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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-31
Scr SALE.


EOoR sALE.-A Frame Hous6 for 500 cash, Also
II one three stJry brlek house containing seven
fooms NO SIS Kirkwood street, cheap tot sash. Nh
~ MCINTYRE JAMES. ~
iapgl,et .L 9ot Markss ssIees
aNOk sale OR EXCHANGE FOR CITY fho
n PERTY.-A farm Of Ill acres, near Green hlli,
anelfourtn mile from terminus OF CITY Paasehset
Railway, and about ONT mile from cy nss ass gus
a hInAIi amount of the purchase money IN tAlsh lhe
balance On long times peach orchard o. y ten acIes
In ful bearing Last year. Tho income for 1873 VIII
pay the Interest on f4o,OOO; the hay crop VIII
d poor season, amounting tO nearly s2iooO. II thls
property s not sold within lev mohtns " viii w pe
q. W. WKt4S,
Jap27-st' III I on the place,
NOR SAIE--A FINE SIBURHAN hESiDkNelh
n AND LOT OF GROUND AT PRIVATE NM
SALE.-The undersigned pners at prly4ln sale II
The due reaidence and lot OF ground on ". bVnt
street. within one square OF the city hne now OouT
piedIby Joseph Pyle. The house is new and iu OK
celent condition. stable on the premises Ahale and
fruit trees fine lawn, 23S feet on Front street. FUN
hfngback $50 feet well Of good water WA De SID
low, On accommodating terlaa. ls, i,,, ,,rs,t,,1
ja124-eOdst JAMES BhApFOhp.
IN0R sALB-A two-story cottage, four msss
II rooms. Lot i00xlbO feet, corner of Shall, LII
crora avenue and Harrison street. Also, iot Vi
Rndadjoining, lb0x200 feet. Apply ~ ..,.,.,.
la13-eOdlm THIS OfflVE.
sHNoR sALE-The twO-storied building, and nm
II lot back, situated In orange street pc -
tween Third and Fourth, adjoining the Soap @nu
Candlg Mandatory. This property has front on
Orange street Of 66 feet running back that width ~
feet The building by little alteration would make
a large machine shop, or would do for many vther
manufacturing purposes. For terms inquire Of
jan7-w&stml No. soT W. sixth 81, VII Del.
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THE AMERICAN TUNE BOoK!!

This truly National work contains THOUSAND
TUNES, which, after careful inspection, $50 COM
petent musicians decided to be the most popular
ones published during the last hair Century.
All the well proved favorites are included, and
none omitted. Price. Sl5O
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CHANCE.

pusINEss CHANCE.
The undersigned having purchased of j. Sund-
helm Co the store, NO. A. market street. respect
fully Informs his patrons that he has now on hand
and for sale cheap large aud weselt cted ass0 Y
ment OF feady-made clothing, under-cl0thng, gents
furnishing Goods, &c. -
Than full for pas patronage extended to him, he
re pectfully sOlictB continuance of the same.
j. WESLEY CANARY,
jnn2f-6t 400 Market street
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The above books and pieces sent, postpaid, on
receipt Of retail price.
OLIVER DlTSON & CO., Boston.
CHAS. II. DiTsoN CO., New York.
jan22-WSd&2tw
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EH- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
F. L. FRANKS,
HOOP SKIRTS, CoRsETs, LADIES AND chill
DREN'S UNDER-GARM ENTS,
MANUFAo7oRP,
bl1 MARKET STREET, Wilmington,
octlT-ly
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THOUSANDS OF COMMON SCHOOLS
are about to adopt and sing from
Cheerful VoicesI

our New, Genial, Beautiful, Popular JUVENILE
SONG BOOK. By L. y. Emerson.
Whole armies OF Teachers and Children have been
delighted with the same authors "9Olden Wreath, !"
and Merry Chimes" and cannot do better than
to unite their with our "cheerful voices" in singing
from the new book, which they Will pronounce
Better than the Best of previous issues, Price 5Oc
A rare good Song.
MEETING. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. MllIard. 50
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OWNERS OF FARMS. s.u-L
" or OOuHTHY PROPERTY
Desiring to sell or exchange by sending iu parsicu-
lars and fee OF 81, can have them advertised aud
otherwise negotiated without inUarring any farther
expense until DuAin,s IL effected. Commission W
per cent JOHN \. EWkN, Real kAtate BrORer,
30 Nassau 81, New York.
REFERRNCKs-G t. Bonner 90, W Broad street
New York; james BuChaR q Co., 100 Elizabeth St
rev York. Jan2S-lm
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List of Unclaimed Letters Remaining in the Viii
mington Oel.) Post-0fice Jan. 25th, 1873.
Admin n Mr. Jaffares Mary MIRA
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Snr Bent.

LINOR hRHT-A small farm OF II Acres, IL miles
IL nom the City, Inquire Of -
hUBEhT McCAULLEY,
lan2pdtf& wzt go Orange street.
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Wilmington Coal Gas Company, q, 1858 90;
Wood, Feaster & Co., $97 John handle, $6S !;
Benz. Walker, "A; Mrs. II. Clancy, $1O9.85 E.
i. Brown, 1920; Il. Y. deNormandie, S21. so |;
II, Jefferis q Son, S. 43 Weldin Lloyd, S45 :
25; Joseph Jones, S6 %; Johnston Il Bogia,
Js15 Geo. W. Vernon, $40; II. r. Worthington,
5000; Street Commissioner to pay awards on
opening Pennsylvania avenue, 90 400 Alison
Mills, Ss; Sundry Bondholders, $2,S5O.
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DERKES VINToN, Brass Founders, and Man.
Il nfactuTeis OF Globe Valves, 9aug Cocks. Ge
for Steam, Water, and Cas- importers on and
dealers In PLuMBERS' MATERIALS send for
FTlce List NO, 62T Arch St., Phia,
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Sost sad Souua.

u osT-Yesterday while sleiGhing, black rebe.
! 4 The finder will be suitably rewarded by return
aa 10 Ian8i-gts laO3 MARKET ST.
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UROARDING-A gentleman and wife can be &C
s oommodated with q large unfurniEhed front
room on second floor with board at
nOv-22-a 28t WALNUT 81.
UpOARDINa-For GENTLEMEN at
ID sepl6-tf sl2 KING sTkEEr.l
DOARDING--Atd an Market street. table board
ID furnished augs0-u
ID apr9-em 600 DELAWARE AVENUE:
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A dressing
which is at
once agreeable.
healthy and
efectual for
preserving the
hair, 1t soon
restores faded
or gray haiT
to its original
color, scith the
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for SaIt.

EoR sALE-A nice two-horse sleigh, made By
II Cooling a Lloyd, may be had cheap. Apply 10
n. NJ RILE,
innanat nnrner TaElnr and ButtOnMood.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-01-31

nj OTICE-I have this day retired from the lum-
IN Der business having disposed of my entire in
terest to L. A. Harris and W. w. Harris who Will
continue the business at the NJ 4. corner OF Front
and Tatnall streets. j. A. HARRIS
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9artnerslttp Nptifes.

T. S. BELIIAH,
A. S. ELLIorf
j W. HUXLEY.
Wilmington, Del, January 1st, 1873.
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The business VIII be continued at the old stan =,
corner Third aud King streets by the Undersigned,
using the firm name Of Bellah Elliott, ana we no.
llcit continuance Of patronage 30 hDerally be-
slowed upon the Old firm,
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1873-11-14
Inheri,abIe OharacterisIIcs.

Heredity is especially noticeable IN
the contiguity Of physiological and
pathological conditions. 1t is very
clearly evident in the expression and
features Of the physiognomy. This was
observed by the aneients; hence the
Romans had their Masopes, Labeones,
Buccones, Capiiones, etc. (Bignosed,
thick-lipped, swollen-eheeked, big
headed.) OF all the features, probably
the nOse is best preserved by hereditg
The Bourban nose is famous. Heredity
also manifests itself by fecundity and
longevity. In the old French noblesse
there we're several families which pos
sessed high procreative Figor. De
Montmorency, who. at the age Of
over sixty-fve years, could still, at the
battle Of 81. Denis, smash with his
sword the teeth Of Scotch soldier who
was giving him the death blow, was the
father Of twelve children. Three q bis
ancestors, Matthew !, Matthew ii and
Matthew III, taken altogether, had
eighteen, and Of those fftssn were boys.
The ssa Bnd grandson Of the Ereai
Conde had nineteen between them, ana
their great grandfather. Eho lost his lite
at Jarnac, had ten. The hrst tour
Guises reckOned in ell forty-three ehil-
dren. Of whom thirty were beys. Achille
De Harley had nine children, his iather
ten, aud his great gras-father eighteen:
In some families this fecundliy endured
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A Turkish Princess.

NJ. Betham Edwards visited Turkish
princess, whom she describes as follows;
4 She was tall and slender and very
handsome, with pearly skin, delicately
cut features, and black hair and eyes.
Her dress was simply perfect, ample,
flowing, easy, of soft, noiseless, lus'
trous silk, the precise hue of which 1T
would be impossible to describei IT was
something between an asphodel bios
som and the palest pink coral, and yet
neither the one nor the other approached
It at all nearly. Around her head was
wound a little turban of delicately col
ored gauze, fastened over the forehead
with a jewel. Now l am sorry to con-
fess that this graceful and imposing
creature was such an inveterate
smoker that it seemed the sole
business of two or three of her
slave girls to supply her wants. During
the two hours that we we're honored with
her presence one of these automatou-
like figures would come in about every
seven or eight minutes, nnsummoned,
and hand each of the ladies q cigarette.
more like machinery could
not be conceived. There was no saluta-
ton on the part Of the servant, no ae-
acknowledgements on the part of the mis-
tress. The cigarettes came and went,
and that was all.
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SAD SAVANNAH STORY.
Tho Delicate Young Man Who Trav.
els with His Sisters.

From the Savannah Adyestiser, Nov. 81
One day last week there arrived in
this city a young man Of rather delicate
and genteel appearance, in company
with two pretty, young females. After
strolliRg about for some time, not know
ing where to 20, by some means or other
he dropped into the residence Of prom
inent minister of the gospel Whether
attracted here by the imposing appear
ance Of the building, or drawn by a sort
of intuition, we are not able to say. But
by whatever infatuation he was led it is
certain that he fortunately found the
good Samaritan.
Being blessed with a sufficient amount
of "brass and a good address, our
young man found little difficulty in inn
posing upon the kind feelings of the
gentleman to whom he applied and
representing himself as an invalid,
travelling with his two sisters from the
North TO some point il Florida for their
health, and that they had lost their bag
gage on the way, were without money,
etc, the kind-hearted minister told the
young man not to trouble himself any
further, but to bring his sisters along and
remain at his house until they could
make the necessary arrangements TO
continue on their journey.
This proposition was just what our
young man wanted, and he accordingly
went after the sisters" who, in a short
time, were comfortably lodged and at
tentively cared for by the gentleman re-
ferred to, who, by the way, we learn,
even gave up his own room to them.
The next day the young man and his
sisters were taken charge Of by some
friend of the minister, who was in bet
ter condition to accommodate them.
In the meantime the sympathies Of
another minister was enlisted in their
behalf, and free passages procured over
the Atlantic and Gulf railroad to Flor
ida for the two young females. They
left last Friday. After their departure
the brother went down to the wharf
of one of the New York steamships, on
which, through the kind intervention
and assistance of these same ministers,
he had secured passage to New York in
order to look up their lost baggage.
upon dTrlNluR dJ Ino "uhli hO iVuhu
that the steamer on which his passage
had been secured was gone. Ascertain
ing that certain other ship would leave
in a short time, he ran down to the
wharf, and representing himself as a
waiter of the steamship that had just
left, succeeded in obtaining passage.
In the meantime male member of the
family, where this same young man had
been staying last, discovered the true
character of the parties. There was
really no relationship whatever existing
between him and the females, and the
probability is, that after having finished
his lark" with the girls, he was return
ing home The gentleman referred to
provided himself with genteel oowhide,
and, discovering the reereant youths
whereabouts, surprised him on the gang.
way of the ship, where report says be
administered a tolerably healthy rebuks
in the shape of some thirty-nine (more
or less) lashes. Nevertheless, the gentle
youth left with the steamer, and is now
no doubt back with his congenial spirits
in tae viz of New York
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through Eve or six generations. The
average length Of life depends on local
ity, diet, stage Of civilization, but indi-
vidual longevity appears 70 be com
pletely freed from these conditions. IL
was observed among those who lead the
most laborious lives, as well as among
those who take the greatest care Of their
health, and II seems 10 be connected
with some inner power Of vitality trans
mitted TO individuals from their fore.
fathers. SO we'll known is this fact
that, in England, life assurance com
panies receive from their agents state
ments as to the longevity Of the appli-
cant's ancestors In Turgots family,
the age of ffty-nine was very rarely ex-
cecded, and the man who made that
family illustrious has presentiment, so
soon as he had reached fifty, that the
close of his life was not distant. Albeit
he had all the appearances of good
health and Of great vigor Of tempera-
ment, still from that time forward he
held himself ready for death, and, in
fact, did die at the age Of iifty-three.
Heredity often transmits muscular
olINHStu auu ouuuig Obuti hoNoA aNNiNl-
ties. In ancient times there we're fami-
lies of athletes, and the English have
families of boxers. The recent re-
searches of Mr., Galton, as to wrestlers
and oarsmen, show that the winners in
the contests in which these men engage
generally belong to few families in
which agility and dexterity are heredi-
tary. Suppleness and grace in dancing
are transmitted, as is shown in the case
of the celebrated Vestris family. The
same is to be said with regard to various
peculiarities Of voice, such as stamuier-
ing nasality and lisping There are sew
eral families who are naturally singers.
Children born of babbling parents are
themselves babblers by birthright DR..
Lucas cites the case of servant-maid
whose loquacity knew no bounds. She
would talk to people till they were ready
to faint; but she would also talk to ami
mails and inanimate things. Even when
she was quite alone she talked to herself
aloud. She had to be discharged " But,
said she to her master, am not to
blame; it all comes from my father He
had the same fault, and it drove my
my mother to distraction; and his father
was just as | am. ."-Popular Science
Monthly.
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in reckless courage. Nor did our army
gain much when they entered the towns
Of the Turcomans by putting all the in
habitants 10 the sword. While peace
was being restored in this terrible man
ner in one district, an instruction broke
out in another. The troops
are compelled TO make long and ex'
hausting marches to which the suaerings
they had to endure up 20 the capture Of
Khiva were mere child's play. Five
thousand camels have already perished,
and the troops have hardly any means
Of transport for their baggage the Off
GERS are only allowed to take with them
two shirts and linen haversack." The
correspondent concludes from the
above facts, that it will be impossible
for Russia TO establish order perma-
nently in Khiva, or derive any adyan-
tage from its conquest, so long as Box
hara, which extends along the whole
eastern frontier Of Khiva, is not made
Russian territorw
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Russia and 1he Turcomans.

A letter from Samarcand in the Goloss
says thai GO far from the Russian cam
paign against Khiva being at an end, 1t
has hardly begun. The alleged yiito-
ries Of General Kaufman and Goloyaat-
chef over the Turcomans we're not, the
correspondent asserts, by any means as
complete a. the official reports repre-
sent them TO have been. and the govern
meut would probably have as great a
dread as Pyrrhus Of the repetition OF
such victories. Not a single officer
In the column Of General Gelovatcheh,
who was himself severely wounded By
two sword cuts in the head and sh0aldeF,
returned from the expedition uniniured.
Several Of them, such as Lieut. Col.
EsipoG. knsiEn Kamentzky. and others,
we're literally cut TO pieces. That the
Losses IN the ranks must have been cor
respondingly great is evident Tue
Turcomans fought with indescrihable
fury, women fought By the side Of men
10 the ranks, and even surpassed them
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Persian Eti0uette.

Among other customs enforced by
Persian etiquette (says a contemporary
is rule that, where a superior dimes
with an inferior, the latter brings in the
first dish himself-a practice not without
precedent at Western courts. The
bringing in of a dish is, however, in
Persia no light undertaking, and requires
considerable skill, strength, and prac-
tice, for the manner in which the opera
ton is to be performed is, especially at
court, strictly prescribed. The dish or
tray must be held at arms length, car
ried perfectly horizontal, and deposr
tied precisely in the right place
at once. Some ludicrous stories
are related about this practice. One
old gentleman with magnificent beard
had to bring in a large tray containing
several dishes, and place it in front OF
the Shah The tray was heavy, the
bearer feeble, and, to make matters
worse, just as he was about to deposit
it, a candle, which he had not OBJ
served, set FIRE to his magnificent beard.
For moment he was in a stats OF the
utmost perplexity. To put down the
tray elsewhere than in its appointed
place-an operation which required
some deliberation-was out Of the ques-
ton. To allow his cherished beard to
be consumed was also impossible. He
was equal to the occasion, and, plunging
bis flaming beard. into a dish Of curds,
which ctood on the tray, he calmly COM
pleted his task, amidst the applause
and amusement Of the beholdeFs.
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How the Emperor of Russia has
to Work for n Living.

From the Army and Navy Gazette
When the yellow flag with the double
headed eagle Of Russia in the center
flies from the flagstaff of the Kremlin
Palace it announces that Alexander,
the emancipator is in the ancient capi-
tai of his vast dominions. Constitu-
tional sovereigns lie on a bed of roses
compared to. the autocrat of Russia.
From him everything hinges in the
country, that contains 100000 Of
square miles; with him moves the entire
machinery Of State, and always ON the
move his Majesty is obliged to be.
Trained in the severe school of the EN-
peror Nicholas, Alexander II never al
lowed himself a moments relaxation.
1t is known what a passionate sol
der the Emperor of Germany is
how he will even attend the drills
of q single company. The Emperor
of Russia, though, goes from re-
view to review, from fiold.days of 5000
men to field-days of special arms, from
the target practice of few non-com-
missioned officers to a maneuyey of the
feet. Now in Poland, now in Tsarskoe
Selo, now at Cronstadt, now in the
Caucases, and all at once in the Crimea.
Always soldiers, soldiers, soldiers He
himself is never out of uniform, and
none of the Ministers ever discard their
epaulets The Imperial suite is, Of
course, enormous. But, to-day, His
Majesty is at Moscow; tonight he pro-
ceeds to the Crimea. In the train the
Minister of the Interior will probably
see him with innumerable papers for sig
nature; the Minister of Finance, of
Justice, or of Foreign Affairs will dis
turb the Imperial rest. Such is it to be
an Emperor; and how many there are
who would give a whole lifetime for five
minutes in such position For five
minutes it may be pleasant, but it is
ouestionahle whether longer expert.
ence would not priEC ebout change of
feeling.
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FISK, STOKES AND JOSIE.
Personal Peculfarities of Fisk's
MurhRrAr.

Personal PeculiaritIes of Fisk's
Murderer.
Mrs. Burnham. in st. Louis Republican,
John Wilkes Booth and Edward Stokes
resemble each other in great many
ways. The same physical charms,
dash of manner, a trick OF address, win
ming brightness of face and speech, and
a reckless, courageous bearing distin-
guished both these ill.fated men. A ter
rible clamor goes up from many at the
late sentence, but subject the bitterest
enemies of Ned Stokes to a half-dozen
interviews with him and the bitterness
would die out of them. There is pro-
pitiary tone in his very voice, and utter
lack Of the smallest appearance of bra
vado in the man. He has tried to be
gay and debonnaire under the humil-
iating scenes through which he has
lately passed, but II stake everything |
own he never said, when putting on the
prison garb, there's no pistol pocket in
these pants anyway" Poor Stokes was
lured to ruin by his heart, and there are
people who flourish by reason of total
want of one. If no fatal Josephine had
crossed his path it never would have led
through Sing Sing. His own difficulties
with Fisk would never have eliminated
in murder, but goaded to madness by
the sight of the beautiful Josephine S
grief during the disgrace that was heaped
on her at the Yorkville trial, he went
hot-headed after Fisk.
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THE FALSE JosIE's INFLUENCE.

Josie. some time before the murder, in
enumerating Fisks later peccadillos,
said: Why, the aunt of these girls
(the Morses) was an old fame OF his,
but it makes no difference, and regular
ly every day, at three or four clock, he
can be found at the Grand Central In
their rooms" The New York Times
was at the time pitching into Fisk.
Stokes undoubtedly felt he was not so
far out of the way himself when he put
To mes out of the way. Very bitterly he
has renented the rash work of an evil
honr and unsvailingly wished he could
unrayel his life and start again from
that fatal ACQUAINTANCE with a heartless
woman. At the time OF the MURDER
public elamor rose like tempest around
Josephine. She was hooted at ana IN
suited, and popular Indignation aid so
many ugly things that she took on the
light Of a martyr to ny eyes. Sinner
undoubtedly she was, but there are so
many sinners, and after all we are none
of us ordained by heaven to sit in Judg-
ment. got up positive sympathy Tor
the unfortunate women, But two SEN
tences, carelessly uttered one day, put
anotker sentiment in its place.
HoLLow AND HEARTLEss.
A remark was made concerning her
first feeling when the shooting was re.
ported to her. Well she said, Il
thought, goodbye $4,000" Chat was
the sum she was suing Fisk for), and
she added naively, "of course, then, |
didn't know I could continue the suit
against the widow"
That pretty thoroughly settled her
oniuien of Fisk. Naturally then it vGs
asked of her in relation to Stokes. " |
do hope" she said, he may get off
and then I'll shake bands with him. /
wish him well, but neFsF want to see
him again. He'll be ruined man
this thing is sure to ruin him. In.
keeping with these speeches was the re-
mark she made on FIRST meeting Stokes
after all this dreadful affair. She stood
face to face with the man who had per
lied his soul and forfeited his life through
her direct influence. She adjusted her
thread lace shawl $4,000 gift of the
prisoner at the bari, and daintily said;
"Poor Ed, he's dreadfully alteredl