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Year: 1879

It is supposed that the Dead Sea now
C~vers the site of the cities of Sodom
quI Gomorrah. If such is the case,
where did the River Jordan empty its
waters before the destruction of those
cities.


Five cities, according to the Scriptures,
including Sodom and Gomorrah, situated
on the territory now covered by the
Dead Sea, were swallowed up to satisfy
the divine vengeance at their iniquity.
1t is said that the River Jordan formerly
emptied into the Red Sea through the
remarkable crevasse which extends
from its source to the Gulf of Akabac,
and that at some period, beyond the
reach of history, its bed and valley sank
down to the present level and formed
The Dead Sea.
Year: 1879

THERE has been nothing lost by the |
extra session. The people have secured
much valuable information in regard to
the power OF the z ,vernment and Its dis
tribution between the Executive, Legis
lative and Judicial Departments. This
information is invaluable. The power
Of the veto had been lost sight of to
some extent. The older citizens who
remember the determined attack made
upon it by Henry Clay and John NJ.
Clayton, Of the old Wing party, are no
doubt reminded of John Tyler's use of it
to sustain his opposition to the PROPOSE
tion of Mr.. Clay to re-establish the
United States Bank.


In this session the Democrats have
made brave and determined and patient
effort for free ballot; to prevent the
sending of troops to the polls and to get
rid of the dangerous, annoying and ex-
pensive u. s. Marshals as overseers o.
elections. This is all the people expect
ed the Democrats to do. 1t will now re
main with the people to decide at th'
polls whether it is right to leave til,
power in the hands of political Presi
dent, Secretary of War and General t,
turn the scale of the elections at an
time by the use of the power whicl
was placed in their hands in a time G
war, when the two Houses of Congres
happened to have a two-third partisa
majority.


This question of free ballot is para
mount to all others, and we have n
fears lat what the people will determin
to regain the power that the Radical
have so securely possessed their party o
The silver question will settle itself, an
should not be allowed to be used as
wedge to divide the Democratic part
and diver it from so important wor
Year: 1879

COMMENCEMENT FoRTNiaHT.-The
school commencements have become a
great feature of Wilmington. They oc-
cupy a great part Of the attention OF the
people for fortnight, and draw heavily
upon the labors and space OF the pubic
press. We doubt if there is city in the
Union Of the same population that
makes better show of progress in the
educational department than Whining
ton. Our public schools since the ad-
dition of the High School have been made
to them, fairly equals in their conf
mencement exercises the commencement
exercises of the higher collegiate instltn-
tions of the city, and attract more UNI
versal attention.


We cannot too highly commend the
successful efforts of Mr.. Stansbury j.
Wiley in the management of the Boys
High School Department; and last
nights entertainment in the Opera
House would seem to warrant us in say
ing as much for the efforts Of Miss Mil
er,who holds like responsible position
in the Girls High School Depart
ment.


We had hoped that the Adams Prize
would have led other gentlemen who
could well afford to do 50, to offer other
prizes to the scholars. The contribution
would be very trihe out of the income
Of many gentlemen, whom we know ap-
preciate highly the schools, and whose
generosity in other directions is freely
and frequently illustrated in what they
do for the noble charities they have help
ed to establish.


We could not withhold our commen
dation for the efforts of the Board o
Public Education, or the teachers in an,
of the schools, there may be some ex
ceptions, as there always will, but w
know of none, and therefore may vel
say that we feel very ready to commen
every branch of our public schools, c
which this city has good cause to be ey
hemely proud, even now, while yet i
the infancy of their career. We al
for progress here, and hope that OIL
people will not stop until the create
eminence is attained in education
Some years ago We met some oppositio
to the introduction of the dead lang
ages in our educational system. II
GAZETTE has never regretted that
took a strong, open and decided positi,
In favor of this. 1t has had the preci
effect we hoped or-to level upwa
the public schools; and rendered the
no longer obiectional 10 gentlemen Vi
were compelled to pay a large tax
their maintainance while they We're ST
ceptible of the charge Of offering no
vitation to their children, because the
was no High School, and the langual
were not taught. Ever since the scho
have been growing in popularity a
they were never so highly valued by


our most enlightened and intellig,
citizens as they are now. What Il
will be quarter of a century hence
only be judged as we judge the future
the past and we feel sure those who


now reaping their benefits will not
satisfied with slower pace in their


vancement than did the generous toi


of the generation whose places I


must ere long fill.
Year: 1879

in favor of permanent free government
as now presents itself. And il is appar-
ent that the advocates Of silver in the
Republican party, have laid aside their
views on this question for the present
with view of raising difference among
Democrats. They will be grossly dis
appointed and, we think, will find they
have helped instead of injured the sue
cess of the Democrats at the polls.
Year: 1879

The lights were out, the stHeets were still,
and all other presences were silent in the
presence of the peaceful night. And at this
time the soft but slightly unsteady tread of
a man was heard approaching the station.
He took chair near the door, dangled his
legs over the chair g arm, hung his peaked
hat over the toe of his boot, and in a low
voice addressed the officer: Il was here
year ago and listened to the song of your
cricket under the mat there, and l want TO
hear it again. That cricket comes into my
life exactly. He sings, and all his green
coated comrades sing o f the dying summer.
There are million of these little mourners
under the leaves to might and they all have
one song Of pensive sadness. There is
cricket in my heart. There used to be sum-
mer there. am a sort of an old cricket my
self crawl into the natural-formed grape
grottoes on the highway and sing my own
| sad song there. Speaking of cool wild
graperies reminds me that | am athirst.
| Say, sergeant, can't you send a sleuth mes
sepger to the Club of the Purple Cluster and





ing their chaste aud marvellous brows with
beautiful chaplets, to send me, not an old
Roman punch even, nor a Grecisu smsran- =
the julep, but tod, mere modern tod. Tell
them am always with them and often COM
mune when on my promiscuous pilgrim age
with their disembottled ed-pardon me, mean
disembodied spirits l see their faces rapt
and purpling with the blood of the broken
hearted grape of the Garter stream. But
say, sergeant, my blood is turning into
channels of melancholy. This must not be-


Here are three coins. put one into the
wine and the world Aushes up for me q
second coin, and own that block there,
am Mayor of Pawtucket. Il walk on thrones;
a third, and | hear rapturous music, | hoa


on fair rivers, my old coat becomes as tn,
garment of great ruler; | put my warn


heart against the cold marble of the worl


aud warm it with its generous glow. Th
: world is no longer marble tomb to me.
opens and enchanting forms come forth an
embrace me and bid me go on. The gate
9 of eternity open with majestic welcome t
the man who defes fortune and dares I
grandly live it out But those are nj
!, coins said the officer, they are buttons.
well, buttons, so then let them be-at
that song again, the song of the cricket, of
= Ger, let me sleep here under: the magnets
a of the mighty midnight heavens, and /
d the lady cricket serenade me.'-PrOvide,
Is journal, Pdwktucket Letter.
Year: 1879

Some years ago cobbler from the Emer-
aid Isle came to Boston and opened shop
on Harrison Avenue, in an old house which
stood over the water, being supported in the
rear by piles. Being diligent and frugal he
soon saved few hundred dollars, when one
day he was accosted by an agent of we'll
known lottery company, and was persuaded
to invest. In few days he was notified
that he had won one hundred dollars. Up
on receiving his money, he started out for a
little recreation, got gloriously tight, and
squandered not only his prize but all his
heard-earned savings He then returned to
his bench, full of repentance. After sc yeral
months of hard labor his pocket-book was
well filled, when the agent turned up once
more, and he was again induced to try his


luck. This ime he won five hundred dol.
lars. He Immediately gathered up his kit
con sisting of bench, tools, &c, and threw
them out of the back window into the water
| aging, as he did so, One hundred dollar


made, me crazy, and Eve hundred will Kill
l me, shure.
Year: 1879

A beggar is sitting at a certain corner with
a placard on his breast and dog tied to a
string. On the placard is written, PITY the
blind A stranger passes by and gives a
Spanish silver coin, whereupon the beggar
calls after him, Il say this won't pass here.
Astonishment of stranger why, you can
see, can you p See of course can 'Then
why are you begging Why this plaeard p
For my dog he's the blind one
Year: 1879

Ladies, you cannot make fair skin, rosy
cheeks and sparkling eyes with all the cos
metic of France, or beautificrs of the world,
while in poor health, and nothing will give
you such good health, strength, buoyant
spirits and beauty as Hop Bitters A trial
10 certain proof. See another column.
Year: 1879

Temperance is advisable even in water
drinking


A man with a strong turn for music is
the organ grinder.


DO good with what thou hast, or 1t
will do thee no good.


He sued her hand before marriage, and
her hand sewed him after.


-Favorite engagement rings are of the
weird cats eye stones.


Society bellies have exact portraits of
their favorite dogs sketched and painted on
their fans.


The girl with n gold necklace thinks
low -necked dress Just too lovely for any
thing.


We are offering a chrome now to the
the woman who doesn't think her baby nicer
than any other woman's baby.
1t was ofa dear girl who dotted on onion
salad that it was written. she carried her
ruling passion strong in breath
The business of life is to go forward
he who sees evil in prospect meets it on the
way; but he who catches it by retrospection
turns back to find it.
"A young woman has painted the pic
u
person can't distinguish the bark of the dog
| from the bark of the tree.
A recent writer says Il do not believe
in Encouraging" young or weakly author,
| by prasing poor work of theirs. good
snubbng is the best thing that eau hap
| pen.
| Knowledge cannot be acquitted without
pain and application. 1t is troublesome,
| ud 10 dtnuinu E,r hut "
you once come to the spring, it rises to meet
you.
| II have always noticed, said a shrewd
old fuancier, that one dollar in my own
pocket is always of more practical benefit to
me than five dollars in any other mans
pocket
| -L'emember who you are talking to, sir.
| said an indignant parent to a facetious boy
Il am your father We'll, who's to blame
for that p said the young impertinence, faint
me-


A woman who can write letter with
out lwo-lhirds of her tongue protruding
through her mouth, is fitted for better
sphere than this.


-Mistress-'B Bridget, didn't you hear me
call? Bridget-'1es mum; but ye towld
me the other day niver to answer you back
and didn't
"A band of gypsies are encamped near
Milwaukee, and the rush of ladies to have
their fortune told is so great that fifty have
been seen in waiting at once.


Ten mills make one cent ten cen Is two
beers; two beers call for more more beer
makes two DRINKS; two d.unks make a
row one row makes an arrest; cne arrest is
five dollars and costs.


An editor has one advantage over


king. When an editor goes out riding in
his open barouche drawn by four mil white
steeds, he is never shot at by a Socialist.
You have probably remarked this your
; self
; In the middle of Ay.time, when both
hands were engaged, we have sometimes


thought, as persistent fly playfully fond
, led our nose, that it was great mistake


when our primeval ancestor discarded his


caudal appendage.
The other day, the pro fessor..of German
asked an unregenerate junior what the gen.
der of a certain noun was. The junior
r quickly replied


4 think it is neuter sir; at any rate, it is
neu ter me-


There is an innocent abroad in Toledo
y He asked a friend what was the best bait fol
= fish.
Try angle worms said the friend and
a may we be hornswogled if that man hasn't
had every boy in the city trying to find him
: triangle worms
Year: 1879

to pay off what was remaining OF the debt


incurred in repairing and furnishing the


ball; that generous cooperation Of the
members was needed TO crown their efforts


with success. It would be readily UNDER.
stood. therefore, why it was that they would
lie charged the special price of admission,
and why the public generally could attend
without the particular invitation usually re-
quired at the weekly nusicqLes.
Year: 1879

SAn ANTONIO kle1ssj Heiaiu'


Not 50 very long ago there arrived
at San Antonio a gentleman from a
large town on the railroad between
here and Galveston lie put up at
one of our hotels, aud displayed a tre-
menious appetite At the end OF the
week he expected TO be presented with
his bill. but no bill was presented, al
though he had no luggage at all Time
went on, and still no bill. The land
lord treated him with lofty courtesy.
as did the walters. OHc night. how
ever. he did not return TO the hotel.
aud the next morning the landlord
hired a detective, who hunted and
found him The stranger thought The
landlord was going 10 have him put ID
jail tor swinding or something else,
aud he fell very much alarmed sbnnt
IT, But 20. The landlord was as
pleasant az ever He asked the stran
ger what he bad done that he should
desert his hotel in that way, and in
quired whether he had offended bin.
aud finally begged him to return to
the hotel once more, promising TO fur-
nish him with oysters, OF anything else
ne might wish


The stranger was astounded lie
told the landlord that he couldn't pay
his board. The landlord replied that
he did not want any board. and finally
eztorted from the stranger the promise
10 return to the hotel


After few days the stranger took
The landlord aside, thanked him with
tears in his eyes, and asked him why
he was so anxious for him to eat a
hat hotel free of charge


IN tell you," was his cool reply
Il don't care cuss for you personally y
but since you have been eating here
have had forty more guests to dinne
Than | ever had before They com,
here for no other purpose than to lool
at YOU eat-you eat 80 hearty Bu
The trouble is | had 50, 900 bet tina
you would choke to death ut the din
ner table within a specified time. To
isv is the last day. and | have lost
GHl And he kicked him niDeteeI
feet ten inches into the street.
Year: 1879

BENJAMIN +. BUTLER should now re-


tire to the shades Of private life, as he
ought to be convinced by this time that
the people of Massachusetts do not want
him for their Governor. The Republi.
cans have had enough of him long ago,
and are perfectly satisfied that when
he abandoned the Republican party for
the Greenback gewgaw, they had no
use for him, in fact he has long outliv-
ed his usefulness. Should a new re-
bellion occur, and should there be more
Dutch gaps to dig or more contrahand
questions to solve, Butler might be Cf
use, but as a successful politician out
side of the Republican ranks, he las
been a total failure, and he cannot
serve his country better now than by
in his hole and pulling the
hole in after him.
Year: 1879

THIS IS the way the Reading "Times
and Despatch" pictures Tildep: "Til
den was seen wandering around Gram
Grey Park at sunrise on Tuesday. He
lad a sort of locomotive head plaster
ed over his chest like a fever and ague
pad, and as il emitted its lurid rays he
was tue subject Of considerable atten-
ton. He carried a shotgun in one
hand and a sword in the other, While
No oae knew what was the matter un-
iii he explained to policeman that he
was hunting for the Robinson boom. At


asst accounts he had not found IT,
Year: 1879

One case OF rich mans daughter
running away and marrying his coach
man has turned out almost tragicaI|y
in New Jersey. The parties have been
before the New Jersey Chancellor for
nearly a year in a suit for divorce. The
wife was the daughter Of wealthy
Irish magistrate, the husband was the
cOachman. They have not only lived
unhappily, but according to the evidence
the worthless fellow had endaavored 70
hire men to drown her and her infant
child.
Year: 1879




Getting out of town at present by no means I'M
plies that utter from city markets which
it did twenty years ago. At that time prices were
obtained only by slow course of mail. and the ups
and downs of speculation were left to be managed
by the unfortunates who were compelled to stay at
home. Nowadays this is all changed. Thanks or
no thanks as chooses to regard it to the tele-
graphic system, the professional Spectator hnds
himself, whether aboard his yacht or taking his ease
in his country inn in as ready communication with
the great marts of the city though he were COM
fortaby ensconced in Wall street office. proof
Of this was to be found in to-days stock market.
which manipulated by wire. and owed its
strength and animation simply to the fact that
Professor Morse somebody else many years
ago had discovered q way Of communication
by means of electric battery. Had there been no
telegraph there would have been no market, for
certainly the present aners Of the Board room are
neither "warm" enough financially nor bright enough
mentally to have given the tone to prices which
heard to-day To the out Of town influence.
theref re- must be attributed the support of todays
market. In general way it had lifting influence
upon the whole list; in special way it was con-
spicuous in the grangers and Lake Shore In each
of the stocks were higher prices made more than
usual activity developed and satisfactory amount
Of improvement secured at the end. In the case of
the Northwesterns there enough Of this latter
quality manifested to mark up prices to the
highest point touched since the panic of
'73. As has been heretofore intmated the
orders to buy Lake Shore and North
west have been dead-headed over Western Union
wires from Saratoga. At least the street believes
so and it probably right in assigning the function
of "capt mortuum to Mr.. Vanderbilt and his follow
ing. Apropos of Western Union it is to be noticed
that the price is inclined to weakness There were
strong indications of desire to sell long stock
to-day. In view of the formidable opposition which
Is threatened by the new company it would seem to
be q very prudential step to take. At the Mining
Board there was o shade of more activity. Leadvie
and Lucerne active at slightly advanced figures.
and Great Eastern from 60 cents TO IS cents
advices Of shipments Of $4,000 of bullion as the
results Of last months work. Recognizing the fact
that to-day was summer Saturday the amount
of transactions born Of the days business was
satisfactory. and closing prices 'as well as
could be expected


The following table shows the extreme fluctuations
Of he dav I'm the rrices Of leading shares
Year: 1879

Unto my loved ones have given all- The tirelcss service of my willing handf, The strength of swift feet running to their call, Each pulse of this fond heart, whose love

 commands The busy brain unto their use; each grace, Each gift, the flower and fruit of life. To me They give, with gracious hearts and tenderly,

 The second place. Such joy as my glad service may dispense They spend to make some brighter life more

 blest;

 The grief that comes despite my frail defense They seek to sooth upon dearer breast. Love veils his deepest glories from my face; dimly dream how fair the light may be Be yond the shade, when hold, longingly,

 The second place. And yet 'tis sweet to know that though Imake No souls supromest bliss, no life shall lie Ruined and desolated for my sake, Nor any heart be broken when die. And sweet it is to see my little space Grow wider hour by hour; and gratefully thank the tender fate that granted mo

 The second place.
Year: 1879

MT. G. A. Keyworth, F. 0. s., writes to the London Tunes in the following interesting vein upon this subject:

 "When we burn branch grown last summer we obtain in form of heat and light portion of the power of the sun which was expended in forming that branch. So also with coal :; each fire and gas flame supplies sun power spent far back in the remote past in forming the plant of which coal is composed Hence coal producing countries are the heirs of splendid inheritance of stored up force at once portable and to be un- locked with spark. But no new coa is formed, so that we are like men who live upon their capital. Each stroke of the pick in the colliery undermines our power. As means of saving coal we look hopefully towards tn e electr light now arresting attention. Goal is changed in the engine furnace first to heat and then to steam motion. This being conveyed by driving bands to the dynamo electric machine is transformed, by an exquisite arrangement of magnet ism and motion, into electricity. Con- ducted thence by wires to the electric lamp it appears again as sunlight which streamed forth on the earth in the illim- itable past. A given quantity of coal can in no other way be made to yield so much light. Sir William Armstrong has harnessed neighboring waterfall to dynamo-electric machine, thus light ing up his library, and in so doing has in the form of light portion of sun force expanded as heat in lifting from the ocean the rain clouds which gave birth to that waterfall. This foreshad- ows vast economy of coal, that precious buried treasure on which England thriyes."