Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-08

OFT HE dAraEs REVIVAL, Ero
| Special Correspondence of he Commercial.
| PHILADELPHIA March 7.
A novel night school enterprise. which wa
started some months since, has closed its sessioi
for the winter and the results are before th
public The ordinary night school has happily
become common and it works an undemonstra
tive and untold good. A want was felt however
for school of higher class, such as woult
rank with the High School of our public system
This was organized in November last under the
title Of the might school for artizans" and /
was designed to furnish & partial collegiate
| course. The experiment was looked upon witl
interest by persons concerned in educationa
| matters, and it has proved successful beyond
expectation. The school was held in the Higl
school building at Broad Il Green SITS
and the Professors were mainly from the
faculty OF that institution. The distinctive
studies pursued we're Mathematics, Mechanical
| Drawing, Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology
| Hygiene, and Physics. There were nearly COG
pupils during the term OF Is weeks, of which mum.
Der l50 were men over 25 years OF age. Over 10C
occupations were represented and the earnest
ness and studiousness Of the entire class, de-
served the highest praise. There ia something
particularly pleasing in this subject. Here we
see a DOdy OF 1nt6lHRont WOrklnBmen, WAO,
having in their youth, received but limited ed
ucation, courageously determine to "go to
school" after arriving at an age when school
days are generally thonght to be over. The au-
thorites are 30 encouraged, that next Winter
enlarged opportunities will be given to this no.
BILE band OF hard handed students
The city has had another scare from patent
burning fluids A..certain stuff has been .lsrge-
ly sold here Of late, called combination " fluid
which commended itrelf to the poor by its
ohaar al will "a Inf
was absolutely non-explosive. Sellers have been
given to experimenting with the oil TO prove its
harmlessness, dropping lighted wicks into the
cans without explosive reselt. Whether the
cans so operated upon really contained diffor-
ent article from that sold, or whether upon con-
fnement in lamp the dangerous agency is gen.
Grated in the shape OF gas, is not known, but it
is at least certain that the stun as used is little
safer than gunDowder. An inquest was held
this week upon the body Of 4 woman who was
burned to death by the explosion Of lamp
containing about gill OF this fluid. The vic
tim had not touched the lamp, nor was it
moved by her or disturbed in any way. The ju-
ry declared 10 its verdict that it had remained
over night in a cold room and had not been in
the neighborhood of any light or fre The wo-
man was reaching towards the lamp with
match to light It, when (with her hand several
inches from iO the lamp exploded setting her
enough. This devils mixture is sold for four
cents pint and has thousands Of purchasers.
The article in LtpDincon upon Unsettled Points
in Etiquette has raised tremendous excitement
A regular battle wRges,--a war, rather. The Bul-
letil has published series OF rejoinders, some
papers have copied the article 10 full and others
have had editorials upon it, Max Adeler" emer-
ges in blast OF comic poetry ovor tho ovent,
and latest of all there is terrible to do about
the authorship. The Day launches in furiously
to the defence of the authoress and talks in such
a blood thirsty manner about certain mysterious
" culpable journalists that the town is almost
ka.. aIarxu uitn Faf
lest case Of much ado about nothing that ever
was seen. II the LippinoOH writer had puzzled
her intellects for year upon how she could best
create q tempest in tea pot she might
not have succeeded more perfectly.
The trouble that recently binted at be-
tween the West Philadelphia Railroad and the
new Public Buildings is now generally discussed
The company says it cannot lay track around
Penn Square without legislation permitting it to
do So inasmuch as its charter as at present
framed gives it no such right, and that the work
might no sooner be done without permit than it
might, and indeed should, be interfered with
| On the other hand work on the buildings cannot
20 on until the road is moved. That is the elt-
nation, and a candid observer can but say that
| is not an interesting one. President morton
| has made (at least in worldly point OF view)
serious mist AXE in conducting this controversy.
| He has spent great deal OF money in advertl,
/ sing the wrongs put upon him but there would
| have been better place to have planked those
| stamps,-to wit, in Harrisburg. The Ridgway
/ party saw right into that. The1'Union" mana
gera do not care excessively for public opinion
| 80 they get the legislation they want the Mar
i ket St. line has the sympathy of the town,--but
/ nothing TO show for it. An old teacher Of the
guitar / once knew used to lament the life prac-
| tice he had spent npon that comparatively IN
| significant instrument, and say that. II he had
| given the Same time to the violin or piano, that
| he had to the guitar he would not have been
i poor and without pupils in his old age. Th
bearings of this observation lies in the appic' :
tion on II, go
ANY one familiar with Market street trade will
/ find it rather hard to believe that it is the i'm
| preston anywhere that the Drumming system
| has no hold upon business here, This style OF
i trading in which the salesman instead OF stand
ing before his shelves, roams the country with a
valise.full of samples, seems to become more
| and more popular as buyers are further removed
| from the principal centres. Instead OF the coun-
| try merchant taking long journeys to make hit
| purchases, it ia the salesman who does the trav'
| ellng, showing the customers samples OF all the
goods in his line to be found in the large cities
taking his orders and having the goods duly
shipped. The system has it's good and bad
points. OF course the buyer saves nothing on
the score of travelling expense. for the sales
mans expense is added to his bill in some way
he NAV be sure. On the other hand he does save
his time, which may be the same as money t.
him. have no intention of arguing the matter
however, bnt only mean to refer to the astonish
ing impression made IN at least one quarter (ant
which has boen commented on here in
manner apologetic) that Philadelphia ha
few, il any, of this tribe of 'drummers
in the field A western paper having made th'
charge it has been copied without any one haV
| ing the manliness to repel the infamous accuse
tion. The fact is simply that large proportion
| IL not the bulk of certain kinds of jobbing bust
ness in Philadelphia is done precisely in thi
way To mention specalty,-cloths and cass
meres, quite two-thirds OF the out OF tow
trade is done by drummors. The same remaT
| holds In relation to Philadelphia made goods.
may be that one Of these gentry has Ju'
now, and for the first time, visited Dubuqu
= (whence this atrocious calumny is supposed
have orignated) but If it is 30 it is the onl
town his brethren of the carpet-bag have M
, penetrated. No Philadephia drummers I'll
idea would be absurd IL it were not 80 lnexpres
IDLY mendacious Like the curates In Shirtel
o 'tliey lie thick upon the hills they are like
the Seven Plaques at once, flies, frogs, locus
and all the rest, = and they cover every gree
IS thing Country merchants) in the land. Ih
Dubuque man had better move into some Sc
It tion where there is trade worth travelling afte
and he will see more Philadelphia drummers
" day than he could forget in month.
The Chestnut street theatre has made aboI
its only hit Of the season by the production
the old spectacular play Of :" The Cataract
IL the Ganges," Speaking by the card 1t was nj
"a really produced" at the "Ohestnut," havin
y been got up in New York, and the dresse
"a scenery, and some Of the actors shipped hith
- - after ii had its day at the Grand Opera Hous
= These were the terms Of Mr.. Days part ma
agement OF the Chestnut" however, and
10 the play was . novelty, regardless OF it's Ne
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