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Year: 1876

THE RAIN.
The much wished for rain came at last,
relieving the minds of the farmers from
apprehenSions of failure in the corn crop
that the dry spell was threatening with de-
Struction.


TRAVELLERS.
1t is sufficient to awaken the sympathy
of the most callous i'll behalf of the desti-
tute men that are thronging our public
roads, asking for work and vIctuals, which
are both very frequently denied them.


THE SHIPMENT
of peaches is increasing every day, and the
prices are yet very encouraging.
Several little children, the pride of their
homes, have died recently with the bilious
dysentery, in our town.


BUSINESS.
Some of our enterprising young men
have gone to Philadelphia to engage in the
commission business.
Year: 1876

may be sure its not pleasant undertaking
to ask the sage how he succeeded in buying
a horse.


DEATH


On Monday morning last, Mrs. Perry
Ross woke up and found her infant, about
six months old, lying dead by her side.
The child has been very delicate, and is
supposed to have died of heart disease.
Year: 1876

An exchange gives the following
important information:


In case ofa gentleman wishing to
marry-literally in the market with
his heart-he wears plain or chased
gold ring upon the first finger of the
left Tor heart) hand.


When success attends his suit and
he is actually engaged, the ring pass
es to the second finger.


After marriage it passes to the third
finger


If, however, the gent desires to tell
the fair ones that he not OF ly Is not
'in the Market" but he does not de-
sign to marry at all, he wear the sig
net upon his little finger, and all la.
dies may understand that he is out of
their reach.


With the fair sex the claws of the
ring" are:


A plain or chased ring on the little
finger of the right hand implies mot
engaged" or, in palmer words, "ready
for proposals, sealed or otherwise"


When engaged the ring passes to
the first finger of the left hand.


When married the third finger re-
ceives it.


If the fair one proposes to defy all
siege to her heart, she places the rings
on her first and fourth finger-one on
each, like two charms to keep away
the tempter. 1t is somewhat singular
that this disposition of rings is rare!'
Year: 1876

Chicago Tribune.l


A remarkable occurrence, recalling IN
some Of its features the stories reconnted
in the Arabian Nights, took place last
week on Wood street An humble cot
tage on that street is tenanted by a
young couple who last year made their
bridal tour to California, Oregon and
Washington Territory, While engaged
in salmon fishing on one Of the rivers,
the bridegroom was so unfortunate rs to
drop into its current valuable diamond
ring belonging to his wife. The loss Of
the gem was, of course, mourned, bat
after awhile the incident was forgotten,
per was it recalled till last Thursday
evening, when the young husband, re
turning late at night from taking stock,
discovered that his wife had prepared for
supper can Of salmon. Taking it up, he
looked carelessly at the label, and said
why, Marion, this salmon was put up at
the very place where lost your ring last
summer. Wouldn't it be odd il salmon
had swallowed it, and been caught and
canned at that very factory and put into
this very can, and we should end the
ring in it2" His wife answered him jest.
ingly, but said: II don't know how to
account for it, but have sort of pre-
sentiment that | shall find that ring yet
in come such romantic manner. She
had scarcely said, "Don't be q goose,
GhslP when her eye caught the glitter Of
something metallic in the can, and Bhe
fairly screamed: "Goodness, gracious
ms, what's that" Her husband. who
vas acarcely less excited than herself,
removed the foreign substance with a
fork, when, what was his surprise 70 dis
cover that il was indeed a big lump Of
solder, that in soldering the can had
been permitted TO fall into its contents,
Year: 1876

Rumors have been afloat in New
York for several days that orders have
been received at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard from Washington to place the en-
tire establishment on a war footing.
With regard to this, Commodore Mich
olson declined to say whether any spec
ial instructions had been received, but
added that the navy yard is always on
war footing or ought to be. However,
it is certain that very unusual move
ments are in progress at the yard, and
yesterday it presented scene of activi-
ty not witnessed since the beginning of
the late war. The United States fri
gate Minnesota was yesterday furnished
ammunition at the rate of 25 rounds
per gun and additional howitzers have
been sent to Cob dock fully equipped.
Men now on the receiving ship are un-
der constant drill. The equipment of
the Minnesota with ammunition for
war, it having been used for the last
two years merely us 4 flag ship of
New York harbor and receiving ves-
sci for apprentices, is regarded rs a very
unusual occurrence. 1t is suggested
however, her destination is for the
Mediterranean.
Year: 1876

The clerk at one of tho most influential
hotels 10 San Antonio, Texas, is q man of
considerable executive ability. As an in
stance of bow admirably he manages, We
cite the following: The hotel is more than
usually crowded with inyalids just now,
aud very naturally, not knowing much
about the climate, they look to him for ad-
vice aud predictions in regaLd to the wea-
ther. To save time the clerk is having
large number of placards struck off in our
office, which he proposes to hang up in the
Office each morning. For instance, when
there are indications of rain, he bangs up
card with the following advice on it:


"Put on thy overcoat before going out,
or prepare TO meet thy Maker"


Or in warm, pleasant weather:


"f you want to regain your health,
don't go in swimming in the river where
people can see you, or you will be hauled
up before the Recorder"


The mutual convenience of this arrange
ment is apparent to the most obtuse. "As
many of the strangers are not familiar with
our local CUSTOMS" says the Herald, ave
suggest more placards with advice like
this -


"Don't call anybody a liar if you want
to regain your health" or pulmonary suf-
ferers should not go to sleep on the pave
ments after dark, etc.
Year: 1876

A letter from Siberia says: sour din
ner party in the evening-and it was really
dinner psrty-was extremely merry.
Each one laid his stores under contribu'
tion. Some brought out frozen bread,
others frozen caviare, others still frozen
preserves, others again sausages which
could not be bent even if put against the
knee and pulled with all the strength of
hoth arms. Can you imagine, without
laughing, the appearance presented of seven
half-famished people sitting at table with
thirty different dishes before them, and
unable to touch one of them except at the
risk of breaking their teeth Nothing
Gould be done except to wait patiently for
the dishes to be thawed. Gradually, as each
article of food softened, faces frightened, and
when at last knife entered one of the
dishes there were shouts of triumph, which
announced the beginning of the meal. AT
the close of the meal We had some excellent
fruit which had bee kept frozen. Through
out Siberia, as soon as very cold weather
sets in, ali fruits are placed out of doors
with northern exposure, that the sun
may never touch them. They are frozen
through and through, and retain their
flavor as completely as if just plucked
from the tree. When they are placed on
the table they are as hard as wood, and
when they fall accidentiy on the floor they
make the came noise that a wooden ball
would do. The heat OF the dining room
gradually softens them, and they resume
their original form. When eating some game
one day, /, of curiosity, asked how long it
had been killed. l was tod, 'Over two
months ago. When cold weather sets in,
nearly every butcher kills all the meat he
requires during the winter. Fish becomes
80 solid that in all the markets they are seen
leaning against the wall on their tails,
no matter what their length or weight
may be-"
Year: 1876

STORES THAT HAVE LOST PATRONAGE. !


The cool weather we have been having for
several Saturday nights, has lost patronage
to the Ice cream saloons. This Is very no.
ticeable to those who have been accustomed
to witness the large number who refresh
themselves with this delightful luxury in
the extremely warm weather. A large
dealer informed representative of the
HERALD, that it was common occurrence
with him during the very warm weather, to
sell as high as two hundred saucers on Sat-
urday night, but that if he sold as high as
sixty that night, he would consider that he
was doing well. It was then nearly ten
o'clock, and he had only got as high as the
fortieth saucer, and that was called for
while the HERALD reporter was talking to
him, by q young man, who kept insisting
that his lady companion could stand just
one more.


AT THE OPERA HOUSE.


The audience which assembled at the
Grand Opera House to witness the petfor-
nance given by Haverly's minstrels was
one unusually small considering the excel
lent merit Of the troupe. And the thinness
of the attendance made the remarks of Bar
low that Wilmington must have large
representation at the Centennial appreeia-
BILE. He thought that such must be the
case, for they were certainly not at the
Opera louise. The performance was very
good one and deserved better recognition
Of approval than it received.


THE MARKET HOUSES.


The market houses were unusually well
attended, and the display of fruits, melons
and meats were exceptionally good. At the
Eighth Street Market House there was q
large display of melons, and one dealer sold
from four o'clock in the afternoon until ten
in the night as many as three hundred
watermelons, while the cahteloupes went
off rapidly. These melons are used at
every meal and ale consumed largely tol
lancheon, and this is accounted as the rea-
son that the demand for them is so large
Peaches were to be had from twenty y-6ve
cents to one dollar per basket, depending,
of course, upon the quality. The night
being cooler the fresh meats were more
saleable than usual, and summer vegeta-
bles readily found purchasers.
Year: 1876

lrNREsERVED AUCTION. Tine Messrs
Gates. of the Boston Bazaar, have finally
concluded to institute { great closing out
auction sale OF their immense stock of dry
goods that escaped the disastrous fire that
occurred in their store some time ago


and therefore announce that on Saturday


July s, at o'clock P NJ, they will com


mence an unreserved sale of their entire
stock, aud continue each afternoon a1d
evening unit! the entire stock is sold


Everybody should make it point to at


tend, as this sale will be the most positive
sale that has ever occurred in the city and
the stock is as yet complete Mr., Lundy


of course, will WELD the hammer 7dwt
Year: 1876

THE people should be calm and consid-
crate civil war cannot result from this
contest. We fully believe Mr.. Tilden is
elected and that he will be so declared by
the Congress of the United States wher
the votes are opened and counted in the
House of Representatives. Many Repub-
licans are heard making threats but they
are neither wise nor good citizens. The
people will patiently wait and endure the
oppression until this question is decided
peacefully. But the man who has beer
chosen President will be inaugurated ant
take his seat.
Year: 1876

The political excitemsnt yesterday and
last night exceeded anything we have
ever witnessed in Wilmington, and it ap-
pears to have been so all over the coun-
try. All day our Office was the resort of
anxious, inquiring gentlemen; and the
street in the afternoon and evening was
frequently crowded with people. All
that could be got was given in the news
papers and the pursuit was therefore use
less. The most intelligent Democrats
were satisfied that TILDEN and HEN
DRICKs were elected; but still they
could not rest, so anxious are they to
see their beloved country once more free
and the Union and Liberty fully restored


This is sure and certain in the end


Only be patient friends and the gloriou:
day will finally be reached, for intelli
gence and virtue arc sure to triumph ovel
ignorance and vice. q Ts.r.,.
Year: 1876

Now then let the Democratic Levy
Court 60 to work and reduce our county
tax as low as possible and our Demo
cratic Legislature make economy its
greatest aim, and show our people that q
Democratic triumph in Delaware il
something more than "dumb show" OF
an "empty sound" as it is in all the
Southern States where Republican ignor
anoo has held control.
Year: 1876

To give briliancy to the eyes, shut
them early at night, and open them early
in the morning let the mind be constant
ly intent on the acquisition of human
knowledge, of the exercise ofbenevoient
feelings.
Year: 1876

ARRANGING FURNITURE. In arranging
furniture about the room bear in mind
that it is not necessary to push every ar
ticle primly out at the Sides SO that sofas
look as ii they We're glued TO the wall
Pull them out; put sofa across one cor
ner; stand the big easy chair in the light
with little table close by, handy for sew
ing or books; leave a chair or two in
front of the sofa and in general SO dis
pose of the articles that the room shall not
appear as if the owners never entered it
save on ceremonial occasions. Whether
a room is pleasing and cosy or not does
not depend upon the elegance Or costli-
ness OF its fittings. The simplest furniture,
if tasteiully arranged as regards color and
position, often looks better than the hand
soonest products of the cabinet makers
skill.
Year: 1876

lie new Industry to which We have be-
lore referred, that OF extracting tarnin
nom sweet fern and alder, is attracting
considerable attention. From ton OF
sweet fern barrel OF extract tannin is
made, worth So, and also a barrel Of
second quality worth 81 so per barrel.
From the alder one cord will make one
barrel OF extract. worth $50; while from
hemlock bark one cord will make barrel
OF first class extract, worth 500. The sweet
Tern is dried twenty four hours before be-
ing hauled to market. and the price paid
Tor it at the factory is S. per ton, with 25
cents per mile for hauling.


We are not aware that the experiment
has been tried anywhere except in Han
cock county, out there are other places
where the business can be crrried on quite
as profitably. There are numerous pine
barrens in Oxford county where nothing
grows but the sweet fern. and there are
alder a. swamps in nearly all parts of the
state. Farmer.
Year: 1876

MAKE FEED RACKS A stormy day i'm
proved by making a few racks to hold hay
and fodder for cattle. sheep and horses
viii return large profits before summer
comes, in saving the feed from being
trampled under foot and in the mud. and
thus wasted and destroyed Plenty of feed
ing racks about the barn-yard IS an eyi-
dence OF q careful, panstaking farmer
and only such can make any thing nowa-
days 1t is not those who make the most
that thrive best, but it IS those who save
the most OF what they do make. The
secret Of success is in saving all that can
economically and wisely be saved
Year: 1876

The Bangor Commercial is responsible
for this interesting bit of news: A short
time since the quiet place Of South West
Harbor had sensation. 1t was an elopc-
ment. a vessel came one day from Ma
chas, and among the crew was a tlashing
young man whom no one in that place
knew. He speedily made himself at home
not being in the least bashtul He soon
made the acquaintance of u young lady
who seemed to bevery favoribly impressed
with him upon short acquaintance. They
made an engagement to attend Il dance
together that evening. The ladies pa
rents objected decidedly to this ana sent
her to bed. At II o'clock in .he evening
however the impetuous damsel joined her
lover by a flying leap out Of Il chamber
window. She went on board the vessel
with him Immediately. after which the YES
sci sailed and nothing has been heard from
them since.
Year: 1876

Cows AND MILK The art Of feeding
our cows SO rs to produce the greatest
quantity and the best quality of milk is
neither understood nor practiced general
ly, An experienced writer, who says that
one good COW gives all the milk that is
needed in g family of eight persons and
from which COW was made 200 pounds of
butter last year, gives the following as
his treatment. lie says; If you desire
10 get 4 large yield Of rich milk give your
COW every day water slightly warm, slight
ly saited, in which bran has been stirred
at the rate ef one quart TO two gallons of
water You viii find, if you have not
tried this daily practice. that your COW
will give twenty-five per cent more milk
Immediately, under the etfe IT'S of it, and
She viii become SO attached to the diet as
to refuse to drink clear water unless very
thirsty; but this mess she will drink al
most any time, and ask IN more. The
amount Of the drink necessary is an ordl-
nary WATERFALL full each time, morning.
noon and night"
Year: 1876

There are some delicate impulses that a
good woman cannot resist she cannot help
putting three hair pins and spare shoe
lace into the first Saving mug she sees,
Women are better then men in this re-
speCt
Year: 1876

iHE tURCE or CiRCu MSTANtE- FrOm
i town suburban to Portland comes the
story.oi a couple who loved not wisely but
too well, the abundant details of which it
is unnecessary TO enumerate. Suffice it to
say, an attorney was sent to interview the
Young man who was a party to the affair,
and who belongs to one 0t the first fam
lies OF the aforementioned suburb. The
prelimnaries were arranged. the attorney
giving the young man three days to con-
slider matters, and get ready for the mar
riage ceremony When that period Of time
had expired the unwilling bridegroom
elect came to this city, and took a trip Tor
South America, Y ia New York. OF Cape
Cod the vessel was caught III II gale. wreck
ed the crew barely escaped with their
lives, and losing everything else. The
good people of the town where they We're
washed ashore forwarded them to this city
and on his arrival the Young man conclnd-
ed to accept the inevitable, and brought
the Young lady to this city, where ii was
supposed they were married. After the
ceremony the bridegroom departed hast
ily The young lady has no marriage GER
tilicatt, and says the officiating minister
resided on street in this city where upon
inquiring it is found no clergyman has d
habitation There seems to be n hitch N
the proceedings somewhere, which makes
the honeymoon very unpleasant sermon
for the party not interested. Portland
Times.
Year: 1876

The London Times, commenting upon
the speed at which express trains are
driven and the persistence of the public
in travelling as fast as they can, asks,
what is the need of this? What is the
good of it? Why should man peril
his life for the sake of One-halfhour
earlier in town? 1t is by no means rare
to find a man coming up at this perilous
pace lust to save half au hour, which he
spends in walking to save cab hire, or
perhaps bus hire. Few mems time Is 10
precious that haitian hour Of 1t - worth
the risk of life and limb. Nor is there
anv such need that fathers and mothers
of families, children, AMI n.en OF business,
should stake their eXi-tanae on the
tenacity of a bolt, on the loughness OF a
sleeper, on the sOundness OF a rail, or on
the hardness Of the ground. There Is no
honor gained in such rccklessness. A
certain amount of danger there must
always be, and that itself il a reason why
we should add to it as little as possible,
that we be not ourselves answerable tor
misadventure. Till, however, the public
becomes wiser-that is, till is realizes that
the saving of halt an hour is hardly worth
the risk of being burned, scalded or
crushed to death, or rendered q miserable
object for life-the chief protection OF
railway travellers is the heavy cost OF
serious accidents.
Year: 1876

ALFRED rENNYsoN.
There some hearts that, like the loving vine,


Cling TO unkindly rocks and ruined towers,
Spirits that suffer and do not repins-


Patient and sweet as lowly-trOdden flowers
That from the passer's heel arise 49,
And bring back odoTous breath instead Of sighs.
q
But there are Other hearts that will not feel


The lonely love that hauHts their eyes and ears
That wound fond faith with anger than steel,


And out of PHYS spring draws idle tears,
Oh nature shall it ever be thy will
Ill things with good TO mingle, good with i'll
Why should the heavy foot of sorrow press


The willing heart of uncOmplaining love
Meek charity that shrinks not from distress,


Gentleness, 10th her tyrants to reprove?
Though virtue leap forever and lament,
Will one hard heart turn TO her and repent7
Why SHOULD the reed be broken that will bend,


Aud they that dry the tears in other eyes
Feel their own anguish swelling without end,


Their summer darkened with the smoke of sighs
Sure, love TO some fair region Of his own
viii flee at last, and leave us here alone.
Love weepeth always-weepeth for the past.


For woes that are for woes that may betide;
Why should not hard ambition weep at last


tnyy, hatred, avarice and pride?
Fate whispers that so low is your poor lot,


They would be rebels love rebelleth not
Year: 1876

Quit notable industry is now carried
on in Paris, namely, the manufacture OF
what are termed veneered diamonds, the
method of production being, briefly,
according to the following fashion; The
body of The gem is of quartz. or crystal
this being considered the haldest and
best substance that can be made availa-
bic for the purpose. Then after the crys'
tails are cut in proper shape, they are put
into a galvanic battery, which coats them
over with a liquid, the latter bel ng made
of diamonds which are too small to be cut,
and of the clippings and cuttings that are
taken off of the diamonds du ring the pro-
cess of shaping them In this way, all
the small particles OF diamonds that have
heretofore been regarded as comparatively
worthless can now, by means of this
ingenious French process, be made quite
serviceable in the jewelers. art,
Year: 1876

HOPELESS PASSION. have the con
sciousness suddenly stepped with anoth-
er's personality, to have the strongest


inclinations possessed by an image which
retains its dominance in spite Of change
and apart from worthiness--nay, to feel
a passion which clings the faster for the
tragic pangs inflicted by a cruel recog-
nized unworthiness---is is phase OF love
which in the feeble and cOmmOn-minded
has a repulsive likeness to blind ami
malism insensible to the higher sway of
moral affinity or heaven lit admiration.
But when this attaching force is present
in a nature not of british unmodifable-
Year: 1876

a SPORTING judge is of use in more
ways than one. Recorder Hackett added
to his other sound decisions one upon
guns, the other day, which bore against
a prisoner who plea led that the shotgun,
with which he had shot some children,
went off from blow against the window
sill. The recorder examined the gun,
declared it impossible, and offered to let
the prisoner try it in that way against
him with a double charge in it. The
jury was convinced by the judge, as
an expert as well as judicially, and
the sentence was years imprisonment.