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Year: 1875

The Commercial, in very trifling ar
ticle, makes an effort to prove that the
Democratic members of the Legislature
who voted against Estate Aid" should
have demanded so0O, 900 for the improve
ments in this county, and then joined
their votes with those of Kent and Sus-
sex and passed bill to issue 5000, 900 in
State bonds, thus creating a debt for
which the whole property of the State
would be mortgaged.


That is what the Commercial recon-
mends, and it undertakes to censure the
Representatives from this county be-
cause they did not pursue this policy
instead of voting against the bill for
the Promotion Of Internal Improve.
ment."


Some OF the members may be opposed
to granting subsidies upon the principle
that all improvements should be made
from private means. And it is better
certainly to 60 to an extreme in that way
than to follow the course proposed by
the Commercial, which undertakes to
eensure them in an illogical and weak
though profuse article.


The Commercial would not pause to
enquire as to the suflciency of the se-
curity offered to the State by those who
applied for "State Aid' in either coun-
ty. But it would give it and leave the
people to meet the payments in taxes as
best they could. That is just what the
Radical carpet -baggers did in the South,
and what tho Democrats in the Legisla.
ture of Delaware should avoid.


If they could see that there was nc
doubt about the security for the money
granted in the bill before the legislature
We believe they would vote for it. But
they know that mortgage on a railroad
that does not pay the interest on its
bonds and its running expenses is worth
nothing. 1t costs money even to hold it
rs the services of lawyers in such cases
always become necessary. The Com.
mercial must know that now both the
Wilmington and Western and the Will
mington and Reading railroads, although
running between populous towns, would
be sold by the Sheriff if there was
reasonable hope that the bondholders
after buying them at half cost, coult
make them meet their expenses and pa,
interest. The stock in either will no
sell for anything.
Year: 1875

The Commercial exhibits its propensity
to annoy those who scorn its fattery and
despise its censure by casting inuendoes
at shenff Lambson, who is winning the
good opinion of all with whom his office
brings him in contact, by the suavity of
his manners and the humanity and lib.
erality with which he discharges his du-
ties.
Year: 1875

Ferris who was shot by Haggerty, Friday
ing, quite comfortable last night and his medical
attendant is very well satisfied with his condition No
blows passed between Haggerty and Ferris
previous to the shooting. After the ex-
change OF words they len the hotel with
the intention Of settling the quarrel in the On
reaching the sidewalk Ferris commenced removing his
overcoat when, without waiting for further demonsra
tion Haggerty drew his revolver and fired Tho
wounded man staggered, and CRIED ARREST that man
be has shot me but Haggerty took advantage Of the
confusion that ensued to make his escape.
Year: 1875

The democracy Of the Fifteenth Assembly district
held ratification meeting yesterday evening at Cont


mental Hall, corner Of Thirtyfourth street and Eighth
avenue The hall crowded to its utmost capacity.
rendering It necessary to hold also an outside meeting
accommodate those unable gain admttance 10 tho
hall considerable amount OF nrGworks were con.
Year: 1875

One of our successful manufacturers
relates the following, in his early ex-
perience:


Many years since, when young man,
his financial affairs became straitened.


On certain day he had notes falling
due; (; but as the products of his looms
were not selling, he had no money, and
the prospect before him was gloomy
enough. Not knowing which way to
look for help, he yet resolved to do
what what he could. With this intent,
he rose early on the morning of the day
of payment, and being working man,
prepared himself for a visit to town
remarking to his wife that he might as
well go on. as it could do no harm if it
did no good.


Arriving in the city, with no definite
plan, he passed along one street, turned
into another, and so onward, until at
length, his attention was drawn to quite
a number of people upon the sidewalk.
Curiosity led him nearer, to inquire the
cause. In the centre of the group he
saw little boy crying. Having sold
his matches, the child had lost the
money, amounting to ten cents, and
was afraid to go home lest, instead of
sympathy for his loss, he should find a
whipping. Our manufacturer viewed
the scene but a moment when he said to
himself, that is my case enGctly. He
then remembered that he had still left
in his pocket, one small piece of silver
money; so pressing through the crowd,
he placed it into the hand of the child
and quickly withdrew. Light beamed
again on the face of the boy, his tears
dried, the crowd dispersed as magically
as they seem to gather in the thronged
city, and the comforted child went on
his way rejoicing.


Not so with our friend. With heavy
heart he continued his almost aimless
walk, when suddenly a business ac
quaintance arrested him with hearty
slap on the shoulder.


"Well, Mr.. s., how do You do {?
Haven't been in to see us for long
time %


"True," replied our friend, in de-
spoudent tone; "times are so hard with
me that really don't feel like calling
upon anybody"


Hard times indeed Times are not
hard with us; make us a call at our
Office"


bordering the invitation 50 warmly
passed, our manufacturer thought to
himself, well, if times are not hard with
this house, that must be the place for
me. He called; arranged for placing
his goods in the hands of the firm, and
received loan in cash.


That night, we may believe, happy
match boy, with his loss restored, and a
hght-hearted manufacturer with can
celled notes, lay down to please dreams.
Year: 1875

4 New York Medical journal says ::
One of the most generally diffused er-
roneous notions is that it is good and
beneficial to break a blister, whether it
is caused by burn or the heating of a
part of the body by continued friction
under pressure. to which the feet es-
pecially are exposed after long walks
in lily fitting shoes or boots. Such
bisters are always found filled with a
clear liquid, which must be retained
and not drawn off by lancing them, and
also those blisters often caused by
part of the skin being forcibly pinched
and squeezed, ana which contains blood
must be left alone. This water or blood
in blisters is a healing substance, of
kind most appropriate for the parts
where the skin is destroyed, and if the
blister is allowed to dry out by itself
the new skin forms much more rapidly
under it, and much pain is avoided. If
the blister contains blood, it must be
treated in the same way, as blood is
the best healing salve. And, by the
way, while using the word "healing
salve," it may be well to state that
there are no healing salves or healing
plasters. All salves and plasters retard
healing, and many wounds which heal
notwithstanding the salves and plasters
applied, would heal in half the time if
left alone.


1t is only in exceptional cases that a
blister may be punctured, namely,
when very full of fluid so as to cause
much pain by its tension, a prick of a
fine needle may be given so as to allow
the excess of fluid chance of escape.
Instead of breaking blister and de-
stroying the loose skin over it, it should
be protected so as to guard against any
such destruction by accident.
Year: 1875

Nothing is more strange than the
iucessant reproduction of old thoughts
under the guise of new and advanced
opinions. 1t would seem as il the
human mind, with all its restless ac-
tivity, was destined to revolve in an
endless circle. Its progress is marked
by many changes and discoveries it
sees and understands far more clearly
the facts that lie along the line of the
route, and the modes or laws under
which these facts occur ; but this route
in its higher levels always returns upon
itself. Nature and all its secrets be-
come better known and the powers of
nature are brought more under human
control but the sources of nature and
life and thought-all the ultimate pro-
blems of being-never become more
clearly Ineligible. Not only so, but
the last efforts of human reasoning on
these subjects are even as the first.
Different in form, and even sometimes
not greatly In form, they are in sub
stance the same. Bold as the course of
scientific adventure has seemed for a
time, it ends very much as 1t began (;
and men of the nineteenth century look
over the same abysses of speculation as
did their forefathers thousands of years
before. No philosophy of theism can
be said to have advanced beyond the
book and Job; and Professor Tyndall,
addressing the world from the throne
of modern science-which the chair of
the British Association ought to be
repeats the thoughts OF Democritus and
Epicurus, as the last guesses of the
modern scientific mind.-BldckWOOd.
Year: 1875

Until the reign of the Empress Jose
phine, handkerchief was thought in
France so shocking an object that
lady would never have dared to use il
before any one. The word was even
carefully avoided in refined conversa-
tion. An actor who would have used
on the stage, even in the
most fearful moments of the play,
would have been numerically hissed :;
and it was only in the beginning of the
present century that celebrated actress
Mile. Duchesno;se, dared to appear
with handkerchief in her hand. Hav-
ing to speak of this handkerchief in the
course of the piece, she never could
summon courage to call it by its true
name, but referred to it as a light it's
sue. A few years later, translation of
one of Shakespeare's plays, by Alfred
de Vigny, having been acted, the word
handkerchief was used, for the first
time on the stage, amid cries of indig-
nation from great part of the house.
doubt If even to-day French etegantes
would carry handkerchiefs if the wife
of Napoleon /. had not given the signal
for adopting them. The Empress
Josephine, although really lovely, had
ugly teeth. To conceal them she was
in the habit of carrying small handker-
chiefs, adorned with costly laces, which
she continually raised gracefully to her
lips. OF course all the ladies of the
court followed her example, and hand
kerchiefs have rapidly become an i'm
portant and costly part of the feminine
toilet so much so that the price of a
single handkerchief of the trousseau of
the Duchess of Edinburgh would make
the fortune of necessitous family.
Year: 1875

Gloryi The name resounds like a
surging sea. 1t daZzles us with a blaze
of splendid meaning. 1t is the end and
object of all the triumphs that human
power can achieve. 1t has been fiercely
fought for by nations and by men it
has been pursued throughout all time
it has been sought more passionately
than even love or money. And it tempts
not only actors, but lookers-on as well,
for it corresponds to an inperious
necessity which acts on every one of us
it satisfies that irresistible disposition
to be sometimes enthusiastic about
something-no matter what-which is
at the bottom of all natures, however
ponderously placid they may be. The
world is of single mind upon the sub
iect and, on the whole, the world is
right to be unanimously convinced, for
glory has been so singularly useful to
its progress, that we may reasonably
doubt whether We could possibly have
arrived at our present state without it.
Its rarity, and the extreme difficulty of
obtaining it, have so largely added to
its value that no reyard on earth can be
compared to it. Most other prizes may
be competed for by any man who has
ambition, strength, and intellect /;
wealth, rank, and power may be won
single-handed, by personal capacity ;
but glory, unlike those easier SUBMITS,
cannot be climbed alone-no solitary
traveller can reach its brilliant heights.
The reason is, that while each of us can
fight our own way aIone-on the one
condition of being strong enough-to
every other success in life, no man can
seize glory for himself. Glory is not a
diadem which any aspirant, whatever
be his force OF arm or will. can lift un-
assisted on to his own head it must be
placed there by applauding nations, and
the whole earth must ratlfy the crown
ing. And if individual claimants can
require it only by the acclamations of
mankind, so, inversely, nations are de-
pendent for it on the actions of their
citizens. 1t is as essentially joint pro-
duct of men and States as baby is of
its two parents; neither of them can
create it without the others aid. 1t
must be earned by them collectively,
and be bestowed by them reciprocally /;
its sources and its nature are, con-
sequently, identical in each of its two
forms, personal and national it is only
in its consequence and its applications
that differences arise. This unity of
its elements facilitates its study, but
still it is so huge subject that the at
tempt to discuss it here is ike trying to
put the Mediterranean into the dip of
Piccadilly.-BLack'CoOd's Magazine.
Year: 1875

The following description of a mar
riage in the Druidical days is given in
Saintine's "Myths of the Rhine"


At place where two roads meet the
cracking of whip is heard hogs, sheep
and small oxen are driven aside to make
way for kind of procession. consisting
of grave and solemn men and women.


1t is a wedding.


Two young people have just had their
union blessed by the priests nader the
sacred oak. The bride is dressed in
black and wears a wreath of dark leaves
on her head. She walks in the midst
of her friends. 4 matron. who walks
on her left, holds before her eyes a
white cloth it is a shIoud, the shroud
in which she will be buried one of these
days. On her right Druid intones a
chant in which he enumerates in solemn
rythm all the troubles and all the snx-
ieties which await her in welded life.


From this day, young wife, thou
alone wilt have to bear all the burden
of your little household.


You viii have to attend the baking
oven, to provide fuel, and TO go in
search of food you will have to pre-
pare the resinous torch and the lamp.


You will attend to the COW and even
to the horse if your husband requires
it.


Always full of respect, you will wait
on him, standing behind him at his
meals.


If he expresses a wish to take you
with him to war, you will accompany
him to carry his baggage, to keep his
arms in good condition, and to nurse
him if he should be sick or wounded.


Happiness consists in the fulfilment
of duty. Be happy, my child.


What is still more strange is that this
dolorous wedding song but slightly
altered, is still in some parts of France
at this day addressed to brides by local
minstrels.
Year: 1875

The self conceit of the young is the
source of those dangers to which they
are exposed. and it is peculiarly unfor-
tunate that the age which stands most
in need of the counsel of the wise,
should be the most prone to condemn
it; confident in the opinions which they
adopt, and in the measures which they
pursue, they seem as if they understood
Solomon to say, not who knoweth, but
who is ignorant of what is good for man
all the days of his life ! The bliss to
be aimed at is, in their opinion, fully
apparent. 1t is not the danger of mis-
take, but the failure of success which
they dread. Activity to seize, not sa-
gacity to discern, is the only requisite
which they value. And, bigotry fol-
lowing, prejudice is but step further.
Year: 1875

III sabre and bowstring, implement,
burrying alive, or blowing from the
muzzle of cannon, would put an end to
crime, then the Khans, Shahs and Sui
tans of the east would long ago have
succeeded in making their turbaned
millions by frman and fetwa. The
Knout in Russia, the Persian bastinado,
and the subtleties of Tartar proficients
in the art of giving pain, have failed to
e1tirpate the deathless crop of offences
against law. In China, Siam and Japan
much perverted ingenuity has been e1-
pended in devising penalties excep-
tionally appalling, but fortunately there
is a limit to the sensitiveness of the
throbbing nerves and luivering flesh,
and arbitrary power struggles in vain
against the fstilistic apathy which is a
marked characteristic of the widely
spread Mongolian race. Almost the
climax of absurdity, In pressing the
argument of those who advocate severe
punishments, is reached when we find
it easy in China to hire a substitute
ready to undergo any penalty, even
death, in the place of a criminal who
can afford the luxury of vicarious suf-
fering. Poor Chang knows that the
cangue, and the scourge, and the
dungeon, constitute an ugly perspec-
tive and he is no more desirous than
other people of receiving the stroke of
the sharp sword-knife across that sup
pie neck of his. But he cannot resist
the offer of the money that buys him as
sheep is bought. He spends by an
ticipation, every grain of silver in the
bag of glitteripg dollars that is the
make weight for mis- poor life, but not
selfishly, according to the ethics of the
flowery land. Those ten taels are Lil's
dowry. The tailor who is to marry
her asks more it is true, but a little
haggling will close the bargain. Then,
when the daughter is established in a
respectable position, it is time to think
of clever young Ching, the pig tailed
hopeful of the house.


A sharp lad Ching, who can recite
already good deal of poetry, and who
paints the neatest verses on every scrap
of tinted paper that he can beg or steal.
1t would be Thousand pitIes to ap-
prentice so promising youth to some
beggarly barge captain or prosaic cob
bier, in default of the thirty dollars
for which his tutor, promises to
turn him out q scholar a budding
mandarin. Then three are the JOSS
sticks, the incense, and red paper to
burn at the tiny altar before the images
of revered ancestors who will be en-
nobled SO soon as aspiring Ching wears
the glass button and the peacock S
feather of graduate. Add to these a
few opium smokes, some good dinners
of sharks fin and sea slugs, an evening
at the theatre, treat of fireworks, a
match at kite-hying, and Ching is ready
to kneel and bend his shsven head and
passive throat for the sweep of the
scimitar. the Year Round.
Year: 1875

A rich man beginning to fall, is held
up by his friends ; but poor man be-
ing down, is thrust away by his friends;
when a rich man is fallen, he hath many
helpers he speaketh things hot to be
spoken, and yet men Justify him the
poor man slips, and they rebuke him,
he spoke wisely, and could have no
place. When a rich man speaketh,
every man holdeth his tongue, and
look what he saith they extol it to the
clouds but if a poor man speak, they
saw. what fellow is this?
Year: 1875

No TRAIT of character is more valu-
able than the possession of good temper.
Home can never be made happy with
out it. 1t is like flowers springing up
in our pathway, reviving and cheering
us. Kind words and looks are the
outward demonstration, patience and
forbearance are the sentinels within.
Year: 1875

Editors Dispatch Please ALLOW me few
lines in your columns TO cali attention to the
condition OF the streets on Union Hill 10 The
winter or whenever It rains. ALI persons
living north Of Nelson street cannot get to
church without going In mud and water up
to their shoe.tops. Where are our Union
Hill counciImen? Please stir them up, and
their nice shoes out OF the mud. e


. A TAx.PAHRE,
Year: 1875

We look for decisive action on
many points by the Convention this
week. Indeed, the outlook now is,
that the work will progress more
satisfactorily. The over-worked
committees are nearly through theil
different tasks, and their work al.
most ready to submit. Let us all
hope that the pickering is all over,
the gas all expended, and real work
for the remainder of their stay in
Austin, will characterize the dele
gates. .-
Year: 1875

The San Antonio Herald acknowl-
edges its mistake as to Col. Flour
noy. The Herald is so exceedingly
sensitive as to the interests of Wes-
tern Texas, that its course often al
ienates the very best friends of its
section. 1t is very dangerous for a
paper to adop, one single idea, and
attempt to run on it. Such paper'
are always getting into hot water
and the Herald is no exception.
Year: 1875

We present herewith Mayor Bean.
dry's Annual Message which was read
before the Council at its session last
evening. 1t is replete with satisfacto-
ry statistics C oncerning our city gov
ernment and the progress which we
have made during the last year and
has many valuable suggestions which
we are sure will meet the approval of
the entire tax-paying community.


THE MEssAGE-CONGRAT
To the Honorable the Members of the


Common Council of Los angeles


City.


GENTLEMEN:-In reviewing the
events Of the past year, we have rea-
son to thank an All-wise Providence
Tor the singular immunity from disas-
ter which has been vOuchsafed to us.
While other portions of the country
have been frequently visited by devas.
tatlng storms and fires we have enjoy-
ed an uninterrupted season of peace
and prosperity. The tide of immigra-
tion has been immense and steady in
Its flow, and has brought: to our midst
class of citizens who are intelligent
and industrious, and who will aid us
very materially in advancing the best
interests of our favored city. It is
true the financial troubles of the COM
mercial metropolis of this coast, sup
plemented by the effect of the Virgin.
ia City fire, have touched us to some
extent, but we have lost nothing and
our whole damage is confined to the
Inconvenience of a slightly stringent
money market. That we are not se-
sIously affected is amply shown by
the real estate transfers. Prices have
kept firm. and sales are nearly as rap
i'd as is usual at this season of the
year. Building operations have been
carried on with unexampled activity,
and the number of houses erected is a
great Increase over that of any pre-
viOus year. In the past twelve monl hs
no less than five thousand people have
been added to the population of this
city and that of the surrounding coun-
ty has increased at as great ratio.


FINANCIAL.


The financial condition of the city
is as follows:
Year: 1875

SAINT material which will be at once
economical and lasting is required.


A careful examination of the compar-
ative merits of the different materials
that are available for street cOnstruc-


ton should be made, and that one
adopted which Is the most economical
and durable.