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Year: 1873

y plainly, bat perfectly dressed lady
/ with the best blood of the world in her
veins, and--what is more imposing ~


the hsberdashing hsart-with plenty
Of money in her pocket, went not long
since into a shop to buy napkins.
The pOtentate of the counter showed
her such napeIy as he thought suited
to her social position. these are
rather coarse, " she suggested. "Have
yOu none finer?i "Ob, yes" said
the gentleman, "but they are more
expensive" 1t is ever to be regretted
that the lady turned in silence and
left the shop, becaase the clerk will
never know that it was his own idiot-
ic etfrOnteTy, and not the expense of
the napkins, which lost him the Gus
toner.


A lady, who never made any great
hgure in the world, and certainly not
IN waterproof cloak on rainy day,
was seeking a parasOl. The clerk
showed her some very common, not
10 say shabby specimens, which she
declined. A little further down the
counter she bought q whole piece of
fine and cOstlylinen, observing which,
the knight OF the parasoI came down
and begged her to re-examine his as
sSrtment, of which he had contrive6
to unearth an altogether different and
better collection She, too, fell below
the requirements Of the occasion, aud
bought her parasOl without enlighten-
ing him upon her discovery of his
stupid mistake.


"A lady, large and lovely, a serene
Quaker goddess, made some bensvo-
lent casual remark to the clerk with
whom she was tTafficking, just Us she
would have patted the mead of a
strange dog who might have run up
and smiled at her gown, and the little
whipper-snapper clerk followed her to
the door and-winked at her! And
while she stood staring at him in her
first amazed consciousness Ofhis indi-
vidual existence, he winked again
Thus vaeuOus do the gods MAKE hu-
man skull, yet furnish it with ali the
gangiia of life.


Happy are those merchants who
can secure the right sort of clerk-!or
q right sort there is. bought table
cloth Of him yesterday. 1 had for
gotten TO take the size of the table, or
a pattern of the color to be matched.
Patiently he evolved my probable
needs from my fragmentary facts, dis
cussed pleasantly the presumtive evil
dence, and seemei as much interest
ed in the harmOnies of my dining
room as if he had expected to eat
there thrice day during the remain
der of his DALdTa! life. Did he de-
eeive me? Not bit. ] know OF u
surety that my dining room was no
more to him than the peanut stand
on the common opposite Ne aud it
lac has already forgotten. None the
less was his mOmentary and friendly,
but not famiiier interest in me and
mine, altogetl er winning and sincere.
His sympathetic and refined nature
does unquestionably and spontaneous
Iy ally itself for succor and good cheer
to all who appeal to him. May his
kind heart, his welcoming face, and
his engaging manners be mine of
wealth to himself and all his emplny-
eTs and dependents.
Year: 1873

1t is well known that leather artic-
les kept in stables soon become brittle
in consequence OfammOniacal exhala-
tiOns, which affect both harness hang
ing up in such localities and the shoes
OF those who frequent them. The us-
ual application OF grease is not al
ways sufficient to meet this difficulty;
but it is said that by adding to them q
small quantity of glyeerine the leath-
er will be kept continually in a soft
and pliabIe condition.
Year: 1873

STAGE RoBBEE. A man. supposed to
have been interested in the White Pine
stage robbery, WAS arrested few davs
ago in this town. The officers had
points TO make. and therefore kept the
matter still. We have also been under
obligations to say nothing. The pris-
oner will be sent over to Hamilton this
morning, and probably we will be at
liberty to give full particulars in our
next issue.-Eurekd Sentinel, Nay Is.
Year: 1873

The following anecdote OF the great ira
geiian. Macready, came from theatre at.
tache, and is probable as reliable as the
most of them: Macready used every agency
THAT God and nature put in his power to
make his acting tell. He neglected no aid
OF light and shade; no study OF position; no
minute attention to detail; indeed, no arti-
flee whatever that would heighten effect.
The storm scene in Lear was one of his most
powerful representations. An old man,
lettering and exhausted, raving at the ele-
ments, and detying thunder, lightning and
hail. is a touching spectacle. 10 get himself
up in style for the scene. he employed a
strong and muscular friend to spend a few
moments in shaking him vigorously, first
right and then left, then forward and back,
as dog shakes rag, till his hair was every
which way, and his general condition so
mixed up that, when the muscular man
gave him the final shove Oh the stage, he
was the very picture of reellng. worn out,
used up old man, and as lie vented his rage
or the stormy forces OF nature the impress
sion was tremendous. One night the stout
party was somewhat late, and fearing that
lie would be behindhand with his part as
shaker" rushed in hurriedly to what he
supposed was the right place, and seeing
an elderly looking man with long white
hair pecying round as though he expected
somebody, he went for and Shook him:
shook him powerfully: shook him to make
up for lost time: shook the ''daylights out
OF him." and then flung him headlong on
thc stage. The pit saw it in moment.
aud they hooted as only the pit of the old
days could hoot. The victim. scared almost
TO death, SUNK back to private life. and the
stou: party didn't quite take in the situa-
ton till the outraged Lear, indulging in
tail kind Of rhetoric not found i'll Shakes
peare, impressed ON him that he had manipu-
lated the wrong man.
Year: 1873

One dav last week a lady
wrote ior piece Of music with
sentimental words that almost
silently flow from the depths OF
concealed sorrow, revealing a
hearts tcnderest emotion in a
tone that would almost melt an
iceberg and crtlmble adamant
to dust" and in a postscript IN
formed them that her ''paugh'
would be NIB next week and pay
for it.
Year: 1873

The Congress Conference Committee, upon the
building of the sloops of war, agreed, yesterday,
to make the number eight, one-half of which
are to be built at private shpyards and the other
four at Philadelphia, Braoklyn, Boston and Ports
mouth. The Secretary of the Navy can build them
either of iron or wood us he may select In this
shape the bill will be passed this week.
Year: 1873

tortion of truth and abuse of pricstly
authority the religion of Jesus Christ
has, as | attest To your .tiness, before
God nothing 10 do with these lntrigues,
more than has truth, whose banner Is
invoked by your holiness, Iunreservedly
subscribe. There is one more expression
in the letter of your holiness which cam
not pass over without contradiction, al
though it is not based on previous in-
formation, namely, the expression that
every one that has received baptism be-
longs to the pope. The evangelical
creed which, as must be known to your
holiness, I, like my ancestors and the
majority of my subjects, profess, does
not permit us to accept in our relation
to God any other mediator than our
Lord Jesus Christ. Difference of be-
lief does not prevent me from living i'll
peace with those who do not share niue,
and offering your holiness the express
sion of my personal devotion and
esteem. WILLIAM.
Year: 1873

never again would / dare become Il
mother


A deep blush mantled her face and
he paused. l thought here was the
time to advise and restore harmony to
the distressed family. / said reproach,
fully to her: "You appear only to
think of yourself, Frau Thomas. DO
you not suppose your husband has also
suffered all these years the same as
yourself?' She looked at me astonished,
and, rather abashed, replied


"Of course he was miserable to see
me so, but, as he could not help me, he
let me alone"


"Now, Fran Thomas. we have the
secret, and that is where you have been
unjust, and wronged your husband.
You daily exhibited regret that his life
had been saved at SO great a sacrifice to
yourself. It left him in more uncer-
tainty regarding Your love for him, and
can you blame him if he did not think
his life too dearly bought? 1t was
noble in him not to feproach you for
saving ms life at the C st of the one
dearer to you. Is it not so, Thomas 2"


Truly, you have read my feelings
better than I could have explained
them. Frequently my heart seemed
ready to break when I realized what
you have said, but / conld not blame
her, when she had done SO much for
me-"


The woman's face was a study. En-
barrassment, regret, perplexity, all APP
peared, until for very shame she cast
herself on her husbands breast, beg
ging his pardon.


1t was his turn to be embarrassed
now, and it was really touching to see
the man act as if he had done some
thing very foolish.


l left them confident in their future
happiness, and SO it proved. In time,
another child came to bless the sorely-
tried mothers heart, but never again
the question, "Husband or Child 2"
Year: 1873

The SiOux-Or, as they call them
selves, the Dakota-tribe of Indians,
are, according to n writer in the Chicago
Tribune, by far the most powerful and
numerous nation of savages on the
American continent. For centuries past
they have lorded it over the whole of
the northwestern portion of the United
States, being near the head-waters of
the Mississippi river, and along a great
portion of the Missouri. They have
been, and are, the lords of the plains,
and every man and animal that has
passed through their country for ages
past has done so only with their per-
mission. They are brave, hardy, and
warlike. and able to bring into the field
such numbers of men as to overawe
their weaker neighbors, and keep them
in the proper degree of subsection. The
Sioux nation, as a whole. numbers about
forty thousand souls. They occupy an
immense extent of country, and are
able, upon occasion, to bring into the
field more than three thousand war
riors. For years past they have die.
tated their own terms to both white and
red men, and have declared their lnten-
ton to continue such a course in the
future. The members OF this tribe are
personally brave, and all men are tram
cd soldiers and hunters. They make
no concealment of their supposed ability
to whip the people of the United States
whenever and wherever they are SO
minded, and point to the various battles
in which they have beaten the whites in
proof of this assertion. Their AFRO
gance is almost beyond belief. They
consider it great feat to kill small
number of soldiers but the crowning
glory of their lives is to kill few aged
and helpless women. After having
bu chered some whites, or their red
neighbors, they glOrify themselves for
many days, holding the scalps of white
women up to all kinds of mockery and
derision, and painting themselves mp
until they look like the veriest tiends
on earth, which they are.
Year: 1873

The manner in which the gentle duck
is beguiled with amateur hunters is
enough to fill that much-wanted biped
with disgust at the remorseless greed
of mln. A Minnesota youth, finding
the ducks on Rice lake too wary to wait
until they were shot, determined to re-
sort to other means to obtain enough
for the family Sunday dinner. He Sc
lected pumpkin, cut hole Ill it, re-
moved the inter or, and carried it to the
shore of the lake, where, divesting him
self of his clothing and placing the
pumpkin over his head. he waded in
among the rice where the ducks were
feeding. In short time the chief duck
approached to reconnoiter, and seeing
nothing more formidable than a juicy
and toOthsome pumpkin he signaled his
companions, and they advanced in or
der to feast upon the fortunate windfall.


While on their way toward the banquet
they were surprised by seeing the chief
duck suddenly dive under the water,


feet foremost, and failing to come mp.
Another duck took upon itself the office
of scout in order to investigate the
cause of this strange proceeding, and in
turn made q back semersault with sur
prising rapidity, and was seen no more.


Duck number three, who followed, went
down tail feathers first with a scream
and despairing fiuttering of its pin
ions, and also neglected to come back
and tell what the matter was. The re-
mainder of the bereaved flock took to
flight with terror depicted upon their
countenances, and doubtless with n
firm conviction that there was a mystic
ry connected with pumpkins that no
duck can find ont. That Minnesota
youth had his Sunday dinner, but he
got il in a very unsportmanlike manner.
Year: 1873

At an English Christmas cattle SNOW
s.silver mounted claret jug was taken by
cow No one will grudge the COW this or
onv other distinction which its merits and
good conduct deserve, but it Is not easy TO
see what pleasure or benefit such an animal
fstrictlv teetotal in its habits) can derive from
tbe nossession of claIet jug. Claret is mot
the usual beverage of cows, and even If it
were, the jugs which hold it are so construct
ed that it would be impossible for those crea-
lures to drink out of them; and the.mere con-
temptation of a claret jug, silver mounted and
all, must be matter of indifference even to
the most high-bred cows. Altogether, one
feels that new wooden pail. filled with ordi-
nary fresh water, would have been far more
useful present. ro1d
Year: 1873

DIRECTIONS FOR WASHING MATING AMI
OI-cLorHs.-M Mating should never be wash
ed with anything but salt and water-a pint
of salt to half pailful of soft water, moder-
ately warm. Dry quickly with soft cloth.
Twice during the season will probably be sui-
hcient washing for bedroom, but room
much used will require it somewhat oftener.
Oil-cloth is ruined by the application OF iye
soap, as the lye eats the cloth. and, after pc
ing washed, it should be wiped perfectly dry,
or the dampness will soon rot 1t. II iaia
down where the sun will shine on it much, II
will be apt to stick fast to the floor, unless
paper is laid under it.
Year: 1873

The Queen of England has ordered gram
ite sarcophagus to be made for the reception
Of the remains of Louis Napoleon. Well,
some time ago she would not have been alone
in this work. Nearly all the sovereigns of
Europe would have gladly contributed their
share.
Year: 1873

A recent medical writer says: ''Sleep
wherever you can; in the cars-anywhere
when you can get chance; the great want
of the age is Sleep" This is not always safe
advice to follow, as a Lawrence gentleman
knows to his sorrow. He was recently affict-
ed with bad cold, and to cure himself Of
it, resorted to the method of bathing his feet
in warm water, and drinking tumbler full
of gin and molasses, prescribed by an aged
and respected friend of the family. Having
got everything in order for carrying out the
prescription, he sat down by the stove, his
pedal extremities immersed in warm water,
a tumbler of smoking gin and molasses by
his side. In this condition sense of enjoy
ment stole over him as he slipped the exhilar-
ating liquid, and be fell asleep. His wife had
gone to bed, and on awakening about three
O'Clock in the morning, wondered why she
was alone. Going down stairs, she was hor-
rified to find her liege lord asleep in his chair,
the fire out, his feet still immersed in the
water over which cake of ice was forming,
and an empty tumbler on the chair beside
him. His cold isn't bit better.
Year: 1873

There was a meddlesome monkey that set
out to reform the world. I'D


"Milk isn't good for you," he said to the
cat and he upset the saucer, and the cat
scratched one of his eyes out. htR fr


''You were not meant to gnaw bones," he
said to the dog, and he ran off with the bone
but the dog ran after him, and bit his tail
off, o-s .-,-z


sHow can beef be made out of grass, you
foolish beast % he said to the OK, offering
him the bone he had stolen from the dog; but
the OK tossed him up into tree
As he sat there, minus an eye and a tail,
and plus broken rib, he moaned out


GLOW blindly ungrateful is the world to its
best benefactors p ai
Year: 1873

SALE OF BUILDING LoTs.-Mr. j. T. Heald.
President OF the Christiana River improvement
Company, will sell at public sale. tomorrow
commencing at 2jS p. NJ. AZ fine building lots. on
the South Side, in the neighborhood Of Third
street bridge. Wilmington has extended on the
South Side within the last two or three years
perhaps more decidedly than in any other sec
ton OF the city and property in this direction is
wonderfully increasing in value Another rol-
ling mill is now promised, great shipping point
near by is in early anticipation, and the best
building sites must soon be exhausted. Build
ing lots purchased by parties. at former sales OF
this company, and the advance in value thereof,
is sufficient iDducement to make other purchas-
es. All who would make profitable investment,
should be prompt in attendance at this sale.
Year: 1873

TUE TOUGHEST OF CATs.-Thcre
is Il man on franklin street who
has boon engaged in the past two
months in n mighty effort to kill Il
cat. In that timo that unfortunate
animal has explored tho bottom OF
every shcet and stream of water
within six miles of Dnnbury, has
had an unintcntional taste Of the
several now varieties Of powder,
and has got SO it can tell in the
dark, without looking around, tho
difference between q half brick and
u whole one. The man himself
hasn't got n whole pioce of clothing
in his wardrobe, and has almost
entirely lost the use of one leg from
rheumatism contracted VIII i Q
drowning the cat, and has more
scratches on him than the survivor
of four wives. His aged father
says he will tako n chair out in the
yard on pleasant afternoon, and
will sit there for two hours at q
time and look at that cat and
swear.-DaaJury Ne,cs.
Year: 1873

If young ladies who pride
themselves on their skill and tact
in the art of Irritation could only
hear ali that Is said of them behind
their backs. We think they would
rcnounee their indicate blandish-
ments forever, and blush, if not
past that wholesome indication OF
shame, for the false part they had
40 far played on society. Tho
practical firt is looked upon by all


young men, save those green


enough to be her victims, merely


as . frivolous piece of human


tsnsApesy. with whom 1t may bc
well enough to while away an hour
or two how and then, when moth.
ing better in the way Of amuscmcn.
Year: 1873

SATURDAY EVENING, Mnrch Is.


The supply Of money has increased considera-
blr during the past week, and the market is more
abundantly supplied now than at any time eince
last June and July. The supply of loanable
funds ut the command Of most of tho banks il
lnrgo, and the majority Of them are willing to
increase their loans considerably, but banks that
have largo mercantile custom report an active
demand for all their spare funds. In the street
paper is becoming more abundant, but No. !
paper is freely taken at 10 to II per cent. o
E'irst-class accommodation paper at 10 to u
per cent The supply Of funds in private hands
seems to be increasing. Considerable inquiry is
made for our best local stocks. By quotations
given below it will be seen the stock OF the First
National Bank has sold at leo, figure never
reached before the fire.


The clearings Of the Chicago banks for the
Year: 1873

They Don't Take the Papers.


An exchange thus graphic
ally describes he condition Of
an old man and his family,
who was always too poor t,
take a paper


"His hogs don't know enough
to grunt when they are hungry;
his dog jumped into the river
and was drowned because he
didn't know enough 10 swim
out; and only last week his
horse got out of the barn, went
10 a saw-mill close by, and
mistaking the saw dust for
bran, ate two bushels and
turned into a hemlock log
The vile wandered several
miles away from home, four
years ago, alter black berries,
and was frightened to death
by a railway train; his oldest
son is in the State prison Tor
breaking a law he never heard
OF; his only daughter stabbed
herself 10 the heart with an
old fashioned candle rod, and
now his only and youngest son
has choked himself to death
trying to swallow a small yel-
low pumpkin. This is an ex-
ample of what the world would
be without educational intlu-
ence Of The press"
Year: 1873

A NICELY dressed gentleman
applied for a marriage license
at Dover, Tennessee, last week,
but when ne spoke the lady's
name the polite County Clerk
suggested that, if it was all
the same to him, he would
prefer that he should name
some other party, as the one
mentioned had become his
vile the previous evening.
Year: 1873

The act amendatory Of the bankrupt
act has become law, and firm may
now refuse to pay a note for any cause
Qraud, for instance,) without danger
Of being forced into bankruptcy
That branch Of the law has wrought
serious harm to creditors as we'll as
debtors,
Year: 1873

The evidence before the Investiga-
tion Committee at Washington in the
case of Senator Pomeroy is not maxi
ing the charge of Senator York the
clearest in the world. We had hoped
that the guilty party in this matter
might be unmistakably unearthed in
this case and branded with the mark
OF Cain. Would that a little omnis-
Client power might be made applicable
to this single case to unravel 1t, for il
isso montrous in the event of the
guilt Of either party, that the country
greatly needs the incontestable truth
about it. -
Year: 1873

The self-convicted traitor, York, is
not held in high esteem, not even by
the majority of those who rejoice at
the defeat Of Pomeroy. Grace Green
wood says the people about the Nation.
al Capital, hoped for tho success of
Caldwell, for fear that York would be
sent to fill his place. If his State per-
sists in elevating him to any responsi-
BILE position, we shall forget that she
was ever bleeding Kansas = we shall
think that she has not bled enough
The best business for this man to &c
into wonld be partnership with the
Maine temperance spy, who has been
travelling about with lame horse
buying alcohol for him at drug stores
and then prosecuting the druggists 70,
selling liquor without license.
Year: 1873

The sea depends on the disintegration of
rocks on land for its saltness. 1t does not
originate in oceans and seas. Rains wash
it and hold it in solution as particles are
liberated by violence, decomposition and
gradual action of many natural forces. All
streamlets and rivers, therefore, are con-
stantly transporting salt to the sea. If
there is more than can be held in solution,
then it accumulates in masses at very deep
points, which, in the revolution to which
matter is subject, may again be stratum
of salt somewhere remote from where the
mass was formed Thus the salt mines of
Portland and the vast horizontal bed of pure
salt in Texas, as well as that mountain of
rock salt in st. Domingo, were collected at
the bottom of ancient seas, which are now
dry land remote from water There are
places in Africa where the process of disin-
tegration of salt from rocks is regularly
going on, but there is not water power
enough to force it onwardly to the sea.
Hence the particles are spread abroad and
mixed up with soil. The negroes of Kalliul,
in Northern Africa, having discovered its
distribution where there is no water to dis
solve in the ground, leach it. In that way
they separate the salt. By evaporating the
water holding it in solution, an excellent
article for domestic purposes is produced.
Salt Dervadas the earth TT eyists in the
grasses and most vegetable products on
which animals feed. In that way they de-
rive enough in most countries to meet the
demands of their nature. They require as
much as civilized humanity. With them
salt is necessary, as with ourselves, for
keeping the organs of vision in good condi-
ton. Stop the supply and blindness would
be universal.