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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-11

AN RDtNAN
"a To make an appropriation for the Payment OF
OF Marshall street, $50
Section /. The Select and Common Councils OF the
City OF Philadelphia do ordan, That the sum OF
seventeen hundred and one dollars be and the same
is hereby appropriated for the payment OF the fol-
lowing awards made by the Road Jury appointed to
assess damages for the taking OF property by the
opening OF Marshall street, from Little Poplar
tMeetler) street TO Germantown road, which report
was confirmed by the Court OF Quarter Sessions on
the twenty first day OF January, a. ID. 1870, to witt
To Charles NJ. Wagner, four hundred A00) dollars;
70 Jacob ooSs SSsa 'STss sSu Oy aG and hSae SS
ard Jones, trustees under the will Of Harriet
Jones, deceased, three hundred @0C dollars to
Elizabeth 0pe, eXecutrlN under the Will OF Cor
neus Cope, deceased, six hundred and fifty 6SO)
dollars.
ties. s'' ''' ''''' ~ " w D9',.,O .,1'"e1,. ''
President OF Common CouncA.
JOHN ECKsTEIN,
Clerk Of Common Council.
... ... '"' SAM w. CATTELl,
President OF Select Council.
Approved this ninth day OF February, Ammo
Domini one thousand eight hundred and seventy
''','' DANIEL M FCX,
9l1 1t Mayor OF Philadelphia.
AN oRDINA ANCE .,,,..
N supplementary to an Ordinance to Authorize
the Erection Of Additional Market Houses on Gi-
rarrl Avenue for the use of Farmers. approved De-
Sect. scctisn /. The Select aa Common Councils IF
|. the City Of Philadelphia do ordain, That 50
much OF the ordinance 10 which this Is supple
ment so far 1t relates to said markets being used
exclusively for farmers be and the same is hereby
repealed and that the Com issioner hereby auth0-
rlged 10 rent any unOCcuped stalls In said markets
to butchers and others, where, in his Judgment the
same Is required. All ordinances or parts
OF ordinances 10 the contrary notwithstand-
Dg. go. r, - - ~.
President Of Common Council
Attest
JOHN ECKsTgM,
Clerk OF Common Council.
SAMUEL w. CATTELL,
President OF Select Council
Approved this ninth day OF February Anne
Domlni one thousand eight hundred and seventy
W. - DANIEL NJ. FOX,
2111t Mayor OF Philadelphia.
DESC TI0N
III To Authorize the Repairing OF Sidewalks on
the Line of Germantown and Perkiomen Turnpike
Resoved, BY the Select and Common Councils of
! the City of Philadelphia That the Chief Commits
sioner OF Highways be and he is hereby authorized
and directed TO notify the owners OF property 'front.'
ing on the line Of the Germantown and Perkomen
| Turnpike Company within the limits of Rising sun
and Nicetown, TO repair the sidewalks; and IL they
neglect refuse to comply with the terms of said
notice for thirty days from the date thereof the
Chief Commissioner OF Highways ls hereby directed
to proceed and do the work, and collect the cost
| from the property owners -
President Of Common Council.
| Attest
| ABRAHAM STEWART,
| Assistant Clerk OF Common Council.
| SAMUEL w. gATTELL,
| President OF Select Council.
Approved this ninth day OF February, Ammo Domini
| one thousand eight hundred and seventy "a. D..
| 1870. :, 49,
| 2111t Mayor of Philadelphia.
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MEMOIR

| ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
Schr Potes, TruaX, day from Leipsic, Del, with
grain to Christian a. Co..
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ROOFING.

ITO OWNERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS,
AMP ~ & Ef EYED Ss s1s % ss
RICAN o0NCRETE PAINT AND ROOF UnilsH UOnMilrsANH
selling their celebrated paint for TIN hOOns ano
sl roof the best ever Offered e ths gaPS
Fire. and Waterproof; Light Tight. Durable no oraon
ng peaiine or shrinking No paper gaye on % % So3o
men supplied Care, promptnesh. osrtAintyi ons p0os
e&ti wanted 'or in'erO OJJosEPH LEEDS. Principal
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CLEARED YESTERDhY

CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamer Diamond State, Wood Baltimore, A.
Groves Jr.
Bark Schamyl, Crosby, MatanZas, Warren 4 Gregg.
Schr clara, hulford, Kingston, Ja., ID. N Wetzlar
Co. u.
Schr JOS. Maxfeld, May Cabarien.
Schr Caroline Hail. Daisy Providence, ID. Cooper.
Schr g. StanclifIe, Frayne, Providence, do.
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REPORT OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE WATER
DlPARTMENT.-The report of the Chief Engineer
of the Water Department was submitted to Coun-
ellis yesterday. 1t states that nine freshets have
occurred since the erection of the dam as follows
February 21 1922 nine feet one inch June 26, 1889,
ten feet two inches; February 10, 1910, seven feet
january, lsi1, eight feet March IA, 1916, seven
$780, ten teet eleven inches; August 10, 1861
feet four inches October H. 1869, eleven feet five
inches.
The Roxborough water-works have proved ex-
ceedingly expensive and burden on the depart
ment. 1851
1920 feet of distributing pipe have been laid In
Manayunk.
An unusually large amount of pipes and mains
have been laid amounting to % miles 1884 feet the
number of new attachments is unprecedented, and
OF course greatly increases the demand for water.
The expenditure of the works for new construc-
tiOn and maintenance have reached the very large
sum of &909,768 2S. The receipts from water
rents and pipe hnye been Ss0S,bOs 23 The receipts
from all sources were SSl3,470 SO, -
The machine shop shows a nominal profit of
S16,735 co. The necessity for economy in the use
of water, and the diminuton of all waste, makes it
more than ever apparent that the city should i'm
mediately commence the use of meters for the mea-
surement of all water supplied TO large manufac-
tories hotels &c., where the waste is now exces-
sive, and where water is the essential element in
conducting their business. 1t is sincerely hoped that
authority for, the introduction Of this valuable
| apparatus Will be promptly granted.
The total number of gallons OF water pumped at
the Fairmount Water-works during the year was
az the SchuyilsilI Water-woTEs was 2,7s55s9, ,62O,
The total number pumped at the Delaware Water
works l,042, ESQ, ,95S Total number OF gallons
pumped at the Twentyfourth Ward works 92s 561 )
| 494. At the Germantown Water-works 21S 229, 800
Total number OF gallons pumped by all the works
during the year was L, 1886, being an average
of "a 040, 400 gallons per day. n =
There are now 4s2 miles 5s4 feet Of pipe laid in
the city. The total receipts for the year amount 70
| Ss13,47O SO. Total expenditures S441,24 So. The
| total number OF permits issued for the laying OF
pipe during the year e 4 ,5ot: Total amount paid
for water loans S46S 526 66. Total receipts from al
| sonrees since consolidation SSl3,47O ga. Total ex
penditures since consolidation $9O9,76s 2s. The
/ register reports the estimated receipts from ali
| sources for the year 1869 were $S00,000 BY refer
ence to the tabular statement t will be found they
amount 10 S808 sos 20, increaseOver the total re
| ceipts OF tine year 1868 of S35,902 At. The tota
amount of delinq pipe bills returned to surve,
Department for lien during the year was S2i 866 I3
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-22

the street In 1867 s2.p'
Bartlett, Fitz James ....,
Second lnstallment Of tar
for CURLING and paving
footway, on interest from
October 18th, 1888, EST
Ball, Francis VI, lin name
Of Anna ". stone) fol
1858.
Beginning on "B" street
north thirty-four feel
from the southeast cor.
ner; thence west eight feet
nine inches; thence NORTH
one hundred and ten feet.
thenee east eight feet nine
inches; thence south ont
hundred and ten feet Il
the beginning.
Ditto...s........,..,....
Having q front OF ten feet
eight Inches on north "B'
street adjoining the wesl
three feet eleven inches ul
said lot, running back the
same width the deph0
thprppf
Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-03-22

'NNNhN aAeA AAAAAH
Tax Tor 1883, In the name
Of j. C, ives.
Beginning at the southeast
corner Of said square,
thence west on | street
forty-fivc feet, thence
north one hundred and
fifteen feet thence east
iorty-five feet, thence
south with Eighteenth
street one hundred ana
fifteen feet TO beginning
Brumstead, Mary Z .....,.
Being the west thlrty-hye
feet on north II street
by the depth Of the lot.
Brown, Milly.,..,.,,,,,,.
Being the east twenty feet
fronting on south i
street, TpnnIpg back "
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22
MISCELLANY.
After Many Days.

Mrs. Charlton's accounts were not
coming out right; there was a deficit of
IS in the treasury and nothing to show
for it; the very S5 she was depending on
to make all square with the market man,
whose little bill was sure to come in next
morning.
"And, of course, to morrow's dinner
will be charged in it, because ordered
it to day. said Mrs. Charlton, knitting
her pretty brows; If it wasn't for that
l should have enough. 0 dear George,
do you suppose ] could have spent S5
and not remember anything about it ?
When / am so particular, too! II l
could only find that memorandum made
in Johns Sflice---an old yellow envelope
it was, an old yellow envelope that he
handed me, and l wrote everything upon
it. declare, George, don't believe
you hear one word say"
A youag lady was sitting in the bay
window, her head outlined against the
dark pane like head in a cameo
"What a becoming dress that is, Gcor-
gie,' said Mrs. Charlton, dropping her
pencil, Z" such real old fashioned apple
green shade, cut pompadour and trimmed
with mcchlm. But, there, you make me
forget nay trouble. Why, George, what
far-away look there is in your eyes. o,
what a selfish sister l am, to sit here
worrying over my miserable accounts,
and not asking q word about yourself.
Mr. Hart was here this afternoon,
know, Georgie, tell me quick, has any
thing happened?'
"Only that he asked me to marry him,
said George, quietly meeting the won.
dering blue eyes that rose to hers
"What did you tell him =? o, George ?
"Told him ] woald take a iay to con
slider il, and he may como for his answer
TO morrow evening"
"A day to consider1 Then it must
end in your refusing him, George, for if
you loved him, you would have answered
him at once. Imagine me making John
wait for his answer, when he first told mo
he loved me-"
"You and / are different, dear, you
know" answered George. briefly, and
drawing ont her little gold watch, she
added, "In twenty four hours more it
will be decided one way or the other"
"But you used to be SO different" re-
marked Mrs Charlton "Only last
summer you felt just as 10, and what
nice little talks we used to have You
liked to go ont marketing with me, so
You would know how to manage ifyou
should marry poor man, you said"
"That seems a long time ago." replied
her sister, detaehing as she spoke tiny
charm frem her guard, "and 40 it turns
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22
POETRY.
The Benediction OF the Angels
By ALFRED y GAGE.

BY ALFRED GAGE.
The world was wrapped in darkness thick,
The light OF love was dim,
The hearts of men were closed against
The sweet-voiced Seraphim.
Few souls there were their midnight watcl
In that thick darkness kept;
When the Lords glory shone on them
Their hearts within them leapt,
And while His angel draweth near
Dread thoughts their minds employ.
Fear not" he said; "behoid. bring
Good tidihss Of great JOY.
"For unto you Is born this day,
In David's city fair
A Savior. which Is Christ the Lordv'
Then on the midnight air
High rose the graudost hymn of praise
That ever mortafpar,
In this low world CT strife and din,
From angel host rnray hear
"Glory to God in the highestw
Through Heavens high arches rang.
"Peace on the earth good will to men!'
Angels rejoicing san.
"Glory to God!" Earth caught the strain
The hlgh anu heavenly note.
And rolled the joyful pecan round
To nations most remote.
And they that waited for that day
fastened to Bethlehem,
And found and praised and mafnifled
The Lord revealed to them.
And holy Simeon, devout,
Led by the Spirit. came,
And in his arms upraised his Lord.
And blessed His holy name.
And Anna, Phanucfs daughter wise,
Gave thanks unto the Lord,
And spoke of Him to them that looked
For the promise of His Word.
This was the greatest King of all
That ever walked on EARTH;
This, of all earthly annals told,
The one sublimest birth;
Yet no worldly pomp OF purple,
Nor throng,of c0urtly state,
But Cherubim and Seraphm
Upon that birth did wait.
Oh, mighty miracle supcrne!
Oh, mystery divine!
The Lord, the God Omnipotcnt,
The Human, One and Trine!
SO for all souls forever more
The heavenly wonder waits.
The heavenly birth anew appears
The Savior new creates.
So when to us our Lord is born,
Our Savior blest revealed,
His heavenly hosts shall compass us,
That hymn divine be pealed.
Deep in the heavens of our souls
His angels we shall see,
And in our inmost being know
He comes to make US free.
Then shall we haste to Bethlehem,
Our hearts with iov aflame,
Then shall we find and know our Lord,
And magnify His name.
Then shall the Simeon in us rise
And to the Temple come,
Welcome the day, and bless the name
or Him who calls us home.
Then shall the prophecies again
Give thanks unto the Lord,
And speaks abroad His matchless praise,
The wonders of His Word.
Then shall the holy Seraphim,
Those angels bright and fair,
And all the heavenly Chcrumbim,
The hosts OF upper air,
Unite to raise the anthem old,
The hymn divine, again,
"Glory to God and peace on earth;
Good will toward all mon!"
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

ApyERr,siNo.- who don't be
licvc in advertising, should read what the
rich men say. ,.,.
He who invests one dollar in business
should invest one dollar in advertising.
A. z. Stewart
Without advertising l should be a poor
man to.day.--H T. Heimboid. a.
A man who is liberal in advertising 70
considered liberal In trade, and such .
man succeeds while his neighbor With
just as good goods fails and drops out
of market Horace Greeley.
My success is owing to )ny liberality
in advertising. Bonner.
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

-- Children are our idols, saroueA
whom tho heart ascsnds 10 hsavsa. f#
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

Special notices double the above rates. Edi-
torial notices 20 cents per line for the first and
10 cents for each additional Insertion. All
transient advertisements cash in advance.
Marriage and obituary notices not to exceed
lines free, over five 20 cents per line.
Cards or communications of personal
character, il admissible at all, doub BILE the usual
stes and strictly in advance.
Announcing candidates, for Congress or
State offices, $25OO. County officers, $1,000.
Editorial notices, % cents per line.
Yearly advertisements, paid quarterly. in
advance. Legal and transient advertisements
to be paid for when left at the office.
All Job Work, to be paid for on delivery.
Adlress all letters and communications To
Us. DUSuAM, Editor and Proprietor.
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

- Musical criticism out West is soms-
times. TO say tho least Of II, peculiar. One
Of the viraye dillstan.i on the plains. thss
discourse. about the singing Of shc choirs
+" 1t is like driftweod In stream 4 dnes
on the bars. yet don I amount 10 dams,
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

- Evaporation Of ammonia 's.sah g
DO tho best method Of producing artificial
ice, and German machine has boon con
structsd capable Of turning ont. BY this
means, with the aid Of threc men and
horse power engine. one thousand pounds
Of ice an hour. ua
The Van Buren press., 1870-03-22

.-- The Peabody Trustees have appyo-
p,iaiei SOL 90 900 TO be expended ~
september next for sohsol purpssss IN ~
South. n atfil ~ est
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
TERMS:
Delaware Grain and Phosphate Drill,
1926 @ a SH.
TERMS

N. B.-l am also prepared, at at my shop in
Odessa, to attach my Delaware Phosphate Sowcr
with all its improvements and in the most sub
stantial MANNER TO the IIaines & Woods or any
common grain drill now in use, and guarantee
10 give entire satisfaction.
Farmers wishing the Attachment will please
forward their orders as soon rs possible AS only
limited number will be furnished this season.
TERMS:-Delaware Phosphate Sower attach
cd Old drill, S45, Cash or an approved note at
80 days. W. N. HAMIiToy, MD.
July l0-u Odessa, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08

SIZE OF THE GREAT LAKEs.-The grea-
test length of Lake Superior is 1886 miles;
its greatest breadth is 160 miles; its mean
depth 688 feet; elevation 627 feet, area
$4,000 square miles.
The greatest lenth of Lake Michigan is
800 miles; its greatest breadth 1OS miles;
mean depth, 900 feet, area 23 900 square
miles.
The greatest length of Lake Huron is
200 miles; its greatest breadth 100 miles;
mean depth 600 feet; elevation, 274 feet;
area 10000 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Erie is $50
miles; its greatest breadth so miles; mean
depth 48 feet; eleAation. 555 feet; area,
6.O00 square miles.
The greatest length of Lake Ontario, is
1876 miles; its greatest breadth, 65 miles;
mean depth 500 feet. elevation 261 feet
area 5000 square miles. The length Of
all FIVE is 1884 miles. covering an are Of
upwards Of 90. 900 miles.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08

AN APPROVED WmTEwAsH.-Thef fol-
lowing is sent out by the Lighthouse
Board of the Treasury Department " The
following recipe for whitcwashing has been
bund, by experience. to answer on wood
brick and stone. nearly as well as oil paint,
and is much cheaper Stake half a bushel
Of unslaked lime with boiling water, keep
ing it covered during the process Strain
It, and add peck of salt, dissolved in wa.
ter; three pounds of ground rico put in
boiling water. aud boiled to thin paste;
half pound of powdered Spanish whiting
and pound of clear glue. dissolved in warm
water; mix these together and let the mix.
turc stand for several days. Keep the wash
prepared in kettle or portable furnace
and when used put it on as hot as possible,
with painters or whitowash brushes"
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08

INFORMATION or ODoRs ON BUTTER.
Butter kept in room over night with the
family Tin wintsr) is not fit for use. 1t
has absorbed SO much of the odors that it
has become foul. Tho taste of the bad air
is plainly perceptible. But cover your
butter plate (not an old one) with a tight
dish-say thin basin, and your butter
will be found much tho same as when
placed there. 1t is, however, only per-
fect when kept-not occasionally putin
fresh. Housckeepers take note. When
once tainted it can never be cured, but te-
naciously holds all it has, and gets all it
can. Like charcoal, or gypsum, or earth,
it is q powerful absorbcr. From the time
it is gathered in the COW until it is eaten
in the family the greatest care must be
given 10 the lacteal product. Not only
that. it reaches still farther; the food, the
water. must not possess the odor. But
generally the worst is in the vessels and
the atmosphere that comes in contact with
it. These at least, if impure, impart theil
impurity, however pure tho milk may
have been before. Western Farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
popular Stlistellann.

RIGur AND LEFT.-An interesting ar
ticle appears in scientific magazine on
the preference of the human race for the
use Of the right hand. The different the
ories to account for this well admitted fact
are examined, and it is shown that all fail
to explain the superior strength of the
right side of tho human body. One. the
ory is based upon the anatomical arrange.
meht Of tho arteries from the aroh Of the
softa. and certain experiments and exam
nations, il is alleged, show conclusively
the connection between the arteries and
the arms and hands, But it is objected
that this explanation does not account for
the moro frequent use of the right leg, the
right eye. and perhaps also the right ear
Another theory is, that the greater cffi-
cheney of the right side depends on the
larger development of the left half of the
brain, but the facts do not support all
the phenomena. Again it is advanced
that the use of the right hand is entirely
matter Of education; but it is asserted
that it is not uncommon to see a child be-
longing to a right-handed family become
most perverscly left-handed, notwithstan-
ding its earliest motions have been care.
fully watched and directed. Another Gu.
rious fact has been discovered, that while
the sense of touch is most developed on
the right side, the sense Of temperature
and the sense Of weight, very nearly al.
lied to the muscular sense, arc moro acute
on the left. On surveying the whole
ground the writer arrives at the conclu
sion that We shall probably never know
the nature and origin of the impulse tc
use the right side of the body in prefer.
esce to the left, and why such impulse i.
occasionally inverted.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
DELAWARE COLLEGE, ,
NEWARK, DELAWARE.

WILL be re-opened for the reception of Stu,
w dents Wednesday, September l4th 1870.
The Trustees of the College have seemed a
corps OF competent and able Professors in the
several departments of Instruct on, and students.
may pursue either the regular Classical Course,
such as is taught in our best Colleges, or if they
prefer it may confne their studies to the Scientific
and agricultural Departments, in which special
attention is given to these branches of learning.
relating to Agriculture and Mechanical Arts.
1t is the design of the Institution TO provide
for young men thorough practical education at
very moderate expense
For Circulars containing full information, ad-,
dress WILLIAM ii, PURNELL. A. M
aug o-3m President.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
TO TRAVELLERS.

'IN1CKETS from Odessa to Philadelphia 81 80.
l. To Wilmington $l.l5. From Philadelphia
to Odessa the same price, and from Wilmington
to Odessa the same
@z6- Tickets to be had of R.. Long.
Dec. le-tf Prorietof of Ne Ste0n Tjna
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
MIAsnIIC VAPORS.

Thcre is an almost infallible preventive
OF i'll effects arising from exposure to mi
asm in open air, about sunrise and sunset,
aud one that is easy of practical applica
tion under almost any ordinary circum-
stances-that is by eating hearty warm
breakfast before going out of doors in the
morning. and by taking a supper just be-
fore sundown. The philosophy of the
matter is that hearty meal so excites the
circulation and SO invigorates the whole
frame that it acquires the power of resist
ing the disease-engendering influences Of
miasm.
In choosing site for house, We
should bear in mind that miasm does moi
cross a wide or rapid stream; second that
It is absorbed by thick, living, luxuriant
foliage; third that it cannot travel agains,
the wind; and lastly that it cannot ascend
high. steep hill.
The gasses from cellars are constantly
ascending, and arc liable to affect every
room in the house with m unwholesomt
atmosphere.
Every cellar should be so contrivet
chat, either by its grating, or windows, Oh
doors, it may be easily and thoroughly
ventilated an hour or two every day in thu
year. This is often very perfectly don'
by fue running into the chimney
Shelves in cellar should not be PLACED
against the wall, but suspended from th,
ceiling, which is better on several ac
counts, as preventive against vcrmiI
and as giving more floor room, and en-
sbliDg the whitewashing to be more thor
oughly done.
Middletown transcript., 1870-10-08
PROMPT,
July l6-Glnos

Mddldoun, DEL Feb. %, 1868.
MEssRs. WALTON, WHANN & Co. Gentlemen:
used Whann' Raw Bone Supcr-Phosphate on my
corn last spring, and on my wheat in the fall
In each case it produced an excellent crop
Wishing to determine which of the different phos-
pilates would pay me best tried several, and
am glad to say the yield was much the best
where used Whann's. | shall continue to use
it, and cheerfully recommend it to my neighbors
A. Z. STOOPS.
MiddlstoVn, Del. March II, 1868.
MEssRs. WALTON, WHANN Il Co.. Gentlemen: |
have been using Whann's Phosphate for some
time past alongside of the popular fertilizers and
have come to the conclusion it is as good as any
other. am going TO use ten tons this spring
Yours truly, HENRY CLAYTON
March 2T-ly