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Year: 1872

The best campaign documents are
the Democratic papers. Oul oppo-
nents often cast up to us that the
Democracy do not read; we think,
however, that it were more just to
say that the Radicals do not think
such monstrous fables are served up
to them, in the manifest hope that
they will not detect their falsehood.
But every Democrat should arm him
self with the facts, and be ready to
meet Misrepresentation ofthem. He
can best do this by subscribing to q
Democratic paper. A house without
windows is not darker than house
without a newspaper, and every Dem
ocrat who gives his personal support
to paper of his party, affords it the
aid that is far better for its indepen-
dence than the pap of public patron
age.
Year: 1872

and Tennyson, there at breakfast,
with Duke or two. to fill pp with
Browning recites some simple Welsh
ballad. believe there is no rivalry
between these great men. When
Tennyson is in the Isle of Wight, it is
conceded that Browning is the intel
lectual king of the city of London
In Browining's study hangs pen-and-
ink sketch OF Tennyson reading one
of his poems. Mrs. Browning and
Browning sit listening, and Rosetti
who made the sketch, has placed him
self in the background, in the act
They were all young then. The
most genial poet in London is Lock
yer-the bosom friend Of Tennyson.
He told me once that he had just re-
turned from some German spring,
drank great deal of the water, and
was happy to say that he was


NOT MUCH WORSE.


Lockyer's collection Of autographs is
the best in the world. l found there
twelve letters of George Washington
to Admiral Lockyer. Swinburnc is a
poet, but not the least part of phil
osopher, though it seems the world
expects he should be both. / have
spent some time with Swinburne, and
never saw anything impure in his life.
A frail man is Swinburne, with an
enormous head crowned with yellow
hair. He il true in his love; fierce
and uncompromising in his fate.


FINALE.


Thanking the audience for their at
tention, the lecturer concluded one oil
the most interesting lectures that has
ever been delivered before a San
Francisco audience. His enunciation
had the fault of being indistinct at
times, but his delivery was pleasant
and altogether out of the mouthing
style of the s,ereotyped lecturer. He
wished To excuse himself from the
promised reading of poem, but the
audience would not have it, so he
read the "Arizonian" from volume
OF his own poems. The result of Mr.
Miller's first experiment in the lee.
ture-hall was eminently satisfactory
Year: 1872

William Fay, against whom an indictment was found
this morning, hy the Grand jury for assault with
N intent to kill on the South Side, fully reported
IN The TErICSE ut the time, brought before the
Court, and plead not guilty. Remauded for trial.
Year: 1872

the secret. 1t had begun to wear upon
her. And now the time had come %
though by providcntial iuterposition
not add to the denoaement by any BY play.
She simply got up and went TO her cabi-
net, and when she came back she brought
little book 10 her hand


Albert" said she, let's you and me
buy the cottage.


Albert looked at her in amazement
aud directly it flashed upon him that there
was too much socmnity in her look and
tone for badinagc. Something that be
had noticed durag the past months, came
back to him. and he trcmblcd with the
weight Of suspense that fell upon him.


Alice saw and understood At first
the great food almost overcame her, and
she was forced to rest and wipe her eyes.
before she could proceed. And then she
showed her book-that she had more than
eight hundred dollars in bank The ice
was broken. she told how she had saved
up little by little, and how she had At
length found herself able to purchase
City dollar bond. And then she told how
her uncle. in the banking house, had ta-
ken charge Of her investment, and how
under his management, the interest had
accrued in amazing volume.


But the grand result was not the chief
thing. The chief thing was tho begin
ming the first linle which had been
religiously saved until the second little
could be added to il.


And now, as q result Of the wife's
careful aud tircless working, Albert found
something upon which his ambition could
take fair start. lie never could him :
self. from SO small n commencement, have
reared the pile but with the structure
started, and its proportions all blocked
out. he could help on the work He
could not see how it was done--and not
only this, but the demonstration was be-
fore him that tho thing was done.


One year has elapsed since Alber,
Moore received the lesson from his wife,
and by joining hands with her. aud bend
ing his energies in the same direction he
has accomplished. during the twelve
months, what would have seemed to him
u marvel.


lie had laid by moro than fifty cents q
day; and the cigars, and the beer, and
the other condiments Of life which he had
surrendered to the work are not missed
rather, he holds they are so many enc
mics conquered And Albert can improv,
his home with cheerful heart, and he
can set out newt trees and vines in his
garden with bright promises, because ht
sees, day by day, the pretty cottage grow.
ing more and more his own. The enc
approaches little at a time-lit,le by lit
,c-but it approaches surely, nevcrthc
less and there is n great aud satisfying
joy even in the labor and in the anticipa
| ton.
Year: 1872

There's the secret A saving woman
at the head of family is tho very bes,
savings. bank cstablshsd---onc receiving
deposits daily and hourly, with no costly
machinery to manage it. The idea Of
saving is a pleasant one, and il the wom-
en- would imbibc il at once, they would cul-
tivatc and adhere to ii, aud thus when
they are not aware Of it would be laying
the foundation Of competent security in
a stormy time. and shelter in rainy day
Tho woman who sees to her own house,
has large field to save in. Tho best
way to make her comprehend it is to keep
an account Of all current expenses. Prob
ably not one woman in ten has an idea
how much are the expenditures of herself
and family Where from one to two thous-
and dollars are expended annually, there
is chance to save something If the effort
is made Let the housewife take the idea,
act upon it. and she will save many dol
perhaps hundreds; where before she
thought it impossible. This is a duty,
yet not prompting Of avarice, but NOR.
al obligation that rests upon the woman
as we'll Us the man
Year: 1872

No one denies that Il Is wise 10 make
provision for old age, but W aio not oil
agreed as to the kind Of provision 1t is
best to lay in. Certainly W shall want a
little money. for destitute old man Is.
indeed, 4 sorry sight yes. save money by
all means. but an old man needs just
that particular kind Of strength which
young men are most apt to waste. Many
foolish yonng fellow will throw away on
. holiday certain amount Of nervous en-
crgy which he will acyer feel the want Of
until he is seventy. and then how much
he will want it It is curious. but true,
that . bottle Of champagne at twenty will
intensity the rheumatism at three-score


1t is fact that ovcrtasking tho eyes At
fourteen may neocssitatc the aid Of spec
tacles at forty instead Of sixty. We ad-
wise our young readers to be saving Of
health for their old age, for the maxim
holds good in regard to health as to money
Waste not, want not" It is the
greatest mistake to suppose that violation
Of the laws Of health can escape its pen
atty Nature forgives no sin, no error /;
sho let's of the offender for City years some.
times. but she catches him at last, and in
nicts the punishment just when, just where
and just how he feels il most. Save up
for old age. but save knowledge; save
the recollection Of good aud noble deeds,
inoceni pleasures. aud pure thoughts
save friends, save lovo. Save rich stores
Of that kind Of wealth which time canno,
diminish. nor death take away.
Year: 1872

SILENT IxrLuEScg. We are touching
our fellow beings on all sides. They are
affected for good or for evil by what we
say or do, even by what we think and
feel Many flowers in the parlor breathe
their fragrance through the atmosphere
We are each Of us as silently saturating
the atmosphere about US with the subtle
aroma Of our character. In tho family
circle. besides and beyond all the teaching
the daily life Of each parent and child
mysteriously modiGcs the life Of every
person in the household. The same pro.
cess on wider scale is going on through
the community. No man lives to himself
and no man dies to himself Others are
bull, up and Strengthened by our uncon.
scious deeds aud others may be wrcnched
out Of their places and thrown down by
our unconscious influence.
Year: 1872

The following paragraph was clipped
from paper published in California. bu,
the sentiment is just as applicable here in
Delaware, as in the former State, and We
rcpublish it with the hope that it may be
Of service TO some Of our readers:


Why is it that co many persons are ou,
Of employment! Because they have new
er qualified themselves for any particular
occupation. They are waiting for some
thing to occur that will drift them into a
good position" The waiting for some
thing to turn up has been the ruin Of thous-
ands Of capable young men. Tho rust
the curse Of inactivity-brings certain
misfortune and ruin-instead Of going to
work in good earnest, preparing them
selves thoroughly for some special profess
ion. they drift from one thing to another
and never succeed, much less excel, in
anything they attempt. Go to work,
young man. select some occupation aud
by persistent effort aud manly industry
make yourself worthy Of succcss and you
need not fear the sequel. Don't trust to
accident, nor to chance BE brave and
honest enough to earn permanent and
healthy success-Bc not drift wood up.
on the Ocean of Life but mighty
ship-manued, and managed by systemat
ic efforts. Then bc Fortunes winds fail
or adverse, to whatever port you would.
you may steer your course with the surcsi
and most certain hope Of success.
Year: 1872




CHAP. Xxm.-A Charitable Institution.


When Ralph got back to Miss
Nancy Sawyer's, Shocky was
setting up in bed talking to
Miss Nancy and Miss Saman-
tha. His cheeks were a little
flushed with fever and the ex-
citent of telling his story;
theirs were wet with tears.


"Ralph," whispered Miss
Nancy, as she drew him into
the kitchen. ~ want you to
get buggy or a sleigh, ana go
right over to The poor-house
and fetch that boys mother
over here. It'll do me more
good than any sermon l ever
beard to see that boy in his
mothers arms tomorrow. We
can keep the old lady over
Sunday"


Ralph was delighted, so de-
lighted that he came near kiss
ing good Miss Nancy Sawyer,
whose plain face was glori6ed
by her generosity.


But he did not 60 to the poor
house Immediately. He wait
cd until he saw Bill Jones, the
Superintendent of the Poor
House, and Pete Jones, The
County Commissioner, who
was still somewhat shuek up,
Year: 1872

cool, lawyer-like way, which
showed that he did not take
quite so much stock in DR..
Small as his wife did. Which
was a comfort to Ralph who sat
picturing to himself the silent
aattery which Or. Small's eyes
paid to his Aunt Matilda, and
the quiet expression of pain
that would fit across his fice
when Ralph's name was men,
toned. And never until that
moment had Hartsook un1er-
stood how masterlul Small's ar
tihces were. He had managed
to elevate himself in Mrs.
Whites estimation and to de-
stroy Ralph at the same time,
and had managed to do both
by a contraction oil the eye.
browsl


But the silence was gro wing
painful, and Ralph thought
to break 1t and turn the cur
TENT of thought from himself
by asking after Mrs. Whites
son.


"Where is Walter9"


"Ob! Walters doing well.
He went down to Clifty three
weeks ago to study medicine
with Henry Small. He seems
so fond Of the doctor, and the
doctor is such an excellent man
you know, and | have strong
hopes that Wallie will be led
TO see the error of his ways by
his association with Henry. l
suppose he would have gone to
see you but tor the unfavorable
reports that he heard. hope
Ralph You will make the friend
ship of DR.. Small. And for the
sake of your poor,dead mother"
here Aunt Matilda endeav-
ored to show some emotion
"for the sake Of your poor, dead
mother


But Ralph heard no more.
The Buckwheat cakes had lost
their flavor. He remembered
that the colt had not yet had
his oats, and 80, in the very
midst Of Aunt MatildaS affect.
ing allusion to his mother, like
a stiff necked reprobate that he
was, Ralph Hartsook rose alb.
ruptly from the table, pu! on
his hat, and went out toward
the stable.


81 DECLARE" said Mrs. White
descending from her high NOR.
al standpoint, ~ declare that
boy has stepped right on the
threshold Of the back door,
and she stuffed her white hand
kerchief into her pocket, and
took down The foorcloth to
wipe off the imperceptible
blemish left by Ralph's boot
heels.


And Mr.. White followed his
nephew to the stable to request
that he be a little careful what
he did about any body in the
poor-house, as any trouble with
the Joneses might defeat Mr..
Whites nomination to the
judgeshlp of the court Of Com.
pleas.


CHAP. Xxnu.-A Charitable Institution.


When Ralph got back to Miss
Nancy Sawyer's, Shocky was
Year: 1872

splendid double house, furnished; billiard room and
table elegant stable all In perfect orders with grounds
and shade trees will be rented to good party four
months year Apply at "a Broad street, up stairs
Year: 1872

planned to purchase. he could buy il
where he could get it best and cheapest.
Traders are not willing to lose cash Gus
toners aud they do only tho fair honest
thing when they sell to cash customer
cheaper than they sell to others. Not
only is the interes: Of the money on ac-
count an important item in the aggregate
Of many accounts; but the keeping Of that
account in the day book and ledger Is an
expense. George very soon learned all
this; and be found that even Mr.. Skidd
sold to him during his month Of cash pay
men,s cheaper than he had sold during
the previous month.


And as the months rolled or. George
Brown opened no more accounts with
traders. lie found that in paying cash
he was constantly reminded Of the value
Of each separate sum us he counted it out.
and hence was not likely to purchase what
he did not need And then be had goal
ahead which he determined to reach as
speedily as possible and by his system Of
cash payments be could estimate at the
close Of every day the gain he was maxi
ing toward tho desired end. In two
months lie paid what he borrowed Of his
wife, aud she put !, into the common fund;
and in five years his home was his own.
and he owed no man anything but love
and good will
Year: 1872

sion Tee Of ten cents Will be required ut the Park
gate; but return ticket any OF the bouts OF the
Dolly Warden line vii pass the holder into the Park
Each boat of this line has it the uamc Dolly
Warden" Music this evening.
Year: 1872

If the State is in a condition of aflic-


ton and distress, as the Bourbons pre-


tend, who piloted her into the calamities


if they did not? For four years the men


who are now shouting for straight Demo-


cratic ticket have been the false guides of


the people. And though they now con-


fess that they were in error in 1868, they
still insist on being accepted as worthy of


confidence in 1872. We say to the radical
Democrats to-day that they are response


BILE for all the evils about which the com
munity complains, and we say that their
present attitude proves our assertion
against them to be true. If thev had
taken the position four years ago that
they occupy to-day, the colored people
would have had cause to trust them as
honest and sincere in their disposi-
ton to forget all prejudices on
account of color or previous
condition. As they admitted that they
were wrong in what they assumed in 1868,
this demonstrates that they are liable to
error; and as they only make this admis-
sion in the face of four years of defeat,
the colored people distrust the sincerity
Of that conversion which has been so
tardily arrived at. AS they did not act
generously and wisely when they had the
opportunity to do so freely and Of their
own motion, now that they have been
driven to accept the principles of recon
struction, the men who drove them do not
feel safe in trusting them with full power
to act as they please in the matter. And
they should feel that their reluctant con
sent to accept the new order of affairs
debars them from the position of ad-
visers and leaders of the people, since
they have made such grave mistakes in
their advice and leadership heretofore.
The guides who mislead one party are |
never accepted With confidence Or follow
Year: 1872

If the people who desire reform in the
government would just step to the 'front.'


as they feel disposed to do, and accept the
nomination Of Mr.. Greeley without any
further consultation with their self-con-
stituted leaders, the country would feel a
healthy influence from that act. As the
| Cincinnati nominations were made against
the schemes of the politicians, why are
the people to wait for the politicians to
ratify them? AS it is confessed that they
meet all the requirements of the old JEFF
fersonian test as to honesty and ability,
what more is necessary to the independ-
ent voter? 1t has been known in the
history of the country where the citizens
selected their own candidates, as they did
in the cases of Harrison and Tyler and
having selected them, they forced the
politicians to support them. The Wings
did not want the hero Of Tippecanoe,
nor did they want the hero Of Monterey,
but the country did, and it took him
whether or no. They felt it in their bones
that the politicians needed a lesson, and
they gave it to them by putting forward
and electing their own favorites. What
is to prevent the honest masses, who
merely ask faithful officer, from rallying
around one of the most faithful men in
the republic, and bearing him into Office
in spite of the log-roling and intriguing
politicians who are splitting hairs about
Cincinnati, Philadelphia and Baltimore.
The mass meeting advertised in another
column to ratify the nominations Of Greeley
and Brown should be made to assume
this shape that, let the politicians trade
as much as they please, the old white
hated statesman of New York must and
shall be President. Let the people say
this. The Office belongs to them. 1t is
their agent that they are to elect A good
man is presented-one of the people.
Now why must the country wait until
body Of politicians speculate for their per-
sonal advantage out of the nominees that
the people put forward? Away with this
trading and huckstering when the interests
of all are at stake. As Governor Hebert
says, the Cincinnati platform offers all
that the South wants, all that the North
wants, all that the East or West wants.
Then put these sections to their mettle,
and elect the men who represent this
platform. Il Mr.. Jones has notI been
consulted, if Mr.. Brown has not been pro-
vided for if Mr. Smith thinks he can make
better trade somewhere else, what is
this to the people? Perhaps it is better
as it is. The country can not be saved by
Jones, Brown and Smith, but must owe
her salvation to the millions who do not
know Of nor care for either of these pre-
sumptuous patriots. We can all unite to
help, and in saving ourselves, these selfish
spectators will be saved also. Let the
people take the matter in hand.
Year: 1872

found difficult to cooperate In federal


politics, and yet separate in the State cleo


tions. There is patriotism and intelli-
gence enough in the State to reconcile


any antagonism Of policy and expediency


IN State politics. But very little will be


accomplished to exclude General Grant
from the White House, and yet to have


his followers and friends in control of the


State government On the paramount
political issues there is no difference of
opinion between Liberal Republicans and
Democrats. They can unite Just as readily
upon a question of State as national
policy. Why, then, should it not be done? ?
There can be no doubt but what it will in
sure success, and it certainly is expedient


1t would be carrying the compromise of
hostile political opinion to complete
fruition. Ambitious politicians, dema-
gogues and ofice-seekers will oppose it
certainly. Such men will understand that
they can obtain Office (their sole ambition)
In the ascerbity of political contention.
The calm deliberative judgment of the
people perceives in them only political
harlequins Neither governed by patriot
ism or policy, they are ambitiously seek
ing Office. There are many such men in
our own midst. They are to be avoided
rather than caressed. Their judgments are
at fault and their policy destructive of
every interest we are seeking to secure.


The only safe and reliable solution of
our difficulties will be found in coalition,
both State and national, on the basis of
the Liberal Republican movement. This
will lead to success. Any other policy
Will be found fruitful of misfortune.
Year: 1872

The Natchitoches Times very quietly in
forms the Bourbon Democrats of New Or
leans that they must take back seat, for
the genuine Democracy of the parishes,
that works for the country and rot for
itself, is fixed in the determination not to
be misled any longer. Already the hot
headed and domineering youngsters Of the
city have driven thousands Of thinking
men away from the party, says the Times,
and the country Democracy does not pro-
pose to follow further any such rule or
ruin set This is mighty interesting
piece Of reading, and it has bark on it.
The young Democrats will very likely
have first class opportunity shortly of
accepting that offer of ''half the offices"
from the Customhouse that they received
during the session of the last Democratic
State Convention.
Year: 1872

On Saturday evening next the walls of
"Old Drury' will be crowded by the
wealth, respectabiity, muscle and integ-
rity of this community. With unanim-
ity scarcely paralleled, soberly. earnestly
and without clap-trap or buncombe of any
sort, the people are aigning themselves
under the Reform banners of Greeley and
Brown, neither looking nor caring what
their old and self-elected leaders are saying
or doing. Those whom the masses find
with them in support of the men who
promise peace, good fellowship and honest
government to this distracted country are
respected, and receive such confidence as
they merit All others are left behind un-
regretted. This grand rally under the
auspices and name of Liberal Republican
ism is essentially a movement of the peo-
pie, protest against the evils which selfish
men have grated upon the government of
our fathers, and certain of success because
of the patriotism and honesty of purpose
which pulsate in the hearts of its support
ers.


The list of signers to the call embraces
representatives from every respectable
walk Of life and class of our citizens.
Immediate local matters are to be laid
aside for this occasion, and the able ora
tors (who, we learn, have in part been
Seleeted), will endeavor to show to such
doubters as may attend the great import
ance, the vital necessity to the nation of
the success of the Cincinnati ticket. We
particularly hope all who have not yet
made up their minds, or, as the popular
phrase of the day has it ''are on the
fence, will put in an early appearance at
the st. Charles Theatre next Saturday
night.
Year: 1872

General Grant reported to Andy john
son in 1868 that the South was peaceable
and worthy to be trusted, but his friends
in Congress seem to be in some doubt about
his truth in that matter, for they yesterday
passed law authorizing him to suspend
the habeas corpus in the South in order to
protect the people, as they said, from vio-
lence and disorder. VIII General Grant
sign this law, which casts a doubt upon
his own statement?
Year: 1872

Quite a romantic wedding came off in the
first circle Of Franklin county village re-
Gently, when the bridegroom, a widOwer of
seventy, married lady whom ne and his
former wife had brought up from infancy,
and who had lived in his family as daugh-
ter for forty years.