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Year: 1876

Cowartlice is worse than the night
mare.


Kindness is never entirely wasted-it /
will tell even on a mule.


The man who is pleased with every
thing is generally satisfied with nothing.


There isn's bigger fraud in this
world than the hypocrite, who travels
on his humility.


Death is the onlv thing that can beat
a miser.


Men are always in hot water until
they get married, and quite often in
boiling hot water afterwards.


There is nothing go easy to satisfy as
our necessities, or nothing 30 difficult
to satisfy as our desires.


What a huge joke it is that all the
peace the world has ever enjoyed it has
got at the point Of the bayo1et.


The best cure for blunder is to own
il at once, and avoid it the next time.


1t is very easy to gain notoriety in
this world; all you have got TO do is to


head mob or steal horse, and the job


is done.


There never was an estate yet so large


but what the prodigality of its possessor


could run through with it.


Too much Of anything is worse than
too little.


The best relief for the old rheuma.
tism is to find some fellow who has got
the gout bad, and then fall to pityinR
, him.
The more vice there Is in a man the
. less virtue he can see in his neighbor.
Bad luck generally shows the strong
: spots in a man, while good luck reveal
u the weak ones.


o know of people so fond of contra
. diction that it would not surprise me Q
II all to hear them disputing with guide
n board about the distance to the mex
town.
le The man who trusts TO luck will &c
70 beat just thirty times out OF fort]
10 have often thought that the concei
~ ed fools were the happiest persons liz
D ing.


had rather work on tread -whe
ef and be fed on sour milk than keep
o. district school for living.
OF Fame much oftener overtakes me
!" than men overtake fame.
~ There is nothing men are so vain


as their judgment, and nothing in whi'


they differ from each other 80 widely.
o'' Liars begin by deceivins others, Al
'at end by deceiving themselves.
lei never have found cunning and no
me esty living together yet.
io' Guessing 10 better than prophesyiI
10 it is more modest and i. just ascunniI
ea Young man. do yonr best, and lea
BILE /, to Others to beat !, if they can.
my Everybody trims their sails to cat
me the wind, whether on sea or land.
en- We are promised seed time, and h
vest, but we ain't satisfied unless we I


dictate the quantity, Of oats we are
~, ~. ing to get TO the acre, and what
As1 prices are going to be.--tJoah Billir


10 New York Weekly.
Year: 1876

If you cannot speak well of your
neighbors, do not speak Of them at all.
A cross neighbor may be made kind
one by kind treatment. The true way
to be happy is to make others happy.
To do good is luxury. If you are moi
wiser and better at the end Of the
day, that day is lost. Practice kind.
ness, even If it be but little each day


Learn something each day. even If ii b
but to spell one word. Do not seem tc
be what you are not. Learn to contro


your temper and your words. Say moth


ing behind ones back, that you woult
! not say to his face. = s.
Year: 1876

The haad that holds the plow and
scatter= the seed may be hard and brown,
but there is whole in its grasp; the face
that has been showed upon and rained
upon and blown upon is neihter marred
nor SCARED, but grave and gentle; it
shows in every lineament how ennob
ling is close communion with nature.
The eye that sees the first tiny bud on
the trees, the first blade of pale green
grass, the FIRST frail blossom of the woods
watches the covert approaches of spring
with a glow and lustre that We do not
often see in the dissipated town.
Year: 1876

An Indian correspondent writes to
Nature:


"There is popular belief that it is
dangerous to sleep in full moonshine, as
it is supposed to produce some injurious
effect called moon-stroke. A clear sky
admits of rapid radiation, and any per-
son exposed to such radiation is sure to
be chilled by rapid loss of heat. There
is reason 10 believe that under the cir.
cumstances paralysis of one side o: the
| face is sometimes likely to occur from
chill, as one side of the face is more
likely to be exposed to rapid radiation
and consequent loss of its heat. This
chill is more likely to occur when the
sky is perfectly clear and in full moon.
! have often slept in the open air in India
on clear summer night when there was
no moon. and although the first part Of
the night may have been hot, yet to-
wards or o'clock in the morning the
chill has been so great that / have often
been awakened by an ache in my fore.
head, which as often have connteracted
by handkerchief round my head
and drawing the blanket over my face
As the chill is likely to be greatest on q
very clear night, and the clearest nigh'l
are likely to be those on which there i,
bright moonshIne, it is very possibl,
that neuralgia, paralysis or some or SOM
other similar injury, caused by sleepin,
in the open air, has been attributed I,
the moon, when the proximate caus
may really have been ihe chill"
Year: 1876

A young lady while riding to Leba.
non, Pa, the other day, in the stage, no.
ticed a peculiar sensation at her neck
but could not divine the cause. After
arriving there she complained to a young
lady, who made an examination, and
found a mouse had secreted itself in her
dress.
Year: 1876

IssEssIBLE.-T The police picked up q good
looking young white man yesterday on
Twelfth street, it was supposed sick, or very
drunk. The city ambulance was summoned,
and he was carried to the almshouse. His
feet aud hands were cold, and there were in
dications that he bad taken laudsnnm. The
physician tried to arouse him, but In vain.
Year: 1876

know. Nancy and Ysrdley are not idle,
nor are they to be despised. The
strength Of Nancy in large number OF
Republican counties, the strength of
Ysrdley in several large negro counties,
are an alarming indication to Mr..
Thomas, and he will find that the race
is not between him and Governor POr-
ter; II he shall find himself coming out
the hiDdmo5t man in the race, it will be
a legitimate result OF his absurd position
and illogical canvass.
Year: 1876

State debt upon q basis honorable and
advantageous to the s ale, vote for men
who will bs in line with the Democratic
majority from the rest Of the S a'e. THe
independent will have no party stfilia-
tlODs or political influence. The Repub.
licars will have no party strength to en-
force any view they msy have. 1t will
hardly be denied that the man who has
policy will be best able to enforcs it
upon bis own party, without wasting
time to acquire strength and irtiuerc rce
"a leader
Year: 1876

The Knoxville Chronicle is evidently
wheeling into line with the ChsttsnOo.
ga Commercial in support Of Nancy,
though not with the open candOr Of the
latter. 1t can't possibly favor Thomas,
for it says: "NO Republican can aft I'd
to support candidate for a State office
who is in favor Of reputation in any
form, or who looks with any degree Oi
allowance on such an infamous doctrine.
The State of Tennessee cannot afford to
incur the odium OF such step"
Year: 1876

SAN FRANCISCO, November 1t has
been ascertained that the main grounds
on which John II. Lick intends to con-
test his fathers trust deed are on sanity
and undue influence on the part of the
trustees and others, who, it is alleged,
USED means to prejudice the deceased
against his son by falsely accusing the
latter of obtaining the passage through
the legislature of a bill providing that
no descendent should device over a GER
tain proportion Of his fortune to charita'
BILE or other OH ects aside from the nat.
ural heirs, by which, and other alleged
untrue representations, deceased was in
duced to leave his estate in trust, to the
prejudice OF the petitioner. The legiti-
macy of John 81. Lick will make q
prominent feature in the contest by the
trustees, and the impression prevails
that it will be difficult to prove any &C
ton on the part OF his father by which
his legitimacy can be established.
Year: 1876

NewYorA, from its size superior situation and ts sdvan
tases the OF frequent communication with all parts OF
the country and civilized world, is HEADQUARTERS for
almost everything produced in America Manufacturers in
every part United States have their depOts and agencies
here and buyers frequently money by dealing with
the right house
Year: 1876




Benzine ard common clay will clean
marble.


If you buy carpets for durability
choose small figures.


Naturalists say that a single swallow
will devour ak thousand flies in one day


Butter will remove tar spots Soap
and water will afterward take out the
grease stain.


Toremove paint splaFhed upon window
panes, use hot solutions Of soda and soft
flannel.


Kerosene aud powdered lime, whiting,
or wood ashes, will scour tins with least
trouble.


Immersing q growing plant in water
Of l20 degrees will clean it Of lice and
other insects, and not hurt the plsut.


An inkstand was turned over upon q
white tableeloth; servant threw over it
a mixture of salt and pepper plentifully
and all traces Of it disappeared.


Save the SCOT that falls rom the chin
neys when the latter are cleaned Twelve
quarts Of SCOT to a hogshesd Of water
makes good liquid manure, to be applied
to the roots Of plants.


To take the mildew from linen, mix
soft soap with starch powered half the
quantity of salt, and piece Of lem
on, aud lay It on both sides with paint
brush; let it be in the open sir-on grass
ia preferable--till the stain ;g removed


An excellent, we'll recommended pickle
for curing hams is made Of one and one,
half pounds of salt, one-hslf pound Of
sugar, one-half ounce OF saltpeter and
one-half ounce of potash. Boil then
together till the dirt from the sugar has
risen TO the top and is skimmed. Pour
| it over the meat and leave the latter il
the solution four or Eve weeks.
Year: 1876

French life is full Of romance. A
young painter named Lucilen Delaire,
while at work few days ago paint
ing the wallis in the courtyard of o
high building in the Rue du Bac, Paris,
dropped his brush, which fell through a
window below him, breaking the pane Of
glass. BE let himself down by the rope
TO the window and called ont: Pardon,
| carelessly dropped my brush, but am
willing to pay for the glass he receiv.
ed no answer. and on looking through
the broken pane saw young woman
PROSTATE on the aoor. He put his arm
through, unfastened the catch, and
jumped into the room, which was filed
with q strong odor OF charcoal After
throwing the windows wide open LueiIen
devoted himself to reviving the young
girl. The fresh air soon brought her to, and
Marie announced that she was dressing
for young friend wedding when she
suddenly lost her consciousness and fell
to the floor. She heard the noise made
by the breaking Of the glass, but was un
able to move. The charcoal fumes 10
the room would soon have killed her had
not the fortunate accident occurred.
Marie has now become the bride Of her
deliyerer.
Year: 1876

theater. The man with the spring over
coat derives his self-satisfactionf from the
inimitable style in which that garment
is thrown open for the display Of the
closely-bpttoned uudercoat, and few fully
comprehend the tremendous effect oI
this remarkable fashion upon the vulgar
throng, which has limited sense Of humol
and is easily overcome by appearances.
Between the man in the Ulster and the
man in the open spring overcost, no cul
tivated mind need seek the drama fol
amusement
Year: 1876

The following were the receipts and shipments
Of the leading articles Of produce In this city
during the twenty four hours ending at z o'clock
on Saturday morning. The corresponding day
last year was New YEARS. Day:
Year: 1876

The proprietor of the popular clothing
house, No. 2O7 Market street, has again
marked down his Spring and Summer
clothing, and announces that this will be
the last. He will sell at low prices in order
to get rid of the large stock of goods he has
on hand.
Year: 1876

Says the World: Judge Taft is nearly
as fif to be Secretary Of War as he Is to
be Bishop, probably. He never did any
thing to entitle him to general notice.
except to make violent anti Catholic
speech in Ohio on the school question.
That is what commended him to the
President"
Year: 1876

The election yesterday passed off quietly
throughout the city, and was marked by
the activity Of the Democrats, who seemed
determined to overcome the apathy causing
their recent defeat.


1t was conducted more strictly than such


t generally are, and tax receipts
were demanded in every instance. During
the day nearly one hundred
fraudulent tax receipts were cap
tured from negroes, and numbers were
rejected at the polls who had no receipts
with them. We give below the returns as
fully as we could obtain them up to mid
night, and they show splendid victory for
the Democracy.
Year: 1876

This Association in announcing their
third annual exhibition TO be held as above,
feel confident that it will prove to be the
largest, best and most agreeable they have
yet given.


The good order and decorum that have
characterized their previous exhibitions
will be strictly maintained, tho premiums
will be impartially awarded, and every
effort will be made to render the occasion
pleasant and satisfactory to all who attend.
Year: 1876

BONES eF CONTENTION. - A bill mas
passed the Assembly and will undoubted-
ly pass the Senate, making it penal Of
fence to remove the remains Of any de-
ceased person out OF the State without
first obtaining the consent in writing Oh
the Executive authority. This Is blow
aimed at the Chinese through their reIlg-
ious prejudices, and it is likely to prove
more effective than any other plan which
the State Legislature could adopt. 1t Is
a part of the contract which the Chinese
companies make with their coolies, that
in case OF the death of any Of them IN
this country, his bones shall be taken
back and buried with those Of his family,
iii religiously fulfilled when possible. If
the heather mind can be convinced that
it will be impossible to do this hereafter
it is doubtful if many Of them can be IN
ducod to leave the shores of the Flowery
Kingdom.
Year: 1876

BACK AGAIN .-Mr. Caleb Z. Marsh,
the prosecuting witness in the BeIknap
case returned to the United States and
will bear witness against the erring Sec
retary. Whatever little bemishes there
may be in Mr.. Marshs character it is
cheering to know that bearing false wit
witness is not one Of them-if we are to
believe his own word. He could blib3
officials, rob the poor soldiers in the way
of trade, and bctray his brother-thieves
but in the matter Of telling the truth he
is as immaculate as G. Washington him
self. Perhaps he may yet be singled
out to rule over this great republic through
his love of this cardinal virtue. And we
hope Mr.. Marsh ,oU tell the truth and
let condemnation fall where it is deserved.
Year: 1876

RoACH'R BILL.-Senator Roach's bill,
consigning wife beating husbands to the
whipping post, has received Governor
Irwins signature and became a law
Some of the gentry who have INDUCED
in the innocent amusement Of occasion
ally thrashing the partner of theirjoys and
sorrows may grumble at his ExcelIency
and the Colonel, but law is law, and If
they indulge any more it will be play
ed back on them" Whether the bill
makes any provision to punish those
wives who occasionally vary the monoto-
ny of married life by singing sticks OF
stove wood at their recreant lords,
we are not advised. 1t would seem
though that husbands should not be dis
crminated against in such an invidous
manner.
Year: 1876

CHINESE LoBBYIsTs.-T news now
is that the Chinese will bring the lobby
influence at Washington to bear on their
side and endeavor to influence Federal
Legislation. The heathen have shown
themselves remarkably apt in initiating
the vices Of their white compeers, and
it is quite likely that some of the "ways
that are dark" will be resorted to by
them to retain the foot-hold they have
gained in this country. But we think the
fiat will soon 60 forth against this peo-
pie, and they will find the best thing
they can do will be t. submit us grace
fully rs possible.
Year: 1876

A WOMAN convicted of numbering her
husband is prisoner in the Jail at Bar
bourville, West Virginia. She is nearly
crazed by remorse, imagines that phan-
toms are constantly with her in the cell
and believes that hanging can alone free
her from further torture. Not long ago
she tried to induce several friends to raise
a mob and lynch her, and she has sent
several letters to the Governor asking to
have her execution set down for an car
lier day,
Year: 1876

RAILROAD Legislation has probably
come to a stand-sull. The two Houses
have disagreed upon the commission
err bill. and the conference committee
Of each House is composed Of its extreme
men. Evidently the advocates of the
kind of legislation embraced in tho Ar
chern bill are determined to have things
their own way or have no Legislation
-, Ia n nfnunr
Year: 1876

The prince of Wales killed a tiger in
India. Taking his stand at an upper
window of IA house surrounded by lofty
wall, the prince waited till the dreadful
animal was driven up within range.
when he turned loose both barrels of his
gun, and the tiger tumbed over. The
lrlghtful dangers to which the heir to
The crown thus exposes himselfare enough
to make the hair of the British lion stand
up and turn gray.
Year: 1876

SAN FRANCIsCo wants Angel Island
for cemetery. We know of no reason
why the Government should not make
the donation. The island is specially fit
for burial place, and good for nothing
al IN
Year: 1876

a DYING burglar states that he latoly
buried the proceeds of n bank robbery in
celtlin town in Iowa, and now every
inhal liant Of mature age is wandering
about with shovel looking for prom
ising place to dig.
Year: 1876

BOSTON, January AT q meeting
of the stJckhclteFs Of the Boston Post
company to day, it was unanimously
resolve q that there should be no inter
Iuption of the publication OF the paper
or other business of the company. VGG
largest holders Of stock ere determined
that the interests of the property shall
not be jeopardiZed in the least.
Year: 1876

What is the difference between a
crockery dealer and a cabinet maker
One sells tea-sets, ana the other settees.


Mrs, Stowe says we never know how
much we love until we try to unlove.
To man who has tried to quit smoking
this needs no argument.
Year: 1876

VINO HAS done more to engender the
feeling Of race prejudice in the South than
the party in power. Under proper training
the oolored man, showed himself capable
aad susceptible Of good behavior, but under
the iniquitous teachings Of corrupt men, he
has shown himself the worst enemy to
pence and civilization. The united South
means to drive these bad teachers out Of
that country, and let the colored man un-
derstand that he must stop hugging the
delusive phantom Of "a fat political Office,
and that forty acres and mule" and look
for better times in hard work-the hoe
and the plough. Not until then will the
South have a reliable system Of labor, thai
will conduct business into channels that
will have their flow toward the North ano
bring to our workshops and producing in
teresls, peace and prosperity; peace to the
suherings that have resulted from theA


loss to us, and prosperity to our indus
tries.
Year: 1876

REpuB11cAN1sM in Wilmington is pre-
cisely the same kind Of Republicanlsm that
increased the expenditures Of the Govern
ment forty.seven millions of dollars in TWO
wears, and that, too, in days when the
country was declared to be at peace from
1872 to 1874. Taxation pays this, and this
taxation is the reason that every business
is groaning beneath the heel Of hard times.
It is the reason that the workingman asks
for bread, and it is the reason that hunger
has come to our very doors. And to-day
Republicaoism in Wilmington is as much
responsible for this as the National Re
publican party. Sustain this party If you
can, workingmen, and you fail to do you'
duty by those who who look to you to ac
your part by them.
Year: 1876

The carriage manufacturers state that
before the war they paid ten dollars per
week, and now they can obtain the best
hands and as many Of them as they want
for eight and nine dollars per week. This
is what the working man must expect at
all times under Republican rule. Then
vote for the change that the c~untry de-
mands.
Year: 1876

The leading manufacturers state that If
the South was governed by honest lead
ers, that the industrial interests OF
that country would get into smooth
operation again, and would be the
hest market that the North could have
1t would bring into Wilmington nearly
one million dollars year. 1t would feed
tie workiugman, and stop the cry o.
hunger ana the woes of suffering.
Year: 1876

4 We present the Democratic ticket, as
futiyc6nndent that it will be the winning
card in this eledtion, as the fight OF the
Democratic party is against a cause OF d's'
honesty. There is not man upon 1t tna'
We cannot pledge for honesty and lne
uurest political thought. tis ticket that
has been chosen from among the people,
and it ia a selection Of men who will faith
fully represent the interests Of those ON
ces for which they have been nominated.
We compare the candidates for the sheriff
atty, not through any malice toward Mr.
McMullen, but to show the people Of this
county exactly between what they are TO
choose.


Mr.. Grubb is an honest, upright citizen.
VA man who has commanded the respect OF
our people at all times. In his nature, ne
is social; and possessed Of that natural
genia'ity which attracts and makes him
friends among all classes. We have al
ready exposed some of. the tricks Of NC
Mullen while he was in Office, and levied
an exhorbitant and unjust tax upon the
farmers. For anything further in proof Of
this we refer our readers to the nice little
piece of testimony which appears on the
first page Of The HERALD this morning.


The balance of the Democratic ticket If
made up Of as good men as the one thai
We present for sheriff. Men who will rep
resent the true interests Of the people. Men
against whom no charge can be brought
Men who have been selected by the Dem
ocratic party as those best fitted tor 'h'
positions for which they are offered.


Let every Democrat see to it that NJ
| votes solidly for the whole ticket.


Let there be no scratching, and let NJ
one impose upon you by handing you
ticket with the names Of Republican candl
dates upon it.


Vote for Democracy and liberty, an'
| vote for Democracy and prosperity.
Year: 1876

Fraudulent tickets are being distributed,
intended to entrap the careless, and un-
thinking into voting ticket, which will
not correct as to many of the candidates
Be sure you get your ticket from such a
person, as will render it morally certain to
be correct; even then examine, and com
pare it; then vote; but not until then. Be
sure you are right.
Year: 1876

If the South were to flow knee deep ir
blood to-day, the curse of judgment from
the righteous God, whom the Republicans
have engaged Ingcrsoll to blaspheme,
would fall upon the head of Ulysses Grant
and his cabinet.
Year: 1876

The Ship builders state that if they had
the trade of United South they could
double the number of hands employed.
They could increase the wages, and there
would not be man in Wilmington idle,
unless it was through his own choice.
Year: 1876

THERE will be found on the first page
this morning an exact copy Of the receipts
that were given out by Harry McMullen
and his deputies, when they levied that
tax upon the farmers. Vote for man
like this, if you can.