfnlness was fully
vindicated, for by 5 o'clock the wind had in
creased much. A reporter of the DEMOCRAT
visited the lake during the evening and found
the water rising and heavy sea running, break
ing their force ON the revetment leyee. 30
great were these huge white caps sev-
eral schooners were detained in the New
canal not daring to venture ont. Old sailors ont
there we're uneasy over the prospect OF the night.
and prognosticsted an overflow as the easterly
wind blowing drives the water out OF the Gulf
into the lake. backing mp that Of the canals which
were already swollen by the rains. As this is
about the timeSto expect the eguinoctial storm
considerable anxiety Was expressed for vessels
out in the Gulf, and as out there it is generally
severe We may expect TO hear Of it's effects to-day
At the time Of writing the rain is unabated, but
the wind has lulled considerably.
Year: 1877




Judge Jere 8. Black writes as follows
to Pittsburg editor: 1t cannot be-
necessary to tell you or any other sensi-
ble man that this country will never con-
sent to be governed by q standing army
until the people make up their minds to
abandon republican institutions utterly,
and submit without murmuring to am
absolute despotism. The enemies OK
liberty on both sides OF the water have
offered many excuses for maintaining
large armies in time Of peace, but never
anything SO weak as that they set up
now. Hundreds Of thousands OF labor
ers find themselves unable to protect
| themselves and their families from
starvation, and they become turbulent,
as every other people has done under
the same circumstances. To maintain
keeping them in order is the worst rem
edy that could be devised for the
evil. This reduces the workingman
to o state OF mere slavery, where the
bullet and bayonet OF the soldier
come in place of the overseer's lash.
II they submit they will be fit in
struments to make slaves OF us all. III
they resist, civil war will become the
chronic condition OF the country. The
| United States have no right to inter-
meddle with this business except In GER
tain contingencies, we'll defined and
carefully provided for in the constitu-
tion. The old excuse that these limits
ought to be disregarded because they
conflne the powers OF certain persons
within limits inconveniently narrow, is
not one which ought to find acceptance
in the judgment OF free people. But
IL the general government must settle
the controversies between the RAILROAD
corporations and their laborers, let its
interference take any shape but that OF
q standing army; for that would be not
only cruel and dangerous, but the most
expensive that could be adopted. be-
lieve that none Of these corporations
think that less than 100000 men would
serve their purpose; and that is gross
misealculation, for three times the num-
Der would hardly be sufficient. It would
be much better, easier and cheaper to
take out Of the Federal treasury as much
money as will pay the railroad employees
fair wages, and let the corporations have
the fruits Of their labor as clear gain.
or course, don't say that we ought to
be taxed to free the railroad companies
from the burden OF paying for the labor
they employ, 80 that they may increase
their profits or be saved from losses, but
we had better do that than worse.
Year: 1877




PLAQUEMrNE, Sept Is, 1877


Editor Democrat Crops in this section were
fine, but the late heavy rains, accompanied as
they were by high winds, left the cane flat
enough. We need good, fair weather now,
otherwise some fine looking crops will fall
short,


Business is quiet here, though the big lum-
ber trade carried on gives our town more
or less of stirring appearance the year
round.


Next Thursday our people are to vote on
the question whether or not all places of busi-
ness shall be closed on Sundays. The parties
desiring to have them closed seem to be.in
the majority. The police jury Of the parish
has passed an ordinance already to that ef
feet.


There is good deal being said now about
a convention to change our constitution.
We need an improved constitution, but
think we can work the present a while longer
and when we do go about getting new one
there are better ways of getting good one
than by convention. We have elections
enough as it is,without the cost and worry of
special one yet awhile. PELICAN.
Year: 1877

local societies and OF national asso-
citation. The appeal should meet with
contest may be long and stubborn, but
the huge fortress OF protection is
doomed to be captured and razed to the
ground-with the free trade flag flying
over its ruins-if ali whom It frowns
upon and menaces will now do their
dIIty
Year: 1877

Last evening the members Of the Property
Holders Union were present at their hall in but
few members, owing to the heavy rain storm
After some discussion it was resolved to adjourn
the meeting until Thursday night, when matters
OF much importance will come up.
Year: 1877

ST. LOUIS, September 3.-The English
and German sections of the Working
mems party OF this city contemplate the
prosecution of the policemen who ar
rest I'd the members of their order AT
Schulers Hall during the recent strike.
They intend TO make q test case, and see
as they say, whether anybody can be ar
rested for simply holding meeting foI
tree expression OF thought. They will
also attempt the release OF those now in
duress by habess corpus. A committee
has been appointed to confer with the
Grangers. who meet here shortly, on tue
subject of political coalition with the
Granger party. The Congressman OF
this city are also to be visited, and the
needs Of the lsborlng classes laid before
them
Year: 1877

The election of Judge Davis to sue
ceed Logan enables the Republican to
state definitely the political complexion
of the United States senate on the toruth
day of march next, and nothing indicates
more strikingly the wonderful victory
achieved last fall by the democracy. With
seventy-fve seats filed in the senate to-
day the republicans have a majority Of
seventeen, while with the entire seventy
six seats filled they will lawfully be
entitled to but two majority on the fourth
of March. What majority they will
actually have depends, OF course, to n
great degree upon the extent to which
they can use the majority they will have
in the portion Of the senate holding over
March 4, 1877, in seating the republicans
returned by the pretended legislature of
Louisiana and South Carolina, and deny
ing admission to democrats from other
states. 1t will be interesting to note,
however, the changes which will occur
in the senate during the next six years,
which covers the period OF Office forwhich
the new class of senators have been
chosen By adopting the phraseology
used in college catalogues and classifying
the senator's according to the years in
which their terms expire, these changes
can be easily marked.


The first changes in the composition OF
the senate occur on March 4, 1877, and
will be as follows;
Year: 1877

How many people are there who
really know how to make Il mustard
plaster? Not one in a hundred at the
most, perhaps, and yet mustard plasters
are used in every family, and physicians
prescribe the application. The ordinary
way is to mix the mustard with water,
tempering it with little -four; but such
a plaster as that makes it simply abem-
inable. Before it has half done its work
it begins to blister the patient, and leaves
him finally with a painful flayed spot,
after having produced far less effect in a
beneficial way than was intended. Now
mustard plaster should never make a
blister at all. If blister is wanted,
there are other plasters far better than
mustard plaster, then, use no water, but
mix the mustard with white of an egg
and the result will be plaster which
will draw perfectly, but will not pro-
duce blister even upon the skin of an
infant, no matter how long it is allowed
20 remain on the part. For this We have
the word of an old and eminent physi-
clan, as well as our own experience. -
Christian Mirror.
Year: 1877

Our expenditures must he made more
productive; the dignity of labor must
have more recognition, and the gentility
of varieus counterfeits of work rather
less. The country yields enough for all,
and we must learn to make all earu their
share of its abundant wealth, The able
bodied tramp who lives on the earnings
of honest toll is no more of social pest
than some more pretentious members of
society, who live by various ingenious
devices for levying toll on capital and
labor. A good many such have found
their natural level Of late, IN our progress
toward sound business methQdi many
Year: 1877

Without entering any comparison with
other means for educating mankind t.
higher standard of morality, it is i'm
possible to deny that the theater is Il
powerful lever for good or evil. The
tendency of the modern stage TO melo-
drama, to butfoonery, to indecenCy, can
not be too harshly condemned. Black
Crooks and Observation-Disclosures dramas,
with no moral, no idea, no sentiment,
but appealing only to the eye or to the
more sensuous emotions, are productive
of as much harm as the most bitter op-
ponent of the stage can denounce against
it. In this category may also be in
cluded that peculiar species of drama
known as the French school, wherein So
cial vices are depicted in attractive colors,
and the sympathy of the auditor is
aroused for the impure when clothed in
a false sentimentality. This may be
canddly admitted without any reflection
upon the stage, or those who belong to
the actors profession. Vice, unfortu.
nately, is not confined to any one class
or calling. The stage is no more respon-
sible for having loose characters upon it,
than is any other profession. No one


dreams of cOndemning a whole class OF


persons because some fall by the wayside
| If so, then from the very city from which


DR.. Talmadge inveighs against the stage


would come the most fragrant attacks
upon his own sacred calling.
Year: 1877

FIRE clay oi varying degrees of excellence was brought down from

 Fl Dorado Canon by the Cocopah on her last trip and samples have been sent to California for analysis. The want of this material has been severrly felt in this Territory and it is gratifying to learn that it Oc. CUTS near the Colorado river in immense deposits. Fire clay is a silicate of alumina which may be usfd for general purposes, when containing about 60 parts of silica to p of alumina, say 10 of water ill combination and not more than , of iron and other substances. Alumina is an oxide of the metal aluminium and does not alloy with lead; with the latter metal sileX forms a silicate of lead unIer high heats: hence for smelting lead ores a clay should be selected contain ing larger proportion of alumina. For smelling copper ores may be used the more common silicious fire clays. Iron and the alkalies readily fiuX sileX and should not occur in good fire clay in excess of 3 or 6 per cent. The furnaces at Globe City, in Pinal County, now
Year: 1877

A little railroad accident recently occur red at the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day ton station, which might have been serious but for the prompt action of Engineer Whalen. The theater train was standing in the station nearly full of passengers and the engine, detached, standing some dis tance in front of it, when freight train was, by some blunder, backed down at rapid rate directly toward the passenger train. Fortunately Billy Whalen, the elgi- ncer in charge of the engine, saw the situa- tion and, understanding the.danger, sprang at once into the engine which was yet de- tached from the passenger train, and turning on full steam shot her ahead into the rear of tie coming freight train The shock was a terrible one. The trucks of the rear car of the freight train climb up the front of the engine; the headlight of Whalen's locomotive was smashed and considerable other damage incurred. The bold Billy was badly shocked but the force of the freight train was checked, and though it struck the passenger train, driv- ing it back to the rear of the depot and shaking up the passengers at pretty lively rate, none of them were seriously injured, for which they may thank the quick witted and brave Billy Whalen. Such an action requires more true heroism than is en- bodied in thousand strikes-Cincinnati (O) Enquirer.
Year: 1877

A TELEGRAPH to MOhave cOun- ty, connecting with other lines here at Yuma, is now the proper thing to work for. If the Signal Service can not get appropriations large enough to put all it's Arizona lines in working order and to build the MOhave line also, assistance can and should be furnished by the steamboat company and by ciii- zens. If the United States will furnish the mat erial, the steam- boat company can well afford to transport it gratis to Mohave, Au- trey and to distribute it gratis along the river from Yuma to Au- brey: to secure the line via Green wood, the residents of tn tt section can well afford to haul it inland from the river. A company of of soldiers lies idle. at Mohave, that would be better off at work on erection of such a line. Dele gate Stevens proposes to work this winter for improvement of mail communication with Mohave county. This telegraph project should be agitated at the same time.
Year: 1877

STRAWBERRY JAM.-Use fine ripe straw
berries; add, If desired, little red currant
juice; il will improve the flavor; then add
their weight in sifted refined sugar; boil 20
minutes over slow fire; skim as often as re-
quired; pour into patent jelly glasses.


EGG KIssEs.-Whites of four eggs, beaten
to stiff froth, one pound of pulverized
white sugar, season with about a teaspoon
full of extract of lemon. Grease large sheet
of white paper with butter, drop spoonful
in place ian inch apart), and bake in a
quick oven- These are nice with sponge
cake and ice cream.


Strawberry WATER IcE-Is made of ripe
strawberries put into bag and the juice
squeezed out. Then measure it and allow
half pound of powdered loaf sugar 70 each
pint of juice. Having mixed thoroughly
the juice and sugar put 1t into freezer and
freeze it in the same manner as ice cream.
1t will be found delicious IN warm weather.


GREEN PEA SoUP.-Boil the empty pods of
half peck of green peas one hour; strain
the broth and add 70 it four pounds of lean
beef cut in small pieces, and boil an hour
and half; strain the broth, then add the
peas. salt and pepper to taste, a teaspoonful
of sugar, and few minutes before serving
stir in half cup of cream thickened smooth
ly with tablespoonful of -four.


BAKED CABBAeE.-Boil a firm white cab
bage for Is minutes then change the water
for more that is boiling, and boil until ten
der; drain and set aside till cold; then chop
fine and add salt and pepper, one table
spoonful of butter, two eggs well beaten,
three tablespoonfuls OF rich milk or cream;
mix well. and bake in a buttered pudding
dish In moderate oven till brown Serve
hot.


To OBTAu COOP DRINKING WATKR-A ser
viceable litter may be readily made as fol-
lows: Take common earthenware flower
pot, about nine inches in diameter and ten
inches in depth The drainage hole is stopped
loosely with piece OF clean sLonge A layer
of about two inches Of animal charcoal is first
placed in the pot, then layer OF clean sand,
upon which a layer OF three inches OF clean
coarse gravel Is placed. The pot can be set
over an earthen jar, into which and abund-
snce OF pure water will filter for all drink
ing purposes


FRENCH CAxk-Two cupfuls sugar. half .
Year: 1877

An Electro-Galvanic Battery combined with
the Celebrated Medicated Porous Plaster,
forming the grandest curative agent in the
world OF medicine, and utterly surprising all
other Plasters heretofore in use. They accom-
plish more in one week than the old Plasters
In whole year. They do not palate, they
cure.