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Year: 1873

How FAR is 1T FROM THE READING DrpoT TO
THE CLAYTON House Mr. Fox. of the Reading
Times, in an article descriptive of his visit to
Wilmington, to attend the Clayton House Ban
quet, states that he was informed by the conduc-
tor on he train that il was about thirteen squares
from the Reading Depot 10 the ClaDtOn House.-
But he saws further the actual distance we found
Afterwards, TO be six and a half squares" Who
his informant was, we are not aware but we beg
leave to inform the Times that the conductor was
nearly correct, and there is distance of Just twelve
squares between the two points
Year: 1873

ALFRED WALTON. Druggist. No. 235 Marks
strsst respectfully informs his friend and the public
in ssnsra that he keeps on hand all descriptions ot
medicines. and that competent person is at all
times ready to prescribe for such sick as call at ha
store and that no charge is made except the regular
price Of the medicines the same rice as they would
pay anywhere else; but that ne one is visited al
their residences
Year: 1873

SCDDHN DEATH.-Last evening, Miss Emma
aged seventeen years, daughter of John Haydon
while visiting sister on Shipley street near Third
complained of feeling unwell, while standing on
the sidewalk at the house. and upon going In the
room, immediately fell down dead. The coroner
was notified of the occurrence
Year: 1873

The FIRST THuNDER.-The first thunder of
the year was heard, this morning, during the
storm. It was quite heavy and distinct for
this time of the year, and was accompanied by
SOME pretty sharp lightning.
Year: 1873

At recent meeting of the Board Of
Education, held at New York, the
committee appointed for the purpose
of investigating the vexed questions
of corporal punishment or moral sua-
sion submitted their report. From
the terms OF this report it appears
that the boy of 1873 is a much better
behaved boy, more punetual boy, q
less pugnaeiOus boy, and a more
creditable boy altogether than the
boy OF 1871 and 1872 A member of
the board very gently reminded his
colleagues that whatever faults might
therefore exist in the system, it un-
dOubtedly lsy TO the account OF the
teachers in their lack OF mental power
and proper discipline. There is
great deal CT human nature in boys,
and vast amount of original prone
ness beth 10 good and evil. They
are pretty much what circumstances
and influence make them. 1t lies,
therefore, with the teacher to mold
the plastic nature to his will. A
teacher should not only be competent
to impart knowledge, but he must
possess magnetic power Of attraction
and deep knowledge Of human
nature In the training of our teach
ers we would do well 70 take at least
one leaf from the Jesuit colleges.
There the philosophy Of human na-
ture is prescribed as one OF the pri-
mary branches Of teachers study.
Without it, no teacher can coutrol or
influence for good an army Of rebel
Iious young spirits, no general can
command an army, no medical man
successfully diagnose case. Let
this study take the place of the birch,
and there will be no further necessity
for corporal punishment.
Year: 1873

There was no business done last night by


the Board Of School Directors. The cause


was the unexplained and inexcusabie alb


sence of sufficient number of members to
| prevent quorum. This is not an infre
Guent occurrence. On many other impore
| ant nights those directors who believe in
dong their duty have waited till long past


the hour and then been forced to adjourn
| without accomplishing the object that
| brought them together. some members
| neglect to attend SO frequently that their
| occasional presence is matter of surprise.
They seem to have no conception of the tact
that shelr position entails on them obliga-
tons which the public have right to OK
pect them to fulfill bt is true they receive
| 40 compensation for their Iabors, but these
are not heavy. An occasional visit TO the
schools, the serving on two or three com
mittees, and their attendance on one regu-
lar and a few special monthly meetings, is
all that is demanded. Baving accepted the
trust they hold they should carry il out
faithfully or resign.


The regular monthly meeting lass hight
was specially important one. The appro-
priation for the poorly paid teachers vas
to be made. In consequence Of the absence
OF these derslict members, these ladies and
gentlemen are put of' for another week.
Some directors being out of town, of course,
could not attend, but more than quorum
could easily have been present. Out of
eighteen, only seven came. Other matters
OF Importance to education were to have
been acted upon. If two out of the seven
others who were in the city had attended.
all this business could have been transacted
in couple of hours


The meeting adjourned one week This
will give time to the absentees to make up
their minds whether they will make amends
for their neglect by attending that night, or
by sending in their designations early. to
afford an opportunity TO the State board to
fill their places with gentlemen whose edu-
cation and self-respect prevent them from
accepting an important and honorable po-
sition without intending to discharge its
duties.
Year: 1873

The Board of Appeals Of the National Associa-
ton Render an Important Decision-The
Alleged Fraudulent Race on the Prospect
Park Fair Grounds Last September
The Gray Gelding Hopeful Rein


stated, but the Penalty Of


Expulsion Stands Against


Chase and Jarvis
Year: 1873




The plans of Commander Selfridge con-
template no Utopian scheme; on the con-
trary, his project of canal, approved by
some of the ablest engineers of the United
States, is merely direct cut of twenty
eight miles from the head Of ship navi ga
ton on the Atralo river to the Pacific ocean.
twenty-five miles through fiat plain, and
the remaining six over broken country,
which requires three miles of deep cutting
aud three miles of tunnel. His plan does
include system of eight locks up of ten
in all; but so far from being over mountain
ridges, they are situated on the level part
of the work; and so far from being filled by
uncertain mountain streams, the whole
canal and locks are fed from the Napipi
river, which has an average volume through
the year Of 100000 cubic feet an hour. a
supply ample for five times the amount Of
commerce that is calculated would st'pres-
ent. use the canal.


SO far from involving large expense and
continuous repairs. the construction Of this
canal will be through its whole extent in
rock, and, once completed, will remain as
enduring as the hills, while the running e1-
penses will be but little more that the pay
and subsistence Of the necessary employees.
But it is not the intention Of this article to
any more than correct. if possible. any
erroneous impression in regard to the plans
of Commander Selfridge. The President,
with great good sense, has ordered COM
mission OF distinguished officers, who will
probably this fall examine all the surveys
and plans that may come before them. and
their report will not only give us the best
route. but, no doubt, such an opinion upon
it's feasibility as to set at rest any uncer-
:ainty that may remain with persons who
have but an indefinite knowledge upon the
subiect.-St Louis Globe.
Year: 1873

They treat perfect strangers in very IA
miliar style in Detroit. The landlord of q
boardin ghouse interviewed one pleasantly
the other night. One of the landlords s
Ooarders was out late attending his lodge,
perhaps, and the landlord was in bed with
his room door open into the hals He had
been asleep, and was turning over to get
the other side asleep. as steak Is turned
on griddle. when ne saw a man standing g
near his bureau. He supposed it was the
boarder returned, and this is what followed
in the way of an interview:


Landlord-"Hello. Joe. do you want
matches -


Boarder-"Never mind; you needn't get
up"


Lanalord-"Have you heard Frank say
when he was gOlng'


Boarder-"I think he'll 90 next week."
The intruder retreated toward the door.


LandlOrd-''Be sure you put me in mind
of that quarter when you settle.'


BOarder, well retreated That's all
right and he disappeared into the parlor.
which was the next room.


The landlord addressed himself again to
sleep. He was awakened by some one
opening the front door, coming in, striking
match and going into the parlor. He saw
it was his boarder with whom he thought
he had been conversing. He got up. re-
lated his experience, and upon examination
they discovered that the house had been
gone through by burglar, who had en-
tered by one window, made his exit by an.
other. and cleverly gone off without carry
lng much of anything away. He then re-
membered that the intruder had spoken all
his words in a low voice calculated to lull
the suspicious of drowsy man. 1t was a
very rare sort of interview, and shows how
interviewers may sometimes be mistaken
IN their men. 1t 10 always safe not to be
too positiye.-S. Louis Republican.
Year: 1873

THE INDEPENDENT MARKETs.-Several
Keepers Of free markets" continue to defy
the new city ordinance by bringing meat
into their establishments during the even
ing and disposing of the same to the best
advantage. 1t may be that those who paid
their license will be able to avoid all penal
ties further than those entailed in law
suit. but those who failed TO take out
license are now in a double quandary. Very
few of them have settled their license tax,
and those who have not are already noted.
Year: 1873

PERSONAL Heln,bold to the front
again. We are glad to see that during
the Doctors temporary residence in Eu-
rope, the supply of his genuine Extract
Buchu-the only known specific for urinary
disorders and obscure complaints in either
sex-has been supplied from his formula
and apparatus by his representative here.
The genuine article bears the Doctor s
signature, and is probably the best known
and most valuable remedy of the kind in
the world. John F. Henry, New York,
sole agent. Sold by all druggists.
Year: 1873

THE SIMPLE REASON why Hand Sapoho
is the best article in the world for the con-
slant use of all classes of people, is be
cause it will do what no other substance
will, as follows:


MECHANICS. viii entirely remove tar,
paint, oil and varnish from the clothing and
hands


FARMERS. Its use will prevent tan, sun
burn, chapped hands


WORKING WoMEN-It will take the
place Of powders and cosmetics for beauti-
flying the complexion, and will render the
hands white and soft, no matter how much
they are used.


EvERYBoDY.-Iti is the best article in
the world for removing all cutaneous blem.
isles from the skin, and rendering it white
beautiful, and natural in color. In price
cheaper than soap-only 10 and Is cents a
cake, according to size.
Year: 1873

If any man or men are entitled to sym
pathy, it is he or they who undertake
to satisfy his or their ambition by pub
fishing daily paper; yet, notwithstand-
ING the lack of encouragement, there are
those who will try the experiment. Rut-
land is blessed with several of that class,
and but few people were surprised on
Saturday last by finding at the doors OF
the subscribers of the Daily Globe a pa
per headed "The Rutland Weekly Daily. !"
Some kicked it into the street with un-
complimentary remarks; others tried to
read it, and gave it as their opinion that
it looked like the Globe, read like the
Globe, and all concurred in the opinion
that the new head was more appropriate
than the old one No one, as we have
heard, criticised the typographical er-
ror of spelling a0eak(y with two ee's. The
edition. printed in this way, was about
three hundred, we understand. The
Globe people certainly experience some
difficulty in publishing daily paper,
and have the hearty sympathy OF all
their brethren of the press in publishing
their "Weekly Daily"
Year: 1873

The stream OF Life! that brimmed its


banks of old.
We drain to gather Wisdom's grains of


gold;
And often as we count the riches DER,
Half.wish our wealth were drowned in it


once more
Year: 1873

The tender green that laughs out in the


light,


And drinks the freshness of the dew and


rain,
Must take the cloud of dust that turns it


white
And burnish every tiny blade again.
The river into which heaven cometh down,
1t is so exquisitely pure and still,
Must also soil itself to cleanse the town,
And with hard labor tread and turn the


mill
Year: 1873

The reception of Lydia Thompson on
Monday night should have satisfied the
most rapacious of managers. Our people
are hungry for harmony and fun, and SO
crowded the Academy that a sardine box
is SIS vacuum in comparison. Lydia
Thompson has the merit of having created
a new amusement. 1t is the conversion of
respectable old legends in to the most ridi-
culous travesty possible. If when we felt
disposed to grow angry that to the nursery
awe OF Bluebeard and the anxiety that
Sister innc should see some relief from the
top of the traditional tower, we broke into
irrepressible laughter when Beckett snapped
bis empty pistol upon the least insult, or
orders Shacka6ac to marry Sister Anne off
his hands on the spot. Intermixed with
these Jokes are some charming vocal solos
and concerted pieces, and the performance
is made more acceptable by the display OF
beautiful forms, which always render any
absurdity attractive. The audience was
taken by surprise at the violin solo by the
leader of the orchestra, Mr.. w. H. Withers.
Ali the effects of that " king of instru-
ments"-chorus, harmonies and melody,
with the most brilliant coups d'arehet and
pissicato-were produced in style which
marked the accomplished artist.


This troupe still numbers some of its
chief attractions, and has added others, so
bhat the shadow Of its fame will by no
means dim: nish. Ia the absence of the
legitimate opera, this pleasant interlude
will afford an hour of pleasant amusement,
and we commend it to our citizens as unex.
ceptionable in the propriety of its presnta-
ton.
Year: 1873

A dollar vel! spent is the dollar invested
IN ticket IN the Louisiana State Lottery
that draws a six thousand dollar prize.
Prizes are still as numerous as ever in this
solid home institution. and it only requires
some perseverance and little faith in luck
to strike one of them. Some persons can
strike prize the fret tiu4e. But this can
not always be done. Like all other efforts
to obtain wealth, it sometimes requires a
good deal of perseverance TO draw priss
in the Louisiana State Lottery, but, when
you do get it, the money is ready withOu.
discount of any kind.
Year: 1873

Reflect that sound mind and body arc tho
most necessary, requisites to promote eonnublal
PROSPECT hourly darkens to the view, the mind
becomes shadowcd with despair, and filled with
the melancholy reflection that the happiness Of
ann1Lar is hliuhtcd with our OWL.
Year: 1873

The horrible disaster at Dixon will be mis-
called au accident and land to the account OF
Providence, of course. AZ the crowd had as
sembled from devotion or curiosity to Zee q
public baptism, and not for innocent recreation
and the sight of green fields we do not expect
to hear, as iiom a o.lsphemer in the pulpit We
were forced to hear st the time Of the explosion
on board The Weslield, that the victims deserve
ed their fate for making a holiday Of Sunday,
anI that hev defed Providence into inaictiRg
:he fate which overlook them. The victims at
EiXoh were neither more nor lees deserving OF
their awful fate than the victims ofthe West
field, and both were distinctly the victims oil
human cupidiy and human carelessness. These
eighteen on whom the Tower of Sloan fell were
not guiltier than their neighbors, we are told.
The Tower fell upon them becaus il was iimsily
balt, aud the bridge fell at Dixon, on Sunday,
because cheap material and eafeless work had
been put into it. A railway bridge which is fl
for the ordinary exigencies to which it is put is
fiji to sustain greater weight than was put upon
this bridge on Sunday. OF course Il is past hop
ing for that anybody will be punished for SO tri-
vial an offence as endangering men slives Witha
rotten bridge. Bus at all events We can put The
hlAms where it baIonGS-upon incompetent en-
gineers or an avariciOus cOrpoFalion-and moi
shrank upon an "inscrutable" Providence the
legitimate result Of the perfectly scrutable and
ineligible depraVity Of man.
Year: 1873




We have expressed 30 fully our apprecia-
ton OF Nine. Luccas remarkable personation OF the
heroine Of Gounods Faust" that there little
for say Of the performance Of last night The
niinitabe rustcity the simplicity aud sweetness
the terrible earnestness OF love and intensity OF
suffering which admired highly last season, were
displayed again with undminshed distinctness. Nine.
Lucca is the least sentimental Mdrgherita we
have had, and yet the most truly pOetical ;
the least tender, and yet the most sympathetic /;
the least pensive and the most tragical. Enthusi-
astc partIsans of Gounod will probably that there
are little rehnements OF feeling aud aces OF expression
IN this most beautiful Of modern French music which
she does not fully CATCH but the student OF Goethe
help admitting that she breahs the spirit of the
DRAMA and presents the real Gretchen of the poem
She had heavy burden TO bear last night for she must
perforce surrender herself to sluggish and tuneess
Faust, and amid crowd OF aggrayatng incompe-
tents. M. Janet. however, was usual an excellent
MephistO and cooperaed heartily with Mme Lucca In
relieving the dulness OF Sig Vizzani Sig Sparapan-
and might add OF Sonora Sanz also. Tenor baritone
aud contralto were all weaker than usual and chorus
and orchestra alike betrayed that want OF training with
which we have 80 often been obliged to find fault.
Year: 1873

4 new porter of the East Tennessee
China House, became rather excited yes
terday over the seeming want of courtesy
on the part Of some gentlemen of whom
he enquired for the residence of Mr.. Har-
svey Clark. After enauiring for the third


time for the above named residence with
out receiving any answer he left, after
praying blessing upon their head. He
will feel sorry when he learns that they


were deaf and dumb, and consequently
could not well have answered his questions.
Year: 1873

| - ~ ''sSi "bsAA a. GOSH I'ASi


Once on time, two poor old wild
ows lived in the same hamlet and
under the same roof. But though the
cottages joined and one roof covered
them, they had each separate dwell
ling; and although they were alike
in age and circumstances, yet in Other
respects they were very different. -
For one dame was covetous, though
she had little to save, and the Other
was liberal, though she had little to
give.


Now, on the rising ground opposite
to the widows cottages stood mon
astery, where few pious and Chart
able brethren spent their time in pray
er, labor and good works. And with
the aims of the monks, and the kind
ness of neighbors, and because their
wants were few, the old women dwelt
in tolerable comfort, and had daily
bread, and lay warm at night.


Now one evening, whelf the covet-
GUS old widow was having supper,
there came 4 knock at her door. Be
fore she opened it she hastily put
away the remains of her meal. "For,"
said she, sit is stormy night, and ten
to one some belated vagabond wants
shelter and when there are victuals
on the table every fool must be asked
to sup"


When however, she opened the door,
a monk, with his cowl pulled over his
head to shelter him from the storm,
stepped into the cottage. Much dis.
concerted at having kept one of the
brotherhood waiting, the widow loudly
apologized, and busted chair for her
reverend guest; but the monk stopped
her string of regrets, adding, IL fear I
cut short your evening meal, my
daughter"


"Now in the name ofillluck, how
came he to guess that'" thought the
widow, as with anxious civility she be-
gan to press the monk to take some
supper after his walk; for the good
woman always felt Hospitality inclined
toward any one who was likely to re-
turn her kindness seven fold.


The brother, however, refused to
sup; and as he seated himself the wild
ow looked sharply through her specta-
cles to see if she could gather from
charitable distention of the folds of his
frock, whether a loaf, a bottle of cor
dial, or y new winters cloak were most
likely to crown the visit. No undue
protuberance being visible about the
monks person, she turned her eyes to
his face, and found that her visitor
was one of the brotherhood whom
she had not seen before. And not
only was his face unfamiliar-it was
utterly unlike the kindly but rough
countenances of her charitable patrons.
Not that she had never seen boasted
the noble beauty, the chiseled and re-
fined features of the monk before her.
And she could not but notice that, al
though only the rushlight Illuminated
her room, and though the monks cowl
went far to shade Him even from that,
yet bright light always seemed to be
on his face, making his clear skin al
most transparent. Her curiosity must
have been greatly stirred had not her
Year: 1873

lNiLt ENcE oN TELEGRAPH WIRES IN THE WEST


DURING TIE RECENT sToRli.


c. II. Simmons, Electrician Of tt Western
Union Telegraph Company has fu rnished the
Chicago Inter Ocean the following account
Of the electrical phenomena which attended
the great storm of January 9TH and Sth


The recent storm which passed over the
West and Northwest was ACCOMPANIED by
some very peculiar electrical phenomena,
rarely seen East of the great prairies leading
to the Rocky Mountains This phenomenon
may be called an electrical Storm in contra
distinction to the auroral or magne tic storms
the former being confined to q comparatively
small space beyond which the st ate of the
electricity in the atmosphere remains un-
changed. while the latter manifes 5 itself over
whole continents simultaneously, while evoly-
ing light by the action of magnetic forces.
The area in which this electrical display was
confined was plainly marked, having Mime
sofa for its North boundary, Southern Iowa
for the South, Detroit for the East, ard Oma-
ha for the West limit. 1t was first noticed
on the telegraph wires in Central Iowa on
the afternoon Of January 9TH, at 2.25 P. NJ.
The lines leading West were rendered useless
Tor the transmission of messages, owing to an
lncessant discharge of electricity, increasing
IN intensity until it would leap from one
strap of the switch board to anot her, across
the Intervening space, and then in a luminous
stream to the ground plate of tn lightning
arrester. At times the whole briss work of
the switch board would appear as a mass Of
lame, Illuminating the Office with a binding
glare. The excellent arrange ment with
which every Office is provided for discharging
the lightning from the iron during the fire.
quent thunder-storms of the We stern plains
proved adequate for the discharge in this case,
although in intensity and volume much
greater than ever before witnessed. For sew
eral hours previous, and for Some time after
the cessation of these electric al disch, rges,
Southwest wind was blowing at spe ID of
thlrty-five miles per hour, a.companie by
light snow, with the thermometer at fiv de-
grees- AT 81 P. NJ. the electrical storu had