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Year: 1873

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The RAILROAD PoLICY.--It is now
settled beyond any reasonable doubt.
that the ''land ring" has lost all power
and influence in directing the route and
policy Of the Northern Pacific Pailroad,
and hence the ''truck and dicker' bu-
siness heretofore carried on in the name
of the company, in town sites and term
iral points, has been discontinued.


Therefore there will be no more feigned
objects or speculative surveys made
solely for the benefit of land spectators,
and we may fairly judge the intentions
of the Company by their acts. From
th.se it is evident that the policy now
is to. construct the road fro n Tenino
lorth, on the east side OF the Sound,
perhaps 10 the British line, before to oIch-
ing the navigable waters of the Sound,
and thus secure the land grant on both
sides the Sound without hazarding their
franchise by making connection until
The whole is taken in. v hen this is
done, then connections will be offered
to every contiguous port upon the Sound
from Olympia to Whatcom. upon hb-
eral conditions: as, for instance, the
building OF the road bed by the commu
mites interested, to be ironed, equipped
and run at the expense of the Company
or such contributions or donations as
would equalize the expenses to the mu-
tual advantages to be derived therefrom
This would give to all the towns equal
access to all the advantages of the rail
road, and leave to each all the natural
advantages Of location hich they uow
possess with which to compete for com
mercial supremacy.~ This was the pol
icy recommended by Gen Johnston. the
Chief Engineer of the Company; and
that this policy is adopted by the pres
ent Board, is evident from the fact that
the construction of all additional hun
dred miles of the road has been let
without touching any point upon the
Sound. So far as this city is C, ncerned
we could scarcely expect or desire any
| thing better. We will have the first
connection with The railroad by water
communication, and undoubtedly the
first by a branch road, of any port on the
Sound, and with our superior natural
advantages. it would be-sinsular if We
could not maintain our present position
rs the leading commercial city ON the
Sound.
Year: 1873

SCHOOL MEETING.-On Saturday eve


ming an adjourned meeting will be held
at the school house, which no citizen
interested in popular education should
fail to attend. Two propositions are to


be submitted to the consideration of the


meeting: one by the Directors for build
ing a new school house for the primary
department, on the lot adjoining the
present school house; and the other the
report of the committee appointed to
examine and report upon tie location
and feasibility of two new school houses
one in the northern and the other III
the southern part of the city; the adop-
ton of either Of which involves the
voting of special tax TO carry out the
project.


The necessity for more school room
for the accommodation of the children
of the district is manifest and requires
no argument. The objections to the
project of the Directors are several, the
chief of which is the perpetual difficult
ties and conflicts which inevitably re
salt f.om forcing two distinct bodies of
children, of different ages and grades,
upon the same play grounds during the
school recess, by which both suffer-the
smaller children from the t, ranny OF
tile larger, and the larger by having
constantly before them objects upon
which to exercise and cultivate their
natural propensities for domineerlnt
Another objection is, that grouping all
the schools together would not so well
accommodate the population Of the
town as to distribute them among the
various quarters where they are needed.
This objection does not apply so much
to the Ligher grade of school, for the
larger scholars are much better able to
overcome the distance to their schools
than are the little ones.


But there is another consideration
which will have controlling influence
in determining the question of voting a
tax: not dollar VIII be voted by a ma
iorits of the electors. for any purpose,
to go into the hands of the present
Jerk for collection and disbursement
in view of the infamous extortion prac-
tised by Lin in the collection Of the last
special tax and the we'll grounded sus-
picion that be is using the large surplus
school fund now III his custody for pri-
vate speculation, through the consent
Year: 1873

Fancy children giving mp their
fairy-books, and betaking themselves
seriously from their earliest years TO
the study of history, geology, chemis-
try, what would childhood be There
would be no such thing. A child not
fond of fairy stories lives in no child
region. The fairy story brings the fairy
land. and the fairy land is the land OF
dream and expectation and hope; II is
the real world in which the child lives
before experience comes to it.


What In the reason, can you guess
Why men poor, and women thinner
SO much do they for dinner dress,
That nothings left 20 dress for dinner.
Year: 1873

-It is stated on the authority OF OOI
Ward. the efficient engineer of the
Richmond and Danville railroad, that
the grading of the road from Lynch
burg TO Danville has been completed,
and is now ready for the rail, and that
that part of the division will be finished
from Danville to Banister river, about
four miles south of Danville, sometime
next week, and the remainder through
in thirty days. The work on the bridge
over Banister river, the cost Of which Is
estimated at So, 600, is rapidly progress
| ing.
Year: 1873

REMARKABLE oyER-sTEPPINa OF oNsTABULARY


AUTHORITY.


Some time last spring an employee of the W.
& r. R. r. 90. removed to this city with his wife
and set up housekeeping. He bought his fur
niture from Second street dealer upon the
monthly instalment plan, but soon after the
house was furnished his wife was prostrated by
rheumatism and remained almost helpless for
several months.


After her recovery she was sent to her friends
about Birdsboro', and the house was closed, but
to avoid rents the husband who remains in the
employ of the r. r. Co. concluded to remove
devoted his leisure hours of the evening to pack
rumor that he intended to take away the goods
from the State. All the payments had been
promptly made, but the seller hearing the report
made inqul of the buyer corce ning the mat
ter, and expressed his satisfaction at what was
being done. But in day or two. he issued out a
writ against the goods, which he placed in the
hands OF Constable Doran.


And this officer, with that inhumanity and
disregard of personal rights for which he is
characteristic, climbsd into second story win
dow of the house, recently, when the lessee was
out of town attending to his duty, and seizing
upon the goods, backed cart up to the door
and removed them to an auction room, where
they are still stored! He was not content to
take away the furniture simply, but removed
other things as we'll


Delaware justice, as administered by some
men. is indeed mockery, and that it is made
the butt of ridcule by other States Ia but natur-
al and, perhaps, just.
Year: 1873

1t is to disturbance in tho movement to the


sea-board, of Western grain and produce, that
most apprehension is now directed but the news
from the great grain Cities to-day, is encourag-
Year: 1873

Hearth and Home remarks that one
of the most important subjects to be con-
sidered in the care of a young child is
that of diet, both in regard to regularity
and quantity. 1t is a very common
practice to feed babe when it cries, as
if it were nothing but stomach, and
had no other demands than those of hun
ger. There are many things a child
may want, and many ways in which 1t
may be uncomfortable, and its only Ian
guage is that of crying. Infants doubt
less cry oftener from overloaded stomachs
than from hunger, but it is the theory of
many to stop the cries by filling the
mouth, which only brings temporary
quiet. A child's stomach needs rest
quite as much as any other part of the
body. and if it is fed all that it wants
at regular intervals, mother may be
sure that her child is not crying for
want of food. Three hours is consider
ed by many physicians a proper inter-
val, but those of delicate organizations


need to be fed oftener than those who


are stout and hearty. AS the child


grows older, the intervals can be gradu-


ally heightened. These rules, however,


are scarcely applicable until baby is a


few weeks old. The habit of feeding


child of any age between its regular


hours for meals is positively injurious,


unless there be some special reason for


so doing.


The habit of tasting food at the table,


allowed to children by many mothers. is


very pernicious, not only being injuri-


Gus physically, but cultivating an un-


healthy demand for and desire to try


eyery kind of food that comes within


sight, causing the mother much unnec-


essary care and trouble. When child


first asks for unsuitable food it may be


taught that it is injurious and the mat


ter be easily disposed of, providing al


ways that some kind child-comforter


does not give the first taste. The bene-


fit of bathing, think, is very generally
admitted. A full bath, once each day,


serves not only to keep the body eleanly,
but also as tonic For this purpose it
is important that the temperature of the
water should not be too high, as very
warm baths are weakening. A healthy
child will soon find tepid bath more
agreeable than very warm one, IT the
bathroom was sufficiently warm. 1t IS
very good rule of hygienic institutions,
that for all tonic baths the rooms should
. be warmer than the water. A full bath
may be given daily with beneficial re-
suits, under favorable circumstances, at
all ages. The importance of ventilation
: in the nursery can hardly be overrated.
The necessity of pure air to health we
all understand, and. if essential to adults
how much more important to the sensl-
: tive lungs and organs of a child! A
practiced physician told me that in his


opinion Group was very often produced


by children lying on the floor at play
: and sleeping in trundle-beds or low era
: dies, and thereby experiencing the un-
} der-currents of cold air, and breathing
: the carbonic acid gas which settles to
: the lower part of the room.


o
Year: 1873

A pretty doorkeeper at Deagle's Thea
tire, in st. Louis tried to elope with a
girl last Tuesday, but her father caught
her. put her in the House of the Good
Shepherd, and is now on his track arm
ed with a howitzer-
Year: 1873

A selfish California minister recently
refused to perform the marriage service
for a couple where the bride was his own
absconded wife. And that aggravatlng
woman said that he '.was just as mean
as he always used to be.
Year: 1873

All ladies having Hair Goods made up or
making purchases in that line to the extent of 81
or upwards will receive four tickets


Parties making purchase of Jewelry to the
extent of ST. or upwards will receive two tickets;
and so cents worth of Jewelry purchasers OF Is
cents worth of Jewelry will receive one ticket.
For every Ladies' Scarf at 60c or upwards one
ticket.


For every Ladies' Belt one ticket


For every Bustle one ticket.


For every Hoopskirt one ticket.


For every pair of Corsets one tickets.


For every Hair Brush or Comb at rs cents or
upwards one ticket.


For every Pocket Book one ticket.


For every Japan Switch at 20 cts. one ticket.
For every Fan at 25c or upwards one ticket.
For every Plait at 25c or upwards one ticket
Year: 1873

There can be no question as to the right OF the
Legislature to increase the number of Senators and
Representative by twO-thirds vote. The Con-
stituton of the State is clear and explicit on the
point. There may . question arise as to whether
the State can be districted. But even this point
seems to be conceded by sections I'd and Sd
of Al Gle ID of the Constitution, which are as
follows;


"Thl > shall be seven representatives chosen in
each Co atty, until greater number OF represen-
tatives shall by the general assembly be judged
necessary; and then, two-thirds OF each branch
Of the legislature cOncufTing, they may by law
make provision for increasing their number.


There shall be three senators chosen in each
county. When q greater number OF senators
shall by the general assembly be judged necessary,
tWo-thirds of each branch concurring, they may
by law make provision for increasing their num-
Der but the number of Senators shall never be
greater than one-halt nor less than one-third Of
the number of representatives.


The words "They may by law make prorision
for increasing their number" certainly seems to
convey the right to the General Assembly to "pro-
vide" for their election by districts. Should the
Legislature find that the people demand a change
and deem 1t wise 10 make it in this way, to avoid
the waste Of time and expense of Constitutional
Convention, provision would also be made TOR
carrying their action into effect But it is pre-
sumed the legislature would not undertake to
make this change if in doing SO it found it was
acting in advance Of public opinion, or incurring
the risk of having Its action set aside by the
Courts
Year: 1873

TIE WASTE OF SrREEr ADvERT1s1NG =
The theatrical managers Of New York are ho,
the pioneers in the movement against advertis-
ing By Placards and handbilIs but their COM
bined attack upon that absurdity and nuisance
Is the most important yet attempted. The
shrswder merchants and other business men
who have anything to sell, long ago found out
that the only cheap and effective means of
advertising if in the newspapers; that ten dol
lars we'll spent in that way is equal TO hundred
scattered about aimlessly in plasteriDg dead
walls and cutters. When 50 large a BODY of
men as the association Of theatrical managers
give their aid to the work of reform, we NAV
expect soon TO see the last of bill boards and all
other modes Of attracting public attention out
side Of newspaper rcolumns.-New York Journal
Of Commerce.
Year: 1873

EVsyy Epening appears to place much value
in the opinions Of the GAZETTE. We like our
nsighhbOrs to take an interest in what appears in
our columns with reference to our city, since it is
9 cardinal point with Us to do all that lays in our
power to advance its interests. We do not be-
lieve our people in Wilmington desire representa-
ton according TO population for themselves 90
much ~ for their county They have too much
Senss to desire to send more men to Dover than
their interests require "TOO many cooks spoil
the broth"
Year: 1873

ANOTHER ExPEDWNE OF THE TEMPERANCE
PRoPLR-In the town Of Sterling, ILL.,, they have
resorted to 9 novel expedient % restrain rum sell
ing. They have passed an ordinance restraining
any keeper Of drinking shop from painting q
staining his windows, or from using for them
screen, or from doing anything which shall pre-
vent passers-by from looking in, and thus seeing
plainly who is indalginR in liquid retTeshmen.s
Whoever wishes to guzEle will be compelled 10 DO
90 under the full stare Of all who please TO look
at him. We fear that the consequence Hnt Dc
that tipplers in Sterling will soon be lost to all
sense Of shame, and quite willing to take their
quenchers even in the presence Of the entire popu-
lation Of the United States.
Year: 1873

AND now it Is asked what is thought of the
cruelty of overwhelming fowls for the table
and animals for the butcher? Nobody thinks of
the turkey's suffering while corn meal dough is
being stuffed down its throat with stick to hasten
i condition for Christmas dinner or of prize OK,
as suffering from his size and weight, yeta London
Journal, referring to the cattle show at Islington
says =" 1t would be interesting TO know what
passes through the minds of these unhappy crea-
lures e. they doze away the last few hours OF
their lives before they are saved from apoplexy
by the butcher"
Year: 1873

The sharpest so far this month is the Troy
girl who makes her unsuspecting father the
daily bearer of sweet missives to clerk in his
Office who has been forbidden to visit his
employers house. She pins the letter in the
old mans cloak, and when he reaches the office
and throws of the garment the clerk gets 1t
and responds by the same carrier.
Year: 1873

COLORADO must be a sort Of Paradise at least
We should jugde 90 from the fact stated in the
Rocky Mountain Herald, published at Denver, to
the effect that brckmaking is carried on briskly
there IN the open air all winter, and that Colorado
h . country where drouths never trouble, and the
December sun is as warm and as pleasant as in
May. Quite contrast with the prevailing state
Of affairs here.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind ard body arc tho
most nccessary requisites to promote connublal
harpiness Indeed, without those tho journey
through life becomes q weary pilgrimage the
prospect hourly d,.rkcns to the view, the mind
becomes shadowod with despair, snd filed with
the meluncholy reflection that the happiness OF
another is blighted with our own.
Year: 1873

The NEWSPAPER General J Tack
son when President, said to one Of
his fercest newspaper opponents,
"send me your newspaper.
know that you oppose me, but then
l should like to see your paper
every day: | want to see how ma
ny lies sou can tell on me. -


General" said the editor, 81
think | do right in opposing you,
and | shall continue to do SO with
all the ability OF which am mas
ter"


Here was a man after Jackson s
own heart, and he instantly re-
piled with All oath, "Sir, send me
your paper, for aside from your a
buse of me, your paper is good
one. Besides, / never saw n
newspaper in which | could not
find something worth reading"


Just so. No man can pick up
any newspaper without finding
something of interest. You may
take the paper and tear it into
fragments, and in each fragment
you will see something to amuse
or instruct you.
Year: 1873

One of these days, when tire
biographers of Jew more canine
heroes shall be written up, it will
be a compliment rather than an
insult to call a man a dog. The
last dog story comes from Clinton,
Mass, and shows that the spaniels
Of that region are The equals Of
their human masters in the per-
formance of our yankee tricks. :"
The dog in question had been priv
ileged TO have free access to a buck
ct of meat scraps and other leav-
ings of the table, which was set in
a place convenient for both cook
and dog. One day, however, at
the end of very dry period, the
dog accidentally upset the pail, and
it fell to pieces. Fearing that his
allowance would be cut of, or hav-
ing a desire to make restitution
for the property destroyed, he
went to his masters home, obtain.
ed sound bucket much like the
former one, brought it to whore
that one formerly stood, and care
fully placed the scattered provis-
ions into it. Having surveyed his
work, and thinking that he might
get into difficulty in consequence
of the old bucket, he carried them
of and hid them. With training
such a dog as this can be trusted
to speculate in Credit Mobilier
stocks, and the probabilities are
that he would cover up his tracks
better than some members of
Congress have done.
Year: 1873

In San Francisco lately, boy


about eleven years of age, while
crawling along the roof OF a house


for the purpose of clearing the OBJ
structions in the waterpipe, slip


ped and rolled over the edge of the
roof. In his desperate effort to
save hims If be succeeded in
grasping the aised edging of wood
and tin that bordered the roof,
aud so hung, suspended by his
hands forty ieet above the street,
utterly unable to regain his foot,
ing. Underneath where the boy
was hanging was small, old fash,
ioned porch, which projected out
about three feet from under the
center window Of the second sto-
ry. Out of this window a man
emerged and looked up. As he
stood he was Immediately under
the boy but too close to the house
for his apparent purpose, the body
hanging just over the railing; he
stepped over the latter and with
his leet resting on the edge of the
platform of the porch and one hand
grasping an iron support he wait,
ed. In the meantime two men
reached the roof, and were de-
scending, when they discovered
the impossibility of reaching the
boy in safety, AID one of them
calle1 Tor rope. Before any one
could move to the aid of the ex-
hausted boy, he, wi h shrill cry,
let 60 his hold and fell. As be
approached the man on the porch,
the latter was seen to reach out
his free arm und~r him. A cry of
horror went up from the crowd as
the man was seen to stagger and
swing around the end of the porch
with his load; but his hand held
its grip on the iron, and moment
afterwards he carried the bov
through the window and turned
him over to his mother. who had
only just realized that something
was wrong.
Year: 1873

What is known as the salary
grab, perpetrated at the winding
up of the last session of Congress,
is receiving the universal condem
nation which il deserves. We hear
it from all parts Of the country,
without distinction of party. No
man guilty thereof should escape
the consequences OF such g trans
action. The names of those who
deliberately voted money out of
the public treasury, to which they
had not a shadow of right, into
their own pockets, are being wide
ly published and circulated all
over the country. Perhaps the
worst feature about the grab was
that it was cowardly as we'll as
selGsh. Congress would never
have dared to vote such an increase
whep its members were about to
face the people in general cam
paigu. The people propose to
have something to say concerning
the matter at the next Congress
ional election.
Year: 1873

We learn that it is proposed to
deface postage stamps on letters by
placing them in grs, which will
cause a reaction in the material
contained in each stamp, aud
change its color. We are sorry for
this, because our old friend Com.
stock got up patent of that kind
once, and it killed him. He took
his machine around to the post.of-
fee one day, and got the postmas-
ter to let him empty halfa bushel
of letters into the receiver Of the
apparatus. Then he turned on
the gas. After a while he emptied
the machine. The gas had dis
colored the stamps. but it had also
taken all the ink off the envelopes,
and not single superscription in
the whole lot was legible. Then
Comstock was scared, and he con-
cluded to open the letters, in order
to ascertain how to redirect them.
The postmaster saw him at work,
and had him arrested for robbing
the mails. He died during bis
fifth year in the peniteDtiary.
His patent right can be bought of
his widow for something less than
a colossal fortune. For ourselves.
we are not speculating in that di-
rection.
Year: 1873

There seems to be very little
doubt that the oft-reported and
as often denied arrangement for
the marriage of the Duke of
Edinburg with the only daugh-
ter of the Gar has been actually
made. On the very night upon
which the Gladstone Govern
ment went out Of office the
Premier received at a private
dinner the Duke of Edinburg,
and at his dinner, it is under
stood, the final details of the
arrangements for the marriage
were discussed and decided up
on. The Grand Duchess Maria
was born October 5-17, 1858,
and is the fourth child of the
Emperor Alexander and the
Empress Maria (aunt by mar
riage to the Princess Alice. y
The princess is said to be a most
accomplished linguist, and it is
understood that she will inher-
it the whole of her mothers
substantial private fortune
Nothing is said yet with regard
to religious difficulty" The
Greek Church consigns to nev-
er-ending torture all persons
who do not confess her creed
nor belong to her communion,
and the Grand Duchess Maria
will have the satisfaction of
knowing that her husband will,
according to her hereditary
faith, be doomed to everlasting
agony. But this is not likely
TO make any difference.
Year: 1873

Somebody wrote to TIE editor
of a paper in Norristown to ask
how he would "break an ox?' The
editor replied as follows: "lf only
one OK, good way would be to
hoist him by means of a long chain
attached to his tail, to the top of
"a pole forty feet from the ground.
Then hoist him by rope tied to
his horns to another pole. Then
descend on his back a five ton pile
driver, and if that don't break
him, let him start country news
paper and trust people for sub
scription. One Of the two ways
will do it sure"