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Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19
THE MASSACHUSETTS, oALAMITY.

The shocking disaster in Western Massachu-
setts, caused by the bursting of the reservoirs
on Mill River, should call general attention tv
the many similar works Of engineering, through
out the country. The vital question is, are
they secure Manufacturing, in thu
country, within the last twenty years, hat
increased to such an enormous extent that the
details are lost sight of, or at least The know
ledge OF them is confined to their own localities.
Comparatively few people who read of the grea
inundation of Saturday morning had ever hearo
of the busy little valley which was the scene OF
the disaster, yet now we know that trifing wa
ter power which man could almost leap across,
was tho motive force of scores OF important III
dustria works, and gave subsistence to several
thousands Of people. The reservoir which burs,
had been constructed to economize the waterh
Of Mill creek, or River, and an agency which
years before New England had become crowded
and competition had grown so strong, was mo-.
regarded as practical power, in latter days be-
came very valuable property.
And so it ls all over the Middle and Northern
States, and 80 it is gradually becoming all
3. through the West. Very many of these improve
, ments are scarcely known outside of their own
county, except by dealers who have business
with the mills No fair-running stream of a
! yard in width but is made to do service in the
work OF clothing the world, and the reservoir
or dam is an indspe nsable adjunct of the un-
dertaking. That is part OF the case the Other
part is, unhappily, not 80 clear. What is the
general condition of these industrial breakwat-
ers? If one is shown to have been improperl,
constructed at the start, and afterwards to have
been loosely inspected, how shall we be able to
say there are not others awaiting the fatal NOM
ent, and from like causes to fall into ruin I
Perhaps those to which any reasonable doubt
might attach are few, relative to the entire
manufacturing interest," but we are all agreed,
to-day, that one is too many. There can be NO
question, in view of the frightful example
just set us, but that works oil
the kind everywhere should have al
immediate, thorough, and intelligent revision.
and that this should be the work of skilled en-
gineers. Only on Friday night, we are told, the
superintendent and gate keeper of the Williams.
burg reservoir examined it and found it, in theii
Judgment, secure. This shows what superficial
or ''matter of course" knowledge on such sub.
jects is worth. Such investigation is worse thar
useless
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Flowers.

The sole fashion which should never change
il set by good taste. A fashion that is not 10
set is the fashion Of using artificial flowers where
natural ones can be substituted. On hats or
Donnets the former are, OF course, indispensable;
but they should never be worn in any other way
upon the person, or employed in the decoration
Of rooms.-" Home and Society" Sc1'.Js.rs for
June. -
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19

How often have admirers-not to say worship
pers-of the whipping post and pillory triumph
antly told us "a man is never whipped twice.
No sir ! once is enough you never see him
again." And here, after dozens OF examples
disproving their assertion, comes Roswell Ring
gold to be whipped dte third timei
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19
financial Cards.
rT,HE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK

YHE ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK,
bO9 MARKET STREET,
Incorporated February ss. 1851.
Open to receive deposits daily from ., A. M, until
I. 7. NJ, and on Tuesday aud Saturday evenings,
from to O'Clock.
A sEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
OF six per cent has been regularly paid deposits
since the organization Of the Bank and 1t Is the
pectation Of the Managers, that this rate OF syi-
When dividends are not Withdrawn they are ac-
counted az deposits. Thus permanent deposits,
compound their Interest twice In each year.
MANAGERS:
WILLIAM s. HuIRs, -GEoRaE W. BUSH,
CLEMENT b. SMyTH, GR0bGE $. CAPELIK,
CHArLEs VI. HowLasD, NJ. L. LIoHTENsTRIN,
EDWARD DARLINGTON, NATHANIEL X. BENSON,
HKNRY i. DUE, JoB IL. JACKSON, l
E. NJ. STolsKNBURa, WIN. ii. SWIFT,
ANTHONY HIGGINS.
VIM. S. 1lILLiES President.
GEO; ". BUSH, Vice President; =,
FIRsr NATIONAL BANK T. ~
OF WILMINGTON. o.
DEPOSITORY OF THE PUBLIC MONIES
FINANCIAL AGENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
EDWARD BELTS, President
GEO. d ARMSTRONG, Cashier.
PAID UP CAPITAL, $4,000
rB- Philadelphia and New York Exchange fur
nshed to regular depostors without charge.
Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays, at ~ AM.
DIRECTORS- s
Clement B. Smyth, George W. Bush,
Israel Pusey, Eli Garrett
Henry s. McComb, Joshua T. Head,
Daniel James, William Tatnall,
Edward Belts. oct1-ly
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furniture and alndertaaiun,
DELAWARE STATE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND a,


BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND eAzETTEER.
To be issued about the 18th Of June. 1874. The
Undersigned Is now compiling a Directory and C,a
zetteer OF the State of Delaware. II will contain a
complete DIRECTORY OF WILMINGTON. n
BUSINESS Directory of the whole state Gazetteer
embracing every Post-Once, Hundred, ounty, Ri
YER Creek and Bay, together with list OF Farmers
a aiu rrult growers. Also, all Banks, Insurance
Companies, Railroads, Newspapers, Corporations.
Manufacturers, &c.
=, Every Trade, Occupation, and Profession will he
Iully represented; and those who wish TO give a
lnore detailed account OF their business than can he
given in the special Directory, Will have an omar
tunty OF doing so in the Miscellaneous and Adver-
Using Department OF the work.
lhe attention OF business men is respectfully In
vlted to tue work, and with their co-operalio1 the
publishers hope to make i faithful representation
Of OF the ENrkkPRISE AND BUSINESS OF TiIE
STATE, the Work will be octave size, Handsomely
printed and bound.
tNASH..ssss..ss. $500
Capitals. e' "'N appeai Ill
communications respecting the work should he
auuiessed VIM. II. BOYD, Compiler,
Care JENKINS ATRI Ns0N,
DGity C0nlnu fcfatn
apI4-o&Wu Wilmington. Del.
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DRESS Grimmlnas.

G"NST OliMululBp.
NEW GOODS
Just opened an elegant assortment of
STANDARD TRIMMINGS,
HAMBURG EDGINGS,
RUFFLINGS, LACES, RIBBONS &c,
Also, new and full lines of
CAUSE MERINo UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY
GLOVES, NOTIONS RTC.
s.. II. STA rs,
mar2I-ly No. All Market Street.
X, S. JACKSON & CO.,
saS MARKET STREET, WILMINGTON,
Just received fine line Of
LADIES' VESTS, F1ANNErs L.
cHILDRENs MERINo DRESSES.
A fine assortment OF
WORSTED WORK AND WORSTED.
woRTTED WORK AND woRsTEp.
CHILDRENs CAS-, KID GLOVES, CLOTH AND
SILK GLOVES, LACES VELVET,
RIBBONS, DC.
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SeWlna atlafhines.

THOMAS I. TAsKER, JR. STEPHEN p. M. TAsKxH :.
MORRIS, TASKER g. co.
PASCAL IRON WORKS,
Philadelphia
TAsKER IRON WORKS,
New Castle, Del.
0n,c' 0n,ce' Ell FIFTH AND TASKER SITS Philadelphia.
once and Warehouse, 10 Gold Street New WORK
onnce ana warehouse No. 80 Oliver St., Boston,
MANUFACTURERS OF
whUuGHT IRON WELDED TUBES, plain, galya-
hlzeu and rubber-eodtsd for Gas, Steam and
Water.
TUBES. A'oN ooihhn
oIL-WELL TUBING AND CASING.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS
BRASS VALVES AND COCKS
GAS AND SrEAM-Fl TIERS TOOLS
LAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE
SIhEEr LAMP POSTS AND LANTERNs
iMfhOVED COAL-tiAS APPARATITS etc
we would call special attention to our Patent yu
-.-.-.-e1 Nu'oei-eoa'ed rune mar72-ly
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House CIeaninr materiaI

Sulph. Copper (or blue vitrioD copperas, chlor
lime, patent dye stun, all colors logwood, chip or
extract.
c. FOSTER, APOTHECARY,
FnNnt and West streets
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CarrIaee sponge.

A large supply Of sponge OF convenient size ana
shape well suited for washing CARRIAGES, nc. For
sale wholesale and retail by
Il. BI1NGHURsT Il CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market Streeta
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19

MONEY SAVED BY BUYING YOUR
If1 teas, cnfees and spices at
II EAST FOURTH STREET.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19

Pink Twine,
For the use OF Druggists, Jewellers, and others
Sold wholesale and retail by
L. BRINGHURST CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market Streets
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-05-19
House Cleaning Articles,

s03 Market Street, Institute Building.
Chamois Skins.
Several kips of beautiful soft skins, suitable for
~ 1A-sAi CORNER sixth and Market Streets.
MiIJer's (or Fronefieid,sD CattIe paw
ders.
Farmers, now Is the. ,me to buy, put your horses
IN good condition. other horse medicines liniments
Robert Roberts embrocation; II, l.. II. Lnlnent, DR.. TO
ohS etc. tOSIERS DRUG STORE,
Front and West streets.
Zacherl InsecticIde,
For killing bugs and vei1nin, sure death. Costars
Iat and roach eXterminatOr, Persian insect powder
Lyons magnetic powuer and others.
FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
Front and West Streets.
"Baker's Supplies.
Carbonate of Ammonia in lars at low ratea AMI
sees, 1ennel seeds, baking soda, tartar fla-
FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
Front and West streets.
House Cleaning Material.
Sulph. Copper (or blue vitrioD copperas. cblor.
lime, patent dye stun, all coors, logwood chip or
C. FOSTER, APoTHECARY,
Fn'nt and West streets.
Pink Twine,
For the use Of Druggists, Jewellers, and others.
sold wholesale and retail by
Z. BRINGHURsT & CO.,
Corner Sixth and Market Streets
Carriage Sponge.
=, large supply Of sponge OF convenient size and
shape wei suited for washing carriages, &c. For
sale wholesale and retail by
E. BRINGHURsT 4 CO.,
Corner Sixth aud Market Streets
bathing Sponge,
on fine quality IN large medium, and small pieces,
ior sale, wholesale and retail by
E. BRlNGHURsT Il CO.,
Cornet sixth and Market Streets.
For Economy
In putting away clothes use
SHINES NATIVE CAMPHoR.
compressed on solid blocks TO prevent evaporation
anu lar superior IN strength to refined camphor.
W. L. ALhlClS, Del. Avenue Drug store.
Trusses! Trusses!
] Keep constantly on hand a full line of German
and French 1russes Supporters Shoulder Bracts a
Gum stockings, Suspens0fy BanIiapes nn1 ali sur
Rcal appliances used in tue cure OF HERNIA ffo
atsnppa s ne ot my business give my personal
a,tenlon anu warrant perfect satisfaction in the
ntIing OF lIufses, &c having had an experience of
more than 20 years. "
l.. NJ. ENGLAND.
aprzrM@fly sixth and Lombard Streets.
Persian Powder Pistol.
For blowing the powder into places infested by in
sects. For sale by
B. & C. SHOEMAKER,
500 Market Street, Institute Building.
BevOe's Brilliant OIL.
DEvoE's BRILLIANT OIL
DEVICES BRILLIANT OIL
DEVICES BRILLIANT OIL
is PERFECTLY SAFE,
Is PERFECTLY SAFE
IS PERFECTLY SAFE
SOLD IN CANS WITH FAUCETS, |
SOLD IN CANS WITH FAUCETS,
SOLD IN CANS WITH FAUCETS,
D. Il c. SHOEMAKER,
sos Market Street. Institute Building.
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A FRESH SUPPLY
IA OF
PRIME CLOVER, TIMOTHY HERD AND OR
CHAIsD GRASS SEEDS.
Also, all kinds OF
VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS.
Selected with care for the market by
A. Il. ALLDERDIGE,
ian2s-1y III shInlev 81
( CHEST PROTECTORS, OF CHAMOIs
~ and wool double,st K BRINGHUpsT OO.'s !
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Spsfial 3letlfes.
Spuniards


In the Island OF San Domingo were the FIRST to In
troduce the use OF BalsaIn Copahia. Never has
nauseatlng drug done more injury, for It not only
changes the nature of the disease to a more dread
full state than the original but 1t ruins the tone Of
the stomach and brings on dyspepsia in Its worst
forms, having horrid taste and disgusting smell.
10 avoid this drug and Its effects the Samaritans
Gift Is within the reach of ALL remedy purely veg
etabe, and positive cure every time in from two
To four days, without exposure or trouble. Male
packages, 81; female Sa.
For scrofula and all disease of impure blood the
Samaritans Root and Herb Juices is the remedy to
be used.
KEEP THE BLOOD IN HEALTHY CONDITION.
.'The blood is the life of the human body.n There
s no bone, nor muscle nor tissue, nor membrane of
any sort which is not Kept In healthy state, by the
unceasng action of the heart pumping out, night
and day, forty-three hundred and twenty times an
hour, this wonderful current OF life In disease the
heart works faster, the supplies are hurried up TO
the railing organism, and nature ever true to herself
makes every effort 10 expe disease and preserve
life. Hence we have eruptlons and sores because
nature has succeeded In throwing the poison to the
surface. shall we then stand and look on that he
roc effort of nature trying to free herself from the
deadly enemy, or shall we come to the rescue with
few bottle OF the samartans Root and Herb juice
and Danish from the system that foul faint that has
been slowly but surely eating away the very foun-
tain of life7
BOLD by h. Bringhurst d Co., Sixth and Market :
G. McIna, Second and Market, Wilmington, DEL,
and by druggists generally. je1T-iy
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371, 20, 62. rs. size. to 81. ~ ~ ~
Bonnets for The Million great bargains g7k ho
62H i6 SI19, 90c. 81, up TO S2 H' w.
,o hlp6ons as for the Million great bargains g. 5, TO-
Flowers for the Million great bargains. a. 4. q. IL
IN, 10 20, Csc. up to 81 80 spray. > ~
llH, l5 20, 25c., up to 81 y = - -S'
Hat Frames, lOc. Bonnet Frames, loc.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03
Education in Alabama.

The commonwealth Iabors under
dreadful burden of ignorance the illit-
eracy in some sections is appalling.
With population of q little more than
a million, Alabama has more than three
hundred and eighty thousand persons
who can neither read nor write and of
these nearly one hundred thousand are
whites. There are also large classes
who can both read and write, but whose
education goes no farther. Among the
one hundred and seventy-five thousand
voters In the state, there is a NJ wspaper
circulation of forty thousand only. The
negro does not seem to care for the pa
pers. A good public school system was
inaugurated in Alabama in 1854, and
three years later nearly ninety thousand
children were attending school in the
state; but the advent of the war annull-
ed the progress already made, and since
reconstruction educational matters have
been somewhat embroiled. The con-
duct of the schools is now IN the hands
of what is known as the state hoard of
education, composed of the state super
intendent and two members from each
congressional district, This board has
full Legislative powers, the legislature
being only revisory of its acts. The
school fund receives from half million
to $500, 900 annually from the state, one
third of it being interest on the fund
bestowed by the general government,
and the remainder being made up of
one-fifth of the commonwealth general
revenue-al the poll tax, the licenses,
and the tax on insurance companies.
This fund is nominally apportioned i'm
partially to the whites and blacks in
each county, and the trustees in each
township are informed what their share
is. Under this system, the average at
tendance at the various schools opened
throughout the state, was one hundred
and fifty thousand but in 1873 the
schools were all closed (save those in
the large cities, on account of the in
ability Of the state to pay teachers
This cessation has been productive of
much harm and disorganization. Ell
forts have, however, been made to re-
suscitate the state university at Tusca-
loosa, which is not in fourishing con-
dition. and normal college, for teach
ers of both sexes, has been started at
Florence, In the northern part of the
state. In western Alabama, a colored
university and normal college has been
established at Marion, and -colored
normal school is opened at Huntsville.
The American missionary society also
maintains college for coIored people
at Talladega. -ScribneT'S
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-09-03

In a recent letter from London the
Danbury News Man " speaks particu-
larly of the fact that all the workmen
in England are Englishmen. Such a
thing could not fail to impress an
American, for it is the rarest thing to
see a native-born workman in this coun-
try. 1 do not think that I ever saw an
American day laborer such men are
either Germans, Irish, Italians, Swedes
anything rather than Yankees. If
you visit our large factories, particular
ly in this vicinity, you will find that
most of the hands are foreigners. There
are more Americans in machine shops
than in other places. Riding through
the BOwery, or any of the business
avenues of this city, you will find that
ninety-nine sign boards ont of hun
dred bear foreign nam, s. Even on
Broadway the tradesmeR are largely
foreigners. rode up Eighth avenue
the other day, from Thirty-fourth to
Fifth-eighth streets, and do not re-
member seeing one American name on a
sign-bOard. 1t is equal to the confu-
sion of tongues at the tower of Babel
to hear the talking of the working men
going along the streets when the six
O'Clock bells ring. Every language IN
der the sun is spoken, except perhaps
the English. should very much like
to know at what my countrymen are
mployed-outside of stetesmanship.
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On What Do Plants Feedg

The French government some years
ago established an experimental farm at
Vincennes, France, under the superin-
tendence of the eminent chemist, NJ.
Geore Vile. Every convenience, such
as greenhouses, hot-beds, fields, nipple
ments, ETC., necessary to carry out his
experiments, were at his disposal.
Among the. many experiments made
by him was that of causing wheat to
grow in pure sand aud in order to de-
stroy any substance that would act as a
fertilizer in the sand or water used in
the experiment, the sand was burned
and the water distilled. Four large
iower-pots filed with the burned sand
were used in the experiment. In the
first he put twenty-five grains of good
wheat, and watered them with the dis
titled water the seed grew, looking
yellow and sickly, but came to maturi-
ty, and produced one hundred and
eight grains of poor, shriveled wheat.
In the second pot, the ten minerals
that all plants require for food were
mixed with the burned sand, and TWEEN
ty-two grains of good wheat planted as
in the first case. The result still showed
siekly plants, but better developed than
the first. and at maturity yielded one
hundred and forty-four grains. p.
In the third pot ammonia was mixed
with the burned sand instead of the
ten minerals as in, the second expert
ment. In. this case the plants came up
beautiful dark green, giving every in
dication that 8 large. crop of seed woulG
be produced. But not so; the result,
although better than the other two pots,
was only a yield of one hundred and
sixty-twO grains.
I'm the fourth experiment the ten min
| erals required as food for all plants,
united with ammonia, were mixed with
the land, and twenty-five grains OF
wheat planted as before. This expert
ment being a union as it were of the
| second and third experiments. The re-
| suit of this union was almost magical
the plants sprang up with great vigor,
strong and healthy, producing from the
| twenty-five seeds four hundred and
| twenty-three grains of full, good wheat.
| As the land in which they were planted
and the water with which they were wa
| tered contained no fertilizing property,
! this grand result must have been caused
| by the minerals and ammonia alone. Yet
| great as this result was, five per cent
only of,the plants were produced by the
minerals, and Leo per cent. by the am
mOnia; thereby showing that SO. 40 D
cent. of the plants were produced by
the air.
| ammonia is composed of three atoms OF
| hydrogen and one of nitrogen, and it is the
nitrogen in the ammonia that stimulates The
| plant and enables it to appropriate the miner.
! ais In the soil as food.
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ing their stay, which continued year,
they were approached by some natives
(red mem whom they killed. The nav
lgators, we are told, returned TO their
homes and carried with them the story
OF their discoveries. Others. during
the succeeding hundred years, followed
In the path their countrymen had trod-
den, but troubles arose, and some Scan
dlnavlans who had brought their wives
and children with them had difficulties
IN reference to their conduct. The
NIneland colonists treated the aborig-
ines as enemies, and a continued state
OF warfare existed. It is believed by
many who have investigated the matter
that the Vineland of the northern nayi-
gators was the coast of New England.
Ii christianity was established on this
continent eight hundred years ago it
soon died away, for, according to the
writings OF Sagas, a priest who left Co
penhagen about HOO, for Vineland,
was, on his arrival, put to death by a
man who spoke his own tongue.
There are legends of navigators Wis
iting America during the thirteenth and
fourteenth centuries, but there is moth
ing definitely known from the Scandi-
navIan writer after the year 1920, when
bishop sailed from Greenland for Vine
land, of whose fate nothing hereafter
was ever heard. There is a blank up to
the time when Columbus set out on his
voyage of discovery. It may be men
toned that Ole Bull was last year col
lecting subscriptions at concerts among
his countrymen to erect monument to
Hef, the first alleged discoverer of
America, who touched American soil
400 or 800 years before the landing Of
Columbus, and there are indications
that the Genoese were not only &C
quainted with the voyages of the Morse
sailors to America, but that they were
not without influence on his plan and
its execution.