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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
R1 Bu,LDIN LoT-
on Saturday, MAY Sd, 1873.
at 10 O'Clock, T.. NJ.

Those beautifully located, and valuable building
sites, and square Of grOund l20 feet front by 222K
feet deep, aud line mansion and Out-buildings, for
merly OcCupisd by B. f. Townsend Bsq The lots
front on townsend, ButtOnwOod, Locust, AZ d A
streets. This Is rare opportunity for Parties desi
ring 10 invest either for manuac uttng or building
purposes Is the properly Ii advantag Ousy hituat-
ed, aud Will be sold to suit purchasers.
TERMS OF SALE.-Twenty per cent. on day OF
sale, and the balance to be divided In two notes pay
aOle IN three and Blk months, with interest from
day OF sale. Aud those y ho pay the whole OF the
purchase within ten days after sale, will be allowed
ddscOunt of three per cent. off the whole purchase
money. when the above teIms are compiled with,
a adeed will be given, clear Of ali eEcuprances
BE sure 20 attend the sale. Saturday, May 3D. 1878,
AZ O'Clock, T. NJ, as Tie property wlDe sold with
out reserve. apr26-6t
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
xRxntea.

WAETED-A gentleman, wife and child wishes
wv room with board, within 10 minutes walk
OF the fhia. Depoti board not 70 exceed t400e per
mon5s; SDSstf ADDRESS a A. IEIGh,MAMph wsIm,5gadn r.,
WANTBD TO exchange for Real Estate, an
wv interest IN an established mountaineering
business. Address, 7. o., Box t4s, CITY.
NNT ANTED-A situatiOn as gardener, by one who
wv understands the business; best o. reference
given. Address GARDENER,
apr29.3t' This Onice.
UTANTED.-Painterw wanted At
aprqs-f'
"ANTEU.-Two energetic young men as sales
w men. Good Inducements offered, at Grover
Baker Sewing Machine once,
apri4-u Si6 MARKET ST.
"AETBD : IMMEDIATELY = Several active
wv men 70 canvass the city for singer Sewing
marsi.tf ~ 65 MARKET STREET.
WTANTED-Housekeep to know that they
w can procure good servants, at short notice,
by applying AZ MRs. TAlL0Rs
Intelligence once.
marl91y N. X. cor. Second and West SITS.
WANTED Energetic men OF good address to
w sell singer Sewing Machines. Apply 6O6
Market Street. Jan2l-u JOSEPH ii. JONES.
UTANTED : IMMEDIATELY. = Active young
w men to canvass for the Grover Baker Sew
Octb-u Wilmington, Del.
w CARPET BALLS
For which the highest cash price Will he paid. APP
plyto p. HASSON,
2nd and Orange Streets
oct29-d&w,t Wilmington, Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01

OLD CAsT1NG.-we were shown, yesterday, At
the office of E. G. Stotsenburg Il Son, an old
casting with the following inscription Samuel
Flower, reting furnace 1764. 1t also contained
aaYeral hieroglyphics.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
PLASTIC SLATE. AND ASBESTOS.
ROBERT ATKINSON,
The two best composition roonngs now in us

ONCE in Good & Hanna's Hardware Store,
mar1a.an A2s Market street
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01

A New CATHOLIC CHURcH.-The Catholics
Of South Chester'are to meet at the School
House in that borough, on next Sunday after
noon, at four o'clock, to appoint committee to
take all the necessary steps looking to the
founding Of Roman Catholic Church in South
Chester,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01

SSTATE LIBRARY
- ALI persons having bools in their possession
DelOnEiOg TO the STA e library are hereby notiied
10 Immediately return the same Under recent
Act Of the General Assembly no one Will be per-
mtted 10 retain book belonging to he Library for
longer term than one week.
apr24-myl.s-l5 II. J. ENRlG lit, Librarian.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
FIOity Council this evening.

TOIIY
Citizens and Germanial Loans meet this eve
ming.
The regular monthly meeting of Orthodox
Friends was held at West Chester, yesterday.
The Central Church Sociable takes place, this
evening. 1t was announced for last evening
yesterday.
The Delaware TRIBUNE, for this week. is is-
sued from this office to-dsy, and is an excellent
number.
The west bound freight train, this morn ing on
the W. 4 W. r. r., consisted OF eighteen cars.
This looks like business.
The Democratic newspaper project for which
a charter was obtained from the late Legislature,
is not dead, but sleepeth. "A After harvest, ii
is expected to revive and "then we shall see
what we shall see" of the great enterprise.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-05-01
LOCAL, INTELLIGENCE.
Ramrsad Hsur-
TRAINS LEAVE wu.xrEaroT.

TRAINS LEAVE wu.MNGToH.
For PhiIadslphsa-l.s5, as, $50 $40, 1880 = u.
1880, AGO, 400, h50, T.1b 1875 p. m Sundays
$50, p. m.
For Nes Fork-l.s5 q. m. ; Ias0 and $50 p. m
For BaItimOrs-lS5a. aOe and lo.Oqa q m Ina and
SIT .. m.
For the Delaware r. R.--labb, and 1910 .. m. /;
ea5 ?. m. No Sunday trains
For Hes CastIs-12.bo, $40, 1910 q. M, and 1so,
For CoatesUiEls-ss0, A. and and P. M. The
FIRST two run through 70 Reading.
For W. q ". n R.-(Market st., Dapot,) 100
1910 q. m, and 5.8o .. m.
LEAVE PHILADELPHIA FOB WILMINGTON.
1a4o $780, and 1O.4b q. m. 1215 12s0, as0, 400
$780, 80 161b and 11.s0 p Sundays 10.1b, l1.sO p
m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT WILMINGTON,
Fyona Delaware r. R-aOO urcm New Caansl
101b q. m. $50, 800. (The two latter are feght
with passenger car attached.)
Frogn w. a r R-S1b and 11.45, a. m. and SID
D. n The s.16 a m. only runs from Coatesville.
From Philadelphia-1242, 50, s66 a. m 1900,
LIS 2O5, s45, 6OT 6.ls, s.O1 1880. Sunday 1249 g.
| m, and 1880 p. m.
From W. dt W. r. R-(Market st., Depot 100 q.
| m, 1OOand 500 m.
81 See time tables for further particulars.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
Lake Superior Iron Mines.

1t is stated that one-quarter Of the iron
ore produced in the United States is OBJ
tanned from the Marquette mines. A New
York Tribune correspondent says that if
teen years ago the first ton Of ore was
taken out Of the Marquette hills and ent
to Detroit to be made into pig iron /; the
report was that it was too soft. and there
fore unfit for use. Now the mines produce
l,2OO, 900 tons per year. II is expected
that this year the production will equal :
500, 900.
As TO the values Of various ores
We learn, by this correspondent. that
in quality, the iron ore Of Missouri. par
tieularly that of the "Iron Mountain near
=. Louis, resembles the specular ores Of
Marquette, but they yield only some sixtv
per cent. pure iron and are accordingly of
less value The iron manufacturers of the
west wa recently turned have been found
to be OF the ''cold short" variety, and al
though found in immense deposits, cannot
be successfully used for pig iron without
mixing with the ores of Lake Superior.
which are all ''red short" ores, and do not
become brittle when cold. Immense ouan-
titles Of the Marquette ore are shipped
regularly to Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chi
cago, Detroit, and elsewhere in the West.
The Pittsburgh furnaces are universally
ualng these ores, and cannot compete In
quantity with imported iron without them.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
The Coal Interest Arrangement Be
tween the Operators and Miners

The mining companies Il Clay county.
with one or two exceptions, perhaps, Will
not he able to meet their monthly payments
to the miners. which are due On SATURDAY
next. The companies allege, as reason
for the failure. that they have been unable
to get the currency for their shipments Of
coal, hence il is impossible to meet their
obligations when they can get but next to
nothing to pay with. The miners accept
the situation, and will take checks an Or
ders upon stores for their monthly dues
lhey know the mining companies have
done the best they could under the circum
stances, and they feel that they are in the
same boat with the shippers Of the coal.
A number Of new companies have gone
into operation this season. and consequent
ly there has been a great deal more coal
mined than Is usual There is some com
plaint about the lack Of transportation, but
the difficulty Is not with the railroads. The
shipments thus far have been very large
and the coal yards Of the various compa-
MES transporting coal are stocked already.
The yards in this city are filled to repletion,
hence the difficulty Of unloading the coal
trains The price Of block coal has ad-
vanced at the coal mines, and il now ranges
from $3.50 to 2.75, the former figures 70
large contractors and the latter to casual
customers. The scarcity of currency, if it
continues, will probably lessen the mining
Of coal considerably, but the number u
shafts and the facilities for mining and
handling coal have increased largely since
last year, and under ordinary circumstances
would probably be sufficient to meet the
demands from the markets and points that
have heretofore depended for a supply
upon the mines Of Clay county and the
other coal fields Of Western Indiana
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
Puts" and " Calls.


For >.N fair years good wife u mine.
The World Is married folks has known rs
since hI~t | put my lips TO thine.
And gave the a ring A. funus
u scarcely seems distant now
Ana Net our ages show il, cerJes
matrouly fve-tNenty thou.
And I'm auinngst the seven -thirties
Pcrchance when thou with ,Othing AIR,
Hast called me duck :" T,e been A lame one
Or when tht mother styled me "de ~"
I've hecna bull though quite tame one
Hut ones shares OF good intent
Are uot shat he is slwa,- isrge m.
AZ least I'm sure never meant
That mime -huud have 900 small margin
ere that I vas short stock
lDt patieneu. thou ha. been a mourhrr
- ld "a che from thee. a. lock
w Warma,t teclt- . IA a corner.
tNNlauSe ID notes An the above
~, luiekly sl-,i the mood diSgu-te,i
Anl Ivft as iun4 ia .nds of love.
NAh 10 eur jfrences adjusted
N.r 81 tes. to ask of right.
'n our dar> Of grace Was pr nery-t
lhN ts'u ~i iuld . noe protest Al ,,ght
~ l'N r-t. drsught wa 0tiercd.
Ihy or nI,e Then % bear With all
The u, vi fate, withoui 4 shN-r.
lu iAsi -scIut, tail
IT, eIlal contract to deliver.
that. tuTu 20 Fortunes ~heei
I'm > ,brer than young mechanic
Is bu' cough o. make us feel
lt sus but mtreSt passing pant
AnJ L -Ciu uu longer dress
u clotl md silk, II cDs.i, tissue
W. ] have tur children still. 70 bless,
Nur ever lerm them pyer-i,sur
y und the dty's crowded ranks,
lu humber home and lesser striving
a hearty run ipOn the banks
NAV bring ulr early youths rr,iyiug
And j Tie tutu1- uf uiy lite
should be the resent clouds rr,uk-r,
Ill charge Il tp ue dearest wife
Thai er hle>>i brukeu broker
Orpheu, q. kurr, 90, urAphi,
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
(To BE cONTINUED.)

Work OF THE BRITIsH POSTAL TELE-
80 .+as.-A return recently issued. giving
Mo| OF new work executed bv ths
.hag' Department of the Postofice.
- the Ait S1p the 9th of February, 1870,
Ill. - "a of VIZ y 1872, q total of 46, 146
a underground teen erected, 2l5 miles
Guiding % miles of PR PRPn lald down (n,
24s miles Of cable snbm9ss.ic "1rk, ana
number Of new instrument9 me to'al
use during the same period, Vusn. % nv
which have been removed, is 6, 42fs MI cno'e y
figures include private telegraph woke
London Telegraph, Aug. 8.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

ENCOURAGING news from the ship-build-
ing ports Of Maine continues 10 come ~
The different establishments cf Bath are
at present e's5-.sed on twenty two ships Of
various tonnage, and give employment TO
1900 workmen
TWELVE years ago the first export sale
OF petroleum amounted to 25O barrels. In
1872 the export amounted to 100. .OOO. 900
G$lionA and this year q much larger guam
Htg viii bs exported.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

ONCE careless man went to the cellar
and stuck the candle in what he thought
was keg Of black sand. He sat near il
drinking wine until the candle burned low
Nearer and nearer it got to the black sand
nearer and nearer, until the blaze reached
the black sand, AID as il lras sand, nothing
happened.
RATHER amusing indication Of the
season was given last Sunday in Danbury,
when one of the congregation, on being
nudged with the contribution box, abrupt
ly cried out, Drop them melons, blast
ye Then he awoke, looked Ground,
blushed and scoOted.
JOHN Paul, in Saratoga letter, speak
ing Of the arrival Of the Rev. DR.. Bud
dington, says When man walks
squarely up to the clergyman who married
hlm three years before, takes him cordially
by the hand, and, without word of re-
proach, inquiries after his health, il is use
less for any to maintain that Christian for.
giveness is a thing Of the past, and does
not enter largely into that mans characters
or that the heroic virtues have all disap-
peared from earth"
In Wisconsin, a man reported that he
couldn't ind word in the dictionary. be-
cause the blasted book hadn't got an in.
dex
ACoNNEcTIcUT editor AYERS that there's
an art. genius like the poet's-born, not
made, which produces fried potatoes as
delicious as fairy's dream. He does not
give the recipe
How can manufacturing pa when it
takes ten mills to make one cent.
TROUBLES are like dogs, the smaller they
are the more they annoy you.
TEACHER TO pupil )-"Where does tea
come from Out Of the tea pot,
ma am
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

A FIRM faith is the best theology q
good life the best philosophy; clear con
science the best law; honesty the best pol
ICY; End temperance the best physic.
JAx GOULD ia the only man in New
York wlose note 10 worth more to-day.
than u vas ten days ago he made mil
lions By tue disaster.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

Providence, r. l., has eighty6ve lew.
elry manufacturing shops, employing 2,25O
persons, and doing . business ofD6. 500. .
900 annually.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18
WIT AND WISDOM.

DANCING master-A hop-merchant I
In America, worth makes the man. In
France, Worth makes the woman.
A JUSTICE Of the peace at Whitehall.
n n, discharged q man who had been ar
rested, because lit was hghtninQ-rod
man he had kicked"
JAY Cooke said the other day II do
still believe that a nPtional debt is a na-
tional blessing, but I'll be id if look
upon personal debts as q source Of com
fort -
WHEN you hear a man say the world
owes him living, don't leave any hams
laying around loose.
A MAN in Peoria claims TO have a stone
that Washington threw at q wood-pecker
on his fathers cherry tree.
Az Iowa clergyman, who had donation
party lately, has beans enough to last thir-
ty-seven years.
PHYSIOLOGICAL novels is what the critics
call those novels which are not logical in
any other way
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-10-18

this b,nk T. orsau1-i unlr ch,rtyI granted by the
q 9' ILLINOIS, and a-li crUiu-t regular savings
klk busues.
VIII hso recrtre uJue, ilr Investment lu first
"' gag and other gtpd .ecurt 4,
S receive depl, y, ,..,.. .o .Hr. ..,. Ahf.Y r,,
ilrrst "a 10 be allowed
"-a recehe Sriug, DEPOSIT, abi VA, -IN ryr cent
Nll e'i subject To- tn. rIla- no fha tttut
'.ecti'us m tir a. rr,mlJl. 81, p .iti, IH 4U ront,
ih tN ut-d states and ta44ia.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
Such q Kingdom.

. Mark Twain says OF the Sandwich Is
land that they are governed by King
and Parliament-and Ministry-and
q Privy Council-and q standing army
GOO soldiers)-and navy (steam ferry
boat and raft)-and q grand bench Of
supreme iustices-and lord high sher-
if 10 each island. That is the way.it is
done. 1t is like propelling sardine
dish with the Great Eastern's machin-
ery. Of the drink of the islanders he
says the native beverage, aura, is 30 ter
rife that mere whisky is foolishness to
it. 1t turns mans skin to white fish
scales that are so tough q dog might
bite him, and he would not know it till
he read about it in the papers. 1t is
made of root of some kind. The
equality" drink this to some extent, but
the Excise law has placed it almost be-
yond the reach of the plebians. After
ara, what is whisky?
Many years ago the King and his
brother visited California, and some
Sacramento folks thought it would be
fun to get them drunk. SO they gath
cred together the NEST responsible
soakers in the town and began to fill up
royalty and themselves with strong
brandy punches. At the end Of two or
three hours the citizens were all lying
torpid under the table and the two
princes were sitting disconsolate and
Saying what n lonely, dry country it
was I tell it to you as it was told to
me in Sacramento.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
An EXtrayagant Suit.

A costume of amethyst velvet, fur
trimmed, having a fOunce lined with
bird of paradise satin, slashed at inter-
walls, and one corner held back by q
border of ermlne, which formed chew
rons round the skirt, was lately worn.
The tunic was bird of paradise MORE
with revers of amethyst velvet, which
were laid bands of ermine, finished by a
velvet quilting and deeper one Of rich
fragile looking point, which fell upon
the moire. The ermine was thrown into
purest relief by the velvet, and blended
admirably with the bird Of paradise hue;
forming a study of color which would
have enchanted the eye Of great artist.
The open bodice, with velvet revers
edged by double pIeating of lnolre
and wide lace with shoulder-knot OF vel
vet and treble silk cord, recalled some
thing of medieval splendor, carried out
by the chatelaine of topaz and diamonds,
which fell in long links to the waist,
ending in n costly pendant of amethyst
and topazes fringed with brllliants. The
cost of this sumptuous bit Of hodern
imagination was 81, 700 for the dress ex-
elusive of the lace, and $1,000 for the
chatelaine; but these We're Paris prices,
not American ones, which would he
something ruinous to think OF.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
Al her Husbands Bier.

Mrs. Edwin Forrest, the trageian's
wife, was, according to the statement OF
n reporter, at her husbands funeral. he
says: "Sitting Mt the window facing
Broad street, and with no one near her,
her arms resting listlessly on her knees,
her fingers nervously drumming and
towing each other, was catharine SIN.
clair, the divorced wife of the dead. Ii
any one knew who she was they appear.
ed to keep their distance. She arrived
in the morning and entered the honse
at half-past twelve. She was dressed IN
deep mourning, with double black
Grape veil flowing nearly to her feet.
She moved nervously toward the rear
parlor, where the remains were lying.
There were but five or six personsin the
room. Throwing aside her veil she
stood for nearly ten minutes, placed her
hand upon his head, and followed the
arm down to the hand, which she
prasped for a few minutes. Then she
elided toward the foot of the coffin and
plucked enc or two flowers from the
cross which lay upon the dead mans
feet. She then moved rapidly TO the
front parlor, where she was seated until
the csffin left the house"
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
GOOd.By.

It is n hard work to speak. Some
may laugh that it should be, but let
them laugh. Icy hearts are never kind.
1t is n word that has choked many an
utterance, and started many tear. The
hand is clasped, the word spoken, We
part, and are upon the ocean of time
we 60 to meet again, God only knows
where. 1t may be soon; it may be nev-
er. Take care that your good-by be
not cold one-it may be the last one
that you can give. Ere You meet your
friend again, deaths cold hand may
have closed his eyes and hushed his lips
forever. All! he may have died think
ing you loved him not.
Again, it may be very long separ-
alton. Friends crowd around and give
their hand. Row do you detect in each
good-by the love that fingers there; and
how you bear away with you the men,
cry Of these parting words many, many
days! We must often separate. Tear
not yourself away with careless bold
ness that defies all love, but make your
last words liYger-give the heart its full
utterance-and if tears fall, what Of it
Tears are not unmanly.
Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1873-01-30
Pulling a Tooth with q D0Or.Kn0b.

The rough sort Of dentistry described
below has occasionally been pract!ced as
a trick, with more or less success; but
we have rarely heard OF patients
choosing the door-knob method OF las
own accord.
A rough, Western farmer came into
doctors office to have tooth extracted,
but flinched at sight of the "instru-
ments;" and again and again the doctor
tried in vain to get q gripper into his
mouth.
At last, the Hoosier declared "that
ere new-fangled thing to be no account, i"
and wanted to know if the doctor could
tie a string around the tooth; for, !"
said he, "that's the way used to pull
'em out, an guess it's better'n all yer
new-fangled fixtures.
The dentist, to please him, said he
would try, and producing from drawer
q fine strong piece of fish-line, after q
great deal of trouble, and yells OF pain
from the Hoosier, it was firmly secured
around the tooth. The Hoosier then
proposed to fasten the string to the
door-knob, which was accordingly done.
The backwoodsman then commenced
n series of easy jerks on the line, each
of which was followed by yells OF pain:
The doctor resumed his seat, and
smiled audibly behind his paper, occa..
sionalE glancing toward the door, and
then turning quickly again to the paper
to hide behind it his merriment.
Thus matters stood, until Mt last the
fire burned low, and the dentist arose
to replenish it. As he threw in the
wood, and stirred the red-hot Goals into
n blaze, a brilliant idea seemed to strike
him, for his face frightened wonder
fully. Arising from the floor, he left
the poker in the fire, and, seating him.
self, awaited the change of affairs.
The backwoodsman had relapsed into
dependency, for q melancholy express
sion had settled on his face. He steadily
eazed downward, as if he were in deep
thought.
The dentist, as I have said before, re-
sumed his seat, but threw aside his
paper, and sat looking intently into the
fire, with IN expression Of merrlment
playinglon his features.
Thus he sat for some time. At last,
noiselessly rising from his chair, he
drew the poker, one end of which was
glowing with red heat, from the fire.
He suddenly brandisiled it in the air,
and brought it rapidly towards the
Hoosier's nose. The backwoodsman
threw himself back with jerk. The
cord did not break nor the doOr-knob
come out; but the tooth loosened from,
it's roots, and bounded against the door
with a click like bullet.