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Year: 1876

4 Detroiter Of liberal education has been
greatly annoyed tecause bis wife and other
women are not better posted on history and
other matters connected With the growth or
welfare Of tie country. The other day be
carried home big history and handed it to
his spouse with the remark:


Here, Mary, want you to commence a.
page one and see if you can't learn something.


She agreed to become bis pupil, aud when
he cane home to supper be found her reading
away, hair down, slippers on, all the fires out
but enc, and no sign Of supper.


why, how is this?' be inquired; are you
sicl


Sick 10


Wei. where's my supperl'


i don't know anything about your supper
she replied as she settled back in her chair,
but can tell you al about the FIRST discovery
Of Florida as straight as a stringv


That history hasn't been opened since
that evening.


Going up street one bot day last summer, a
man saw boy about eleven years Of age
seated on the sidewalk, bareheaded, in full
blaze Of the scorchins sun.


Bub, you ought not sit there" said the
man.


"Wby2"


Because you will get tanned up"


Makes no difference to me whether / sit
il the sun or the shade" sadly answered the
boy mother taus NE up three or four times
a day anyhow"


The man who went to the Legislature on
Year: 1876

The Governor met the committee of
the City Council in this city, at 8 2. NJ,
on Saturday and after hearing their
request and the reasons they presented
for calling the Legislature together, did
not deem them sufficient to over balance
the expense and injury that might result
to the State. IN word he did not con-
slider that the occasion was one that
would be covered by the Constitution and
unless it did rise to such an extraordi-
nary occasion, in his mind, he would be
precluded by his oath Of Office from CON-
plying with the request of the commit
tee, and this he was compelled to do;
notwithstanding he felt deep interest
in the welfare of Wilmington and would
do anything in his power to aid its peo-
pie.


The Governor we feel sure has dis
CHARGED his whole duty promptly and
commercially in this matter and this
seems to be the general opinion. 1t is
even doubtful whether it would not be
wen for our city that the reservoir should
not be completed now. II We had the
means to do it Of course it would be
done. But it will not hurt the banks to
let them settle year longer. The large
pipes that lead to it might be connected
with the mains. we have now suffi.
cent supply of water, which this con.
nection would increase.
Year: 1876

1t appears that ex-Judge Fisher in
tends to vindicate himself from the
charges which his party friends have
made against him Ill Washington and
this State also. 1t is barely possible that
the Judge is much abused man. although
we do not conceed to all that his advo-
Gates say Of him. Still he might not
have been guilty of all that Jewell and
the Commercial charge him with. There
is no doubt that he has had great influ-
enoe with Grant, whom Boss shepherd
now appears to have under his especial
control. We shall an1iously await the
promised vindication of Judge Fisher


and in the meantime, as we desire to see
fair play between the Republican fac.
tions in this State, publish what the
Sentinel has to say about the matter
which will be found in another column.
Year: 1876

Tomorrow .he great Walsh floating Golfer dam will
be publicly tested in the North River, noar Hoboken.
The submersion OF this novel vessel will begun at
TWO p NJ, and the trial will, no doubt, attract many
scientific and practical men,
Year: 1876

To get seat In n Paris omnibus it
does not suffice to plant yourself at the
corner of the street and hail the passing
vehicle, for SUCH Is not the fashion in this
land. The driver is not on the lookout,
and the conductor disdains to pull the
check string, even though his vehicle
be not half full. The speed Of the hor-
seq may indeed be slackened, and II the
would-be passenger is young and active
and willing to run, he may Catch up
with the omnibus, but-the dead srop of
an American omnibus-driver is not TO
te thought of. To secure a ride i'm
peace and comfort you must 60 to one
of the stations, of which there are two
or three on every omnibus route. There
you will find small waiting-room,
with benches round the wall and desk
st one end, where sits a solemn func-
tionary who presents you with square
ticket bearing number. You take your
seat and watch the arriving and depar
ting vehicles till your number is called
out; and you must be sharp about it too,
or the next number will be called and
the omnibus depart without you.. II
you want an exchange ticket-or cor
respondance, as 1t is called here-you
are furnished with one gratis, your sim
gle payment of six sous entitling you
10 as long ride as you wish In single
direction. Soldiers are entitled to ride
inside on payment Of three sous only
Leppincott's Magazine.
Year: 1876

There is story OF noble lord who
once gave his friend golden snuff box,
in the cover of which an ass head was
painted. Not much fatrered by this
present, and wishing to turn the tables
on the author of the joke, the recipient
took out the ass and inserted instead the
portrait of the lord. The next day at
dinner he, as If by accident, put his box
upon the table. The lord, who wished
to amuse his guests at the expense of
his friend, made mention OF the snuff
box, and aroused the curiosity of those
around him. A lady asked to see it. 1t
was passed to her. She opened II and
exclaimed, "PerfecI! Ii is striking
likeness. Indeed, my lord, it is one vi
the best portraits OF you that 1 ever
seen." The lord was naturally much
embarrassed at the JOKE, which he
thought was so hard upon him. While
he was rejecting upon the oiensiveness
of it, the lady passed the box to her
neighbor, who made similar remarks
about it. The box thus went around
the table, each one expiating upon the
resemblance. The nobleman was much
astOnished at this course OF things; but,
when 1t came to his turn 10 look, had
to join I'm the too, and confess that his
friend had got the best Of him.-Botc-
Bells.
Year: 1876

through the midst Of crimson Fuchsias
or scarlet Geraniums? To look out
into the light through the fowers-is
not that poetry? And to break the
force Of the sunbeams by tender resist
ance Of green leaves? If you can train
Nasturtium round the window, or
some sweet peas, then you will have
the most beautiful frame that you can
invent for the picture without whether
it be busy crowd, or a distant land
scape, or trees with their lights or
shades, or changes of the passing clouds.
Any one may thus look through iow-
ers for the price of an old song. Ana
what pure taste and refinement does it
not indicate on the part of the cultiva-
tor!


A flower In the window sweetens the
air, makes the room look graceful, gives
the suns light new charm, rejoices
the eye, and links nature with beauty.
The flower is a companion that will
never say a cross thing to any one, but
will always look beautiful and smiling.
Do not despise it because il is cheap,
and because anybody may have the
luxury as well as yourself. Commo:.
things are cheap, but common things
are invariably the most valuable. Could
we only have fresh air or sunshine by
purchase, what luxuries they would be
considered; but they are free to all, and
we think little OF their blessings.
Year: 1876

There was an artlncer in Rome who
made vessels of glass of SO tenacious a
temper that they were as little liable TO
be broken as those that are made OF
gold and silver. When, therefore, he
issd made vial Of the purer sort, and
such as he thought present worthy OF
Cesar alone, he was admitted into the
the presence of the then Emperor IL
berius. The gift was praised, the skill
full hand of the artist applauded, and
the donation of the ri er accepted The
artist, that he might enhance the Won
der of the spectators and promote him
self yet further In the favor of the EN-
peror, desired the vial out of Caesars
and threw it with such force against
the floor that the most solid metal would
have received some damage or bruise
thereby. Cesar was not only amazed,
but affrighted with the act; but the
artist, taking up the vial from the
ground (Which was not broken, but
only bruised together, as if the sub
slduCc VI thc SiaSs hdu put VII thc sc"-
per of brass). drew out an instrument
from his bosom and beat it into its form
er figure. This done, he imagined that
he had conquered the world, as believ-
ing that he had merited the acquain-
tance with Cesar, and raised the admi-
ration of the beholders, but it fell out
otherwise, for the emperor inquired If
any other person besides himself was
privy to the like iempering of glass.
When he told him NO." he told all at
rendant to strike off his head, saying :
That should this artifice come once
into use, gold and silver would be of as
little value as the dirt in the street"
long after this, in l6l0, We read that
among other rare presents sent from
the Sophy of Persia to the king OF
Spain, were six mirrors of malleable
glass, so exquisitely tempered that
they could not be broken.
Year: 1876

Fault finders say that too much at
tention is paid to fashion in wOmen's
dress. For our own part we think there
is too little. Fashion would seem TO be
ordered by people who know compara-
lively nothing. There are reasons and
laws of taste and good looks, IL should
not need to be said. The subject is one
to be studied, with pleasing results to
be certainly arrived at, and solidly es-
tablished. Why do not some of our
most cultivated women take hold upon
il? This is a womanly field it must be
thought; or it is so thought at any rate.
And the range for womanly effort is
said to be narrow. This ground at
least is open, whether IL be large or
small. 1t is wide field as it is now.
Nothing could be worse than the dreari-
ness of its barren spots, unless it were
the hCrribleness Of much of the growth
where it is not BARE. May the hand of
skilful and graceful 'tillage be speedily
brought upon it. May it be cultivated
with artistic taste, and may we be
spared to see the day.
Year: 1876

Why not have some elegance in even
the humblest home? We must, Of
course, have cleanliness, which is the
special elegance of the poor. But why
not have pleasant and delightful things
to look upon? There is no reason why
the humber classes should not surround
themselves with the evidence Of beauty
and comfort in all their shapes, and
thus do homage alike to the gifts of God
and the labors of man. The taste for
the beautiful is one of the best and most
useful endowments. 1t Is one of the
landmarks of civilization. Beauty and
elegance 10 not necessarily belong to
the homes of the rich. They are, or
ought to be, all prevailing. Beauty in
all things-in nature, In art, in science,
in literature, in social and domestic
life.


How beautiful and yet how cheap are
flowers. Not exOtics, but what are
called common flowers. A rose for in
stance, is among the most beautiful of
the smiles of nature. The "laughing
flowers :" exclaims the poet. But there
is more than gaiety in the blooming
flowers, though IL takes wise man to
see the beauty, the love, the adaptation,
Of which they are full.


What should we think Of one who in
vented flowers; supposing that before
him flowers were unknownf Would
he not be regarded as the opener Of a
paradise OF new delight? Should we
not hail the inventor as a genius, as a
god9 And yet these lovely offsprings
of the earth have been speaking to men
from the first dawn of his existence un-
til now, telling him Of the goodness
and wisdom of the Creative Power,
which bade the earth bring forth not
only that which was useful as food, but
also flowers, the bright consummate
ilowers, to clothe in it beauty and joy
Bring one of the commonest field
flowers into room, place 1t on table
or chimney piece, and you seem to
have brought a ray of sunshine into the
place, There Is a cheerfulness about
flowers! What delight are they to
the dropping invalid! They are like a
sweet draught Of enjoyment, coming an
messengers from the country, and SEEM
ing to say, Come and see the place
where we grow. and let your hearts be
glad in our presence.


What can be more innocent than
flowers! They are like children un-
dimmed by sin. They are emblems of
purity aud truth, a source of fresh de
light to the pure and innocent The
heart that does not love flowers, or the
voice Of playful child, cannot be gen
ial. 1t was beautiful conceit that in
vented language Of flowers, by which
lovers are enabled to express the feel
ings that they dare not openly speak.
But flowers have a voice for all-old
and young, rich and poor. "To me- u
) says Woodwork,


thoughts that do often Lie too deep for tears.
Have a flower in the room, by all
means. IT will cost only penny, II
your ambition Is only moderate; and
the qualification it gives will be beyond
, price. II you can have q flower fol
your window 30 much the better. Whsl
can be more delicious than the suns
light streaming through flowers
Year: 1876

The habit OF using the right hand in
preference to the left among those peo-
ple whose monuments date from the re-
motest antiquity appears to be univer-
sal fact, and this is accounted for by the
anatomical mechanism of the human
body. 1t is known that the right lung,
liyer-lobe and limbs exceed in size
those of the left side, involving Of
course, q greater amount Of tissue struc-
ture and larger supply of nerves and
blood vessels for their nutrition. A
person walking in a dense fog figures
with his feet the segment of a circle,
and if he is right handed, he takes q
direction to the left, because the right
leg naturally takes longer stride.
Year: 1876

Through the MASSIVE portal Of the
outer gate we have come, and entering
into the Jail through that handsome
door in the iron railing that closes the
inside entrance, we and ourselves ma
building in which three or more wings
converge to the centre hall. Each wing
is divided into three stories. Along
each story runs a light iron gallery.
which you can gain by mounting that
ornamental circular stair running from
top to bottom. Above, large skylights
give ample light and ventilation. Every
thing, is light, airy, and cheerful. The
brasses shine as brasses shine only i'm
jails and on men-of-war. Let us walk
along the cells, and look at some of
their occupants. Here is man making
pair of boots, and seemingly rather
comfortable and happy. He Is boot
maker who has been twenty times COM
mitted for drunkenness. He Is only
a drunkard; so we may feel a certain
amount of satisfaction that he is not very
tpisci doic. w udt u uiAcfcuCC AOi htn
is his time spent in Jail from the inter-
walls of freedom! Here he works be-
tween six and seven hours a day, and
out of earnings he receives an allow
ance larger than ever was left him by
the public-house when at home
Around him everything is exquisitely
clean. His cell is boarded, and measures
twelve feet by seven. 1t is ten feet high,
and is lit and ventilated In the most per-
feet manner that Science can devise. On
his shelf are his dish for porridge, and
tins bright as silver for soup and milk.
A clean hammock, in which you might
sleep most comfortably, IL neatly foided
and hung against the wall. In cor-
ner is basin with water, In which he
can wash himself If he chooses. In
winter the apartment is kept at COM
Portable temperature by hot-air pipes,
and a gas-burner diffuses a cheerful
light In the long winter evenings.
Should he feel i'll he pulls bell-han-
die, on which a gong sounds In the GEN.
tire hall, and from his door the number
of his cell starts out; and no millionaire
at ClarIdge's is half so punctually an
swered as he is by the turnkey on guard,
who inquiries into his wants, and, if ne
cessary, a doctor is at his bedside long
ere the Union doctor could be found
and persuaded to visit him were he at
home. As he seems a quiet fellow, We
do not feel much regret that he has had
the good fortune to become an habitual
drunkard. But what shall we say to
the occupant of the adjoining-well,
cell? Here burly ruffiian is engaged
in making mats. The work is pleasant; !;
the cell fac-simile of the one described.
And as we listen to the details of the
crime for which he is undergoing two
months punishment, We cannot help
contrasting his pleasant lot with the
squalor and misery of his lazy, idle,
polluted life outside, and feeling that
in so punishing a ruffian for brutal
assault upon a woman, humanitarian
ism has become a crime, and set up In
our ;ails temptation to idle rascals to
'come in and be happy" against which
it would require large amount of abb
stract morality to struggle.
Year: 1876

The main Cowlitz glacier Issues from


the southeast side, just to the right OF
our ridge ofascent. Its head fills deep
gorge at the foot Of the eastern front or
face of the great mass Of rock just rs-
ferred to, and the southern face OF
which overhangs the main Nisqually
glacier. Thus the heads of these
glaciers are separated only by this great
rock, and are probably not more than
half a mile apart, while their mouths
are three miles apart. Several smaller
glaciers serve to swell the waters Of the
Cowli,z. In like manner the glaciers
from the western side form the Puyal-
lup., and those from the northern and
northwestern sides the White River.
The principal White River glacier is
nearly ten miles long. and its width Is
from two to four miles. Its depth, or
Year: 1876

Professor Clerk Maxwell read an alb
stract of paper before the Mathemati-
cal and Physical Science Section of the
British Association at the recent meet
ing at Glasgow, la which he stated that
those who erected lightning conductors
had paid great attention to the upper
and lower extremeties of the conductor
having sharp point above the build
Ing and lower extremity carried into
the earth as far "a possible. The eff ct
was TO tap, or. As it were, to gather the
charge by facilitating the discharge be-
tween the atmospheric accumulation
and the earth. That would cause a
greater number of discharges than
would have otherwise occurred; but
each of them would be smaller than
those which would have occurred with
out conductor. That arrangement
was therefore more for benefit of the
surrounding country, and for the re-
lief of clouds laboring under an accum-
ulatiOn of electricity, than for the pro-
lection Of the building on which the
conductor was erected. What was real


ly wanted was to prevent the possibility
of an electric discharge taxing place
within a certain region. An electric
discharge could not occur betw' ell two
bodies unless the difference Of their po-
tentials was sufficiently great compared
with the distance between them. IT.,
therefore they could keep the potentials
of all bodies within a certain region
equal or nearly equal, no discharge
could take place between them. That
might be secured by connecting all
these bodies by means of good conduc-
tors, such as copper WIRE roI es. 1t
would, therefore, be sufficient to sur
round powder mill with a con iucr-
ing material, TO sheath its roof, walls,
and ground floor with thick sheet of
copper, and then no electrical effort
could occur within OIL account OF any
thunderstorm without. There would
be no need of any earth connection.
They might even place layer of as
phalt between the copper hoor and the
ground so as To insulate the building.
Ii the mill We're struck. it would re-
main charged for some time, and per


son standing on the ground outside or
touching the wall might re ceive a shock,
but no electrical effort could be pr
ceived inside even by the most delicate
electrometor. A sheathing of copper
was by no means necessary TO prevent
any electrical effort taking place. Sup
posing a building were struck by light
ming, it was quite sufficient to enclose
it with a network of good conducting
substance. For instance, If copper
wire were carried around the foundation
of a house, up each Of the corners and
gables, and along the ridges, that would
be a sufficient protection for an ordinary
building against any thunderstorm in
England; but il might be we'll, TO pre-
vent theft, to have it built in the wall
aud then il would be Necessary to have
it connected with como metal, sueh as
lead or zinc, on the roof. liz need scarce
| ly be added, said the professor, that IL
is not advisable during thunderstorm
to stand OH the Ioof of a house so pro-
tected, or to stand on the ground out


side, or lean against the walls.
Year: 1876

The Philadelphia Sunday Item contained
an article yesterday that purported, In the
beginning, to be an account of the
robbery of the Main Centennial Exhibition
Building of several millions dollars worth of
diamonds. But in the tail end of II the false
hood was given to the first, and for awhile
Wilmington was greatly excited. The New
York "Herald" did the same thing few
years ago, and has had reason to regret it
ever since.
Year: 1876

During the month of August or Septem-
ber, gas main was laid from the gas
works to Walnut street, and since that time
the sidewalk on the south side of Front
street between French and Walnut streets,
has been almost impossible, owing to the
paving stones being piled up on the pave
ment, a. our readers are aware, . man had
his leg broken q short time ago at this par
ticular spot. Will the Street Committee
have the matter complained of attended to,
as the city will, in all probability, be enjoy
ing the luxuries of law suit in . short
time, If the stones are not removed.
Year: 1876

Examine your tickets well. See that you
vote, and see that you get everyone to vote
who is entitled to. Remember that you are
striking for tho freedom of the ballot and
the return to peace and prosperity.
Year: 1876

Remember that you do not lose your vote
tomorrow by moving from one Ward into
another, or from o7e Hundred into another,
provided you are otherwise properly quail
fed. The thirty days residence only ap-
plies to the city elections.
Year: 1876

% The Committee on Expenditures
in the Department of Justice picked
John Davenport up for small boy
and has found red-hot stove. The
precoeity of this thirty-three year
old infant is something extraordina-
ry in child. The members, one
after another, assail him with ques-
tions, and as soon as they are an.
swered sit down as if "Little John
nien was not preiudiced against
them. It may be said authoritative
ly that Mr.. Davenport is not preju-
diced against the members of the
committee, and that he likes them,
because they ask questions as though
intending that the whole truth shall
be elected, and he intends to tell it,
no matter how long it takes the
committee to find it out, or how
many Democratic politicians are
''pat in their little bed" A member
of the committee on Saturday, saw
ed the air with his hands and knit
his brows, while Davenport stood
leaning against the mantel-piece-
smoking cigar, and squared him
self for an attack on the ''infant." "
The Democratic point was to prove
that Davenport had arrested men at
the polls for illegal voting when he
had no regular warrant to do so: The
inquirer squatted himself comtorta-
bly, and kept derisive smile on his
face, while Davenport answered that
he had done so and would do so
again. This was considered tri-
umph, and the committee man was
grimly satisfied. lie made bold to
INQUIRE into such audacity, in viola


ton of law, and made a stump
speech in his question, much to hi
own satisfaction. 'Iittls johnnie
took his cigar from his mouth and
advanced to the table to show hin


In the Revised Statutes q provision


requiring him TO act as ne had act


ed "with or without process" an'
Year: 1876

When man empties thepockets of
his coat, preparatory to laying it by
for repairs, there's nothing makes
his conscience get upon his hind legs
quicker than the sight of the letter
his wife gave him to mail two
months ago. rig
Year: 1876

The Norwalk-ct-Gazett tells the fol-
lowing good election joke.


A good democratic brother came
down from Wilton in the drenching,
rain, last night with the joyful news
of the democratic triumph there. He
was wandering about in search Of
the democratic headquarters, when
some one led him into the Reform
Temperance Club meeting. The re-
suit was deep oppression made
upon the mind Of the visitor who
signed the pledge and promised to
join in the effort to advance the
Temperance cause.