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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-17
Saturday, the Ath dav Of Oct. 1878,
at II O'Clock. A II on tha nrem.a.a

The following Lands aud Tsnements to Wit. All
that certain lot or piece Of land hayI z thereon
erected brick SCHOOL HOUSE and other bn a.
ings, situated n he city o. vi mlngIon New Castle
COUNTY, and state OF laFare, bounded aud de-
Bcrib as follows u wit:
Beginning at the Tut rsection If the NoIthery
slds Of gath street wi the westerly side OF Vol.
lASton Sire {, thence aOns said side OF Eighth st.
iu- rth Westerly direction eghty-nne fee to
lot Of land sold " arc ibald GiVeO, thence along
satd land Norherly par ,lltl tn Jeifers1n street
egnty un+ feet 10 stake, thence kastery parallel
with Tlghih STREET eighty nine ieat 10 the said side
OF WollAston Street, aud thence thereby SOdth ry
eghty-one feet To the lace Of beginning; be the
con ents tn 'reOf Whist they may.
attendance will be given and terms Of sale made
known al the tim and place atUresa d. by
iSaML n. HARRtSGrUN Trustee,
- Fhe lsnn Ov" de ctlo is tne 5 ,honl HOusa
and premises occupied for u / ing time by T Clark
s'n 1ayi II ana Mi ION ia on no occupied by tHe
latter The reputation q their schools is well an
Wldey Known, and gives To these premises q spe-
cial value aud good Will
serII.tQ-27-24 IS 29.i. 20
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-17
2Hfti1u SaIEs.

80 Csws at Publie sale
PUBLIC SALE OF THIRTY FIRST. CLASS Cors
Al the PRACTICAL FARMER
On ThurS,diss, &, Us oes Sept %ls' 1873,
COUNTY Ohio. "Vnihg
sepi5sI JoHN z. DorRav
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-09-17
REMOVAL TO OUR OLD PLACE 0f
BUSINESS.
T y,
ncLE q MILLER.
Iteal Estate Agents, Auctioneers
FOarth and KiBs streets,
WILMINGTON. DEL
TNEU sTEE'S SALE
OF VALUABLE
H r AL l. n T a E!!

By virtue of an Order OF the Court OF Chancery Of
the state OF Delaware, 10 and for New Castle
COuny, made az he September term. A. D., 1913,
be xr pAed to sale, BY ay OF publ aGc lou or
vendue, en-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-01

CHAWLSl SHAWLSl
y SHAWLSl
Received by this days steamer from New
York All purchased at panic prices, and Will
be sold at correspondingy low figures:
oct 2S K L. WOOD.
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BOOTS .4.SU SHOES.

RUBBERSl
ENGLISH RUBBERSl
At WADDEY'S, "A King street.
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GROCERIES,.

EORGE McBURNEY s. SON,
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY AND FANCY GROCE-
RIES, WINES AND LIQUORS,
ENGLISH and SCOTCH ALE and BROWN
STOUT.
Also, EASTERN and POTOMAC HERRING
and MACkEREL.
NOS. IG6 AND 40 KING STREET,
washington Hall Bullding,)
Alexandria, Va.
Orders promptly filled. NH 3l-tt
NEW. STORE.
F. G. SWAINE
Wouldinform his friends and the public gener
ally that he mas leased the store on the corner Of
Cameron and Royal streets, (J. G. Milburn's old
stand) and will keep, in connection with the
Grocery, Liquor and Commission store, No. 2
Roya! street, q frst-class
FAMILY GROCERY,
where can be found at all times fresh Roll But
tor, Poultry, Eggs, Hopiny, Beans, Dried
Fruits, Potatoes, Canned Peaches, Pineapple,
Tomaoes and Corn, &C., &c. Call and exam
inc. feb7
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Eg.ycy GOODs Avn .vOTIO.v;s.

"EALTH IS WEALTH.-Go and geta full
III supply of WINTER GARM ENIS of all
kinds ,t Mrs. DRIEFUS',
oct 1S 100 King street.
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DRY GOODS.
DRESS GOODS AT PANIC PRICES.

~
Just received per steamer from New York
this day the largest stock Of nice Dress Goods
we have ever opened in Alexandris-all bought
in New York at panic prices. The great excite
ment in the money market has enabled US to OBJ
tain extraordinary bargains.
oct Is Il. Il. WOOD.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-01
GRAY'S PATENT OIL CAN,

Made of Galvanized Iron, Japanncd, with
Adjustable Pan and Lever Pump, is now on eyy-
hibition ut Mrs. S. X. SNIDERS., This Can Is
perfect in all its arrangements, ard superior to
any in use. Persons in need of Can Will 40
we'll to call and examine it before purchasing.
ont
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-01

@S''D
cannot be surpassed, and are willing to have
them compared with any in the market
We have everything in the FINE GROCERY
LINE.
SHELF GOODS of all kinds, fresh stock.
FRENCH CANDY, guaranteed to be puro.
The best brands of Domestic and Imported
CIGARS and TOBACCO.
We particularly request our customers to re-
turn any article purchased from us that does not
give satisfaction.
panies @ in Now Yo1k will be duplicated in price,
'''1 '' CHINESE TEA COMPANY,
No. II north Royal street,
" 12-tf Alexandria, Virginia.
RICHARD W. AVERY. FL. J.DAV1Dsof
A VERY s. DAVIDSON
Dealers in
CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, WINES,
AND LIQUORS.,
No. 226, King street, corner of Alfred,
ian 14tf Alexandria, Va.
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eS, eS%"NEboDY 10 a Georgia Court "applauded," :"
e. f;yISapou yapo the Judge 1--WE quote from the Grif-
t., ,r~s Indignantly remarked: Now, dry
f. y' up; will let you know this is no meeting
>,,r N''eratlng your enthusiasm; this court
l-Ih 's respected at the risk of outraging the
IN S''nulandmeut to the constitution, and if
.umb Ipeu Your Hy-trap or pat a. pat with them
s:n1 ,' vou 'ourteen brogaus Of yours agin | will
rvu,;n Vu ,n 10 jail Tor thirty days, where you will
iuur;, "''hout the benefit OF a damnum obsque
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

LET Your WIFE KNow.-It is a GUS
tom too common with the men of the
world to keep their families in utter ig-
norance of the situation of their bust
ness. The wife knows nothing, has not
even an idea of the amount of her hus-
bands fortune, whether it is to be count
ed by hundreds or thousands. What
can woman kept in such ignorance
learn She spends, as a matter of
course, all he gives her to spend, with
with the full confidence that when it is
gone, and she asks for it, he will give
her more. If an unmarried woman
works, she may 60 with bold unblush-
ing face, and demand her wages but a
wife can demand nothing, her claim is
only for bare necessity; and generous
men, on that account, are too often in
dulgent, too fearful of letting a wife
know the exact state of their finances.
IT'S all wrong. Husband and wife
have mutual interest; every woman
should know the exact state of her hus-
band finances, understand his plans,
and aid him if possible, with her coun-
sells, and then these terrible catastro-
Plies would not so often happen.
Many wife who is plunging her hus-
band deeper and deeper in debt through
ignorance, would, if she knew his en-
barrassments, be the first to save, and
with true womanly sympathy and gene
rosity, help him to reinstate the fallen
fortunes.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

SHOULD WE ANNEX THE SANDWICH
ISLANDS THE Sandwich Islands do
not offer favorable inducements for-the
emigration of American farmers or me-
chanics. 1t is probable that capital will
be drawn thither more abundantly in
time, to be used in sugar planting, and
it is quite certain that this industry,
prudently managed, in good locations,
can be made sufficiently profitable to
reward the risk. But sugar planta-
ton needs, at most, four or five white
workmen besides the manager. For
farming, in the American sense of the
word, the islands are entirely unfit.
To annex them, therefore, would be a
blunder; for it would be to burden our
selves with an outlying territory of no
use or value to our own people, and
containing population not homogene-
Gus with our own. 1t is probable that
the future population of the islands will
be mixture of Chinese and Hawaiians,
and that these will live happily there,
and produce sugar and rice for export.
The present government is mild, Just,
and liked by the people. The natives
are very strongly opposed to annexation;
they have a strong feeling of nation
ality, and considerable jealousy of for
eign influence, and annexation to our
~wn or any other country would be
without their consent.-Hn'per's Nag.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13
WIT AND HUMOR.

A woman applied to magistrate
for summons against neighbor.
"She called me a thief, your honor.
Can't | make her prove it," "No
doubt you could" said the magistrate,
but you had better not"
A tall Yankee, standing six feet three
inches in his stockings, was suddenly
attacked with symptoms of a fever.
Having a violent pain in his head, his
wife, to afford him relief, was about to
apply draughts to his feet, when he
asked:
"What are you putting them on my
feet for"
Why says she, ''to try and draw
the pain out of your head"
1.-The )" says he, 81 would rather
it would stay where it is than to be
drawn the whole length of me-"
An article in an exchange asks
"What should be a parents aim?"
The answer to this, it appears to us,
depends somewhat upon what the pa
rent wishes to do. If he wants to kill
his boy with gun, he should aim at
his head or his bosom. If he desires
merely to shatter the child's leg, mani
testify tie proper course to pursue is to
aim at the leg. 1t is likely, however,
that most parents will prefer to operate
with slipper or trunk strap, in which
event the portion of the trowser which
touches the chairs obviously the point
to aim at.-Mar Adeler.
Phibbs, an excessively fastidious man,
went into an oyster saloon and ordered
"half dozen raw on a plate" He
noticed, just as he had drowned his
number one, that a corpulent Dutchman
stood beside him, sorrowfully survey
ing a single oyster on a plate before
him. The moment that Phibbs swal-
lowed his first, the expression of the
Dutchman's face changed from sorrow
to joy.
"Ah! you schwallow him whole ;"
"Of course says Phibbs.
"And you can schwallow him whole,
too: = pointing with his fork to the lone
oyster that lay on the plate before him.
Certainly, cam says Phibbs, and
suiting the action to the word, the oys-
ter was on his fork, and in a moment
"schwallowed.'
cob! dat is wonderful, wonderful, /
never did see; l have tried to schwal-
low him three times every time l spit
him back"
Phibbs has been quite unwell ever
since
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

The cholera at Greenville has devel-
oped few cases of monstrous depravi-
ty, one of which l will relate without
mentioning names. An old gentleman,
probably nearly seventy years of age,
who lived mile or two in the country,
and is noted for his recklessness and
utter defiance of the laws of God, came
into town one day, and, passing down
the street, cried out that he intended to
spread the cholera over the town. He
then went to an undertaken and wanted
to know if he could make him a coffin
and what he would charge. The reply
was, that if he wanted it before his
death he would charge him S25, but if
after he would only charge S14. He
told him to proceed with the matter,
but to be sure to make it out of two
inch plank, and leave it open at both
ends, so that if the devil comes in at
one end he could escape at the other.
That night he was stricken down with
cholera, and by morning was a corpse.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

CALIFORNIA JoURNALIsM.-We are
not surprised at the unpleasant idea
of Californians still maintained by the
great outside world, or at the frequent
caustic remarks INDUCED in at our ex-
pense by the journals of the East and
Europe. There is prevailing impress
sion that the majority of us go about
with bowie knives and revolvers strap
ped to our persons; that street encoun-
tiers and desperate trays are our chronic
amusements, and that human life is at
a discount in this State. One has only
to pick up a daily San Francisco jour
nal, and peruse its contents, especially
the selected reading matter, to be con-
WINGED that high tragedy is particularly
suited to our tastes. "a child roasted
to death by its own MOTHER" GA hus-
band cuts his own wife's throat GA
boy ten years old butchers another aged
three ;" "a father kills his wife and
four children, and then shoots himself
through the head;'' " Horrible case of
incest, murder and suicide" etc., ETC.;
and such as these, ad infntum, are
greedily cut from exchanges far and
near, to be served up as the daily pabu-
lum for our mothers, wives, sisters and
daughters. Should any tragedy occur,
or murderer expiate his offense on the
gallows, the affair is dressed up in the
most sensational manner, its disgusting
details tricked out and expressed in
glowing terms, and its hideousness dis
closed to youthful minds, which become
familiarized to their horrid revelations
until they literally hunger for more
chapters from the Terrific Register.
This is termed bold and spicy Journal
ism, newspaper enterprise, clever and
judicious editing. The researches in
science, the discoveries in those arts
and studies which ennoble mankind,
the evidences of creative power which
raise us above the mere animal creation,
the correction of long maintained errors
and the substitution of great and valu-
able truths, are rarely, if ever, found in
their columns. When we witness the
success attending such journalism, and
the cold reception given to those who
dare to depart from the sensational
line, we are compelled to acknowledge
that the fault lies with a community
which seems to prefer poison to pure
food, and alcoholic healthful beverages;
which revels in the unnatural, and
shuns the natural as being too tame for
an already depraved appetite. When
shall we have daily journal with pride
and dignity enough to break through
the trammels of sensational demand,
and ability enough to command the re-
spect and support of the community
There is room for such one, and it
is wanted by acknowledgements
Herald.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

THE New BALTIMORE Tunnel
The Philadelphia Ledger says: The
connection from New York to Wash
ington by way of the new tunnel and
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Bal
timore road is complete. Through
trains run as usual by the old line. In
addition to the through trains between
Baltimore and Washington, several To-
cal trains will be run, making altogeth-
er ten trains each way daily, except
Sundays. 1t is contemplated to make
the distance between New York and
and Wilmington in seven hours and for
ty minutes. Hereafter all trains of the
Pennsylvania Northern Central, and
Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
roads will take the route through the
Union Railway tunnel. This does away
with the old and slow process of horse
power in Baltimore.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13
The Women of Vienna.

While it would not do for any one to
assert that Austria, and especially vi
emma, is distinguished for the beauty of
its women, it may be safely said that there
are more handsome women in Vienna
than in any city in Europe. To be
sure, the great mass of the women of
Austria are neither handsome of feature
nor graceful of person, but wherever
you find one of these prerequisites,
they seem to be all combined to a great
er extent than is seen elsewhere. A
woman here is either homely and I'M
graceful, or else she has all the graces
and attractions of the sex to perfection,
with a bright animated contenance,
sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks, which
are the essentials to female loneliness.
The more elegant of them promenade
the streets with their robes trailing aft
er them in the dirt and mud, with all
the dignity of queens, and as erect and
graceful in their movements as if they
had been under military training.
Their blonde tresses, which appear to
be the accomplishment of beauty here,
are luxurious, and they have the more
solid quality, generally, of being colored
by nature as well as genuine. Like all
blondes, the complexion corresponds,
and, as young Baltimorean whispered
in my ear last night, while gazing at
one of those admirable specimens of
female beauty, ''She is as sweet as a
peach" They dress, too, with the
greatest taste, avoiding all mixtures OF
ca,srs, the tight-ftting velvet coat or
jacket, trimmed with lace, being in
great favor,
But elderly Austrian ladies may be
classed as among the decidedly homely
and ungraceful. They do not seem to
retain the beauty long, but gradually
develop into obesity, a waddle taking
the place of the graceful step, and a
saffron hue that of the peach bloom
which, in early life, graced their cheeks.
They sparkle for time, are gay, viva
cious and Astounding in animal spirits,
but with matrimony and maturity they
disappear like stars gone into an eclipse,
and, as they age rapidly, the widow has
but little opportunity Incorporating and
reappearing to reassert her claims to the
admiration and devotion of the other
sex. However, money, not love, gov
ems everything here, and whoever will
bring the most wealth to lay''a her feet,
and is willing to accept her from her
parents with the smallest dover, can
command beauty, and if the widow
happens to have been well provided for
by the late lamented, she often becomes
formidable rival to youthful charms.
The laboring women, who are exposed
to all weather from early youth, are
very coarse and have little Of the graces
or attraction of ordinary womanhood.
Indeed, they appear more like men
dressed in female attire, and most of
them are strong and muscular enough
to fell an OK with their fists. There are
no tapering waists or ethereal forms,
even in youth, and their blonde tresses
become of k-dust hue from expos
ure, while the carrying of burdens on
the head thins them out, and often be-
fore they reach the age of twenty-five
bald spot asserts itself on the top of
the cranium.-V Vienna Correspondence
baltimore american.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13
Romance i'm War.

At all times in history a period of
war has been at the same time one of
romance, both in actual life and in fic-
ton. An incident which took place
during the war in Hungary, in the year
1905, is stranger than much of the tic-
ton which owes its origin to scenes OF
revolution and bloodshed.
Among those who obeyed the call to
arms, was the young Count Djungady,
not long married to a young lady of
great beauty. AS may be supposed,
their parting was a sad one, relieved,
however, by expectations of happy
meeting when the campaign should be
over. Spending her days in solitude,
the young bride was suddenly attacked
by severe illness. Upon recovering
she observed that all the looking glasses
had been removed from her apartments.
Her woman's curiosity led her to ask
herself what could be the cause of this
measure. Pondering upon it, she came
to the conclusion that her disease must
have been no other than small pox, and
that she was probably very much dis
figured. Making inquiries of her at
PENDANTS, she by degrees drew from
them the information that her surmises
were very correct. 1t had been very
bad case of smallpox, and her once
lovely face was now total wreck.
Overcome with grief and horror at
the loss of her youthful charms, in
which her husband had taken so much
pride and pleasure, she determined never
again to allow him to look upon her.
While occupied with various plans for
avoiding him, or rather for leaving him
altogether, she learned that owing to
some unforeseen cause, his return was
hourly expected. Hearing slight
commotion in the courtyard, she went
to the window, and to her great dis
tress recognized his uniform. She ran
eagerly to bolt the door, but just then
his well-known knock made itself heard.
"Iou cannot see mel she exclaimed,
''you can never, never see me again"
81 know that answered his deep
voice, s. but let me in, do, for you can
see me-"
A cannon ball had struck him in such
a way as to destroy the sight of both
eyes; the news had been concealed
from her, and he upon recovery was
sent with an honorable dimmissal home.
Their meeting was one of mingled
joy and grief. His sightless condition
enabled him to preserve unfaded the
memory of the beauty of his faithful
wife, and she could be to him eyes in
his darkness.-Our Monthly.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

POSTAL TREATY WITH JAPAN-The
new postal treaty with Japan has been
officially signed by the President. The
following is an abstract of the more
important provisions: The mails shall
be carried by the present steamers be-
tween San Francisco and Japan, OR by
others which may hereafter be desig
mated; letters, newspapers and samples
of merchandise may be carried; San
Francisco and Yokohama shall be the
exchange Offices; no accounts shall be
kept, and each country shall retain it's
own domestic postage; single rate let
ter postage shall be fifteen cents the
half ounce, prepayment peremptory;
delivery shall be free to destination;
the rate of postage for single letters
shall be reduced to twelve cents after
the treaty has been in operation one
year, the japanese desiring during the
first year to secure some revenue; news
paper postage two cents there shall be
postal communication between Shang-
hal and Japan at six cents single rate
postage; European closed mail may be
sent by the United States for two cents
additional; passenger letters may be
exchanged between Pacific steamers at
ten cents; so long as the United States
continues the present subsidy to the
to the Pacific Mail steamers Japan
agrees to pay the cost of transporta-
ton if mails are sent by other steamers.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

sY- II you want EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHS
go to WATKINS. p and % Montgomery Street, San
Francisco. opposite Lick House
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

A Detroit paper says that ga man
and his wife called at a photograph gal
lery, last week, to order some photo
graphs of her, and while the operator
was getting ready the husband gave the
wife little advice as to how she must
act. 'Fasten your mind on something,
he said, 'or else you will laugh and
Spite the job. Think about early days !;
how your father got in Jail, and your
mother was an old scolder, and what
you'd have been if l hadn't pitied you
Jest fasten your mind on to that She
didn't have any photographs taken
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

THE NEW YORK PHOTOGRAPH GALLERY, No.
IS Third Street. is again open with larger lights more
struments All work is warranted to give satisfaction
Cabinet Rembrants only 81 per Dozen Card Rembrandts
from g to % per dozen. No Cinnamon employed.
San Francisco, July. 1873 ROWLAND
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13
REAL HAIR PoMPADouR RRAlDS.

THICK. WITHOUT RATS, from SO to 81 IS; long
switches IS: three long heavy ,ide curls SO 25 long
single curls, ST. First quality hair Tangled hair made
into curs switches side curls steamed for twenty
five cents All work done cheaper than elsewhere.
JOHN ID. WILSON, All Suffer Street. opposite the
Synagogue, San Francisco.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

4 4 Worth for Cts FARMER GARDENER LAnss-- u<z
Ns4 49, -o~ - mems .sas free.
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

81 am so glad to find you are better"
said the famous surgeon, John Hunter,
to Foote, the actor. ''You followed my
prescription, of course "Indeed 1
did not, Doctor, for should have bro
ken my neck" Broken your neck J"
exclaimed Hunter; show is that"
Yes said Foote, ''for threw your
prescription out of three-story win
dow
The weekly Shasta courier., 1873-09-13

THE SEA-SERPENTs.-T steadily
recurring sea-serpent, true to its reputa-
ton, has appeared again, but has this
time thrown its pursuers off the track
by making Lake Champlain the point
of its visibility. The Whitehall Times,
describing it, says: "As he rapidly
swan away, portions of his body, which
seemed to be covered with bright, silv-
er-like scales, glistened in the sun like
FURNISHED metal. From his nostrils he
would occasionally squirt streams of wat
err above his head to an altitude of about
twenty feet. The appearance of his
head was round and fiat, with a hood
spreading out from the lower part of it
like rubber cap often worn by mari
ners, with cape to keep the water from
running down the neck. His eyes were
small and piercing, his mouth small and
provided with two rows of teeth, which
he displayed to his beholders." But he
left no card, and the mystery is not lifted.