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Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20

Pratt's Astral OIL Wholesale and retail emporium
ana headquarters at Fosters Drug store, Front and
Vests streets, Wilmington, Delaware.
a large invoice Just received, In gallon and 1--we
gallon cans, convenient for family use. Sold BY the
quart gallon or barrel, to suit purchasers.
IT Is the only safe and reliable burning fluid In use
gives the most brilliant light, does not grease the
LAMPS and viii not explode. The / gallon cans are
ii IN fnrf uu,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20
AUCTIONEERING.

The subscriber Is prepared to call sal, nf real and
personal property at short notice and on reasonable
terms. $500 W. ''"7'""o'
Address, Newport, Del.
~ , THOMAS EEACKIN.
N u AlsO will give INFO. nation To iIu,,. wisliiu
=" i"i'""Ne UT Heh farms. aupS-u
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20

nor RENT.-rhc bl.cKsmth shep at Harc's Cor
iono- 6.w MORRISON.
Jfon RfST-A house, bara and from four 10 liz
dee OIL MARYLAND Avenue.
WILSON'S, Corner FRONT and Market Streets, IS
w the place to buy reliable. Clover, Timothy and
- 20" 50,
EoR SALE, RENT OR ExCHANdE-A farm
terms or exchanged. part exchanged for city pro-
perty; or would exchange farm and some city pro-
peFS a Si good farm "S"r WI s'{ h AEgglEy
FOR RENT.
Hotel and lager brcr saloon, good will and fixtures
inr sale. first rate business stand Inquire Of
No. iOI East Water street,
feb 5-tw& Wilmington, Del
NJ ONE BUT THE VERY BEST qualities of An
~ thraelte aud Btuminous COAL dry and we'll
screened and delivered frem the yard and self screen
ing bins. GEO. W. BUSH,
dec i2-tf French street. wharf.
intend to apply at the present Session Of the Della
Legislature for n divorce from my wife K,esen-
zia Abberger. Jani3 KAsIMIR ABBERGER.
IGOR SALE oRRENT.-Th frame house. A. "A
l. corner Of Eighth and Madison streets, vfHAt
AN" also the let" adjoining n6 ABBgRSS e rAvLoH:
| dee iG-lm Fifth and Tatnall streets,
Tor sale. three story brick house. No S Sis
west Seventh street, with two story brick build
| ing, 4 rooms In good order. Apply to
| WIN MoCAtLLEY & CO.,
| nov Att Market street, Wilmington, Del.
Farm for Rent.
Situated In Brandywine Hundred, known
| 1an93t No. 81 Market street.
Farm for Sale.
The undersigned will sell at private sale the Planck
| property situated on the Concord pike Brandywine
Hundred, three miles north Of Wilmington, and con-
tanning 2sA acres OF land The situation Is very de
srabie and well worth the attention Of those wishing
to purchase. The land IN well adapted to trucking
| ferms accommodating.
| GEORGE Is, EVANS, Executor, near ltockland
Jan9-tf
| LNOr Aale.-A two horse pswer with thresher Al d
| II shaker in good order, Gasho make. Parties be
fore purchasing would do well to call and examine
this machine at the farm of Mrs Hannah Bradley
near Newark as will positively be sold during the
season. credit OF months will begken by ing
| II bangable note with approved endoIser. Address
| HENRY II. BRADLEY 33I East Fourth street
| Wilmington, Delaware ian s-6t~
FOR SALE.
| FARMS NEAR WILMINGTON, DELAWAN
| No. I, 40 acres within ~ miles Of Wilmington fail
| improvements
| No. ?, Is acres, within - miles vi Wilmington
| handsome situation; moderate improvements
No. ), 40 acres handsomely situated good improve
ments within miles of Wilmington. Will be sol,
| cheap, Oh easy terms. Apply to
AlnrA No
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20
Ayers
Cherry Pectoral,

For Diseases of the Throat and Iuno,a
such as Coughs, Colds, Whooping
Cough, Bronchitis, Asthma,
and Consumption
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20

Ii was not very long before Dolly's wish was
accomplished. One morning the pony carriage
stopped longer than usual at the farm; and
when il leil, it carried two occupants. For the
court would sit several days at New lpsicb this
term and Sir John would necessarily have to
remain there during the whole sitting. 'Sure-
ly her old friends would not refuse" pleaded
the lady, in her sOttest tones "to let Dorothea
beguie away few hours of loneliness and te-
ger, II they were afraid Of that for the servants
were well armed, and Sir Johns woffhounds
were proof against u regiment Of men They
were always unclaimed Ia the hall when sir
John Was away
So at last the parents rather reluctantly gave
their consent, and Dolly went off, sparkling and
blushng with the unwOnted excitement and
pleasure.
~ fancy you will think my room pretty, Do
rother," said my lady "You like bright things.
don't you?"
"oh, yes, indeed exclaimed Dolly, and the
lady smiled.
ut is the old Dicture-hall. chose il because
OF the colored glass window there. Sir John
declares have had the old house pulled fairly
to pieces TO make ii, for one partition has been
thrown down and another built up to make il
the poper size. dare say you would scarcely
recognize 1t now"
"The painted window" exclaimed Dolly,
sob, l should surely know that! | used to love
1t so dearly until! Here she paused.
"Unti wLenp" asked her listener, somewhat
curious.
alt was only All old story my nurse told me
when was a child and used TO come over to
the "Cedars" to play" explained Dolly, half
ashamed
sit was about one of your ladyship's maids
-Martha Saunders. l think-and hairy crea-
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20

Large auction sale of Dry Goods, and ladies and
gents Furnishing Goods AT deo. brakes, 2is Market
Wednesday at 10, and Z. i am closing out my en-
tire stock al dress goods cloths, thawls blankets,
table linens toweling, towels, napkins, notions, sc
Ne All who wish bargains should attend the sale as
the goods will he IDsitiyply SAIL
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20
Farm for Sale.

The undersigned will sell at private sale the Planck
property, situated the Concord pike, Brandywine
Hundred three miles north of Wilmington, and CON
tanning 2s acres OF land. The situation Is very de
srabe, and well worth the attention Of those wishing
to purchase. The land is well adapted to trucking.
Terms accommodating.
GEORGE Is, EVANS, Executor, near Rockland
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-02-20
Farm for Rent.

Situated In Brandywine Hundred, known
vENAv as the ''Gordon Farm" Apply to
lGWl CHARLES II. GORDON
lami-3t No. 81 Market street.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10
THE CINCINNATI ROAD.

We are indebted to Gov. Cox, of Ohio,
for a pamphlet copy of the report of Chief
Engineer Gum, of the Cincinnati road
surveys. Accompanying the report is
fine map of the different routes, with ia
BILE of distances. After careful examina-
ton, we find the advantagesof the Eastern
route very great From the report, it
seems that the Knoxville route is
but sixteen miles longer than the
shortest line surveyed. To save this six
teen miles Cincinnati would have to build
an entirely new road, whereas by the
Knoxville route it finds large portion of
the line already in operation. The grades
by the Eastern route are as good as any
other, the country traversed as rich and
populous and the advantages to be secured
as great. 1t seems for these reasons that
no matter how many other lines are built,
Knoxville is certain to have the earliest
and shortest connection. I5LJI
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10

WE publish elsewhere telegraphlc ac-
count of the unfortunate collision between
the gas strikers and police of New York.
The misfortune in all such conflicts is that
behind the noise and din and blood OF the
street encounters are the real sufferers, the
innocent wives and children of the work.
men. We can not close our eyes to the
fact that this conflict between the strikers
and their employers in New York is stead
lily growing in violence and power. In
many cases the strikes are brought about
by the efforts of parties who are not work
ingmen and not really their friends. A
strike among the furniture makers of New
York is of benefit to furniture dealers in
adjoining cities and doubtless strikes are
often aided and induced by help from rival
interests.
If the strike in New York becomes gener-
al, the conflict of Monday is but the begin
ming of what may be expected, and we shall
chronicle not only "bloody heads and
broken bones, but starving women and
children.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10
NOT DANGEROUS.

We-have not heretofore referred to the
attacks made upon the President because
of the detail of Lieut.. Fred. Grant on the
staff of Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan, as we con-
sidered the matter hardly worthy Of seri-
GUS notice. But as so much has been said
on the subject, few facts familiar to men
of experience in the army are worth con-
sidering. In the first place, general officers
of every grade select their own staff. They
often detail them as a mere matter of COM
plement or fayoritism. ...,..-t 49,, E.
The relations between a General and his
personal staff are confidential and init
mate, and in peace times the place is often
a sinecure. Gen. Sheridan detailed Lieut..
Grant without consulting the President or
any one else, as he had the right to do.
The printed order announcing the detail
was the first intimation the President had
of the intention of Gen. Sheridan. The
rank of Lieutenant Colonel conferred by
the detail is mere temporary: rank, which
young Grant may lose any day on going
back to his regiment. 1t is not by any
means rare thing in the army to confer
such details and promotions on junior Of
ficers who are friends of the General on
whose staff they serve. Gen. Sherman has
a brother-in-law on his staff, a son of Thes.
Ewing of Ohio. Even during the war
very many Generals conferred staff APP
pointments on favorites and oftentimes at
the expense of the service. In times OF
peace such details are harmless and not un-
usual. The act is Sheridan's, for
which he alone is responsible and one
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10

THE Connecticut election shows that
while the Republicans held their own on
the vote for Congressman, electing three
out of four, they lost on the State ticket.
There has been for the past two years a
renewal of the old controversy over the
capital question. New Haven and Hart
ford have been hot over it for the past
year. The Democratic candidate lives in
New Haven and polled many Republican
votes on that issue. We suspect these is
sues had more to do with the changes i'll
the State ticket than anything else. The
issues were local or the change would have
extended to the vote for Congressman.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10

WE are glad to see the papers speaking
out against that disreputable class of "bum-
mersn connected with the press, as editors
or paid correspondents, who seem to think
it their legitimate business to bedaub the
character of every prominent man of whom
they take notice. They do not regard a
mans character as sacred, but as something
which they are at liberty to blacken or de-
stroy by inuendo or falsehood. fla public
man is guilty of corruption he should be
exposed, but charges should always be
based upon facts. We can conceive of
nothing meaner than for man. who has
facilities for reaching the public ear, such
as newspaper men have,l retailing dam
aging insinuations, when they have moth
ing whatever in the shape of facts to sus-
tain them. 1t is cowardly and contempti-
BILE, We fully agree with the Chattanooga
Times, when it says:
No mans honor should be attacked un
less the attack is based upon the clearest
proof. Then the expose should be direct,
manly and freed from all suspicion of NAL
ice or partisanism. g. ,rr q -
There are some newspapers and news
paper correspondents, who will attack an
honest man without a shadow of reason,
just as violently, and more SO in some in
stances, as they do the vilest feion in the
land. How is the public to judge of their
performances How will their readers
discriminate between this 7indiscriminate
mixture of truth and falsehood? Ia
This class of men bring disgrace upon
the press, and should be kicked out by
every decent newspaper man with whom
they come in contact. a1aros s.a.-
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10

for which the President is not in any way
to blame. It is an act for which abundant
presidents exist in military history, and
one, we may be permitted to say, not now
threatening the peace Of the country, the
safety of the nation, or the grand old prin-
ciplesof our glorious Constitution, to which
Democratic editors are now, as heretofore,
inooparohl1y xuoTHod
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10
THIS item we clip, from the Sidewalk

THIS item we clip from the Sidewalk
Noteso Of the Banner:
Fifteen convicts were put to work at the
gas works, yesterday, in place OF laborers
heretofore employed.
Such movement will be relished by the
workingmen of Nashville. They can ap'
preciate policy that brings convict labor
iu direct competition with them in this
way.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10
rur wosb;nuton correspondent OF the

THE Washington correspondent OF the
Courier Journal says:
Mr.. Sumner gains strength very slowly.
He is barely able to walk, but rldes OUT III
good weather. He Will propaDiy remain
here till June, and then, II strone enough
will visit Massachusetts.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-04-10
Great PersianW atermeIon

Is the best. Keeps Fresh and Sweet throughout the
moth Cabbage. 20 to 60 pounds. 2Oc packet. Nam
moth Squash. 100 to 800 lbss 20c Snake Cucumber,
feet and coiled 15c. Yard long Bean, 15c Husk To-
mato, keeps fresh for year 20 cents paper Radish,
wonderful. 15c: packet of either sent postpaid for
price; all for 81. G. w. WILLIAMSON,
..f fallatin Tenn
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Almond Culture in California.

Norman Porter, of this city, we are
pleased to announce, is meeting with
good success in his efforts to Introduce
almond culture in this valley. Last
winter he planted thirty acres in al
mond trees on Stevens Creek, west of
this city, and most Of the trees are III
excellent condition. But little rain
fell after the trees were planted, and
some few of them died, not having re-
ceieved sufficient nourishment to give
them start, but they will be replaced
this winter. In this climate almond
trees will bear the fourth or fifth year,
and in no country in the world do they
grow so large or attain such perfection
as IN this valley. The experiment. has
been tried on a small scale, and the
truth of the above statement fully
demonstrated. The section of country
around Stevens Greek is entirely free
from frost, and the soil and climate
are peculiarly adapted to the growth
of this fruit. We are glad to know
that other farmers in the valley will
emulate Porter's example, and engage
in this industry, which promises to be-
come so profitable and remunerative.-
San Jose Mercury, November ~.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Reputed Site of Babel.

The Rev. G. NJ. Gordon, writing in the
Church Missionary Intelligence, thus de-
scribes the reputed site Of the Tower OF
Babel. A high mound is surmounted by q
ruined and unfinished tower of brick, the
summit of which is 235 feet above the
plain. An examination of the mound shows
that it is composed Of the same elements as
the mounds of abylon-masses of brick
and rubbish, interspersed with broken pot
terry. These bricks are all Of them inscrib-
ed on one side with cuneiform characters.
The cuneiform is the ancient Assyrian, and
is supposed 70 be the Oldest in the written
language in the world. One side, where
excavations have been made, you may see
walls of brick ascending tier above tier
with mastery ambition. On another all is
convulsion and disturbance-huge masses of
brickwork, rent and overturned, yet 80 SOL
i'd in their ruin that it is easier to pulverize
the brick than to separate it from the NOR
tar. One of these blocks has rolled bodily
to the foot of the mound. Others are vitri-
fed or fused by process which can be
none other than electricity or fire. Curl
ously enough the Arabs have tradition
that it has been destroyed by Ere from
heaven. The sides of the mound are pierced
with holes and strewn with bones, which
plainly indicate the lairs of wild beast. The
view from the summit at sunrise is distant
and varied. The broad sheet of tho Eu-
pirates winds for many mile, till lost in
the distance in "sea-like' plain It is
difficult to resist the conviction that Birs
Nimrod is the Tower of Babel, the Oldest
ruin in the world. There are those who
Cike Mr.. Rich) believe it to be the Tower
Of Belus, and regard it as part Of the ruin
Of Babylon, but prefer to hold the older
tradition And surely it is when standing
on ground like this that the language Of
the Scripture acquires vividness and reali.
ty which rewards the toll of patient inves-
LEGATION, and makes the privations of travel
forgotten and voice seems to breathe
from the resting-place of the Prophets be-
side these mighty rivers which is daily
more heard and felt, rebuking the sheer Of
the scoffer and the skeptic.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
A Woman of Business.

There is lady in this city who is
author, doctor, artist and actress, and
who has won success in. each of the four
professions. After. breakfast in the
morning she will write for couple of
hours on her story or essay for the
periodical that employs her. From 10
to she practices medicine. and re-
ceives patients in her Office. She then
works at her easel as painter till 6,
and makes pretty pictures which
always find ready sale. After dinner,
and an hours rest, she will go to the
theatre where she is engaged, and play
the part which she may be set down in
the cast. Did anybody ever know
man that could anything like this Be
sides all, she is accomplished in the
pretty feminine arts, knows how to
make her own clothes, is the mother
of what Walt Whitman calls "bully
boys" and understands how to use her
income from all her PROFESSIONALISM
York Letter to the Cincinnati Com
anercSOI
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10

suddenly recalling himself to a realizing
sense of the horrid mistake g 1t was some
alfred fool in the store, and [ was in hur-
ry to get home and I never stopped to look
or think Here I have been up to Nelson
street on dead run, turned over the entire
house, filled every vessel in it with water,
lifted tubs that weighed ton apiece, wet
every thread of clothing On my body, and
almost made lunatic Of my wife, and then
had to get back to the store with boot that
ground the skin right off my heel And
all, y gasped the miserable man, because of
darned black hearted, lying idiot" Then
as he limped away, and thought on the ap-
pearance of his home, and the array of
amateur lakes and ponds within it, he Incl
dentally mentioned: "Confound the lying
scalawag; if | get hold Of him before the
thunderbolts of heaven overtake him, I
will smash every bone in his villainous car.
cass."
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
The Best PathisnderS.
From st. Nicholas

DO my young Americans know who
are the best pathfnders on the Ameri-
can continent, the great original path
finders of the West I'll tell you. They
are the buffaloes. Yes, sir, it is true.
Hear what a correspondent of St. Mich
olas writes with the quill of a dear
gray goose friend Of mine:
AS the frosts of winter destroy their
pastures in the north, so the heats of
summer parch those in the south, and
the buffaloes must, each spring and
autumn, take long journeys in search
OF fresh feeding grounds. The large
size and weight of these somewhat
clumsy explorers make it rather diff
cult for them to cross the noun
tains, so they seek out for
themselves the most practicable
routes, and hunters and emigrants have
found that a "buffalo track !" offers
the surest and safest path for men and
horses. The best passes in the Cum
berland and Rocky Mountains, and the
regions of the Yellowstone, and the
Colorado, have been discovered by
following the trail of these sagacious
animals. [ know this is so, for the
great traveller, Humboldt. once wrote !:
I'm this way the hnmble buffalo has
filled a most important part in facili-
tating geographical discovery in noun
famous regions otherwise as trackless
as the Arctic wastes, or the sands of
Sahara"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
Names Of Churches.

There is a good deal of adroitness
shown in the popular names annexed
to churches. When DR.. Bellows built
his church with alternate stripes of
white and red, it was Immediately
christened the Church Of the Holy
Zebra. The new church of Tying is
built of fanciful colored brick, and
already it is known as the Church of
the Holy Oil Cloth, which the pattern
very much resembles. Hepworth' s
church is known as the Hippodrome.
Dr. Storr's church, owing to the pc
culiar shape of the steeple, is known as
the Corn Cob. The second Unitarian
Church is the Church of the Holy Tur-
tle One of the churches where they
make baptisms speciality, and have
them every Sunday night, is called the
Wash Tub. An ultra Calvanistic church
is known as the Old Furnace, while an
ultra Liberal church is called the In
surance Office.-Bawzeigh IN Boston
Journal.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1873-12-10
The Result OF q Strike.

It's an i'll wind that blows no good,
and the usually disastrous effects OF
strikes, we are given to understand,
have brought with them their redeem
ing features. Sir William Fairbarn,
the eminent civil engineer, who is no
friend of strikes, and, as a rule, has
nothing to say in condemnation of
them, has, unintentionally, perhaps,
SAID something in their favor in lee
ture in Manchester. Sir William told
his hearers that to strikes engineers
were indebted for the rivetting ma
chime, and to strikes fax spinners are
indebted for the self-acting mule. The
aforementioned was the result of a
i" turnout" of Sir W. Fairbanks men
on question of apprentices, cas- to
which," says Sir William, 81 could
not allow them to dictate.''