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Year: 1873

ALFRED WALTON. Druggist. No. 2'o Market
street. respectfully informs his friend and the public
in general that he Beops hand all descriptions OF
medicines. and that competent person is at all
times ready to prescribe for such sick as call at tina
store and that charge is made exc 1T the regular
price the medicines the sane price as they would
pay anywhere else; but that ne one Is visited al
heir raaidnces
Year: 1873

From the New York Times


The composition of the juries gave rise
to some scandalous acts on our part. In
the Machinery Department agricultural
implements came under Group XIII.
The rivalry between the different ma
chimes in this section is only equaled by
that between the sewing machines. Of
course no man interested in one machine,
in any way, shape or fashion, should be
upon the jury; yet all sorts Of intrigues
were used to get interested parties upon
it. These succeeded protests followed;
new men were put in; and as they, too,
were interested, the process had to be
repeated by the other side. In one Of
the juries it was suddenly discovered
that member was directly interested in
one of the articles coming within the
group He was asked to resign, and re-
fused to do so at first " do not know
how the matter appears to your con
science, sir, said NJ. du Bort, but with
me it would be question of honor" AS
the gentleman began to buster, the
polite Frenchman turned upon his heel
with disgust and used palmer language:
I" If l were in your place, sir, he added,
my personal honor would make me re-
sign; but as you seem to think other
wise, / think that you should not he
allowed to sit upon this jury. The gen
tleman finally withdrew.
Year: 1873




There lived in Brooklyn, Lot long ago, a
man possessed of devil. He had inherit
ed the devil from his father, in the first
place, and had Dursed it until it grew so
strong it took entire possession of him.
The devil was q very familiar one, and its
name was Rum. The man had many no.
bic instincts, and, better than all these, he
had loving, faithful, brave wife, who made
skilful war upon the demon, her hnsband's
master. Recognizing the fact that her bus
band was under an oYerpowering impulse,
that be longed and struggled manfully to
free himself from the passion for drink,
she bent all the energies of her woman
nature to the task of helping him.
She loved, and suffered, and toiled, until at
last the loving, and suffering, and toiling ac-
complished their purpose. She took her
husband by the hand, and shared with him
bis struggle, until, after years of labor, she
overcame his devil, and saw him free
man again. Her battle with Ram had
been fierce one, taxing and was ing her
strength sorely, but she was CO queror at
last. Her husband stood upon manly feet,
and showed no sign Of falling again.
Several years passed away ,and this reformed
man fell i'll Of consu0 ptioD. The dis
tiDguished physician, from whose lips we
have the story, prescribed alcoholic stlmu-
lants as the only means possible of prOlong-
ing his life. The poor wife was in terror,
and begged the physician to recall the pre-
scriptiOn. She told him of her long strBg-
gle aud her victory, and said she pr
ferred that her husband should
die then,a sober man, than he should fill that
a dIunkard's grave year later. But the
freed spirit of the man was strong, and he
undertook to take alcoholic liquors as
medicine, and tU con1ne himself absolutely
to such times and measures in the matter
as the physicians should prescribe. This
be did, and during ihe months thus added
TO his life, he never once drank single
drop more than the prescription called for,
and he died st last sober man, as the wife
had so earnestly prayed that he might.
But the end was not yet. WheE the low
ing and patient woman laid him in his
grave, and saw her long labors thus ended
in the victory for which she had toiled so
hard and suffered so bitterly, she turned, IN
grief to the brandy which had been left 10
the house, and drinking it, she fell herself
into the power of the devil which she had
fought so heroically. And that womsn
died, not many months later, hopeless,
HELPLESS drunkard
Year: 1873

A SINGULAR GOod-Friday custom still
prevails at Smhhfeld, England. It is the
duty of the rector Of the parish of st.
Bartholomew the Great TO deposit twenty
ole sixpences on gravestone, which the
same number of poor widows pick up.
The custom originated in The will of lady,
who left sum of money to yield the six
pences to be distributed over her grave. A
strange part of the tradition is that any one
too stiff in the joints to pick up the money
must not receive it,
Year: 1873

THE Japanese government has issned
notifications in regard to mixed marriages,
according to which any japanese subject
desirous of marrying a woman OF foreign
parentage residing ia japan must first OBJ
tain the consent of the Government, as any
woman of foreign extraction who marries
a japanese is looked upon as a subject of
the empire; any Japanese who receives
into the family any foreigner as his son-in-
law must first have obtained Government
consent, and thereafter the son-in.law is
regarded as a naturalized Japanese subject.
Any Japanese woman who marres for
eigner without the consent of the Govern
ment is no longer TO be considered subject
of the empire, and forfeits all rights she may
have had to real estate or personal property.
Year: 1873

In conversation with a gentleman planter
of this parish few days since, whose
opinion can be relied on as being as intelli
gent and correct any other man in st.
James, we learn from him that there would
be at least 1000 hogsheads of sugar more
made in the parish this year than the last
Considering that there was tolerably
good yield the last season, this fact should
be regarded as somewhat encouraging to
the future interests of our planters.


On the plantation of Mr.. Jules Druilhet.
in the upper part of the parish, there is
under cultivation about 500 acres of land.
which will yield an average of one and a
half hogsheads of sugar to the acre, and
there are other plantations in the parish
which will produce like yield.-.St. James
Sentinel
Year: 1873

The longshoremen met in New Yori, on
last Saturday evening, TO demonstrate
against the irnpositions prsc.iced by the
stevedorss. The following instances will
illustrate their complaints:


Some weeks ago they were loading one OF
tho National Lines steamers. which had
come in late and was making up time. The
gang had been hard at work over twenty
hours. Several times they had demonstrated
with the stevedore about oyerieading the
sling. He told them to go ahead, and swore
at them. A bale of goods fell into the
water, and each of the men was fined s. 80,
or S2l4 One man belonging to a gang
which had been fined S. each, was at home
sick at the time of the accident. On his
recovery he went to TO get So due him for
work done before the accident. He was
told he must pay S. fine, as he belonged to
the gang. He refused, and was discharged.
If these abuses are not corrected the long
shoremen will strike.-New York San.
Year: 1873

A grand vocai and instrumental concert
is advertised to take place at Exposi ion
Hall on the evening of the fifteenth instant.
This concert is given for the benefit of the
Shreveport sufferers, and will be the open
ing concert of the season in the beautiful
hail of the Exposition building, and will be
given by some of the most talented artists
in the city. Several of the favorite anna
teurs Of New Orleans intend to appear, and
the programme promised contains gems
that must attract large audience.
Year: 1873

General T. Morris Chester returned to
this city yesterday morning, somewhat
broken down by the fatigues incident to his
tour through the country, during which
time he addressed great many audiences
on the situation of affairs in Louisiana.
Colonel lngraham preceded him few days,
while General Barber and Senator Burch
will not be back for some time.
Year: 1873

The Supreme Court Of Illinois has rendered q
decision anlrmlng The validity OF the liquor Law
Of that state, which is identical with the Oho law
The decision Sustalns the law In ell points.
Year: 1873

The Oranges still live! A whole week
has elapsed since we published Auditor
Whitcomb's great denunciation of the move
ment, and yet not single Grange has given
up the ghost! On the contrary, new oranges
have been formed every day since. If this
whole movement Of the Patrons of Hus-
bandry was "most stupendous hum
bug when the great man pronounced his
anathema, it must be still more stupend-
Gus humbug now and if it keeps on grow
ing, and increasing, and triumphing over
everything in its way, in the future as it
has in the past, what fearful, appalling,
and gigantic humbug will it be in the course
Of another year! 1t is terrible to contem-
plate! Great Auditor, shoot off your pop
gun again.
Year: 1873

Our friends have not furnished US with
as much correspondence as we had expect
ed of them. Come, brothers and sisters,
we need your contributions. A paper like
the ADVANCE requires varied talents and
experiences to make it what it ought to be-
We desire to make it a most welcome
guest at every hearth in our State,
and adjoining counties in other States. We
cannot do this alone We need your help,
and must have it. Make your articles
short, pithy, and to the point every time
Give US ideas, and we care not what kind
Of words you use. Some tell us they would
be ashamed to have their neighbors read
such looking articles as they would write,
that they are not posted in grammar, and
cannot punctuate properly. Well now
friends, these things are very we'll in their
place, but after all no amount OF grammar


or punctuation ever helped man to raise
a good crop of wheat, or build house, or
barn dollar cheaper than he otherwise
would have done. But you may furnish
your neighbors with ideas that will enable
them to raise better crops, and to farm
more successfully in every respect. 1t is
true that sometimes we shall have to refuse
to publish communications sent to US Cor


that purpose. We must be the judges as to
what is best to go into the paper. But if
your first or second is refused, that is no
reason why you should not try again.
Give US ideas or news, or experience, and
we shall be glad to publish the same. Wake
up to this matter brethren and sisters
Year: 1873

Complaints have come to US that some
storekeepers, processing to sell to Changers
at reduced rates Of profit, take advantage
Of the confidence obtained by such profess
sions, to palm off worthless goods upon the
unsuspecting. That occasionally they sell
order to enable them the more effectually
to deceive and dupe their customers, and
then palm off upon them poor articles at
much larger prices than good articles of
the same kind could be purchased for else
where.


Now if any we'll authenticated case of
this kind comes to our knowledge we shall
take the most exquisite pleasure in expos
ing and denouncing such hypocrisy and
villainy. We care not who the man or men
engaged in this kind Of business may be,
we shall post him or them from Dan to
Beersheba as soon as we know they are in
this business. While Patrons are talking
so much about corruption outside Of the
order, it behooves them to see to it that
things are kept clean inside. Let brothers
take portion of the time they devote to
looking up foul play by outsiders, and use
it in sitting out scoundrels inside. Unless
We can keep out corruption we shall have
gained nothing. Look out for time servers,
deceivers, and imposters within your ranks,
and give us proof Of their real characters,
and We will give them the benefit Of free
advertising enough to last them during the
rest Of their lives: 4sSSzsts So $3a%
Year: 1873




Friends, we want to double our subscrip-
ton list by the first Of January next, and ve
are bound to do it. Will you help US? We
appeal particularly to the Masters and Secre-
taries of the Oranges. With a very little ef
fort they could quadruple our circulation
before New Years day. Now is the time
we need your aid. Every paper we issue
costs US more than double what we get for
it. A single copy costs very near as much
as thousand, because setting the type is
by far the greatest item Of expense, and it
would have to be done for one copy, while
one setting will answer for 10000 copies.
Come brothers, help US roll up the list.


BERLIN Nov. Goth, 1873.
EDITORS GRANGE ADVANCE Having re-
ceived copy of your excellent paper
through our Lodge of P. Of H., feel a
strong temptation to say few words by
way Of congratulation. 1t is the first paper
devoted to the interests Of the Grange it
has been my privilege to read, and am





cheerfulness of tone and hopeful tidings
for the cause in which we enlisted. A
Grange Lodge was organized at this place
last April and consists at present of forty
members. Though we have not made as
rapid growth in numbers as some of our
sister lodges yet we are in q fourishing
condition and slow but sure ; we mean to be
among the first in holding firmly to the
principles and many virtues which our Or
der teaches us. Knowing that right will
conquer, also that the day is not far distant
when we can truly say this is an independ-
ant land. and the laborer will have an equal
saying with the man who so heavily taxes
him and would grind him to the last farth-
ing.


A PATRON AND DEVOTED FRIEND TO THE
CAUSE, Mrs. J A. FAnNswoRrH


BELLE CREEK, Nov. Gath, 1878.
Editors Of the Grange Aduance:


Do not be faint-hearted if the great red
dragon, 60. P. Whitcomb) has opened his
mouth to devour the woman and her child,
(P. H. and THE GRANGE ADvANcE.) We are
much pleased with the child, and hope it
will be well fed so that it may grow to be
giant to defend its mothers rights. We
will send a little food in few days ($15)
for ten subscribers


Yours truly,


L. c.. H. HUsBANDMAy
Year: 1873

We are under very great obligations to
Mr.. E. L. Baker for valuable suggestions
in reference to our market reports. We
may not be able to make these reports all
that Mr.. Baker would have them, right
away, but we shall endeavor to keep on
improving until they shall be as good as
he suggests. We sincerely hope that if
Mr.. Baker, or any other gentleman, sees
any other place in which we can improve
The GRANGE ADVANCE, and make it more
useful he would point it out to us. 1t is
our determination to make it one of the
best papers published, and in order to do
this we must have the aid and advice Of
our friends. We shall ever court just and
fair criticism, and esteem the man who
points out our faults and errors as our very
best friend. Thanks, Mr.. Baker, come and
see US again. .-..'
Year: 1873

A SUSPICIOUS person named STANLEY
applied at New York station-house on Mon
DAY night for lodgings. He was arrested, and
1t was ascertained that he was q "BostOn
hIghWaymen," who had been sent to New
York by the Boston authorities after serving
out term Of imprisonment. The New York
police yesterday escorted Mr.. STANLEY back
TO Boston. This is not exactly the proper
way for Massachusetts, to get rid of the worst
OF her population. Why not send them to
Congress?
Year: 1873

passenger train from New York came into
O'Clock yesterday afternoon. The shock demol-
ished both engines, and telescoped the baggage
car into the smoking car An engineer was
fatally injured, and many of the passengers were
cut and bruised The passengers in the smok-
ing car eraEled out the windows. 1t is said that
. more serious disaster Was prevented by the sir
brakes, and that had the collision occurred q
minute sooner it would have caused terrible loss
OF life The engineer of the freight train is
blamed for the disaster.
Year: 1873




10 II Mr.. Hawkins end, MF. St0tsenburg meant
anything more than = faOtious opposition to the
Park purchase. upauestionably the proper time
for them to sgitste the question would have been
10 the three weeks between the favorable report
of the Park Committee and the fpal action of
l' Council IN this interval, there was ample op-
portunity, and they were fully advised of what
the Committee recommended The nevspap pers
published the whole report and set forth the
prpRositionin all its "details. If anybody meant
to oppose it in sincerity, and not merely
/, political mAn@nver, that was the time to hold
I own meetings or take other similar action.


But nothing of the kind was done. 1t is left
until i've days after the Council, by a vote Of
two to one, has adopted the proposition, to hold
meeting. and resolve to commence costly and
troublesome legal proceedings, which may eAsi-
" cost the Taxpayers large part of a year'a in
tsrest on the purchase,


Ip measure like this which the Council has
adopted, the Judgments of people may and do
- honestly differ This we freely admit. But the
Judgment Of Those who always oppose all nj ca
sures of public improvement falls, in time. I'M
del, reasonable and just suspicion, A few years
ago, when the necessity for widening wateriSt.
became apparent to those who looked ahead,
the improvement might have been made for
! fewthossand dolars. But The effort to do the
work was unfortunately defeated, and when at
last the widening can be no longer delayed, the
cost b ten times - great The same experience
lie to be related Of the King street widening. and
it is qaite within the memory of everybody how
q town meeting refused to accept as gift, a
splendid square Of property on the Lowering Es-
tate, which to-day, is worth probably fifteen or
twenty thousand dollars.


1he class of counsellors who advised these
short-sighted acts are not entitled to the public
respect. Their 'economy"is is waste. To neglect
to scquire piece of ground which is clearly
needed for the public use, while it
iR yet unimproved, and be compelled
to purchase it when it's value has greatly
advanced is no economy whatever but
folly. And in the present case it is Just as GER
tain that the city Of Wilmington will be ultimate
y forced, by the fitness and propriety of the act
to acquire the Brandywine Valley. for the use of
the public, it is certain that the city will con.
tinue to grow and prosper. The lands now
~ bought are already used for Public Park, but
they cannot be 80 used, permanently unless the
city buys them of their owners. They are not
public property, and never have been. Their use
by the public is legal trespass, and nothing
more nor less II the people want them, as very
plainly they do, since thousands enjoy them
continually, they must buy them honestly, and
not expect to trespass on private property
Year: 1873

A painter, being asked to estimate
the cost Of painting a certain house,
drew forth pencil and paper and made
the following calculation ga naught
is naught three into FIVE twice you
can't; I'll paint your house for fifty
dollars"
Year: 1873

Ladies can, in the present state OF
civilization, either buy their switches
to match the hair, or dye their hair TO
match their switches. You pays your
money and you takes your choice.
Year: 1873

The King immortal is riding forth
in his chariot of truth, from conouering
to conquest and'thus shall He continue
to ride forth leading ihis hosts on to
victory, till Prophesy is fulfilled and
the Kingdom of this,To&d become the
Kingdom Of our L&d and his
Christ.


Brethren, where is yoT faith !!
"Show your faith by works spring
into life, work for G6a sf6w.o We
may fall in the contest before the final
victory, but be well.asareA God will
gather us with all his workers to receive
the wages due, victors crown of
Iifa
Year: 1873

THAT INFAMOUS Law s'-tast
evening about half past sig O'Clock
while coming down Wisconsin street,
we witnessed SIGHT which, if we ever
had any doubts concerning the e1pe-
diency Of the liquor law, banished
them all from our mind. 4 little dot
of girl, not more than seven years Of
age, was walking up tbe street facing
cold biting vrJ and trying to lead
home drunken Either. She Was well
clad, and looked as though she had
been brought up in comfort at least.
and had Intelligence enough to appre-
ciate the modification which drunk
en- father brings on child.
On one arm she carried heavy market
basket almost as biz as she was, and
With the other she was trying to
lead the man. Her little hands were
blue with cold, but she could not let
90 his arm, seeming to fear least he
would st'gger to the pavement if she
did. As We passed her under gas
lamp she hung down her head, and an
expression Of shame came over her
pretty face showing that she felt the
modification her companion 5 condition
brought upon her. We stopped and
watched her as she went along, as far
as our evas could follow her in the
gloom, but the bitter cold soon awnke
us to a realization Of our existence, ana.
as we walked away we thought > and,
vet thofe are persons and even Jour
nails in this community that ca1 the
law which preye',ts si.loonskeepers from
selling liquor to sucf. man as that,
and bringing uhtoia misery on inno-
cent women and children, infamous.
and demand It's repeal lMt.oausee


Hisccns;n.
Year: 1873

SALT LAKE CRY, Nov. IA memorial
to Congress Is receiving signatures, setting
forth the evils and abuses OF the Mormon
rule, and praying the passage Of laws to
give the memorialists the protection OF a
free, civil government and bring Utah in
harmony with Federal authority and Re.
publican institutions. There was mass
meeting at Bingham last night on this
subject.


The police Of this city are contributing
to the relief OF the distressed Of Memphis.
Year: 1873

A Lone AND FRUITLEss WATCH.-It
is not often, in our busy town life, that
we light upon an incident at once so pa
thetlc and so unobtrusve as this which
comes to us from Brooklyn. There, in
front of the park across which the City
Hall looks down dpon the chief square of
the city, the passer-by, any day between
the hours of nine and twelve, will see n
man whose tororn and dismal figure.
and melancholy attitude, can hardly cs-
cape his notice. Never absent from his
post, and never sitting down, he takes
his stand where the great face of the city
clock is plainly visible, and with STOPPING
shoulders and bowed head, watches the
slow revolution OF the hands. He is well
known to the old hdbitues of the Hall,
who seldom disturb his solitary watch.
He never speaks TO any one, and if ad-
dressed, bends forward in eager scrutiny,
glances nervously at the clock, and then
muttering unintelligible words, relapses
into his customary, interpretive silence.
When the ponderous bell at last rings
out the hour of twelve, he starts up with
animation, looks round in all directions,
ms if expecting some one, and finally con-
vinced that his long waiting has been vain
slips quietly out Of the busy tide which
flows and ebbs about the square during
al the day. The story is, that many
years ago, he lent five hundred dollars
the gradual savings of his toll to friend
who was TO return it in the City Hall
Park on a given day at twelve of the
clock. The watch has been we'll kept,
but the friend has never appeared. 1t is
pitiful to think what an agony of waiting
he must have endured before madness
came TO his relief but his daily watch
now is probably that unconscious and
mechanical action which the brain con-
tinues TO perform after its higher func-
tions have been abdicated. d.-Appieton's s
journal.
Year: 1873

A NEW CAR SEAT.--A Toledo man
has just received patent for new and
useful invention recently completed by
him for an improvement consisting of a
combined seat and desk for railway cars.
The device comprises stiff spiral spring
situated in the base of an ordinary shaped
stool, in such manner as 10 receive the
full weight OF the occupant of the stool
without permitting it to touch the floor.
The spring serves to break all the jar
and jolt caused by the motion of the train,
thus afiording a perfectly steady position
to the small desk attached to the front
of the stool. 1t is claimed by the invent
or that the occupant may write letters or
make reckonngs while travelling at the
rate of thirty miles nm hour, with all the
ease and legibility attainable in his own
counting room. Should this now device
be all that is claimed for it, it Will prove
Il very valuable invention for utilizing
time and performing a journey.