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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
,,.u BulldIns. be Set ON Fire by steam Pipes
Lrrom the scientltlc American. !


rha recent destructive fires have raised the
question as to the safety Of the use OF steam
n,nes in heating buildings, and, as in some I'M
staneeA the true cause has been enveloped IN
nyatery (which is quite NATURAL as fire destroys
III eyidence), the Fire Marshal Of New York has
found 1t most expedient to throw the blame siln4
nv on steam in those cases where the buildingH
we're warmed by that agent.
IA steam may be considered to be the most
saFa healthy and economical of all modes of
heating buildings, such suspicion " 70 be de-
nored, as it is apt TO raise prejudice sgainst
Il hot air furnaces may be considered danger
ons AZ proved by the well-established evidences
of the fire records, but not 30 with the steam
baating, In fact there is no wellkauthenticated
record wherein pipes through which steam
nasses have actually set fire to wood work, and
no one experimenter has yet succeeded in ignit-
;ny wood with such pipes. We maintain that
nv man OF science who has studied the subject
~ ateatll or any practical engineer OF common
aense. knows that all that steam can do, even
wien snperheated, is to make tho wood work
hot and dry and predispose 1t to catch fire. Tie
spsrk must be supplied from another. source !;
ihe steam tubes can never attain, outside the
baatinp APPARATUS the high temperature of 800
or / 900 Fahrenheit, required for the red heat
which is necessary to set wood work on fire.
In this city many OF the steam heating Appa-
ratuses are worked on pressure not above ten
nounds per square inch, which gives 8 heat of
Iil degrees H. for the water in the boiler and a
somewhat less heat. of course, for the steam
Which circulates through the pipes. In the ma
iority OF the buildings heated by steam a COM
mon boiler is used, from which steam pipes are
carried through the premises, and All ordinary
pressure for such boilers is forty pounds per
inch, which gives heat OF 2S9 degrees Il. At a
pressure Of 40 pounds above the atmospheric
pressure we have had a heat of 1855 degrees. Ii
mil thus be seen that at pressures far above any
that are used for heating purpose, the heat cir
eulated in steam pipes is much below that re-
uuled for the ignition OF wood.
That stoAm pipes predispose wood work to
combustion, and even may assist the spontane-
ouy combustion which il apt to commence In
r,gs soaked in any animal or vegetable OIL can
moi be- denied but then any heating apparatus
will do the same, and steam ID in this respect not
no dangerous as draft Of hot air proceeding
from furnace in which leak may carry q
spark upward, while leak from a steam tube ia
utterly harmless. In regard to spontaneous
combustion, any danger of that, from OIL may
be avoided by using for lubricating the heavy
lubricating petroleum. This material is not apt
to oxidation or spontaneous heating, as one OF
cur esteemed correspondents discovered and
published in our paper several years ago which
valuable property s now also being publicly re-
colllzed III Europe.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
WILMINGTON u READING z. q.
RH
WINTER ARR AN G.R M EMF
ON AND AFTER
MONDAY, Dec. I'd, 1872.
CONNECT IONS.

Al Wilmington, with trains to Philadelphia and
Baltimore, and with Delaware Railroad trains. Nos.
4dnd make direct connection with trains TO and
from Washington.
At Chadds Ford. trains l, q and 8, fer Philadel-
phlA Nos, and with trains from Philadelphia
IEAAs Nos l, and 8 with trans for Port Deposit
Al C0ALesvlle, all trains connect with trains for
Phladelphia and harrisburg. TrAnR Nos. 2 and 3
maze direct connection with trAlns TO and from
Philadelphia.
AT BrdsDOro' trains and connect northward
all s0uthward with Philadelphia and Reading Rail
d9al, and and with southward bound trains.
IfllA No 4 cUuHects with tram from Philadelphia
U STOLZ,
mylBd&w General Superintendent
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
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| 4i9Ivi 1slwaSc Etz1nADRiPHIA,
~ on AND ASTEE SUNDAY. DEC s9, 1879,
Trains lssge Depor Tnirty-second and Marks
TTslns strive at Depot Thlrty-nrat and zsrae
''77sSl MAIN LIME WESTWARD, -
Paoli Accommodation daily, except sunday, & % A
=, S6 A 4, NIL N, snd illo A, NJ, Lilo r. ~, $40 r
Hlagata Express daily. except sunday. gsO N
L9s1 havelt and kInira Llx. dAiT.e1 sunday AN
Fast A.. Linz n;,! and sFie Expresa. daily. az
Harfisbnfg Ac1 daily, except sunday, GsS r. n
lancaster Ter and York Acc daily,ex-
Psressbarg Train. daily, except sunday, $50 :. i.
1Inc,nnKi IspsK HzPTsss SIrss ds. except Sunday S
Soninspn 1tinanT FsnInss F7xprsss sS da,S ~ Sig
Eric Natl daily, iiaOPM
Paeihs IN RxpreSs daily. = -S q il.sS I. y,
Erie Mail SATURDAY night runs only 70 WilliamspoFt
For kmisrant Express Train, leaving 1i.b0 p. M,
daily, except Sunday, tickets must be procured
an9 baggage delivered Al lle Market street by .
NEW YORK DIVISION.
Express for New York q4O, $50, T.1b, $50 and IL A
a., and lSsO, l.so 500, ose and e-bo r. NJ, and
Accommodation for New YORK, I.9oA.M.
Emigrant Train for New York IL 90 night ~
way Trains for Trentos, e.sbA- H. 4sO and 1i.s0 p.
New YORK sunday Trains $40. 2SO, I.so A. n, s.n.
n M.s anu l2.1O night D.. ll=-
KENsINGT N DEPOT. .J-
Honesburg and Bustleton. $40 A. l., l2e0 noon,
b1b and 70 r. N. 10. I|
Way Train for New Brunswiok, g., ASP. IL
Express Trains for Trenton. feO A. NJ, and A0O.
way trains for Trenton. ~ A. NJ, BIG. o.OO and
G.80 p. NJ - no
FOR BELvlBRRB Is1oN.
Express for Trenton, Lambvihs, EaAtOn, Scranton
DC, T.e0 A. N, and 4.b0 L. M. l..
Way Train TO LamDerJvile and Pennington, 1000
A. n. and 4.U0 +. M. ~
Way trains for bennington, 1900 A. H., and D, p H.
Accommodation for Belvidere, 800 p. III.
MARKET STREET FERRY,
AMBOY DIVISION.
Accm'n for New YORK, via Perth Ambsy, and viz
Way Trains for Trenton, and New York s and 10 A.
M, II moon. 3, 4, and o 2. M.
way Train for Burlington, $50 T, M
way Trains for BoTdentown. and IL 80 p. Nj.
kxpresa trains for Hightst0wn, SEQ, A. NJ, and
1.90 and 3.3O, +. M.
Express Trains for Long Branch, T.e0 A. NJ, and
y. J. Southern and Tuckerton Railroads, T.s0 A.
NJ, and 8 80 r. M,
way Trains for Mt Holly 11s0P.M.
way Trains for Pemberton,B @, T.30 and 1000 A. N.
l.80, 30 b.0O and e8O 7. M
sleeping Car Tickets f0r the West can be had on
application At the Ticket Ofice, 9O Chestnet street.
and al The Depot rhirty-second ana Arket Streets
Agents OF the Union Transfer Company will call
for and deliver Baggage at the Depots. Orders will
receive prompt attention, and Railroad Time Cards
can also be obtained at tlle following
TICKET oFFlcEs: No No. @ Is s Saestnat sess' stress
No. 116 Market street;
and at the Depots and Ferry named above.
JET A. j. CAssA1'r General Manager.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18

w tLNMilNGroN TRANSFER AND BAGGAGE
t' ~ hAfhhSS will call for and deliver baggage
fp pHaohagea 70 aud from all parts OF the city Rail
Gt, nepot ana boat. Also, baggage called for and
b',StS Where Railroad tickets are heidi to all
IN A@ Holn private residences or hotels. Ordert
w as 1.-THE Franklin Telegraph once, No.
S,vn Wess IhlTd Street; K. Brlngharst a Co.,
sGa Ist v.ahl shl Market; smith Painter, Seventh
v "a iecelye prompt attention Principal ONCE Bag
e@s' AOonl, p, W. and B. Railroad 6erGt.
sen,,o, j. j. McMULLEN,
.H J, II. SEAI4 PToprietDrs.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18

u. MURRAY, ---. III.
Zone at ahnr, ,..,- CARTING AND HAULING
Illy attendsdh dh1uce. Car to hire and moVlngs care
klR'g Taio. 10. 70. All orders can bo left at Nj
'' STORE No .. W, sixth ~ mATSd
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
WlLAIfGaETS0fs GES K. . Y WEST - ~

On aud after MONDAY, November 18TH, 1879,
ifalns leaving Wilmington, at 1910 A. NJ, and
Ssa NJ. connect with trains leaving Philadelphia
y SOA. NJ ami 4P. NJ
ny lU4J A. M. train also connects with the Della
ware X X, and p. w. 4 Is. X. X trains ARRIVING In
wilmington at 1918 and 1U.25 A. M
d lialls leaving Landenberg at 6.45 A. M. and 4 "
i, T. cOhheoL with trains for Philadelphia having
Wilmington at $40 A. M. ana $50 p. M, the Pnila.
~ Splia and washington Express, leaving NIlmlRg-
sl ~ o.ii, I. M, and the Delaware train south,
NaNHg Wilmington at 625 +. M.
n VgMllaus gu transfer between W. Il W., and P. W. a
:, = DgpOs, and cars OF Wilmington City X. r., al
T T'vAl ald Market Sts., by McMullen 4 Seal, at 8
u baggage, "AH No'is3 ~. S~eA P'sSN
Al t,teglt y, should be delivered and properly marked
~ q; e M stations, half hour hefofe the departure
iouT lOurs ~ GnNWHII Snnt
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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
IA sz anzzzRzsE DELAWARE RAIL RoAI
zA944 49, LIME
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.

ON AND AFTER MONDAY, JULY, 2sTH, 1874
Sundays excepted1 Passenger Trains win leave as
fOl0ws:--
SOUTHWARK. NOKFHWARD,
Passenger. Mixed Passenger. Mixed
AM, Pm Pm. Am, Pm. Pm
Leave, Arrive.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18

Pm. Am. AN. Pm
he mixed train will be run subject to delays In
ent 10 freight business, and win stop only at sta
us where time ia given.
NEW CASTLE TRAINS.
Leave New Castle for Wilmington and Philade-
phia Mt 20 A. h. Leave Philadelphia, 12e0, M,
and Wilmington, Ito p. NJ, for New Castle.
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
Additional TO those above, leave Clayton fol
smyrna $40 A. M, and 2OO r. M, leave Smyrna
for Clayton 1856 a. M, and 1856 r. M. to make CON
nections with trains to and from Dover, and Sta
tlons south.
CONNECTIONS.
AT Townsend, with the Kent County, and Queen
Annes a Kent Railroads.
AT Clayton, with Md. a ID. r. X.
At Harrington, with j. a b. X. R
At SeafOrd, with u. d Del. r. r. - ~
At Demar, with &. s. X. r., and W. 4 P. X. r
II. Y. KENNEY, SuDerintendent
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
DO MT
Be deceived, but for coughs. Colds sore throat
hoarseness and bronchial difficulties, use only
WELLS CARBOLIC TABLETS.

Worthless limitations are on the market, but the
only scientific preparation of Carbolic Acid for lung
diseases is when chemically combined with other
well known remedies. az In these tablets and all
parties are cautioned against using any other.
In all Cases of irritation OF the mucous membrane
these tablets should be freely Used, their cleansing
and healing properties are astonishing,
Be Warned, never neglect Ii cold II ia easily
cured in It's incipient state wheh 1t becomes chronic
the Is exceedingly dificulL use Wells Carboic
Tablets az a specific
Price .5 cents per box.
JOHN Q. KELLOGG,
is Plat street. N. Y, Sole Agent for the U. s.
Send for Circular. jan2T-iw
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-02-18
J u R q B E B A 4.

Which is proneunced by the leading medical au-
thorities Of London and Paris "the most powerful
tonic and Alternative known to the medical world. +"
This IL no new and untried discovery but has been
long u.s. by the leading physicians OF ether coun-
tries with wonderful results.
Don't weaken and impair the digestive organs by
cathRrtcs and physics they give only temporary re-
hef-lndgeston, natnleDcy and dyspepsia with
piles and kindred diseases are sure 70 follow their
uae.a 7+,
Keep the blood pure and health is assured.
JOHN @ KELLOGG, IS Plat St., N. r,
Sole Agent for the United States.
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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21

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That evening father came in white
and trembling. There had been an ac-
cldent at the factory, he said. Ike Jones
had been killed, and poor. Bob was so
terribly injured that the doctor thought
he must die.
/ neither screamed nor tainted; did
not even cry, though every other girl in
Fremont did. / went out and sat on
the doorstep where Bob and / had sat
together, and / gazed across the mea-
dows to the Dalrymple homestead with
wild eyes, and felt as if my heart had
indeed turned to stone.
saw them carry a dark body, cover
ed with shawl to hide his distorted
face and mangled limbs from sight. [
heard Mrs. Jones shrek as it was borne
across the threshold of the house oppo-
site; but I never moved until night had
fallen, and then my strong brother Tom
carried me to my room.
What / suffered during the long
weeks which followed, when Bob's life
hung trembling in the balance, can be
imagined rather than described; and
when mother came home from the Dal-
rymple's and told me that Bob was 60
ing to get well, she said / looked as pale
and thin as he, and petted me as if /
was child again, and cried with my
head in her lap and felt better.
WAITED until half the people in the
village had seen Bob, and then / could
wait no longer, and one snowy afternoon
/ ran across the lots and knocked at the
door of the red farm house.
There was no answer, SO [ entered
and passed to the sitting room to find
Mrs. Dalrymple / did not want to
speak to Bob, only to peep through the
doorway and see him, to convince my
self that he was alive; then to run
home to sob out my thanks to God,
alone. This was my plan but l did not
follow it.
Bob lay on the chintz covered lounge.
gazing sadly out at the snow; all the
sunburn had long ago left his face, and
he was terribly thin and white, his
cheeks were hollow and his eyes were
sunken.
A great lump came into my throat and
I turned to go away, when he sighed
long and YEARLY, as if he were so very
sad and lonely, and / could bear it no
longer. In an instant [ was on my
knees by his side, crying as if my heart
would break.
why, Mollle, my dear little MOllle,
he said, joyfully.
told him all, why I had slighted
him, and how my wicked silly pride had
come between us, while he smoothed
my hair with his thin hand, and called
me by every loving name he could
think of. p
$50 Mollie will be the wife of fac
tory hand after all, " he said, when I
arose to go home, and kissed his white
forehead and said yes, and SO We made
it up.
1 met Mrs. Edward Norton at cousin
Mays wedding, with diamonds in her
hair, and rich lace enveloping her like
cloud, and did not envy her at all and
when I watched VIII Ellis escort Sallie
Tremaine home from church last Sun
day, [ looked from him to my tall,
husband, and wondered
how 1 ever could have put him between
Bob and me.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1873-02-21
The English and American Girl Com
pared.

To express the precise nature of the
difference between American and Eng
lish ladies is extremely hard; it is some
thing too subtitle to be represented by
any combination of epithets. You are
sensible of q sort of a charm which is
wanting here; you do not miss another
charm which is present here; you do
not know which is more to be desired,
but you doubt the possibility of COM
bining them. American girls are GER
tainly more independent than ours are I;
more accustomed to take care of them
selves, think for themselves, decide for
themselves not less really domestic in
their hearts, but less tied to their
mothers apron-strings franker in their
speech, and more ready to tell you
about themselves, their circumstances,
their families. There is kind of
French nerve and force about them, but
there is also Teutonic truthfulness.
Then there is a nimbleness and versa
tility of mind, as well as a self-posses-
sion of manner, which puts stranger
at ease from the first. Where an Eng
lish girl throws the weight of the con-
versation on her partner, an American
girl takes it up, draws him out, perhaps
chaffs him in a genial fashion, and ex-
presses her opinion freely on all the
topics that turn up. English ladies of
the old school would be apt to disap-
prove of her on slight acquaintance.
But when they come to know her better
they would perceive that she is, in es-
sential matters, decorous as well as
refined. American ladies who have
mixed in fashionable society in London
may often be heard to say that they are
astonishrd Mt the quantity Of scandal
they hear there and 1t is certainly true
that one hears very little in America.
In such places as New York and Chica-
go there are, of course, fast sets, Just as
there are in London and Liverpool.
But in point of purity and real moral
elevation the society in America is pos
sibly superior, and at any rate equal to
that of our own upper classes, while
the American middle class is certainly
more cultivated, more interesting in the
"things of the mind, than the com
mercial class in England.-COrnhtu
Magazine.
What is Expected of Americans Boys.
American boys are expected to be-
come manly men. The mother Of every
bow is expected to teach him to obedi-
ent to parental authority, to the civil
law and to acquire an education, a
business, a trade, or an art, something
for which he NAV be best adapted, and
by which he may obtain an honest living.
This is a privilege, nay more-it is a
duty-a duty to self, to family, to
friends, to the state, and to the nation ?
When this is done, society has a guar
anty for the good conduct and useful
ness of each of her sons. When it is
neglected, and boys grow up in ignor
ance and idleness, society is taxed for
their support, either in her reformato-
ries, her jails, hospitals, or asylums.
How much cheaper it would be to have
every boy properly educated, trained
and disciplined, so that he would be
blessing instead of a curse to the world.
He is sure to become one or the other.
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Earth-Eating in South America.

DR. Calf, in a recent number of the
American Journal of the Medical Sciences
has furnished some curious infor-
nation concerning the strange practice
known as "dirt-eating" or "geOphagie. )"
This disease now enters as one of the
chief endimic complaints of all tropical
America, and at the distance Of over
1000 miles from the sea, in the Amazon
valley, it is a most important disease
among the women and children of the
country. The half-breeds are mostly
addicted to the practice-neither the
pure savage nor the more cultivated
being so often the victims. The ac-
counts about the tyranny of this habit
of officiating on the victims of it seem
almost fabulous. Children commence
the practice from the time they are four
years old, or less, and frequently die
from the results in two or three years.
In other cases they grow To manhood or
womanhood and DIR. Calf speaks of
having himself seen a soldier, who was
dying from dysentery-which sooner or
later supervenes on this habit detect
ed half an hour before his death, with
lump of clay stuffed in his sunken
cheeks. Officers who have the Indian
or half-Dreed cnlldren as serVanIs III
their employ sometimes have to use
wire masks to keep them from putting
the clay into their mouths and women,
as they lie in bed sleepless and restless,
will pull out pieces of mud from the
adjoining walls of their room, to crafty
their strange appetite, or will soothe a
squalling baby by tempting it with
lump of the same material. Ifpersisted
in, the effects are surely fatal at varying
terms of years, some living tolerably to
middle age and then dying of dysen-
terry. In children dropsy usually ap-
pears to be the most prominent cause
of decline and death.
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The Omnibus.

Of all the public conveyances that
have been constructed since the davs of
the Ark-we think that is the earliest
on record-tot the present time, commend
us to an omnibus. A long stage is not
to be dispised, but there you have only
six insides, and the chances are that the
same people go all the way with you
there is no change, no variety. Besides,
after the first twelve hours or so, people
get cross and sleepy, and when you
have seen a man in his night-cap you
lose all respect for him at least, that
is the case with us. Then, on smooth
roads people frequently get prosy, and
tell long stories, and even those who
don't talk may have very unpleasant
predictions We once travelled four
hundred miles, inside a stage-coach,
with stout man, who had glass of
rum-aEdn = ater, warm handed in at the
window at every place where we chang
ed horses. This was decidedly unpleas-
ant. We have also travelled, occasionally,
with small boy, of pale aspect, with
light hair, and no perceptible neck,
coming up to town from school under
the protection of the guard, and direct
ed to be left at the Cross Keys till called
1OI 1LIo tNGl NOIbS
rum and-water in a close atmosphere.
Then there is the whole train of evils
consequent on the change of the coach
man ; and the misery of the discovery
which the guard is sure to make the
moment you begin to doze-that he
wants brOwn-paper parcel, which he
distinctly remembers to have deposited
under the seat on which you are repos-
ing. A great deal of hustle and CROP
ing takes place, and when you are
thoroughly awakened, and severely
cramped, by holding your legs up by
an almost supernatural exertion, while
he is looking behind them, it suddenly
occurs to him that he put it in the fore
boot. Bang goes the door the parcel
is Immediately found off starts the
coach again and the guard plays the
key-bugle as loud as he can play it, as
if in mockery of your wretchedness.
Now, you meet with none of these
Affections in an omnibus, sameness there
can never be. The passengers change
as often in the course of one Journey as
the figures i'll a kaleidoscope, and,
though not so glittering, are far more
amusing We believe there is no
instance on record of a mans having
gone to sleep in one of these vehicles.
As to long stories, would any man ven
ture to tell a long story in an omnibus?
and even if he did, where would be the
harm nobody could possibly hear what
he was talking about. Again children,
though occasionally, are not often to be
found in an omnibus and even when
they are, if the vehicle be full, as is
generally the case, somebody sits upon
them, and we are unconscious of their
presence Yes, after mature reflection,
and considerable experience, We are
decidedly of opinion, that, of all known
vehicles, from the glass-coach in which
we were taken to be christened, to that
somber caravan in which we must one
day make our last earthly journey, there
is nothing like an omnibus.-Dicke'aS.