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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28

How Fruit in Tin Cans May be Poisonous.
some rhubarb stalks were washed in cold wa
ter, boiled in an iron kettle, put into cans made
.f charcoal timed plate, and then soldered
down. In December last my family were all
made sick by eating pie made of this fruit.
To he sure OF the cause OF this sickness we tried
the rhubarb again with the same result The
effects we're vomiting and purging. Can any
one give me an explanAtion2-C. II d.-Answer
The acidity Of Rhubarb is caused by oxalic acid
and this has dissolved the alloy Of tin and lead
Of YOUR tin cans, forming oxolate Of tin and Of
Lead these metallic oxolates are poisona prOdu-
cling vomiting. etc.-ScieidUtc American.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
TAG HoUsHhoED.
Romance Of he Rsstauraut.

-
I would / were a waiUer,
with napkin In my hand.
For tnen behind my darling
SO patiently I'd stand
And right behind her ehighon,
SO lustrous and 30 black,
I'd hand her cup Of coffee,
Nor spill it down her back.
never would be weary
OF fetching Juicy steak,
Ths tenderest prairie-ohieken,
The goldenest corn-cake
O 10y to face her breathing,
To list her whisper sweet
An tlnldiy she asked me
For some m)re soused plg'a feet
TN my passion would consume me,
Like the lightning's deadly nash,
And at her small feet knsellng,
Flinging down her oOrned-beef hash,
I'd breathe my love In accents
As sweet as d lmson pie,
While she sat with sausage In her mouth,
Affection IN her eye.
who cares for the head-wa'ter,
Bearded, and stout, and grim,
when two lovely eyes Of hazel
Are looking d pwn hlm7
Her head rests on my shoulder,
Her words like Jelly pass
As she murmu's " Get papa's corsent,
And som more apple-sass !"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
educational.

YTNAY.OR JACKsON'R
SCIENTIFIC, CLASSICAL,
AND
COMMERCIAL ACADEMY.
For Born SEXES. Spring Term opens March 1lth.
Young mems residence: Franklin St., near sth.
Young ladies' residence, No. 222 West street
MILTON JACKSON, Principal.
noyg0. yddw
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
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AHnMrV MADE RAPIDLY with Stencil and
WUNEI Key On ck outfits. Catalogues,
samples and full particulars FIRE.. s. NJ. Spencer,
Braftehnrn VI mY2lAw
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28

STRAW HATSI
STRAW HATS
Just received the largest invoice Of
STRAW HATS
ever offered In this market.
We also have many other desirable
SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES.
THOs. D. WEBB e. SON,
sepe-dAw 0aA MARKET STREET.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28

The mixed train win be run subject ia delays In
cident freight business, and viii stop only at sta
tions where time is given
NEW CASTLE TRAINS.
Leave New Castle for Wilmington and Philadel-
pha nj I40 A. M. Leave Philadelphia, 1l.4b A. NJ,
and Wilmington, 100 p. M, for New Castle.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
Additional 10 those above, leave Clayton for
Smyrna $40 A. M, and 100 2. M, leave smyrns
nections with trains to and from Dover, and Sta
tlons south. -
CONNECTIONS.
At Townsend, with the Kent County, and Queen
Annes Il Kent Railroads.
At Clayton, with Md. 4 D. r. r.
At Harrington, with j. q B. X. r.
AT SeafOrd, with d. Il Del. r. X.
Al Demar with E. S. h r.. and W. &P. r.
H. 4. KENNEI, Superintendent
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-05-28
ca HORACE GREELEY

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The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

SCENE-A room in the Long Branch
COttage-Gen. Grant seen dimly through
an aromatic mist of tobacco smoke. On
the table near which he is seated, and
within easy reach of his hand, decanter
containing an amber -cOlOTed liquid
also an ice pitcheran drinking GLASSES
one of the latter half emptied.
Enter Dent, hastily.
Grant-Well, Dent, what brings you
from Washington s'
Dent-Bad news. .........t .....-,..
Grant (anxiOusly)-gs the colt worse?
Dent-The colt is doing well, and
unless he should get touch of the
distemper-
Grant-Poor thing! ....
Dent-Casey has made q wretched
bungle of it in New Orleans.
Grant Cnterrupting)--An1 the colt?
Dent-ImprOying finely. He has lost
some of the hair from Install, but other
wise he
Grant-Poor thing # -'"-~
Dent-That Casey Packard business
is giving us great annoyance. People
say .........
Dent-A good deal better since you
left. The bran mashes you ordered
secured him some; but
Grant-POor thing!
| Dent-PeOple say that Casey has no
right to make use of the Custom -Hhuse
for the. Convention. That scOundrel
| Packard
Grant-And the colt?
| Dent-Was exercised this morning.
| Took to his oats heartily and whinnied
for more. His tail .. ~
Grant-The poor thing! ..m...
Dent-As for Packard you ought not
| to have allowed him to place Gatling
guns in front of the Custom House, and
put troops in the corridors. There's q
delegation coming to see you about it.
Judge Durant-
Grant-But the colt?
| Dent-As lively as kitten. A little
rough about the roots of the tail from
loss of hair; but then you know how
sOOr-
Grant-The poor thing!
Dent-WarmOth and his people arc
making deuce of fuss about being
shut ont of the Convention. The
delegation is a strong one, and will i'll
sist on the dismissal of Casey, and while
so many TumOrs are afl0at about the
general order business over yonder, you
can't afford
Grant (energetically)-T tell You what
it is, Dent, / wouldn't have anything
happen TO that colt for thousand dol
lars.
Here his Excellency threw away the
stump of his cigar, and seizing the
glass half filed with amber-fuid, buried
his face in it. exit Dent. II Baltimore
Gazette.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
True Friendship.

Let such pure hate still underprOp.
Our love, that we may be
Each others conscience,
And have our sympathy
Mainly from thence.
Wen one another treat like gods,
And all the faith We have
In virtue and in truth, bestOW
On either, and suspicion leave -...
To gods below.
[Thoreau.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

While a Pennsylvania Dutchman was
absent from his native State, that State
changed politics. When he returned,
and was told Of this change, he was very
much excited. He said, "Tm ashanti Ov
my State. Pm ashanti that was born
i'll her; and my only excuse for it is, I
was so very young | didn't know any
Detter,n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
when Mary was "a Lassie.

The maple trees are tinged with red,
The birch with golden yellow;
And high above the orchard wall
Hang apples, rich and mellow
And that's the way, through yOnder lane
That looks so still and grassy,
The nv took one Sunday eve,
WIen Mary was lassie.
You'd hardly think that patient face,
That looks so thin and faded,
Was once the very sweetest one
That ever bonnet shaded;
Butwhen went through yonder lane,
That looks so still and grassy,
Those eyes were bright, those cheeks were fail
When Mary was lassie.
But many tender sorrow,
And many patient care,
Have made those burrows ON the face
That used to be so fair.
FOnr times to yonder churehyard,
Through the lane, SO still and grassy,
We've borne and laid away our dead,
Since Mary was a lassie.
And so yOu see I've grown to love
The wrinkles more than roses;
Earth's winter flowers are sweeter far
Than all springs dewy posies;
They'll carry us through yonder lane
That looks SO still and grassy,
AdOwn the lane / used to go
When Mary was a lassie.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

The Sedalia Times is responsible for
the following: An inebriated Democrat
was dining at the Ives House the other
day. Beef, pork. mutton, veal or
chicken" said the polite waiter; "I
don't care d." was tho reply, "any
thing to beat Grant,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

Rev. Mr.. Matthews, of SigOurncy,
Iowa, recently gave the last of his chill
dren. away in marriage. The reverend
gentleman jOcosely remarked: Myself
and the old lady are now back where we
commenced thirty years ago"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

SUCCESS IN BUSINESS. The Journal of
Commerce, in answer to the question of
q correspondent, what is the secret of
business success .fespQnlss
IT is not. genius. All such peculiar
gifts make bad managers of any bust
ness, and are too erratic for ordinary ex-
ecutive purposes. And lis not high In
telleCtUal attainments. Few scholarly
men will lay aside their devotion to let
ters for their own sake, and follow the
plodding course by which success in bu-
siness is to be attained. And it lies not
in the force of circumstances. Some
who might otherwise have been success
ful In clear course have doubtless bro
ken down in the face 0f popular obsta-
cles; but the man who can bend occa-
sions and conditions to his will can
achieve his triumph in spite of such adj
verse surroundings, ItisnOt luck. There
is less of happy chance in such success
than is commonly supposed. It is true
that many tempt their fate and escane
as by a miracle, but this can form no
rule of life; success in business is obe-
dent to law that can be clearly and
distinctly traced throughout the whole
of ones career. This law is based ON
the principle that everything has its
price, and they only who are able and
willing to pay it can acquire what they
cOyet. Some are unable, through want
of nerve, or failing health, or defective
Judgment, or other mental and physical
defects, from succeeding in the struggle.
But more who are able, fail because they
are unwilling TO meet the cost. They
seek the end, but will not, by patient
self-denia1, employ the means. Present
ease, present qualification, some form Of
indulgence not consistent with the end
which has been proposed, offers a temp
tation too strong for them to resist. To-
morrow they will begin asterner course /:
next week they will turn over another
leaf, with different reading ON the OBJ
verse side; but to-day let the hands be
folded and the old encumbrance remain.
No man is on the road to success who
has not already paid part of the price,
and is not now holding out to fortune In
| f1IA the next instaIlnaanf that "a dine
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

An Irish woman, at loss for word,
went into a drug store, and, looking
much puzzled, said she had come for
some medicine, but the name had slipped
her mind entirely" but sounded like
paddy in the garnet!
The druggist, willing to "make a sale,n
tried to think what it could he, and hit
upon paregOric."
" !ndade thin that's it," said she, OBJ
tanning the medicine, and going away
delighted that she had come so near the
right word,
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

81 am afraid" said lady to her hus-
band, that | am going to have stiff
neck" "NOt ut all improbable, my
DEAR" replied her spouse, i" l have seen
strong symptoms of it ever since we
were married.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

The only way to etfectually destroy
" widows weeds" which seem to thrive
i'll some kinds Of soil, is for the husband
man to say, "Wllt thOu?" They gen.
orally wilt.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

Old Lady T was delightful
person for her good common sense and
plain-spOlen style. She told me she was
travelling in Switzerland, when she az
rived at midnight at some small town,
all the. inns were full l; but, with some
hesitation, she was shown into a great
barraCk-r0Om, where there was one bed,
eff the lady has no objection"
81 had none in the world" she said;
"and never slept tbetter-neverm met with
five Qnieter men in my life.v
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
Rock.

BOCks
Vot isl lot makes me. feel SO nice
Und = trinls him twice,
Und ant to sh0lie dice1
Dots Book!
Vof makes me crss dem French so much,
VOt makes me l0fe dem bully Dutch,
Und my old heart init fire tOuchf ..
Dots Book!
Vot makes me stamp und dance und sing,
Und shout "GOtt pless mein Kaiser-King,"
Und "Waeht am Rhein," till glasses ringl
Dots Book! !
Vot makes me feel all blue and red?
V0t makes dis music in mein head?
V0t "puts me in my little pedf"
Dots Book!
Wy can't not put ON my hat
Next day? Wy do / feel so sadtf
Wy do look like was madtR
Dots Book
Mein friend, you hear dem beer mugs clink!
ShOost stop Ilnd take leetle think,
Und den the thing for you to drink
Dots Book!
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

VOORHEES, GONG TO GLoRY.-The st.
Louis Dispatch tells the following:
A gentleman in this city sent to YOOr-
hees that "all his old friends were get
ting into the Greeley boat; that he was
too good Il fellow to leave behind, and
that he had better come along too before
they showed Off" Voorhees, received tho
message and sent this back. He was
pretty much in the condition, he wrote,
Of the boy at camp meeting, where
nearly all the people had gone forward
on the anxious benches, and he was left
blooming alone. At last the minister saw
him and came up:
MY young brother" said the minis
ter, "why do you sit here alone! Why
not come to glOry?" ....
All them gals goin' to glory 2" asked
the boy.
"Stfaight as shingle,n said the
preacher.
No switchin' off, nor nutin2,'
".!hrough by daylight" answered the
minister.
"Well, parson," said the boy, "if all
them gals is goiI to glory, 1dOn't sec
as its much use o me a-whittlin' here by
myself; guess | might jest as well go
long too"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
A Woman.

A silent tongue and speaking eyes,
Her beauty's superhulnan;
The keeps a secret when she tries,
And yet she is q woman.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
sPEEGHOF GEN. H. J. CAMPBELL.

Delivered Before the Regular Republic
can Convention on the Resolution In.
dOrsing Greeley and Brown and the
Liberal State Ticket, New Orleans,
August 12, 1872.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

A New London husband advertises
one cent reward for the return of his
elOped wife, but doesn't think it worth
while to have any one sent after her.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

A German lately married says: "Id
vas yonst so easy as needle could walk
out NIT a camefs eye as to get der
behindt word nit vOOmans."
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
The ETu1norists' Column.
A little nonsense now and then,
Is rGlished by the wiscst men.

An Evansville reporter wears sack
cloth because hewrOte another factory"
and lived to see in print a mother fac
| tOTyn
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

When man comes to an end by leap
ing out of third-stOry window he may
be said to have jumped to a conclusion
in the most mreasoning manner.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

Nothing can be more provoking than
to hinder a questioner for eXDianations
when you, cannot help him. Ahunter in
furious hurry after game called out to
a gawlSy yOungster:
" Hello, boy, did you see a rabbit cross
the road here just now?"
GA rabbit?h
Yes, be quick; a rabbit" ..
WAS it kinder gray varmint?"
Eyes, yes!"
g A lOngish creetr with a short tail ~
" Yes, be quick, or he'll get into his
Had it long legs behind, with big
"Yes, yes!"
" And sOrter jumps when it runs?n
"Well, hain't seen no such creetur.n y
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

That was a very touching Incident
that of little school girl who refused
to define the word clown as "a low, yul-
gar fellow and for her stubbornness
was punished with the ferrule and de-
tanned in play hours, all to no reforma-
tory end. The little child father proved
to be a clown in a circus.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24
A Kiss.

40 what is perfect bliss"
My love doth ask of me:
Sweetheart, give me a kiss
III give it back to thee"
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

The London Times notices the exist
ence in England of a sect of sun worship
pers. At thehour of dawn, ON every 21st
gather at stonenenge, and perform mys2
terious rites in honor of the "God of
day.n
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

A Lone PEDIGREE.-The Mikado of
Japan was born in 1862. He assumed
the title of Prince in 1860. He assembled
the throne in 1868. By Japanese reck-
oning His Majesty is twenty-one years
of age. Hfspedigree can be traced back,
it is said, 122 generations, extending over
q period of more than 1900 years. If
these statements are reliable the ruling
dynasty of Japan is the Oldest under the
sim
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

Mr.: A. B. Getty, a prominent Demo-
crat" of 0swego, says in a recent letter:
" How any Democrat can consistently
vote for Horace Greeley, lam wholly un-
able to comprehend That's the great
fault we have to find with all the Bour-
bons. They are wholly unable to COM
prehend anything.-[C Courier-J Journal.
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

z tie Young nlan who penned the follow
ing fled from fl1e town the other night I'd
avoid Dolly Warden attack. He gave
notice that he would not return until The
thermometer seTIanted the laying aside
Of fashionabl thin 2 muslin:
When l0fely Wtg1lan wells her bosom
with muslin fashionably tIaial
What man With eyes could e'er refuse 'ela
From casually peeping iIa
And when, l1is ardent gaza returning,
The tsFy-gaNtia leave to Eieelstlraw wn sighs.
!. 4ganld not Ills fingers ends he burning
70 press hat dQVu oyer his crest
The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1872-08-24

well, hain't seen no such creetur."
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

L,oR sALE-THREB STORY BRICK HOUSE, ALL I'M.
proveents IS3 Livingston street; respectable locations
within minute of City Hal and al nes reasonable
inquire premissA
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

| VyrANTED-IN A REAL ESTATE OFFICE A YOUNG
w man, 10 TO Is old must be good writer. Ad-
dress by letter onv 26 Sd stating reference salary and
| in otrnh hand ing
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

yNrANTED-BY A DRY GOODS JOBBING HOUSE. A
w young man, good penman and quick at figures to
in oncc Address, in handwriting, OFFICE box
T3o Post onlce.
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

VXyANTED.-A YOUNG MAN ABOUT EIGHTEEN
w years old who writes good. uniform hand salary SIS
Address, in handwriting OF applicant box 1897
Post Office,
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

DRUG STORE FOR sALE-SITUATED ON LEADING
- full Stock and doing good business bust
compes sale been offered with less stock $400 for
II will sell less than 1850 Address LOUIS box IA Herald
nnhc
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

EoR BEAUTIFUL TWO STORY HOUSE; sEo bs1n, MAD
shade fruit, eardeni centrally situated. nesr depos
churches, schoosj very little money down hno cVm %
modlous House. II rooms one summit very .oW
rent, $4,000 down o. H. PlEksoN' Ns's''"s s"es~
The New York herald., 1872-02-17
BROOKLYN PROPERTY FOR SALE AND
To LET.

A TWO STORY AND ATTIC GOTHIC COTTAGE, CON-
,aining every modern Improvement wl.h large garden
convenient 70 Fulton and Atlantic carsi rent 600
HOLLY BROTHERS a KISsAM, No 6Plne street.
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

Vl1ANTED--A SITUATION AS TRAVELLING SALES.
w for n wholesale house, by Ba,timorean having
large acquaintance through the South Address D. X. H.,
Herald ONCE.
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

L,oR sALE-A FARM or 7s ACRES. THREEQuART.
erof mile nortb OF Mont Vale station, on tne ,,sck
good house. and apple orchards and oner
fruit good stream OF water and sp!e9dd m''i me snrse
TON, IS Ann street, or OF THOMAS swENARToS' on the
premises. n
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

VXrANTED-A Young MAN TO PACK MUSICAL
w goods and make himself generally useful also boy
in the store. A ddress d., box lSl Herald office.
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

VVANTED-1N PUBLISHING OFFICE, A YOUNG
w man familiar with the book trade, who writes good
hand Address with terms per week and references BOOK
The New York herald., 1872-02-17

10 EAST l2D STA RESPECTABLE CoLoRED GIRL
chambermaid or waitress: be highly
commended by present employers.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-29
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.


An adjourned meeting Of the Board OF
Supervisors was held, yesterday-Presi-
dent List in the Char. Present-Messrs.
Clark, Fisher, Harrison, Jacob, Klciyes,
oesterling, Otto and Stone. tA1j!
The minutes OF the last meeting were
read, approved and signed.
The Committee on Finance submitted
tho following: ..
10 the PreSt Of Tie Board Of lSuperrisors:
sIR-The detailed report OF the Com.
miSsioners ofthe Sinking Fund, which Is
handed you herewith, shows that they
have retired annually the required amount
Of bonds known as tho compromise bonds
Issued In 1850 for the purpose OF redeem.
Ing the Hempheld Railroad bonds. The
amount Of the latter still out, Is, MS near as
can DO ascertained, $40 900, oil OF which
will mature this current year. or the
former only $4,000 will be held against
the county on or after the 1st OF March,
1879. 49,. 49, 80
The Commissioners feel confident tina,
the entire original amount Of sees, 900 will
be redeemed at the expiration Of another
year. t.s... ..r.,
Your committee beg leave to call your
attention TO hefollOwing statement OF the
county's Indebtedness.
The following amounts were apprOpria,
ted by the old Board 10 January 1st, 1872
OnIv and orders issned for same.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-29
Tissue an order for scott send her back Ia

issue an order Tor w 70 send her back to
Virginia.
On motion the clerk of the Board was
instructed 10 keep q record Of the receipts
and expenditures at the Poor House and
Farm, In accordance with section 81,
chap. 40, Of the codeof West Virginia. !
On motion the salary Of the clerk was
fixed atthe same aS paid his predecessor.
Mayor Jefters presented tax bills for
1871, on several pieces Of property own.
ed by the city, which by law are exempted
from taxation; also, one for 1870 which
had been paid. Mayor j., asked that the
Sheriff be instructed not TO collect the
former, and refund the amount Of the
latter.
On motion the collection OF the bills Tor
1871 was stopped, and the amount already
paid ordered TO be refunded
On motion the Committee on Poor was
authorized to examine tho bills Of MessrS.
Carter and Stelle, and II found correct, 10
issue an order for the amount due them.
On motion the Board adjourned TO meet
at the call of tho President. lsF Ias..