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Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
Letters From the People.
CRUELTY TO POULTRY, ETC, AND THE DUTY OF
y. p. q. A.

CRUELTY TO POULTRY, ETC, AND THE DUTY OF THE
y. P. Q. A.
To dhe Editor Of ale Commercial:
To observe evils and suggest remedies is not
enough to correct them and without enforcing
law nothing good can come from legislation. No
less does this principle apply to civil government
than the protection of the brute.
While attention has repeatedly been called to
the cruel treatment of poultry in our markete,y yet
no salutary effort, on the part of the s. p O. A.,
has been made to prevent it. Nor is the barba-
rous and inhuman practice Of gradually bleed
ing" calves to death, for the purpose Of making
iohate meat, as practiced by butchers, subject
deserving of less attention. People are not
ignorant as to what this cruelty is hence the
shuddering thoughts it occasions need not now
be called forth. Only let something be done to
stop it. Let the s. P. c. A., whose obligatory
duty 1t is to prevent it, arouse and exert the
power granted them to this end. They should
issue circulars against it, thoroughly and often
distribute them through every market in the city,
and thus keep the subject before the minds OF
farmers and those dealing in animals referred to.
We await their action.
MEMBFR s. p. @. A.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
The Temperature, To-day.

AS REGISTERED AT THE COMMERCIAL oFrIoE.
Ats A. NJ, so At 4 P. M, 81
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29

LNLANNEIlS. - WE INVITE ATTEN-
IL tiOn to oHr assortment of Flannes Just opened.
embracing az the best makes, from low to line
grades, In white scarlet gray, and fancy, both plain
and twilled and among which will he found some
decided bargains.
VIM. B. SHARP,
Fourth and Market Streets
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29

SccEasFuL REoPENTNa OF WnMINGToH's BUsI-
NESS AND MECHANICAL EVENING CoILEdE.-
According to notice previously given, an in
formal meeting for tho purpose of establishing
an Evening College, took place in Professor
Corner 9th and Market sts last evening. The
attendance was unexpectedly large, and much
interest manifested in the subject of practi-
cal business and mechanical education. Ad-
dresses were made by the instructors,
and voluntary remarks were given by
former attendants among whom were
Messra. Charles Mullen, Paul Snyder, Edward
Ingraham, Frank Harp and others, all of whom
testified to the practical character efficiency and
thoroughness of the instruction in bookkeeping
arithmetic, mechanical drawing, etc. Several
persons gave in their names IN students OF
Professor Harkness' business school Another
meeting to further the arrangements will be
held, tins evening, and it is expected the schoo
will fully open next Monday evening.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
fire, Marine & aife ausuranft.
VNHE MANHATTAN LIFE

4
INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
ESTABLISHED 1850.
STATEMENT, JANUARY 1sT, 1874.
Premiums received in ls1s......... 81 ,59G 3is27
Interest received in lsI3............... 796s597s
Total receipts In 1873, s2so3172O6
Total assets January 1at 40 O0g 1902 ss
Reserve or Reinsurance Fund required
for all Policies In fOrce-Carlise stan
dard, four per cent. ...... SO, ,SsO, ,15i.Sf
Dividends unpaid, and all
olher lnbltles. 402,6S3.H
Total Liabilities s7,s42sS5as
Surplus as regards PoIicy-lolders sl,GG6G2C95
This would enable the Company were such
course desirable, TO divide this year one hundred
and four per cent
The interest received on Investments In
1873, paid all the death claims AMI left
surplus OF ..Sli7 1853
For every siOO Of Liabilities, the Company has
$i23 OF Assets.
For Table Of Rates, ana further information cal
at the WILMINGTON AGENCY,
THOMAS +. PLUMMER, GENERAL AGENT,
jan2-iy No. bO2 MARKET sTREEr.
DELAWARE BOARD DIRECTORS
~ OF THE
UNION MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF MAINE.
oryICR, Qii sHIrLRY ST., WILMINGTON, DEL
OFFICERs:
JOSHUA MARKS, President
c. II. THOMAS, vce-President
d. II. KENT, Treasurer.
Il. O. SPRINGER, Secretary.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Capt N. X. Benson, 4. Y. DeNormandie, j. X. Finn.
DIR. ID. A. DODGE, Manager.
Da. JOHN T. WALES, Medical Examiner.
All monies collected in this State are To remain
here and he loaned by thus Board of Directors upon
nrstclass real estate securities and thus make this
practically Home Company.
IL II TO the interest OF those wishing insurance to
palronlze this Company and keep their money al
home. feb2l-ly-3
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
POPULAR GOODS

NOVELTIES IN
o
FALL AND WINTER COSTUMES,
COMPRISING EMBROIDERED PoLoN NAlsE,
d
To which we invite particular attention, owing TO
superiority OF the WORK and the heavy thbet meiinO
on which they are made.
QUILTED SATIN SKIRTS. BEADED AND EN-
BROlbERED JACKETS,
WITH AND WITHOUT SLEEVES.
SUITINGS,
Diagonal, Vegogne Diagonal Alpnes Diagonal
serges, Twlled llebege, and many popular goods
at low prices.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
MOURNING GOODS,

Consisting OF full lines Of seasonable Dress Goods
LONG AND SQUARE
BLACK THIBET sHAwLs, ENGLISH CREpEs
AND CREPE Wells.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29

CARRIED HOME ON A SETTER. Last evening,
party of four or five young men who had i'm
depot to have some fun. They first fell in with
party of corn cutters from Darby, two of whom
they assaulted and bruised about the face, but
escaped without injury although the injured men
had their knives with them. Shortly afterwards
the coal yards named Murphy who almost
knocked the breath out of one of them by a
stone which he hurled against his breast and
another one was struck in the face by a still
larger stone, which prostrated him and wounded
him 30 badly that lie had to be carried homo on
settee This seemed to sober up the crowd
and no further disturbance occurred.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29
COMMERCIAL PRINTING CO.,
Publishers and Steam Printers,
In Fifth and Market Sfreetg.

NOTICE.-JAMES II. BEGGS HAS
IN removed his Office to No. W. Eighth Street,
Almonds Building. BRICK of all kinds, on hand
at lowest market rates. jyl4-tf
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-09-29

by virtue Of the provisions OF the last WIN and
Tesiamert OF James Curtis, deceased, viii he ex-
posed at Public Sale and sold on
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18

One of the grandcst Illustrations of the enter
prise of the times, is the completion of the great
iron bridge over the Mississippi at Louisiana,
No. erected in the short space OF five and hall
months from its commencement. 1t was formal
ly opened on Christmas for through trains from
Chicago to Kansas City yia the Chicogo and Al
ton and st. Louis. Kansas City and Northern
Short Line. The route of this line is from Chi
cago to Kansas City, through Joliet, Dwight
Chenoa, Bloomington, Petersburg, Jacksonville,
Roodhouse, Louisiana, Mo-, Mexico, Mo, MOber-
ly, Mo- and over the Missouri river at Kansas
City, on the first bridge ever built across the
" Big Muddy" This line passes through an eX-
ceedingly prosperous country Astounding in
splendid views, through a succession Of cultya-
ted farms, and POSSESSES numerous attractive
features to dispel the mOnOtony that prevails on
ordinary routes, and makes the trip one OF pleas
ure, instead Of a tedious journey This line has
become proyerbal for the excellence OF its equip
ment. New Pullman Palace Cars, new Reclining
Chair. Cars, elegantly Carpeted and fitted with
dressing rooms with every toilet convenience for
ladies, gentlemen and families travelling with
children. without extra charge; also superb day
coaches, smoking cars, and dining cars, where
one partakes of good meal, while speeding
on their journey at the rate Of thirty miles an
hour, as may be had at any frst-class hotel. Any
Ticket Agent selling through tickets to the West
will furnish tickets by this excellent route, over
the Chicago and Alton and ST. Louis, Kansas City
and Northern Short Line to Kansas Colorado,
Nebraska, California, and the Great West. For
Map, Circulars and Time Tables, address either
James Charlton, Chicago, or p. b. Groat, st.
Louis Md, either of whom will furnish any in
formation desired. IT,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18

real hero of his poem, "Ahasuerus in Rome
Here in Nero, il the unlimited desire Tor lie {;
there with AhasucruS the incessant yeainihS
for death. Both fulfil, in spite OF this con
trast, one mission, since they work in com
mon for the development of humanity, for,
IN order to advance more rapidly, humanity
needs such TitanS OF destruction as Nero,
especially in times when superannuated and
dead ripe age wreStles with rev forms OF
life. The negative power OF Nero opposes
the positive indestructible power OF Ahasue-
rus and because of the consequent express
sions of weakness from The latter, Nero pre-
pares his complete overthrow This hides
tructibllity, which no power is strong enough
to overcome, which, las n Phoenix, rises
from continuous transformations, and from
the ashes of past being lures the sparks OF
new life" is, accordingly, Ahasuerus. HIS
longing for death is only mankind yearning
and ever striving after rest, but never gaining
peace. 1t Is no longer the eternal jew, but
the eternal man. The result OF this concep-
ton leads the poet to make Ahasucrus as old
as humanity itself Therefore he identifies
him with the first man, with Cain who
brought death into the world. 80 in the
course of his poetic travels and transforma-
tons, the cobbler of Jerusalem has thrown
off his Pharisasm, Judaism, and Christiani-
",
ularly worthy of notice is the continued adj
vanccmcnt which is displayed in this pro-
cess. If to this be added that, in those who
have poetzcd and philosphised over the sto-
nv, the legend has kindled thoughts of the
most varied kind Henderson and Heller I'M
rolled the entire history of the world to our
eyes,-thoughts which, in connection with
each other, would represent philosophical
system peculiar to itself, kind of Ahasuerus
philosophy which is comprehended in the
decisive sentence, that death and life are
really one, then we question whether we
should not admire, more than the legend, the
creative activity of the human mind, which
from the invisible seed has power to lure such
rich life, and at the same time gives the as
surance that the spiritual wanderlngs of Alias
uerus are not yet ended. The DID, wonderful
figure will still furnish material for new
thoughts and axiOms. We will always meet
him anew in the wonderland of poetry, the
weary pilgrim with his hard, furrowed coun-
,enance, his deep, glowing eyes, with the
bushy brows projecting above the white lock,
as he goes IN his long, tattered garments
through the world, without rest, without re
pose, further and further,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18

rors in the work Of the 28th general assem-
bly,; but | do say that, from 30years personal
acquaintance with the legislatures Of this state
no general assembly, within that period of
time worked more hours or with greater en-
ergv than the 28th; and though "A minority
member thereof, must in candor further
say, that since the election of Oglesby to the
U. 5. Senate, politics were completely ignored
and taboocd, and no charge of corruption has
been made as to solitary member of either
house. =. A. ARMSTRONG.
Morris, April 0, 1874
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18
TWENTY. EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Ed,tory Free 1wder-ln your issue Of
April lth notice some errors IN statements
of facts relative to the 2sth General Assem-
bly,, which | feel assured, from the uniform
courteous and honorable course pursued by
the FREE TRADER for over "a years, you will
correct
F,rst-Unier the heading illinois Legis
lature You seem % imply that the fact Of
there being no quorum present after Friday,
the formal adjournment on Tuesday follow
ing was dishonest You perhaps did not
think At The time Of writing this article that
every bill, after being passed, must be cor
rcctly enrolled and then presented to the
committee on cngrosscd and enrolled bills
and by them compared with the original bill
and all amendments thereto. TO be satisfied
that the same 10 correctly enrolled; and that
after making their report to the House, in
which the original bill originated, said en-
rolled bill must be signed by the Speakers OF
both houses and then LAID before the Govern
or for his approval, and if approved, it must
be returned with his approval thereof to the
House in which il originated It therefore
IS an absolute necessity that the speakers of
both houses remain a few DAYS after the Drac-
teal adjournment
In TINS case the engros,ing and enrolling
clerks had but two working DAYS to complete
their work Many bills were passed on the
day Of adjournment, one Of which covered
100 pages Of legal cap paper, and there were
80 amendments reported by the judiciary
committee Of the house and adopted. Indeed
the time was entirely too short for them TO d,
their work correctly. Nor did the member
draw any mileage for the adjourned session
and the time from Saturday until Tucsda
was insufficient 10 enable many of the men
bers 20 get home before final adIournmeI
day.
Again, you follow the error of the Chicag
Tribune as 10 the number of bills introduce
and the number passed. Instead Of PIGS bill
introduced there were but 1903 all told, 5.
in the house and Gil in the senate, and the.
included all the revision bills-s4 in numb,
instead Of $50, as stated in your article q
"Revising the Law;"-and instead of q
being enacted into laws there were Just 30
intending the several appropriation bills. {
This number III were passed al the first pa
Of the session, and 1S9 at the adjourned ses
ION of the Legislature.
Under the article headed "Reyising u
Laws" you say, when the new constitute
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18
THE BONDAGE OF DRINK.

You think love it? Ifthis ncryclcSs hand
Could gain immortal strength this very hour
I'd sweep the hcllish traffic from the land,
And crushits blighting, madlenng, nightmare
power.
Yes, now, with all my latest, dying breath,
III curse the thing that drags me down to death
Love it? oathe it! Yet drink and drink
And hate my bondage with a loathing hate,
and hate myself as through the town stink.
The pledge? No, MOI Too atG--toO late,
No PLEDGE I've tried ittwice-a waste OF breath
Too late! There's no release for me but death
It's bad enough to drink: but MT to drink
Doth such a train of CHASTITY horrors wake
As in one hour would have me dead, think.
Alb, keep away, We HcndS for PHYS sake!
The very thought Of them affects my brain.
Ny end will be when they shall come again.
Love rum; I'd love to hold my head up high
And breathe Gods air free and fearless man,
And look with undmmCd eyes on earth and sky,
With steady nerve to do and head to plan,
I'd love 10 grapplc trials rs they come
In manly fashion, brave and strong Love rum?
II only could come into some land
Where no drink is, God knows how willingly
ia fight those dreadful tormcnts of the damned
That clutch the soul OF him who would be free.
But marshal mp those grizzly shapes OF woe
TO fall again as twice before? No, no!
All, If might have known how it would be
In those old college days SO wild and gay
When first drank in youthful rcyclry,
How easy then TO put the cup away!
4 mothers hope and joy was till then;
Now see me trcmbling-ha! Those eyes again!
Black, fiery eyes, to hell, where you belong!
I'll drink yc down-what blood, Drink blood
Help! Helpl They come, hideous devilish
throng
Back get ye back, They'll toss me into the
food
Long, crooked hand, are clawiug in my hair!
Is this the end? liza, Ha Too late for PRAYER,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1874-04-18
Tor the FHRE TRADER,
a RUTLAND CHANGERS DREAM.
TuNE-Ob! SusoiiHot.

The other night, when all was ot!li,
! had sort of dream;
/ thought saw John Nicho-ol
4 tagging up the stream.
A frown was on his countonancc
And in each eye a tear,
And as he pulled the raft along
These words seemed to hear;
sold Marcellus
Has proved too strong for me;
He's swooped the town of Rutla-and,
As plainly you can see"
Before Nieks raft was hid from sight
Another came in view,
Which proved to be old Cochra-ane'S,
And tell you he looked blue
He said 1.-THE peeps know I'm hoax,
Ny doctrine all sham,
They're bound to make the assessor
OF Fleming, if they can.
Old Nat Fleming
Has proved too strong for me;
He's swooped the town Of Rutland
As plainly you can see"
Said ]. T. Nick: "Jef, Russell is
The cause Of all this fuss;
wish the grange was all q wreck
And drowned that little cuSs.
II he had held his noisy tongue,
And kept out of my way,
might have been in Office now,
And not obliged to say
Old Marcellus
Has proved too strong for me;
He swo0ped the town OF kutIa-ahd'
As plainly you can see
Sand j. T. Nick: ooh never more
For SUPERVISE I'll try;
Ny aspirations all laid out
And Pm laid up to dry,
The people know | am hoax,
Ny doctrine all a sham;
And Pm myself compelled TO own
Marcellus Pitt s the man.
Old Marcellus,' &c.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-08
s,itf'

BK. +. j. wltfr, h.,it'tn and sulg,cn. hss
rVn.uy, his ,lliC. fItJn the trmtty hoheo to
the suite Of rooms ever c. +. Coltor. pirg
store On C,ron street. lie Muy there be con.
suited GG,irG Ill - uis q. the Gay and might.
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-08

lOR M.-Tte regular Councils Of piuts
II .bc Ne. l. of Carson City, ore ho Id at She Hall
Of Capitol Ledge l. O. o. T., on Monday eN,n-
inc If each sever funs. A General att, ndkne.
ct th. ,ni,is ,rd Protlcrs is solicited
~ urGtrCi tic sacLtHt,
Il. l.. kIi.lY.
s,a.f g. of Il,
Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-11-08

lst |; iS the Best 70
I'd 1t is .l,e Hsn6SC nj. ~ RsnSe
in lIst-
Cd. 1t is the quickest baker in
= market.
h 4,h Il = the IIeaS i,s. ror!a
"a Range in ,ulIkot; Therefore
TEN more durable.
StE Il bas Larger Ovl Is than any
other Portable Range.
REASONS s $50 Tn, ssy :S s:::' s:s .na
desirable InpIo.t'l4eLts.
81. II 5 hc most Il 11CIA!cai
WAY. q C'clIuG anp&ratuE-
= c;h. IT tocs tnt grsrtt-t amount
81 If Nurk with the smallest
II ccneumlti,I OF full.
lnt,r 4 persona! e>au'!nati.I4" "f II
viii convince any OF" ths: Il i
\rs!l> tie Fost and Cheapest ior-
:ablt IA4lrey yet otsre-i thr ucslc
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-23
Bears and PAlmettOS.

The tops Of many palmettOs have been
torn in pieces by bears. Bruin climbs
the trunks and rips out the heart of the
trees. The heart of a palmetto resem-
l1les a cabbage Floridians boil and eat
it. When raw it tastes like chestnut.
Picked in vinegar il creates keen rel
ish- Natives invariably speak of the
palmettOe as a cabbage tree 1t is this
heart or cabbage that produces a fresh
circle of fans every other new moon.
As the lower circle fades and drops to
the ground, new one appears. The
butts of the dead fans cling to the tree,
and look like straps crossing the bark
diagonally in opposite directions. These
yellow straps are called boots" As the
palmetto reaches the prime of life, it
sheds its boots, and the bark becomes
smooth. The tree is then of the same
size all the way up. If a man can fancy
q bullrush from sixty to eighty feet
high. crowned with circles of green
fans, he viii have some idea of an aged
palmetto. Such trees are frequently
two or three hundred years old. The
wood is absolutely good for nothing,
It can neither be used for fuel nor sawn
into boards IL looks like strong, dark
cord cut into pieces fifty feet long, roll
led into the shape of stOvepipe, and
glued together. The tree itself is no
larger tl1un Che mast of ship.-FLOTscIa
Lstter to tie Neao York Sun.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-23
The Great Grain Trade.


The great grain trade, while engaging
the attention of railroad interests in this
quarter, Is not lost sight of on the great
water route of the country. Since St.
Louis has drawn 100000 bales Of cotton
this year from Texas, against 10000 last
year, and threatened to attract more,
New Orleans is proposing TO build q
new style of boat, of iron, three hundred
feet long, of six thousand tons capacity,
able to run twelve miles an hour either
way, with a consumption of less than
one hundred tons of coal in round trip
from st. Louis. This rate would place
New Orleans within five days of st.
Louis, and it is asserted that by this
means grain from Central Illinois can
be laid down in Liverpool for twenty
five cents bushel against thirty, and
two cents cheaper than by New York.
When the boat returns, portion Of the
hull, that has great cargo capacity, is
raised, and so carried that greater speed
can be reached. It is natural that New
Orleans should desire to retain a bust
ness that has long proved remunerative,
and, whether successful in this effort or
not, it evinces a spirit Of energy under
great discouragements which gives
promise of future and profitable indus
tries
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-23
August FI0wer.

The most miserable beings in the
world are those suffering from Dys-
pepsia and Liver Complaint. More
than seventy-five per cent Of the PEG.
pie in the United States are afflicted
with these two diseases and their
effect such as sour stomach, sick
headache, habitual costiTeness, i'm
pure blood, heartburn, waterbrash,
gnawing and burning pains at pit Of
the stomach. yellow skin, coated
tongue and disagreeable taste in the
mouth. coming up Of the food after
eating, low spirits, &c. Go to the
Drug Store of g. 4. MAGEE, and get
q rs cent bottle. or a sample bottle
for 10 cents. Try it. G. q. GREEN,
Sole Manufacturer, WOODBURY., Nj.
July | "A ny
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-23
Education i'm Japan.


A report recently published by the
British secretary of legation at Yeddo
proves that, at least in the matter af edu-
cation, the japanese are carrying out to
the full their contemplated reform. In
the year 1872 an act was passed by which
the country was mapped but into seven
educational circuits. Inspectors were To
be appointed to every district, each of
whom was to be intrusted with the su
pervision of twenty or thirty schools.
All teachers were to be certiicated, and
the schools were to be divided into high,
middle, and primary schools. This act
was promulgated two years ago, barely
two years ago, and since that time,
] 100 private schools and 1880 pub
lie schools have been established, at
which 333, 4G3 boys and 109,6 37 girls
attend. Add to this number the 30, 600
students who are receiving instruction
in the higher schools and we have to-
tai of 40, 600 young japanese, or one
in sixty-eight of the entire population,
who have already taken advantage Of
the system prescribed by the Govern
ment. At Yeddo the educational es-
Establishments now actually in operation
are the ''Dia Gakko," or university, the
SEQ Gakko," or school for instruction
in foreign languages, the "Shi Ham
Gakko." or normal school for the in
struction of japanese teachers, beside
a principal female school and several
preparatory schools. The education
given at all government schools and
colleges is entirely secular, ''as far as is
consistent with the fundamental tenets
of the Shinto faith" and having due
regard to the proselytizing zeal of Euro
pcans, it is ordered that no Christian
divine is to be admitted to the rank of
tenchnr
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-09-23
HOB PRINTING.

If you want Posters, HandbiIls, Letterheads,
Billheads, Statements, Business Cards, Pamphlets,
or anything else in the line Of Printing, leave your
orders at the GAZETTE Office where they viii be
executed in the neatest style and at less than city
prices. Satisfaction guaranteed or no charge for
work Connected with the Office is a -Bindery
competent to do any work in that line with neat
ness and at the lowest prices. Magazine work es-
EzscisTIy solicited.