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Year: 1871

1t has become the custom in Eng
land among old families and those
holding an undeniable position in
the social world, for the ladies to
affect q great simplicity of dress
upon all except special occasions.
This is the more marked now, when
extravaganza and display seem to be
the ruling passion, and, in alIuding
to the excess of ornament and fnery
so frequently adopted by the nOuUeau
richie, an English lady remarked, 81
now leave that sort Of thing to my
maid"


The day has been long since passed
when social grades were distinguish
ed by the custume, nor ia it any
longer necessary, as was the case in
the last century, to wear gold lace
upon the coatto mark the gentleman.
Such a fashion happily has become
extinct, and it is q mistake to sup
pose that the world now accords It's
it's respect to those whose claims
for distinction are based upon mere
outside show, while, however, it is
true that in respect to dress it can
not fail to admire the becoming
Grace of person and of mind are
what capti7ate, and diamonds anC
lace can hardly make the wearel
more attractive, if these are want
ing.


Tho enormous expense Of dress a
the present day is q serious evil i
has caused many an aching heart
and it will be happy day wher
fashion shall so order it that thr
lady is to be distinguished by he
unarrayed apparel lingering II
longer in the glitter of a fctitiOu
brilliancy of attire; it will at al
events be a matter of rejoicing 70
the average Pater Fanilias.





Knitted shirts and drawers, al
wool, and finished as for adults, ar
now made for children Of all age:
and there are in addition an infinit
number of wooden garments, who's
appearance in such vast quantitie
with every recurring season is suft
cient evidence of the universal use
to which they are put.
Year: 1871

An old lady combatted the idea
of the moon being inhabited, by re-
marking with emphasis, that the
idea was incredible. "For," she
said, "what becomes of the people
in the moon when there is nothing
left of it but little streak ?"
Year: 1871

Two scavengers were quarreling
as TO their respective working abili-
ties, when one, meaning to silence
his mate, said "Well, Bill, you
can sweep the middle of the street,
but you can't do any ornamental
piece Of work, like sweeping around
a lamp pOst.D
Year: 1871

Integrity is the first moral virtue,
benevOIence is the second and prn-
dence the third. Without the first
the two latter cannot exist; andwith-
out the third the two former wonld
be often rendered useless.
Year: 1871

Life is a book Of which we can
have but Que edition. Let each days
actions, as they add their pages TO
the indestructible volume, be such as
we shall be willing to have an assem-
bled world read,
Year: 1871

Be gentle-ifyOu cannot rslieUe, do
not grieUe the poor-give them soft
words if nothing else. Put yourself
in the place Of every poor man, and
deal with him as you would God
should deal with you.
Year: 1871

A man who passes through life with
out marrying is like a fine mansion, left
by the builder unfinished. The half
that is completed runs to decay from
neglect, or becomes at best a sorry tene-
ment, wanting the addition of that
which makes the whole useful.
Year: 1871

1t is cheerful to be sitting in a rail.
road car, going at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and have a man pass
through the train and leave a tract
in your lap entitled, Prepare to
Meet Your GOd.n
Year: 1871

A scientific lecturer on walking says
his experiments Show that one side of
the body always tends to outwalk the
other side. 1t is not possible when the
eyes are shut to walk in a straight line
for any length of time, and it will be
found where persons lose their way that
they almost invariably wander off to the
right rather than to the left.
Year: 1871

What is the difference between chilly man and
a tEed dog7 One wears a great coat and the otheI
pants.


Is it possible for a garret window to suffer room
attic panes


What is the latest thing in dresses Night
dresses.


Why arc criminals like the ancient idol
aters2 Because they bow down to the shrine O
Bail.
Year: 1871

Gen. Frank P. Blair Grated lately
to his brethren at Montgomery, Al
ALBANIA. He began by saying that
the triumph of the Democratic party
was safe, and then proceeded to show
that its safety consisted in nominal
ing some good Republican and work
ing for him with a will. There is
strategy in this. Republicans have
got very much in the habit of being
elected, while it is becoming a lost
art with the Democrats.
Year: 1871

Burned.


OTTAWA, Or, January 20-The
Dominion Beard OF Trade, composed Of
representatives from the Boards Of
Trade of the principal cities Of the
Dominion, is now in session here The
feeling OF the Board is strongly in
favor of free trade The Board adopted
motion to petition Parliament at its
next session for the repeal Of the duties
on flour, grain, coal and coke. The
question Of communication with Mari
toba was debated for some time and
resolution adopted urging the Govern
ment to take steps towards the con-
struction Of a Canadian Pacific Rail-
road, and apply the public lands to
assist in that enterprise.


The St. Johns Hotel burned early
this morning, and many inmates barely
escaped with their lives and in their
night clothing.
Year: 1871

THE NEW ROUTE OF TIE 7. W. & B. r. R.
II is generally known that the p. w. &B r. r.
Company are changing the route of that part OF
road from Gray's Ferry to Chester, by build
ing new track, from one to two miles further
back from the river than the old track, and
running through Blue Bell, Darby and other
villages. The object in changing the route is
to get on the high lands, away from the marsh
es, and thus avoid the overflow Of the track


which frequently occurs in the Spring during
the high tides The new route (nine and one
half miles, will be but about half mile shorter
than the old, but will be through highly
cultivated section of country The grade, the
Ledger says, is being made wide enough for
four tracks, but at present only two are being
laid, one with English steel and the other
with American steel rails 1t estimated that
the new route will cost the company one mil
lion of dollars. Before the work could be
commenced between Blue Bell and Darby,
seventeen houses, principally of brick, had to
be removed from the line OF the road nearly
all of them were occupied at the time Of the
removal, but no accident happened to person
or property. The removal of brick houses is
rather delicate undertaking. There will be
stations every half mile within the city limits,
and every mile after leaving the city, until
Chester is reached. The station houses, as
far as practicable, will be built over the tracks
Year: 1871

TROUBLE IN SUSSEX.-Gov Ponder is now
experiencing the usual difficulties known only
TO those " in authority over u.s." viz: to pay
his political friends for their patriotism in sup.
porting the regular nominations" He has
had small amount of official patronage to be-
stow in Sussex, and the demand has greatly
exceeded the supply. 1t seems that about half
of the Democrats wanted the office of Register
of Wills, at Georgetown, and notwithstanding
many had been promised said office, according
to their own explicit understanding, and many
more expected it as just remuneration for
their inhuence-we say Notwithstanding all
this, the Governor only gave it to one man,
and he is about the only Democrat in the
county that seems to be satisfied with the
GOvernOr-he and his friends All those that
did not get the office are woeflllly deceived in
bis ExcelleDcy. He seems not to be the man
they took him to be. At once they fly to the
papers to ease their minds and abuse the Gov
ernor, and the Sussex Journal has had to re-
fuse the letter-writers lest it be over-run and
offend his Excelency. But one aggrieved in
dividual finds place in itG columns he being
an old and prominent Democrat. Here is the
way he writes:


Mr.. EDITOR: | am a Democrat of forty
years standing have never denied the faith
or Dolted the ticket; L have always been con-
sldered friend to the present ruling wing of
the party. Now the time has come when | and
many others of the pure Democracy, feel as #
certain set of men have gone far enough in
this prescription business and have put through
pet schemes and placed in Office their particu-
lar favorltes regardless of the wishes of the
voters OF the party. Now when the present
Governor was nominated it was said that he
would not be under that influence and he said
30, and TOR that reason many men, who other.
wise would not, did support him. But it is
charged he went back on his pledge and did
use his influence in the Legislature in that
family quarrel, and now it seems he is going
back on his inaugural when he refuses to an.
point men to Office who have the strongest re-
commendatlOns-and in one case too a man
who Is not fit for the place. There are a good
many reasons told for these appointments
they may be true or not, but one thing is GER
tam, while We don't intend to break up the
party or split tickets We do intend to have our
rights. We intend that the people shall at
tend the hundred meetings, for if we don't we
Will always be ruled by set Of fellows who
only care Tor their own interests and make
Tools OF the people. | helped to break down
one ring and am not too old to help break
down another, aud we can do it without selling
out TO the niger party. Some say YOU are
with us-that Is the peOple-if so let us bear
from you. Are you true Democrat or ring
man Let us save the party and make 4
Democractc in fact as it is in name.
Year: 1871

| SALLY PHILLIPS. S." For years and years


Smyrna has been visited by little sun-dried


old beggar woman by the above name. That


ubiquitous parsonage, 'Our oldest inhabi-


tant, fails to recall the period when she
didn't beg and bother us, and it has been fire.
quently predicted that she would keep right on
like the wandering jew" Indeed, it is re


lated of well-knOwn Dover lawyer that he
expressed an apprehension that he would al
ways have three troubles--the fear of death,
the taxes and "old Sal Phillips" She was as
naturally expected in the warm weather as the
chllls and mosquitoes, and our citizens eX-
pressed but little choice as to which they d
rather endure. She had a circuit of fifteen or
twenty miles which she pedestrnated with a
speed almost equal to Weston, although she
was about as old and as frail-OOking as she
could be to be alive; aud yet no one could re-
call to mind when she looked younger. She
always trudged along at lively pace, with a
long stick, little bundle and q sore eye (the
last two tied up in handkerchiefs) ready to beg
from the first one she met or whack the first
one who talked poor house" to her. She
looked about as dry and as yellow as a smoked
herring, and one might imagine she had been
put through about the same preserving pro-
cess and thus been transformed into a living
mummy for all time. But what we have been
trying 20 say, is, that she is dedd! Dead and
buried, and been So for several weeks, in spite
OF all predictions 20 the contrary We believe
she had a beginning and home somewhere in
the forest beyond Kenton, but of the exact
date of her beginning it is not easy to learn
She was begger from force of habit, a fortune
teller by profession and conjurer in the eyes
OF maryland bore to society But few PEI :
sons We're better known in the flesh, yet but
few have had more obscure pedigree to the
neople at large, and few care to know it,
Though not much admired in life, the great
equalizer, death, has put her on the level with
the king that has gone before, and there let
her rest. She died about a month ago, we
learn.
Year: 1871

NJ. Thiers says: "If England We re


the only country to produce certain OBJ
jects, could you have them at the same
price? Certainly not. 1t is competition
sustained by just protection, which
destroys foreign monopoly. Those who
speak of universal, unrestricted compe-
tition, do no. compre hend it. Do you
know what true competition is? 1t is
that no nation should ever suffer itself
to make any surrender Ofits native in.
dustries. 1T is that no one should say
that it will no longer manufacture cot
ton, because it cannot produce it as
cheaply as another; that no one shall
say that it will no longer fabricate cloth
because it cannot fabricate at so good
an account as its neighbor; that no one
should say that it will not raise grain,
under the preiext that grain is produced
more dearly than in other countries.
The nation that would reason thus
would exhibit the reasoningnf an idiot.
Do you know what is the true competi--
tion of nation with nation, the unive.s-
al competition? 1t is a noble ambition
on the part of the peoTle-the noble.eu-
ulation of producing. everything, and
even that which it produces with less
advantage than other people This COM
petition has as its result the reduction
ofprices to the lowest attainable stand
ard throughout the entire world"
Year: 1871

"Talk of bedbugs" said Bill Jones,


who had been across the plains, "You
should have seen some of fhe critters /


met in Idaho last spring. stopped one


night with scme settlers who lived in a
log cabin. containing one room and a
loft When it came time to go to bed,
they strung bla ket across the middle
of the room. and the settlers family
took one side of it and gave me the other
i laid down to go to sleep and the bed
bugs began to gather like lunch eaters
round free lay out. 1 tried to xiv. up
and keep away from them, but the pes
ky varmints would catch hole of the bed
clothes and pull them from me. They
did not think nothing of dragging me
round the room if held on. 1 fit 'e,n
till about midnight, and then looked
round for some way of escape. There
was ladder reaching up to the loft,
and I thought the best way to get away
rom the blood suckers was to get lip
thar. so 1 did. Thar wasn't any bugs in
the loft so laid down congraulaiin' N.Y.
self on my escape pretty soon heard
The ladder sgueakin' ga if some body 'us
comm up. Binebv I saw a bedbug
raise himself up through hole in the
floor and look carefully around the loft
Soon as he saw me he motioned his
chums helcw-the blood thirsty cuss-
and cried exultingly, come on boys, he's
here y"
Year: 1871

BOSTON, August l2.-The New York
Yacht Club is visiting the city to-day
and dimes with the Eastern Yacht
Club at TUFTS Point this afternoon.
They will have religious service on
Sunday in one of the yachts, and on
Monday a grand regatta viii take
place, the start being made from
Swan DsichOtt.
Year: 1871

New YORK, August 12.-About
o'clock this morning the police
discovered a man lying on the corner
of Eighth avenue and Thirtieth street,
bleeding from a wound in the head.
He died while being removed to the
statiOn-hOuse. His death resulted by
a blow from some blunt instrument,
which fractured the skull. There is
no olua tn the murdarpr
Year: 1871

Among the prisoners in the Pennsylvanfs
Western Penitentiary there is young Ger
man suffering from that dreadful disease,
hydrophobia. His age is about twenty-cight,
and be was a member Of the Virginia cav-
airy. In the Spring of 1865, when near
Lynchburg, his company was ordered to sack
railway freight depot where large amount
Of provisions were stored. The prisoner was
the first TO enter the depot, when large
dog jumped upon him and bit him ilrthe back
of the neck. A comradc of the prisoner
killed the dog, and the man was taken to
the hospital where the wound was dressed.
Nine days after this occurrence the man was
seized with convulsons, and so violent did he
become that he soon after was discharged
from the army and returned to his home.
lie had been with his parents but a short
TINT when his died, leaving him IS goo
with which to visit Europe and be treated
for the awful disease from which he was
suffering. This he did, and under advice
of several English doctors, to whom, i'll Lon
don, be stated his case, he proceeded to
Berlin where he was treated FOR about six
months. At the end of this time, having
gone through nearly all bis funds, he returned
to America, and about one year ago made
bis appearance in Pittsburg. He had not
been long in this city until he was arrested
on charge Of larceny, tried, found guilty,
and sentenced to the Western Penitentiary.


Shortly after his incarceration he was
seized with convulsions and consigned to thcr
hospital. A few days ago, while sitting on
the edge of bath tub in the hospital de-
parlment, dog which had found its way
into the chapel adjoining suddenly began to
bark, which caused the man to fall into the
bath tub in a terrible fit. On getting out Of
the fit he dropped upon his hands and knees
and began to bark at his keepers; his eyes
glaring and of that brilliant appearance which
the organs of vision present in cases Of in
sanity. Foaming at the mouth he crept over
a pan containing water, and, STOPPING down.,
tapped it up exactly after the manner of a
dog In this condition he remained for some
hours, presenting most frghtful appear
ancc. Several physicians have seen him,
and all admit that nothing SO terrible ever
came under their notice before. The only
wonder is how the man survives at all. The
physician of the institution entertains hopes
Of saving the mans life, but they are very
slight. He has adopted a new remedy
known as choral hydrate, which he is of the
opinion has slightly improved the condition
Of the sufferer.
Year: 1871

The New FASHION OF ADDRESSING LET
TERs.-Very few persons know how to sub
scribe an envelope. A large potion of the
letters that get into the Post Office are SO
badly directed that it is with great difficulty
that they reach their destination. The first
thing the clerk seeks TO know is what State
the letter is bound for; next, what town;
next, what person. So the fashion of ad
dressing is changing, and the style now COM
ing into vogue, for its simplicity and correct-
ness, is the folowing
Year: 1871

1t is not necessary in all cases to send the
letter to John Peterson, or even to Chicago;
the only imperative rule being to set tho
State, whatever it is, fast; the town next,
and the name or box last. Reader, this is
to be hencelorth the fashion of letter super
scriptions. Let us see that we all conform
to it.
Year: 1871

opening a small fruit stand in room on the
ground floor of a two-story wooden building,
and in little back room just over his store
be had discovered that little French artist
painting cigar sign on a strip of tin.
Year: 1871

STRANGE DEvEL LopMENT- Incredible Yield
Of Gold. The Calaveras Chronicle of No
vemRer 4th says:


Developments have recently been made
at the Gwin mine in Lower Rich Gulch, un-
paralleled in the history of quartz operations
in this State. A strata Of rock has been
discovered in the main shaft at the depth of
four hundred feet, that for richness eclipses
anything of which we ever heard or read.
The strangest feature in the development is,
however, that the rock recently discovered
SO closely resembles the slate of which the
walls of the lead are composed, that it has
heretofore been taken out and thrown away
with other debris from the mine. The strata
mentioned lies next to the foot wall and is
about a foot in width and thickness. In
color and formation it so clearly resembles
slate that it requires a close examination to
distinguish the two from each other. The
inclination of the "streak differs slightly
from that of the shaft. Commencing at a
point near the surface it crosses the latter,
diagonally, leaving the shaft at the 400-foot
level. BY drifting" short distance on the
lead, however, from the 500-foot level, the
strata will undoubtedly be struck again. BY
the merest accident in the world it was dis
covered that this singular deposit, instead of
being slate, was simply mass of sulphurets
carrying free gold in abundance. A portion
of the rock was brought to this town and
critically assayed by DR.. James Hepburn.
Two and one-half ounces yielded one hum
dred and sixty-six grains of gold! or, in
other words, at the rate of $53, ,140 per ton!
The rock assayed was not a selected ''speci-
men," 1t was broken from a chunk at least
a foot square, and is considered fair test of
the richness of the whole strata. The pro-
prietors of the mine are sanguine that they
will take 5000, ,000 out of the recently dis
covered "streak" between the 5O0-foot level
and the surface. In fact, should this strata
prove to be one of the permanent compo-
nent parts of the lead, as it undoubtedly will,
there is no calculating the amount of gold
that will be taken from it. If ore of equal
richness has ever before been found there is
no record of it. The Gwin mine must now
certainly be classed as the most valuable in
the State, and further than that, in less than
year it will boast more extensive machinery
than any other lead upon this coast We
shall await further developments, in refer
cnce to the newly discovered stratum, with
impatience.
Year: 1871

A DETROIT woman with dog wrapped
up as baby, tried to get the animal passed
through on train rs an infant. Bat for the
dog barking just as the conductor passed,
she would have succeeded.
Year: 1871

IT is stated that rubber cushion placed
under the legs of work benches when ham
mering is going on and other deafehing noises
are made, will deaden the sound so that it
cannot be heard in an adjoining room.
Year: 1871

GENERAL SHERMAN has generally held correct views on the Indian troubles. As will be bered, the civil authorities of Texas some months ago arrested, tried and con- victed two Indians known as Santanta and Big Tree for murder; that an effort was made and the sentence commuted to imprisonment for life. Now an appeal is made by certain h. dians for the entire release of the criminals, and on reference to General Sherman, he made this indorsement on the application.

 Respectfully submitted to the Sec retary of War, to ascertain the wishes of the Interior Department. In this case Satanta ought to have been hung and that would have ended the trouble !; but his sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for life, and I know these Kiowas we'll enough to see that they will be everlastingly pleading for his release. He should never be re- leased, and I hope the War Department will never consent to his return to his tribe. As to Big Tree, I do not deem his imprisonment as essential, though he ought to keep Satanta company. With this exception, I approve of the action of Agent Tatum, and would advise him to treat the Kiowas as strictly as the Caddoes and other treaty Indians. Kicking Bird can keep the Kiowas peaceable if Satanta is out of the way, and I don't believe him sincere when he asks for his re- lease, but that he is simply acting the part to maintain his influence with his own people.
Year: 1871




The Fulton street prayer meeting
and other praying assemblies in Amer.
lea unite with the Queen and people OF
England in daily supplication to Al.
mighty God for the life and salvation Of
the Prince of Wales"


The meeting Of the Board of Police
Commissioners this afternoon discussed
the revocation of the order prohibiting
the International parade by the Gov
ernor. Resolutions were passed reselnd-
ing the order prohibiting the parade by
the Commissioners, and directing the
Superintendent to take all necessary
steps to prevent any breach Of peace
and protect the public from disorder
and violence. Mayor Hall proposed q
resolution that the Board Of Police
Commissioners memorialize the Legis-
lature for the passage Of an act regu-
laling professions and submitted a draft
Of such act to be presented at Albany.
The proposition was laid on the table.
Year: 1871

This wretched class of small pa.
rasites is again hit off by one of on,
exchanges, as follows:


"Of all things contemplate, a
man who will read a paper at his
neighbours expense is the most con-
temptible; especially if that man
esteems it his duty to lower papers
collectively, and the editors gener-
ally. They always meet the carrier
first, snatch the paper, and after
greedily devouring every morsel of
news it contains, throw it aside, say
ing, with a contemptuous curl of the
lip: What trash; it is really fit for
nothing but waste paper And vet
day after day they seem anxious to
gain possession of the paper, and
seem as disappointed at its non-ar-
rival as the good paying subscriber,
who ever welcomes it as a pleasant
visitor. Strange world, this"