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Year: 1872

TIE New Masonic TEMPLE in Wilmington
will be formally dedicated on Thursday, the
The Grand Lodge will be convened on that
day, and the attendance it is thought, from
every State in the Union of delegations of the
Grand Officers of every Grand Lodge, as well
as those of Canada, will give zest to the
ceremonies of the occasion Rev. DIR. McCabe,
of Middletowp, has accepted the invitation of
the Committee of Arrangements to deliver the
Oration
Year: 1872

The House resumed the consideration OF the
new drawing for seats Of members, consuming
the time in dilatory motions until the expiration
of the morning hour, when the Educational bill
Year: 1872

more commodous one in Seventeen street,
feet 'front.' Already the walls are up and
1t is ready to be enclosed. The Sisters are now
appealing to the charitable for contributions
towards the support of these aged people and TO
remove the debt that weighs heavily upon them;
and NO doubt our citizens, irrespective OF religious
much wealth and so celebrated for her charities the
Little Sisters should at secure such generous
responses as will relieve them Of debt and enable
them 70 extend their works OF charity tenfOld. Con-
troutiOns or provisions, clothing or money will be
received with grateful hearts and will be called for
sent TO the Home.
Year: 1872




Poor-The New Home i'm Process Of


CONGREGATIONAL Charity that Com.


mends Itself to the Generous.


Among all the diversified charities OF the city
not one is worthy Of more generous and fostering
support than the Home for the Aged, established
at 445 447 and 449 West Thrtysecond street by the
Little Sisters OF the Poor. This institution, which
Is q model Of cleanliness and order, harbors about
one hundred and twenty aged persons Of both
sexes, and administers to both their temporal
and spiritual welfare. Many OF them are
very aged, lrendless and destitute; but here,
under the protecting agis OF the Sisters,
they find q cheerful home and aficctionate
advice that cheer them in their jour
ney toward the future life In store for them.
TOO old to make personal exertions in their own
behalf, they have, in the person OF the devoted
and sef-sacrincing nuns, gentle messengers who
go about in the broad streets and appeal to the
phianthropic In their behalf. The proprictors OF
the large halls and dealers at the markets have
generously responded to the appeals OF the sisters
In supplying clothing, food, &C.; but still the Sis.
ters find the demands upon them greater than the
donations OF the past have been adequate TO meet.
The present Home Is found TO be inadequate to
accommodate the demand upon the nuns, and they
arc nov engaged IN The erection OF .
Year: 1872

of the question of arbitration. The
United States however, constantly refus-
ed in matter where the object in dispute
was of such importance, and their right
SO clear, to submit to the decision of
court of arbitration, until the negotia-
tions with reference to the Alabama
question induced them to yield the point
with view to having all questions in
controversy between the two countries
definitely settled, and the Emperor of
Germany was agreed upon to give de-
cision upon this question


And the United States could not have
placed their interests in better hands.
They might, indeed, have been assured
of the most scrupulous impartiality in
the case of any other arbitrator; but not
in an equal degree of the capacity and
the strict conformity of the facts in the
case with the decision arrived at. Ger
man scholars will see to it that the YER
dict of the German Emperor shall do
honor to German scholarship. and as
all geographical, historical and interna-
tional questions will be examined with
the utmost care, the final result. unin-
fiuenced by any other motive, will be in
strict accordance with truth, and even
the party against whom the decision
shall lie will have the satisfaction of be-
ing convinced of the justice of the same.
Year: 1872

The editor of the New York Indepen-
dent was congratulating himself on the
increased tone of circus morality, on ac-
count of the number of copies of his
paper taken by that class. But he de-
stroyed an editorial ON the subject when
he learned that it was for the pasting
over hoops and making balloons, that
the wicked Snowman used the sheets.
Year: 1872

A WRITER in the English Mechanic cx.
ults greatly on account Of the success Of
device put into practice by him for pre-,
venting cats from coming over the fence
into his yard. This consists in mailing
down horizontally along the top of the
fence piece OF wire gauze or netting,
having coarse mesh, and projecting
about two feet on each side. The netting
will bend slightly downward by its own
weight, and while It docs not exclude tho
light or rain from the garden, will resist
the most yersevering efforts OF any cat to
surmOunt it, .S..
Year: 1872

The idea Of reclaiming the Colorado
desert by means of artesian wells is being
mooted in San Diego. Ii is believed by
those acquainted with the topography Of
the country that large subterraDean stream
runs under the desert, and it is neces sary
only to bore deep enough to strike it,
Congress will be applied to for grants as
a recompense for boring these wells.
Year: 1872

"Mother, where is the man to sleep r
asked a girl of fifteen Of her mother, who
had just offered traveller a nights rest in
their out-of the way hut "Illl put him in
with you and jack and Sue and Kate and
Bet, 1 suppose" was the reply, land ifit is
too crowded, one of you must turn in with
me and Dad and Dick and Tom and the
wins"
Year: 1872

A Connecticut fisherman one day baited
his hook with live frog. After patiently
waiting for some time for bite, as he
chatted with friend, he found that his
lively bait had swan ashore, and was sitting
quietly on the rock by hissde. He wound
up his line and went home.
Year: 1872

A minister made an interminable call
upon a lady of his acquaintance. Her
little daughter, who was present, grew very
weary of his conversation, and at last
whispered in an audible key: didn't he
bring his amen with him, mama ?"
Year: 1872

A dressing which
is at once agreeable,
healthy, and efectual
for preserving the
hair. Faded or gray
hair IS soon restored
to ats original color
soiM the gloss and
freshness Of s'oath.
Thin hair is Thick
Year: 1872

Boss Tweed has been sued by "literary
gent who wrote his life on condition of being
paid $40 for the work.


monkey in the Paris geological garden is
develping into tolerahle tenor singer. We are
told that "he has chest voice which many
brilliant tenorS of the opera might envy, and his
talsetto is not disagreeable"


Ii has been recently decided that banners sus-
pended in mid-air arc an obstruction in the
streets of New York, and none hereafter will be
located, either political or mercantile without
the consent of the mayor orstreet commissioner


AT a political meeting in Montreal, Thursday
evening, which was addressed by Sir George
Cartier and others, the speakers were egged by
members of the opposition party and Sir Hugh
Allan was struck with stone.


Od'Pat Kelley, notorious dealer in counter
felt money, died last week. in the Kings county
IN. " penitentary, aged 20. He was very
rich, and before his sentence In June last, lived
in style in fashionable ncighborhood in New
York.


thoughtful Enelishman has left large
sum of money tor the purpose of sending pa
tients of the national hospital for consumption,
near London to the MedeTias, in cases where
cures are likely to result from the change


At Edinburgh, on the 26th of July, the court
of sessions gave Judgment in favor of Miss Jex
Blake and the other female students who have
so long and so pertinaciously knocked at the
doors of the Scotch university. Their action
was against the Senatus academicuS and the
court was asked to affirm their right to COM
plete their full curriculum as medical students,
and TO be permitted TO graduate on the same
conditions as the male students. The court can
now require as a right what they have so long
sought in vain as favor. The decision is rather
awkward for the university, or, at all events,
for those of its medical professors who have all
along proclaimed that rather than teach women
they will resign their professorships. But the
senatus has itself to thank for the position in
which it finds itself, and we do not fancy it will
have much public sympathy 1t was quite open
to the university authorities to decline to allow
the matricuation of female students.
Mall Gazette.


The Manchester Examiner" under the start
ling head of "The American Devil" thus men.
tions the proposed abatement of growing
nuisance by act Of parlia nent "a modest little
bill, in which thousands in Manchester will take
an acute interest," has been read a second time
in the house of commons. The American
devil has at length been taken fairly by the
throat, and there can be very little doubt that his
hideOus yellS will in week or two be heard no
more. The bill referred TO, which has Mr.. Char
ley for one of its sponsors, provides that mo
person shall use or employ in any mandatory
or any other place any steam whistle or steam
trumpet for the purpose of Summoning or dis
missing workmen or persons employed, without
the sanction of the sanitary authority This is
measure which will bring relief to many
distressed household here and elsewhere"
Year: 1872

BRooKLINE, Mass, Aug. 9, 1872.
Dear Clif0r9-Yours OF the 9th inst. was duly
welcomed. Let me say y word in reply to its
closing suggestions without delay. When ac-
cepted Mr.. Peabody's appointment as chairman
of the trustees of the southern education fund
resolved to keep out of politics. If Mr.. Adams
had been nominated should have been serious
ly tempted to reconsider my resolution. As it
is | shall adhere to it firmly, except so far as to
give my vote for Gen. Grant. You and | will
thus vote alike again, as we did in good old
whig times, and as we have not always done
since.


| certainly cannot support Greeley and the
coalition. can see no safety for the country
in their success Neither reform nor reconCilia-
ton could result from so unnatural a combina-
ton, but only renewed discord and confusion.
l would most willingly have seen the reins in
the hands of ripe and experienced statesman
like MIR. Adams; but | shrink from helping to
overturn the coach merely to get new driver,
and certainly far less competent one.


This is the whole sum and substance of my
politics. Beyond this must positively decline
to take any active or personal part of any sort
in the conduct of political campaign.


Yours ever sincerely,


ROBERT c. WINTHROP.
Hon J H. Clifford
Year: 1872

Law it down as a a foundation rule
that You will be faithful in that
which is least" Pick up the loose
nails. bits of twine, clean wrapping
paper, and put them in their places.
Be ready to throw in an odd half hour
or hours time. when twill be an ac


commodation and don 'tseem to make
a merit of it. Doit heartily. Though
not a word be said, be sure your en-
ployer will make a note oft Make
yourself indispensable to him. and he
will loose many of the opposite kind
before he will part with you. Those
Young men who watch the time. to
see the very second their working
hour is up; who leave, no matter
what state the work may ein, at pre-
ciselv the instant; who calculate the
extra amount they can slight their
work and vet not get reproved; who
are lavish of their employers goods,
will always be first to receive notice
when times are dull, that their ser


vices are no longer required. Re
member you ar not slave. Then
serve your employer as a friend; IN
due time he will be friend to you.
Year: 1872

Ex Constable Quinn desired the club
to inform him bow to make hogs root
DR.. Show had been a practical farmer for
the past six weeks, and in all his varied
agricultural experience no such article as
hogs root had come under his notice -
What was it? Was it edible Was it
useful in any way, or was it, as he more
than suspected, another worthless hum
bug devised by the sharpers to defraud
us practical farmers He knew not
whether it was propagated by seed or cut
tings, but he would advise Mr. Quinn to
be shy of hog's root, especially if it is a
ncw-fangled or high priced tuber.


Mr.. Moker, the agricultural writer, ex-
planned the anatomy Of the hogs pro-
boscis 1t is designed for subterrauean
foraging, by process vulgarly called
roofing, to which Mr. Quinn's inquiry
probably referred. Being delicate or
gau, it is liable to injury. He would re-
commend that Mr. Quinn wipe his hog S
nose. II he iiHds it red, he may be sure
it is tender and needs protection by me-
tallic shield. Some resort to the strategic
device OF inserting ring in the hogs
nose, in his effort to remove which he
would naturally insert his snout into the
soil, and thus root unwittingly. That was
rather playing it low on the hog, and the
metallic shield was preferable on the score
Year: 1872

finish in which he contrives to have his
campaigns end, that we see him standing
in the foreground, and that the grouping
is always such that the glory of the other
Generals instead of eclipsiug his own
gives it additional lustre tits this sure


uess of judgment which sees precisely
where lies the turning point; which sees
precisely what are the objects that justify
the utmost stretch of persistence it is
this ability to take in the whole feld of
view In just perspective and due sub
ordination of parts, that is the mark of
superior mind. Gen. GRANT has taken
out of the hands of all critics the question
whether it belongs to him. He has won
his greatest triumph over the most skill.
full and accomplished General on the
other side; over General who foiled
him long enough to prove his great mas
terry of the art of war and the complete
ness of whose defeat is a testimony to
GRANTS genius such as victory over
any other General of the Confederacy, or
even an earlier victory over LEE himself
could not have given. Apply to Gen
GRANT what test you will measure him
BY the magnitude of the obstacles he has
surmounted, by the value of the posi-
tions he has gained, by the fame of the
antagonist over whom he has triump phed,
By the achievements of his most illustrious
CO workers, by the sureness with which
he directs his indomitable energy to the
vital point which is the key of vast field
of operations, or by that supreme test of
consumWate ability, the absolute COM
pleteness of his results, and he vindicates
his claim to stand next after NAPOLEON
and WELLINGTON, among the great
soldiers of this country, if not on level
with the latter


[ 1t may be thought that the above
article is quoted from some "Grant
organ;" but it is in reality copied from
GRANTS most persistent slandcrer, the
New York World, of April IL, 1865
The truth 1yould force itself out just then,
for all mankind could see what this coun-
try owed to Gen. GRANT, and it would
have been useless for the World to have
denied the credit due to the great com.
mander. What was true on April Ii,
1865, cannot be untrue in Aug. 1927
Year: 1872

The law courts are gradually getting
the matter of the obligations and rcponsi-
bility Of railroad companies settled on
solid basis. The courts in several States
have decided that ticket sold for GER
tain distance, or any line, is good for any
time within the six years that will iu-
validate any other uuwrittcn contract
Notices to the contrary are Of no effect.
y Boston court has now gone step fur
ther aud decided that ticket sold to
man to take him from New Haven to New
York. will also take him in the opposite
direction from New York to New Haven,
and a man who was put off train be-
cause he insisted on having ride when
he paid for one, has obtained verdict
for 50 POO We do not know the law Of
Pennsylvania on the subject, but un-
doubtedly it will be tested whenever an
opportunity occurs.
Year: 1872

Abraham w. Ballard, of Michigan, was
killed by lightning few nights since,
while in bed asleep. His wife, who was
sleeping with him, knew nothing of the
occurrence until she awoke quite late in
the morning and found him dead.
Year: 1872

"A dastardly outrage, which can only
DO considered as q 1nurderous attempt
upon the life Of Horace Greeley, was
perpetrated at Sandnsky. just after
feaving the station, Mr.. Greeley
stepped into the Presidents cur, North
ern Crown, which proceeded Mr.. Gree
ley's car. The Ruby, and while lying
down, stone as large rs mans fist
was thrown with great force through
the heavy plate-glass window, and
struck p. D. Cooper, uperintendent
Of the Cleveland and Toledo division
of The Lake Shore road, just over the
eve. inflicting q severe wound. As
MIR. Cooper wore awhile hat and light
coat the scoundrel evidently mistook
him for Mr.. Greeley. The occurrenee
e.reatcd great excitement and q first
class sensation in the car.vIr'bune.


A Swiss court has had before it n
case originating from q practical joke
Of an equally daring and ridiculous
nature. A sapper, with u busly beard,
who wns returning to his native vii
lage from his military duty, stayed a
night in tho chief town of the Canton.
He was found drunk in ditch on the
roadside. Two wags passing BY, ac-
cording to the Swiss Times, took tho
drunken man first to the house of one
Of them, who owned an old monks
cowl and tonsure, shaved all the hair
or his face, and dressed him III the
habit Of q monk. They then took him
to the nearest convent and said they
had found him lying drunk on Che
road side, and had brought him there
in order to avoid the scandal which
might enane il he were found outside.
On awakening, the sapper was not n
little astonished to find himself III the
cell of d convent, with a monks cowl
on: and that he had no hair left OH
his fiace or on the crown of his head.
TO his nrotestations, the fathers re-
plied that he must be still laboring
under the effects Of drink, and advised
him to ~go to sleep once more. At
length they consented to se1rd for the
priest Of the parish where he resided,
IN order to clear up the mystery. On
the priest arriving, he recognized IN
the pseudo monk his parishioner,
whereupon he was permitted to de-
part. Means were found to discover
the two wags, and the supper, thus
extemporized into monk, rs well as
the neighborhood who were so fooled,
intend to bring All action against them.
As in religious matters the Canton Of
Friburg is very strict, and is not like
lv to see the point Of the joke, the
two wags will probably get the worst
Of it,
Year: 1872

GEN. HOWARD tells good story of a
planter who assembled all his hands in
the Spring and told them they must vote
for the Democrats, or he would discharge
them. The derkies waited until the cot
ton was whitening and then called on
him and told him he must give his word
TO vote the Radical ticket or they would
leave In body. And he did it.
Year: 1872

The report that Gen. Gideon j. Pillow of
Tennessee has large claim against the
government for mules taken during the
war, has brought up once more the old
story about bis having built breastworks
and dug ditch to defend them, placing
the ditch on the wrong side, while in
Mexico. a writer in the Richmond
Enquirer, who says he was at Camargo
when The ditch was dug, undertakes to
vindi,ate the truth Of history BY giving a
correct account Of that famous engineering
exploit. He says the ditch was not dug as
any l'art Of a wsrlike work, but was simply
cut around the yard in which the mules
and horses belonging to Pillows command
wele kept to protect the animals from
MeMcan horse thieves. The dirt from
this ditch was thrown up on the outside.
forming a high embankment, and the
VIII e purpose Of the work was TO prevent
the thieves from jumping the horses over
it. The embankment obviated the neces-
sity f making the ditch either very deep or
very wide. If Gen Pillow had taken the
precaution TO protect his mules in Tennes-
see ia the came manner, perhaps he might
not have had any claim against the govern
melt.
Year: 1872

would have 10 wait over an hour
and q half for the train, during
which time another crowd and fuss might
be got up, orders were given to the driver
to 90 On to Montrose. This be declared bis
horses could not do, and some mistrust be-
ing felt of him be was sent to the depot
with some Of the party, while the rest took
another carriage aud proceeded to Garri-
sons, where they got safely on board the
cars. Sufficient time was given to Gen.
Viele to procure habeas, and at the same
time an intimation was given him Of the
nature Of the defence which could be rails
ed, and no steps being taken, or at least
none being heard of, Mrs. Viele and her
child left to-day for Europe.
Year: 1872

To Remove the Taste of Ne1o lFood.-A
new keg, churn, bucket, or other wooden
vessel, will generally communicate a
disagreeable taste to anything that is
put into it. TO prevent this incon-
venience, first scald the vessel with boil
ing water, letting the water remain in
it till cool. Then dissolve some pear.
lash, or soda, in lukewarm water, add
ing little lime to it, and wash the
vessel well with this solution. After
ward scald it we'll with plain hot water,
and rinse it well before you use it.


TO Make Washing F2,dd.-Take sal
soda, pound unslacked lime, pound;
put them in five quarts af water, and
boil short time, stirring occasionally
then set off to cool, and after the liquid
has settled. pour it into Il stone jug and
cork for use. Soak your white clothes
until they are wet through wiring out,
and soap the wristbands and dirty
places. Have your boiler or kettle half
filled with water, and when at scalding
heat put in one common teacuptul of
the fluid. Stir it well, then put in your
clothes and boil half an hour; then
take out and rub through one suds
only, rinsing well in the blueing water,
and your clothes will look better when
dried than if rubbed through two suds
before boiling.
Year: 1872

1t is said that the beginning of all
street-sweeping dates back to the action
of q certain London merchant who at
tracted great number of persons to
his stole by keeping line of communi-
cation open to the other side Of the
street. Through many months it was
the only place where any one could
cross the street without sinking into
black and unsavory mud, and the mer
chants name and business became IA
nous as the result Of his shrewd scheme.
His rivals adopted it, and finally the
city government was forced by popular
clamor to take street cleaning under its
own charge. Other cities initiated the
Metropolis, and the practice became a
general one. 1t may be that new re-
form is to be inaugurated now in the
same city. Mr.. Ruskin, disgusted with
the prevalent method of keeping only
the crossings free from mud, announces
that he has hired three men, who will
henceforth work eight hours every day
in endeavoring to keep as large an ex-
tent Of street pavement as possible per-
fectly clean. The London papers gen
orally ridicule the scheme but all Mr..
Ruskin's schemes are ridiculed at first
and good many of them afterward. 1t
remains to be seen whether this reform
will live down opposition, and become
as general as its prototype.
Year: 1872

A correspondent relates his experience
in painting roofs as follows: To me
there seems to be no doubt that it is
economy to paint the roofs of all build
ings. Five years ago ! builta barn and
large ice-house, both standing in the
shade Of large trees. The ice-house
roof | had painted as soon as finished
the barn was not, and a portion Of the
roof is covered with moss, and the shin
giles almost rotted through, while those
on the ice-house seem to be as sound as
when first put on. have also tried the
same experiments on buildings not
shaded. and am convinced that man
cannot afford to allow any shingle ROOT
to go unpainted, at least if he expects
to own it many years. Having just
finished new barn, l had my men
paint the roof before the scaffolding was
taken down, it being more convenient
to do it before than after removal.
use for this purpose white lead and lin
seed oil. adding coloring to give the
shade desired.