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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22
Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad.
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N0IGCE-CHANaE OF HOURS


IMPORTANT NoIICE-CHANaE OF HOURS
ON AND AFTER OCTOBER 10th, 1873,
The Sunday accommodation train for Whining
ton will leave Philadelphia at 5. 30 A. NJ. Return
ing leave Wilmington at 4.4S 7. NJ.
withdrawn.
sunday Train for LAmokin viii lsase Philaisl-
ph ia 81 p. NJ.
sunday trains between WilminRten and New
Castle will be Withdrawn.
On and after Monday. October Goth. 1873, the 400
+. NJ tram from Philadelphia will be run 10 Bal
ttmore stopping a. follows south ofWilmingtOn:
Newport. - p n. Aberdeen 65SP.M
Stanton. ~ Perrymans 7lS
Newark, 20 ." Bush RIVER II
Elkten; 6g2 " EdsewooI. us
North East 6li " Magnolia. T2s
Ghariestbwn. 90 " .Chase's 7S
PrlnclFIo. = a. Il. Mile swish. 3
PerrJ sl!Ie. IS ." steamer Run.745 ="
Hayre-de iraee6 g. Baltimore. arv.,s.l5
The t.00 z. VI Express Train from Philadelphia
will stop only NJ Chester. Wilmington, PerryViils.
and Hayre-de trace.
An Accommodation Train for Port Deposit will
leave Bait imore at 2.o5 p. NJ. stopping as follows
Stemmer's Run. : o5P NJ sush River, S3sPM.
= - Mile Mile switch e :. .errymans. s3i
Magnolia, 81 dsSro-ds:6rAes5 s
EdEeW0od. 3E =, PeFFyVile, 400 "
Arriving at Port Deposit ~ ?. N.
This train will connect with Stages at different
points. and with Baltimore CeRtral Trains at Port
Deposit.
Tram leaving Baltimore at IS y. N. will not
stop until arrival At Hayre-de Grace,
The 30 a. IN. train from Wilmington to New
Castle and the II 81 a. train from New Castle
| To Wilmington will be Withdrawn.
Trains leaving LamOkin at 20 and 5 ID p. m. will
leave at 80 aud 3 p. m.
The "a p. m. train from Wilmin gton for Phila-
/ delphia will leave daily At asp. IN.
| Train leaving Wilmington At 10 a. N. Will
| leave ID a. IN.
oet2i H.F. KENNEY. Sup1.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22
DIED.

MCSOkLEl On the 18th inst, William NcSorley.
Inc relatives and friends ofths family are respect-
Iuy invited to attend the funeral TO leave his late
residence lOOS Tatnall street, on Thursday at i
O'Clock r. NJ. to proceed to Newark Union.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22

NOrICE.-A Quarterly Meeting of the Trustees
IN OF the Poor for New Castle County will be
day the 18th inst, at 10 o'clock A. NJ.
OctlS S-tm JOHN w. EVANS.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22

NOTICE.-I. FRANCIS KELLY. do here
~ BY give notice that l shall apply to the
Judges of the Court Of General Sessions Of IN =
Peace and Jail Delivery Of the Stata OF Delaware,
IN and tor the County of New Castle, at the No,
yember Term. A. D. 1874 for License to keen a
store for the sale Of Liquor and general merchan-
disc. at Ne, l3 Market Street, lst Ward in the
City OF Wilmington, bel. and tho foIloNing frse
holders recommend the said Application to vii
PatTick Holland. JOAN Ahrens
Michael Laly, joseph FONT
1hOmAs >. Bennett. Jacob kienle
George Steinicken Samuel Nilier
Ahred W alton, Augustus Ashenbaek
Dav!d WoolmAn. WIN. +. Brick,
Daniel MeCusker James O'Donnau
Charles Mullen, Henry BIeysr
Matthew Ryan, j. b. Stephens
ThOmas naney. John j. Wyatt
JOnn z Grossly. Thomas Curley
Patrick Hughes. Jas Mex enns oetoD 9t
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22

N0TICE.-An adjourned meeting of the eredi-
IN tors Of Messrs. John MeLear & Son will be
held at the hall OF the Wilmington Institute on
Thursday. 23d inst, at p. NJ. The meeting Il 10
be for the creditors exclusively,
By request Of the COMMITTEES Of Creditors.
oetls-dlt VIM. q. GIBBONS, Chairman.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22

NOTICE-T0 WATER RENTERS.-Au per-
IN sons Whe have sold property during the pres
ent year, must give notice in writing to the Regis
trar, at the Office Of the Water Department. before
the 3Oth day Of November. 1874 and insart in the
the property purchased otherwise they will be held
liable for the water rent the next year. Also. all
water or any portion Of 1t, must give notice as
above, and pay 81 for drawing feFrule. No AlteFa-
tiOn will be made In any bill AFTER the above date.
been made aud bills cOmplsted. all persons in
teFested are invited to call aud examine the same
FRANK A. TAYLOR.
ocll6 to nOvS0 Registrar.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-10-22

~ give notice that shall apply TO the Judges II
ne Court 9tGeneral Sessions OF the Peace and Jail
DHenvery oithe state OF Delaware in and for the
County Of New Castle, at the November Term A II
lSI3. for License to keep a Tavern at the n n
corner q second and TalnalI streets in the First
3Io, wilmington, Del, and the following free
nUlIers no recommend the said application. to wit:
Michael Lalley, Robert w. Birnic
James MeKenna John w Ivncb
Daniel McCusker Julius t;untber
Auguit Ashenback. Thomas j. Bennett
yy1sepn Eout, Patrick Hughes
by bbenty BdIeyer' Patrick Newell
bbstIie1 Sulnn, Thomas Hellam,
n TatElcH Mason Franz. Zimmerman
Alexander Butler. Patrick HOLLAND
MS John c, Tweed,
OnarleS = Mullen, Amor v. Perkins
mark; John Ahrens,
WIF.-Cn4r'es oConner. oet233t
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Why and how is The deer so peculiarly
unlike any other of the bovine race. The
horn differing so materially from all the
horned cattle in its composition, Growth,
maturity and decline? 1t presents all the
phenomena of animal, vegetable ard fruit.
1t sprouts from the brain without any pro-
longation of the frontal bone. II rises and
breaks through the sinuses and takes root
on the bone, and grows the same as vege-
table. 1t is nourished by and secretes the
albumen upon the surface and disposes of
the horne the same as an animal. Is
clothed with skin and hairy coat very diff
ferent from the rest of the body. This
covering and hair possesses property I'M
known in other animal bodies, of being a
styptic to stop its own blood when wound
ed. 1t carries marks of the age on the
buck, by putting out an extra branch each
year which shows an additional power each
year to produce them; aud this power does
not exist in the female, so the difference is
more distinctly marked than in any other
class of animals.
Again, the horn possesses properties I'M
known to any other animal matter. 1t is
entirely inodorous, capable of resisting
putrefaction, and almost impervioHs to the
effects of atmosphere. And still water at
800 deg. Fab. will dissolve them rapidly,
and when dissolved, possesses il greater
amount of nutrition than any other animal
matter 1t is perfectly glutinous, possess
ing very limited amount of carbon of
lime. 1t is not soluble in alcohol, and re-
sIsts the action of acids and alkalies. This
substance is produced without the aid of
bile, and its condition, electrically, is posi-
tive. The deer or buck is undoubtedly the
highest electrified land animal, and in pro-
ducing the horn the system undergoes
many changes. The hair, hide, flesh,
blood and color are different in the differ
ent developments of the horn. 1t is the
only vegito animal substance we know of
that does not perpetuate itself by procrea-
zion. And can it be possible that so large
an amount of matter can be thrown off
yearly with yearly increase without tax
ing back or recalling some element of the
production to sustain the germ? The
male and female are sustained by the same
nutrition and elements, and the male only
produces the horn. This phenomenon is
quite as much of curiosity as the horn
after shedding.
4 common deer's horn, undisturbed on
the ground, would no doubt resist the eff
fects of storm and atmosphere, frost and
heat, from fifty to one hundred years.
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ARAB SALUTATIONS.

When the Arabs meet each other, the
first thing is the salute, which is repeated
several times, and is done in the following
manner: Each strikes the palm of his right
hand on that of his companion, or throws
it on his left shoulder, repeating always the
same phrase, Sdldmat, Gait Halcons toibin
peace. How are you . welln). This
way of saluting is most beautiful and strik
ing, and when performed, gives new fig
ure and majesty to the naked Arabs who
are the actors of it. Those gesticulations
are always accompanied with very grave
tone Of voice. After the salutation thew
inquire of each other the news about the
places whence they came. Their news re-
lates generally to the buying and selling of
dromedaries, whether there are loads to
carry, or something of this kind. They
then ask each other for tobacco or salt, and
their conclusion is, "Salute me, Hamed, at
Corosco; and you, Ali, at Barbar. Do you
understand? In peace, in peacer' After
this each resumes his way. Women and
children kiss the boards of their husbands
and fathers. Their greetings are marked
by strong religious character, such as,
"God grant thee his favors;" elf God
will, thy family enjoy good health;"-
Peace be with you.''
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lights disclose to you, everywhere, the bill
llard-soloons in full blast. You can easily
imagine that the whole male population is
engaged in gambling. The people of this
land are, inveterate gamesters. There is
no pretense of concealment. Windows and
doors are thrown open to the street, with
out thought of shame. Men sit down
there to cards, and fleece their victims of
houses, lots. and fortunes, without any
loss of their social standing. This vice is
not confined to the cafe. Every square
you pass, you are accosted by men and
boys, offering little slips of paper to sell,
which you ascertain are lottery tickets
So persistent are they to give you lucky
number that it is hard to shake them off.
Vast lotteries are under government super
vision, and pay a proportion of their profits
toward the support of the nation. Chruch-
es, orphan asylums, hospitals, adopt the
same system, and by rafting, give the sane
ton of religion to the great immortality
There are churches and Sunday schools in
tne United States which are not less guilty.
They are ashamed of the terms lottery,
gambling, raftling, and speak of their prac-
tices as ':taking shares But a change
of name does not change the deed They
are guilty of a double SIN, not only of gam
ing, but of proclaiming to the world as far
as in them lies, that the religion of Christ
permits it. While the laws of our State
make it an offence, and public opinion
stamps it as crime, they prostitute the
name of religion to bring upon us the evils
of South American morals. The prize
packages and gift concerns make no pre-
tense, usually, to religious sanction, but
they are equally gambling, and are insdu-
ously and gradually corrupting our people
and dragging us downward toward the
level of our Southern neighbors.
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THE BOYS.

There comes the boys! Oh, dear, the noise
The whole house feels the racket;
Behold the knees of Harry's pants,
And weep DER Berte's jacket.
But never mind, if eyes keep bright.
And limbs grow straight and timber.
We'd rather lose the trees whole bark,
Than find unsound the timber!
Now hear the tops and marbles roll.
The tloor-oh, woe betide them
And l must watch the banisters.
For | know boys will ride them.
Look well as you descend the stairs,
often find them haunted
By ghostly toys that make no noise,
Just when their noise is wanted.
The very chairs are tied in pairs,
And made to prance and caper,
What swords are whitfield out of sticks
What brave hats made of paper.
The dinner bell peals loud and well
To tell the milkman's coming;
And then the rush of d" steam-car trains :"
Set all our ears humming.
How oft 1 say: "What shall I do
10 keep these children quiet"'
If | could find a good receipt,
| certainly should try it.
But what to do with these wild boys,
And all their din and clatter,
Is really quite grave affair
No laughing, trfling matter.
Boys will be boys but not for long.
All, could we bear about MS
This thought-how very soon our boys
Will learn to do without us.
How soon full tall and deep voiced men
Will graveiy call us Mother;''
Or we be stretching empty hands
From this world to the other.
More gently we should chide the noise,
And when night quells the racket,
Stitch in but loving thoughts and prayers,
While mending pants and jacket.
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TARRING AND FEATHERING.-Anq
in his Historic de France, 1905, has the
following in reference to this mode of chas-
tisement:
"They (the two crusading kings, Richard
C@ur de Leon and Philip Augustus) after.
wards made in concert the laws of police
which should be observed in both their
armies. No women, except washerwomen,
were permitted to accompany the troops
Whoever killed another was, according to
the place where the crime should be COM
mitted, to be cast in the sea, OF buried
alive, bound to the corpse of the murdered
person. Whoever wounded another was
to have his hand cut off; whoever struck
another should be plunged three times into
the sea; and whoever committed theft
should have warm pitch poured over his
head, which should then be powdered with
feathers, and the offender should afterwards
be left abandoned on the first shore"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-01-25

ANECDOTES OF JOHN BUNYAN.-To pass
away the gloomy hours in prison, Bunyan
took rail out of the stool belonging to
his cell, and with his knife, fashioned it
into flute. The keeper hearing music,
followed the sound to Bunyan's cell, but
while he was unlocking the door the in
genious prisoner placed the rail in the stool,
so that the searchers were unable to solve
the mystery; nor during the remainder of
Bunyan's residence in the Jail, did they
ever discover how the music had been pro-
duced.
In an old account of Bedford there is an
equally good anecdote, to the effect that a
Quaker called upon Bunyan in Jail, one
day, with what he professed to be mes
sage from the Lord. after searching for
thee," said he, Gin half the .jails in Eng
land, am glad to have found thee at last"
elf the Lord sent thee" said Bunyan,
sarcastically, "you would not have needed
to take so much trouble to find me out, for
He knows have been in Bedford Jail these
seven years past
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DiXie's Mate-HOw n Cunning Topper Is.
capped a Domestic Lecture.

There was an old gentleman who lives
in the Western Addition, and who for
several months gave himself up very freely
to the pleasures of the flowing bowl. His
wife long demonstrated with her partner,
but all to no avail, and at last, as a final
measure she induced him to make a SOL
emn pledge that he would never enter a
saloon in the city. The neighbors all knew
the state of the case, and were pleased to
hear of the intended reformation.
The old gentleman owns pony named
Dixie, a curiously spotted animal, and
both his wife and himself have long been
seeking match for pony to drive in har-
ness. The husband rode the pony into
town every day, and Dixie is as well known
in the Western Addition as the man who
collects the water rates. For week the
temperance movement seemed to be great
success, and Dixie always brought his mas
ter home in condition of religious sobre-
ty. But the good wife, a few weeks after
this pledge, began to remark an impercept-
ible .odor of some strong drug as soon as
the business of the day was over. She fear
ed yet hardly owned it to herself, but still
she felt terribly afraid that the old gentle
man had fallen into his bad habits again.
One afternoon a neighbor called at the
house, and remarked, incidentally, that he
had seen Dixie standing outside a we'll
known saloon on Montgomery Street.
The lady felt her heart sink at this intelli-
gence, and prepared a sound lecture for
her legal lord when he should return in
the evening. But the old gentleman per-
ceived this meddlesome neighbor surveying
his pony, and prepared himself for the
evenings letribution. He rode home in
deep thought, but when few blocks from
the door, a thought seemed to strike him,
he dashed up to his steps briskly, dismount-
ed and rang the bell vigorously. 1t was
opened by his wife, who appeared with
scowl on her brow.
"Oh, Mary, just think" cried he with
animation, 81 have found mate for
Dixie
Indeed, my dear" replied the wife,
becoming interested, and fogetting for a
moment the intended lecture.
eyes" continued the old gentleman,
90 l saw it Saturday outside is saloon
on Montgomery Street, and l declare you
could not tell them apart. wanted to see
the owner, who was inside, but remember
ing my promise to you, my dear, dared
not go in. But l shall certainly inquire
about that pony the first thing in the
morning"
The wife in gush of altered feeling, at
once explained to her injured lord that
she had been cruel enough to suspect him
because Dixie's mate was mistaken by an
oticous neighbor, and she begged him to
forgive the wrong done in thought to his
integrity. The old gentleman generously
begged of her not to speak Of it again; but,
strangely enough, although on the lookout
every day, has not yet succeeded in finding
the mate for Dixie. He thinks that the
man must have been from the country, and
has taken himself and his pony back to the
rural districts.-SdR Francisco Bulletin.
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THE DONE OF THE CAPIToL.-The
dome of the Capitol at Washington is the
most ambitious structure in America. 1t
is 10S feet higher than the Washington
Monument in Baltimore, sixty-eight feet
higher than Bunker Hill, and twenty three
feet higher than the Trinity Church tower
at New York. 1t is the only considerable
dome of iron in the world. 1t is vast
hollow sphere of iron, weighing 100000
pounds. How much is that j.? Nearly 4,
600 tons, or about the weight of 10000 full
grown people, or about equal to 1000 Ia
den cars, which, holding four tons each,
would reach two miles and ahalf
Directly over your head is figure in
bronze, America" weighing 1885 lbs.
The pressure Of the iron dome upon its
piers and pillars is 10, AT pounds to the
square foot. st. Peter presses nearly 20,
900 pounds more to the square foot, and
St. Genevieve, at Paris, $4,000 pounds
more. 1t would require to crush the sup
porters of our dome pressure of 557,270
pounds to the square foot. The cost was
about $1,000, 900. The new wings cost &c.
100000. The architect has plan for re-
building the old central part of the Capitol
and charging the park, which will cost
about So, 100000.
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A BITTER FACT.
HOW A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN WENT TO
PIECES.

HOW A PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN WENT TO
PIECES.
1t is but few years since, says the Chi.
cago Journal, that the house of Bennett
Pieters " Co., wholesale liquor dealers,
and proprietors of the Red Jacket Bit
tiers, stood high among our best known,
most enterprising and responsible FIRMS
In almost every paper of the country their
advertisements were to be seen. Mr.. Pie
tiers was man Of fine abilities, and besides
being shrewd and successful in business, he
was possessed of superior scholarly attain
ments. His home was among the most
elegant and refined in the city, adorned in
the most chaste and beautiful manner, and
gracefully presided over by his wife, an
estimable and accomplished lady. While
in the full-tide of prosperity, with wealth
pouring in upon him, Peters fell. He
could not resist the temptation offered by
the demon concealed beneath the rosy hue
of the wine cup, and his imagination
was heightened and his brain exhilerated
by the sparkling champagne of his own
bitters. The high reputation of his firm
began to feel the effects of the downward
course, and finally came the crash. Pie
tiers was ruined; he struggled vainiy for
time, but the power of the fiend with which
he had SO long tempered was too great,
and nerveless, and INTERESTINGLY he was
hurried to the contamination of his career.
His elegant home soon followed his bust
ness house; rich and valuable presents
made to his family were swallowed up in
the general ruin, or went to crafty still
more his unceasing thirst of drink, until at
last he and they were homeless and we'll
nigh friendless. A few months since he
enlisted in the United States service as a
private soldier, and is now with his regi-
ment somewhere on the great plains of the
West. His broken-hearted wife has filed a
petition for legal separation from him,
alleging that she has been reduced to utter
poverty and misery through the husbands
love of intoxicating drink. The story of
her misfortunes is indeed heart-rending,
and if anything were yet needed to urge on
the friend of temperance and reform it
would be found in the terrible fate of Pie
tiers and his innocent family.
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of brown strings, with no more sapidity
than so much harness leather. Subject
the woodcock or canvas back to such
treatment, and where would be the flavor !?
and echo answers, nowhere.
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81 WILL COUNT THEM"

| have paid a dollar in gold for dozen
of good apples, and dollar and half for
the same number of pears. Currants,
hlackberries, raspberries, gooseberries,
buckle berries, cranberres, l have never
seen in the country. There are fine straw
berries of large size in Monte Video, but
those of other parts are small and taste
less. Oranges, bannas pomegranates, and
fresh figs are abundant and cheap. There
are no oysters, except those which are i'm
ported in tin cans. Grapes are delicious
and plenty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-01-25

THE TURKISH CREsCENT.-WhenP Philip
of Macedon approached by night with his
troops to scale the walls of Bysantium, the
moon shone out and discovered his design
to the besieged, who repulsed him. The
crescent was afterwards adopted as the
fayorite badge of the city. When the
Turks took Rysantium, they found the
crescent in every public place, and, believ-
ing it to possess some magical power,
adopted it themselves.
The origin of the crescent as religious
emblem is anterior to the time of Philip of
Macedon, dating in fact, from the begin
ming of history.
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sB-Oak Hall may be the popular CLOTH
ing house but to have your Clothes clean
use Moore & Bios Wilmington City Soap.
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GAMBLING.

Its now night, and we turn back to the
streets of Buenos Ayres. Its brilliant
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-01-25
LIFE IN BUENOS AYRES.
THE CLIMATE.

BY THE REV. THOMAS CARTER, \. ".
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THE SOIL.

This is rich as our Western Prairies.-
The black mold is about two feet in depth,
and produces wheat without enriching,
year after year, for period which l never
heard limited. Fertilizers, of all kinds,
are useless, for there is no necessity for