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Year: 1875

The London Telegraph of November 2
has the following: During the recent
operations on the Vanguard, two of the
divers narrowly escaped death. The
first instance was that of man named
Rowe, who went down quickly to his
work, knowing that he had not much
time to stay below. In his rapid de
scent the pressure became suddenly in
creased to such an extent that he lost
his senses. The signal-man above twice
gave the signal, s'All right" and, re-
ceiving no response, ordered his men to
haul up. Rowe, however, was fast en-
tangled in the spare rigging floating
about, and it was only by the combined
strength of seven or eight men that he
was eventually brought to the surface
quite black in the face. A few minutes
more under the water and he would
have been dead. The next case was
that of IngledOn, who went down to the
bridge of the Vanguard, in crossing
which he slipped and fell on the deck.
Stunned by the sudden increase of pres
sure, he was unable to answer the sig
nails, and was in consequence ut once
hauled up into the boat in an apparent
ly lifeless condition. RestOratives were
applied, but it was two hours before he
revived, and he is still in the hospital
under medical caTe. The great
est danger the divers experience
is from the ropes, sails and
shgouds, etc., which necessarily
move in the waters below. As the tide,
which here exceeds the rate of four
miles an hour, sets in one direction, all
the various moving objects 90 with the
stream, and the divers, who have to
wait until the water is moderately still,
90 down clear of all embarrassment.
As, however, the tide reverses its course,
the moving mass returns upon them,
and they often have to cut their way
through to gain the surface. NOtwith-
standing all these difficulties, the divers
and especially two of them, White
and McCOlloch have successfully
reached the hull, which lies in deep
darkness, and measured the hole in the
side by means of nOtching a wooden lath
carried down for the purpose, and
placed against the aperture. The
Denayrouze lamp, which had been ma
terially useful in removing the rigging
of the ship, was not taken down on this
occasion, as the divers required to use
| both hands in endeavOring to escape
ENHANCEMENT by some stray rope. The
men consider that with the aid of the
lamp a great difficulty will be overcome
when working at the hull of the vessel
after the tOp-hamper is removed
Year: 1875

Mr.. G.. j. Romanes contributes to
Nature the simple experiments he made
to prove that rats and mice feed by
means of their tails when the desired
substance is not otherwise accessible
as, for instance, when it is contained in
a narrow-mouthed jar. He filled some
preserve-jars with soft jelly to within
three inches of the top, covered the
bottles with bladder, and set them In
the way of the rats. Next morning a
small hole, Just large enough to admit
a rats tail, was found to have been
cnawed through the bladder, and the
surface of the jelly was lowered to an
extent agreeing with the length OF a
rats tail; showing that the animal had
repeatedly dropped its tail into the bot
tie, and withdrawn it to lick off the
iellv which adhered. But, to be dOubly
sure, the experimenter next fitted cir
cular piece of moistened paper to the
surface of the Jelly and stood the bottle
in damp place, free from rats, until a
good crop of mold had gathered; when
the bottle, with its contents thus ar
ranged, was again put in the way OF
| the rats. The hole was gnawed in the
bladder as before, and the surface OF
the moldy paper showed distinctly the
tracery of the tail-end of the animals,
who had thus evidently been sweeping
about in the vain endeavor to make
some Jelly stick.
Year: 1875

Upon the breezy head land the'hshernnan's grave
Where. over the daisies and clover bells, the


birchen branches swayed;
Above us the lark was singing In the cloudless
And under The eiifs the biIlows were chanting


their ceaseiess tune;
For the creamy line was curving along the hol-
Where the dear old tides were flowing that he


would ride no more.
The dirge Of the wave, the note Of the bird and


the priests low tone were blent
In the breeze that blew from the moorland, all
laden with country scent;
But never a thought Of the new -mown hay toss
ing on sunny plains.
Or Of lilies deep in the wild wood, or roses gem
ming the lanes,
Woke in the hearts Of the stern, bronzed men
who gathered around the grave.
Where lay the mate who had fought with them
the battle OF wind and wave.
How boldly he steered the cable across the foam
ing bar
When The sky was black to the eastward, and the
breakers white on the Scarf
How his keen eye caught the squall ahead, how
his strong hand furled the sail,
AS we drove DER the angry waters before the
raging gslel
How CHEEKY he kept all the long dark night, and
never parson spoke
Good words, like those he said 10 us, when at
last the morning broke!
SO thought the dead mans comrades, as silent
and sad they stood.
While the prayer was prayed. the blessing said,
and the duh earth struck the wood
And the wdsw's sob, and the orphans wall jar
red through the Joyous air;
How could the light wind Ger the sea blow on 30
fresh and fair:
How could the gay waves laugh and leap, land
ward DER sand and stone,
While he, who knew and loved them all, lay
Tapped in clay alone?
But for long, when 10 the beetling heights the
snow tipped billOws roll,
When the cod, and skate, and dog6sh dart
around the herring shoal;
When gear is sorted, and sails are set, and the
merry breezes blow,
And away TO the deep sea harvest the stalwart
reapers 20,
a kindly sigh and hearty word they will give
20 him who lies
Where the clover springs. and the heather blooms,
beneath the northern skies.


t-Au the Year Found.
Year: 1875

steal cattle and horses from farms along the
Pacific Railroad, and north of it. General
Crooks Is Of opinion that the whole army,
acting defensiyely, cannot prevent these in
curslons, and suggests that troops be sta
toned in the midst of the Indians, so as to
watch and prevent them leaving on pretenSe
of hunting. This is impracticable, unless
the army can have supervision of the neces-
sary supplies of these tribes within the Res
eTyatiOn, which is now not the case. The
reports of the several Commissions which
have, under military escort, recently been
engaged in exploring the country, and in
negotiating with these Indians, will throw
much light on this subject. Generally
speaking, the damage to life and property
by Indians is believed to be less during the
past year than in any former year, and the
prospect is that as the country settles up it
will be less and less each year, until all the
Indians are established on small reserva-
tions; but until they acquire habits of in
dustry in farming or in StOck-raising, they
will need food from the General Govern
ment, because the game which they hitherto
subsisted on has diminished very rapidly.
Year: 1875

WITH a cat-fght in progress under
the window, young man learning to
play the ACCORDION across the way, and
baby with the wind collie in the next
room, a distracted poet may keep on
calling his Pegasus a jackass all night,
but it won't bulge a cents worth.
Year: 1875

love to smooth over the troubles, and a
strong arm to shield her from danger.


With that around her she is a tower of
strength; she possesses that which
makes life's bitters sweet; nor can she
ever have to record what l, the poor
neglected old maid, do here, the history
of Life's Regret.-English Magazine.
Year: 1875

Private letters received i'll Washington from
New Orleans show that, while the,white League
are opposed to the Wheeler compromise a large
majority of the people, including merchants and
bankers desire the adjustment in order to Sc
care peace, and promote the revival of business
Year: 1875

The gentlemen who are managing the move
ment in favor of Division are urgently soliciting
names to their call for another meeting, and we
publish the call elsewhere. 1t will be observed
that large part-probaby a majority-of the
signers are opposed to Division, having been
prevailed upon to join in calling the meeting by
the argument that it committed them to nothing
and simply signifed; their willingness for "full
discussion Of the question"


1t ia to be said in regard to this call that the
language used is justly offensive to all those
connected with the City Hall anti Division meet
ing. We regret that those who signed it did not
look for moment at this Many of them, cer-
tainly, did not intend to put their names to a
statement which, besides being untrue, is also
gross reflection upon the gentlemen who were
concerned in the other meeting. The implica-
tion in the wording of this call is that gag law y
has been set up, or that attempts are being
made to set it up, in Delaware" by the OPP
ponents OF Division This IL grossly untrue, and
scandAlously unfair, and such men as Chas. d.
Lore, Edward Belts, VIM. G. Spruance and
Others doubtless overlooked the fact, when they
appended their names.


As for having full and free discussion" and





is expected by anybody. II gentlemen accus-
toned to speaking should attend at the time
and place proposed with the purpose of arguing
in opposition, they might have, probably, the
opportunity of addressing the affair, but they
would do 80 under the direction and supervision
OF those who run the affair, who are, SIM
ply, the half-score gentleman who have been
pushing the Division movement from the first.
That any one will go to speak against Division,
we do not expect. The discussion
will be one-sided and the candid
and truthful course for those who got up the
call would have been to announce it what it real
lyis-a meeting OF those in favor of Division.
Whatever grist is ground at it will be ground out
on that side. Such is the intent, purpose, and
object Of the whole proceeding, and we only re-
gret, as we said before, that those in charge Of
it did not have the courage to say so. However
it makes little odds. The popular disapprova
has been placed on the whole mschievous and
uncalled-for scheme, and it may die gracefully
or painfully just as its nurses and doctors choose
Year: 1875

The Legislatures time, this week, has been
largely occupied in sFirmishng for position on
the State Aid question The bill for the assis-
tance OF the Wilmington and Western Railroad
has been withdrawn, and even if the Legislature
desired to help the development of this section
Of the State, they now have no measure be fore
them, by which to do 80.
Year: 1875

We see it stated that Senator Ferry
was last winter decided intlatiouist,
a nd that in consequence he may not
retain the position f President If the
Senate, to which he was last spring
clrct. q
Year: 1875

PARpoS.-On Thursday Marshal Dunn
received from Washington the pardon eS
Daniel Collins. formerly Of this city. who
was con nvicted at the last June term Of
Court, and sent to New Castle for term
Of years for vioiioa Of the United States
Internal Revenue laws in selling liquor
without q license on Wolnut street above
Seventh. Collins received h.s pardon
through certificate Of DR.. Maxwell. He
said would not have lived had he been
longer confined,
Year: 1875

The following from the Belfast Journal
is not a local buc general application, and
there is more fan in reading than i'll taking
hand in the actual business:


Houso-cleanlng was going on. He arose
early in the morning, put on his old clothes
luggcd one Of the carpets into the yard
and went at it, He banged it and whlcked
it with clubs, ticklei it with switches and
brushed it with brooms. Then he turned
it over and did likewise to the other side
Then he hoisted it on the clothes-line and
did the same over again. His hands were
blistered, his hair full of grit and his nose
full of lint. He rolled up the carpet. lug
ged it into the entry and set it down, with
the mental resolve that "he be id if he
skook another one Just then the wo-
man Who lived in the other part of the
house appeared with the query:


doctor, what in the world have you
been doing with my carpets: 2"


1t wJs as true as that Job had boils,
that he had been shaking his neighbors
carpet. Just fancy that excavator of
molars a-tearin around saying over cuss
words.
Year: 1875

1t is generally supposed that the human
frame cannot endure great heat, and, if
exposed to it. will soon sink into cxhaus,
ton. This is true i'll hot climates, to
which people have not been accustomed
But in this case the effect may be due to
Influences from vegetation, or to some dis
turbances OF nature. 1t is certain that ar
titicial heat far greater than tho heat of the
sun lis in the Torrid Zonc. may be borne
without special suffering or harm.


The British Journal Of Science says that
men in iron establishments work without
Inconvenience with the thermometer con-
stantly at one hundred and twenty degrees,
and in pits for making the Bcssemer steel
at one hundred and forty degrees In
Turkish baths the shampooers are often
busily engaged for four or five hours in
succession, with the temperature ut one
hundred and ten degrees. In the Red Sea
Steamers the stokehoie marks one hundred
and forty five degrees; and in enamel works
the operators are compelled daily to endure
a heat of three hundred degrees. The elias
tic power of the body to accommodate it
self to extremes is wonderful.
Year: 1875

FrRsT-Find out If there are any fish
in the river to which you are going; il
so get some one who knows the water
to show you where the fish lie; and
when he shows them to you, don't show
yourself to them.


Second-Don't imagine if the fish
does not dart away, that he has not
seen you; ON the contrary he is very
likely devoting his whole attention to
you, and preparing to start the moment
danger is imminent. 4..f-.


Third-H you are fishing with o fly
and you pass it neatly three times
around him and he refuses it, you need
not wait any longer, for he has seen
your line of invitation and refuses to
come. -,. s-.. .. ...... .a.,


Fourth-If you are above fish when
you hook him, get below him as soon as
you can; for if you pull him one instant
against the stream and he is heavy
fish, he will break his hold. 'i


'Fifth--Neyer throw q long line If q
short one will answer as well. ina Ysy
Sixth Never mind what may be
said about "playing your fish until he
is tired" put him in your basket as
soon as possible. a...t .1


Seventh-Remember thatall depends
upon the way you begin your acquaint-
ance. If you can prevail upon fish to
go down the stream q little way with you,
you will afterwards have no difficulty
in persuading him to let you have the
pleasure Of his company to dinner.


Last-Never fall in love with wo-
man by the water side, there are situa-
tions when every woman looks an angel.
DRNKNa wArER.-Dr. Hall is op-
posed to the immoderate drinking Of
water. He says: The longer one
puts off drinking water in the morning,
especially in the summer, the less he
will require during the forenoon.


The less man drinks the better for
him, beyond q moderate amount. The
more water o man drinks the more
strength he has to expand in getting
rid of it, for all the fluid taken into the
system must be carried out, and as there
is but little nourishment in water, tea,
coffee, beer and the like, more strength
is expended in expended in carrying
them out of the system than they i'm
part to it. The more man drinks the
more he must perspire. either by lungs
or through the skin; the more carbon
is taken from the system; but this car
bon is necessary for nutrition, hence
the less a man is nourished the less
strength he has. ..,.5.. s4 t....t. /.


Drinking water largely diminishes
the strength in two ways, and yet many
are under the impression that the more
water swallowed the more thoroughly
is the system washed out" Thus,
the less we drink at meals, the better
for us. If the amount were limited
to single cup Of hot tea or hot milk
at each meal, an immeasurable good
would. result to all. Many persons
have fallen into the practice Of drink.
ing several glasses Of cold water, OF
several cups of hot tea or coffee oil
meals, out of mere habit; all such will
be greatly benefited by breaking it up
at once; it may be well to drink little
at each meal, and, perhaps, it will be
found that in oil cases it is much bet.
ter to take single cup Of hot tea at each
meal than glass of cold water, how
| ever pure, rs..
Year: 1875

A NEAR-slGHTED man was riding in n
street car the other day, when a lady OPP
posite bowed to him. He returned the
bow, raised his hat, smiled sweetly, and
was just wondering. who she was, when
she came over and whispered in his ear :
"Oh, I'll fix you for this, old man u'-
Then he knew it was his wife.
Year: 1875

MEN are engaged in cleaning the city
sewers at Austin, for the purpose Of OBJ
tanning the quicksilver and amalganl
which passes down from the tailings OF
pumerons mills. Two men have obtain
ed as high as four pounds Of quicksilver
and amalgam in a day.
Year: 1875

A LEAyEHwoRTn man told lie, and
then said 81 hope to be struck dead if
/ have not told the truth" He had not
more than ceased speaking when he fell
to the Aoor-a man having Knocked him
down.
Year: 1875

SPICES, PURE AND UNADULTERATED AT all
times we want pure and unadulterated Spices but
especially at this time. when Christmas and Ne"
Years with their cakes puddi GO and pies are SO heF
at hand and therefore hail with pleasure the an
nouncement of Messrs n. Hogan Co, No 637 Maya
zine street. that they prepared to furnish these
articles the very best quality This hrm were the
pioneers coffee and business which their Air
and honorable dealings have made 90 eminentiy sue
csssfu and they are the first to introduce pure
homo ground SPICE which, have no doubt they Will
make equally acceptable to the public. This speaks
we'll energy and enterprise Of the Fourth Dis


rict doubt the other merchants OF that
neghberhood will follow the example Of this Perseverng
and energetic house. Mr.. Hogan is young and enter
Prsing map who attends personally to the business
with courtesy poiteness and those who want the
best of fresh teas pure and spices will do well to
20 to No. 637 Magazine street, near Jackson
Year: 1875

CLEARING OCT SALE.-Those who WISH TO
buy cheap dry goods will do we'll to visit the
Store No. IT Bourbon street, whore they will ind
full and well selected stock and the lowest possible
prices glance at the advertisement on our nth page
will give some idea the rate at which they
and those who call find everything cheap in proper
ton. The cold winds prevailing admonish all
to supply themselves. and this is an excellent place
at which to make selections.
Year: 1875

ACCIDENT TO MAJOR HART.--Saturday morn.
ing about 8 O'Clock as Major i, F. Hart, the
superlntendent OF the National Cemetery,


was riding down Main street bis horse
slipped and fell just in front of the Western
Union Telegraph office, throwing the
Major heavily to the ground. Several parties
went to his assistance, and found that he had
received no great injury, and in short time
he was able to remount and go on his way.
Year: 1875

REXoVED.-The Richmond Banking and
Insurance Company have removed their
Office to their building at the southeast cor
ner OF Main and Thirteenth streets, formerly
occupied by the Bank of Commerce. - -
Year: 1875

TIE SwINpLEp NEGRo.-Some Of the
newspapers in the South are advocating
the passage of bill by Congress TO re-
imburse the depositors in the Freed
mans Savings Bank, for the losses they
have sustained by the failure of that in
stitution, in the district OF Columbia.
and of which ex-postmaster General
Creswell has the control. Or, as the n.
Y. San says, these papers would have the
people of the whole country taxed 10 re-
place the money stolen from the defunct
bank by the special friends of the ad-
ministration, many Of whom are now in
the possession of valuable property
which is subject to attachment. A bet.
te= way would be to institute civil and
criminal suit against all concerned in the
atrocious robbery of the poor freedmen
by their professed friends, If this should
be done in good earnest, no doubt large
sums might be recovered for the benefit
Of the deluded depositors, and some o!
the most guilty thieves might find theil
way into the penitentiary.
Year: 1875

How they Operate I'm New York.


The first savings banks chartered by
the State were only allowed to invest
deposits In bond and mortgage on real
estate of double the amount of the
value Of the amount loaned, or in
bonds of the United States or the
State of New York. Gradually, how
ever, q greater license in regard to in.
vestments crept in, and finally general
acts were past in regard to institutions
in this city and Brooklyn, which au.
thorized the right to invest in stocks
of any State in the Union, or any
country city or town in the State
Thus we have some of our broken
banks with Alabama bonds worth
three cents on the dollar among their
assets. The losses that are now upon
us show conclusively that the license
given by such general provisions and
in special charters is dangerous. The
poor who imagined the State was their
protector long after it had virtually
given up its office have been plunder-
ed. We say that the old conservative
ideas under the reign of which the
savings banks of the State lost only
500, 900 to their depositors during a
term of fifty years should once more
hold sway and the Government should
so regulate the investment of deposits
that it would be impossible to squan-
der them in high salaries, costly build
ings of wild cat securities. 1t is a plain
fact that savings banks with modern
charters do not save, and saving insti-
tutions have been set up in the COM
munity without any characteristic of a
savings bank but the name. AS for
the mismanagement by bank officials,
it is matter so patent that no COM
ment upon it is necessary.
Year: 1875

A Delaware clergymen was the victim
of donation party the other night, and
the next day he had to exchange peck
of beans for something to eat, or go with
out food ali day y.-Noriistorn Herald.


The above may have been intended as
q Joke. But it is doubtless spoiled by
being entirely false.
Year: 1875

Boots and Shoes made to order in the best
and latest style. of superior material. and
warranted as good fit "a ever was made and
at prices to suit the present hard times.


Particular attention paid to fitting up lasts
to suit all customer.


Repairing neatly done at short notice. and
at reasonable prices.


The public are respectfully invited to give
me call.


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