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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28
Asgister's Huttfss.

DEGISTER'S OFFICE,
III NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Dec Esd 1874.
Upon the application of Elizabeth b. Floyd, exc
cutrix of Samuel Floyd, late of Wilmington
Hundred in said county, deceased 1t is ordered
and directed by the Register that the Admins
trarix aforesaid give notice of the granting of Let
tiers OF Administration upon the Estate of the de-
ceased with the lae of granting thereof, by causing
advertisements tt lie posted, within forty days from
the OF such Letters IN six of the most public
places of the County of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the Estate TO pre-
sent the same, or abide by an Act of Assembly in
such case made and provided. And also cause the
same to be inserted, within the same period, In the
DAILY COMMERCIAL, a newspaper published in Will
mington and to be continued therein three weeks,
cod
Given under the hand and Seal of Ofice of
H. s. the Register aforesaid, at New Castle in New
Castle County aforesaid, the day and year
above written. B. GIBBS, Register.
NOTICE.-All persons having claims against the
Estate of the deceased must present the same duly
attested to the Execurix, or before Dec "a 1876
or abide the Act of Assembly In such case made and
provided. ELIZABETH b. FLOYD. Executrix.
Address, Wilmington, Del. dec2s sweod
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ALMOST FIRE AT Nj IDDLETowN. N.-Middletown
came near being the scene of d fire yesterday,
but the flames were fortunately discovered be-
fore they got beyond control. 1t occurred about
10 o'clock A. NJ, in the kitchen roof OF Mr.. Rice
but by vigorous efforts the roof was torn off ano
removed, and thus what might have been con
fagraton was timely arrested.
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REPAIRS OF THE San MARoo.-Capt. Kelley, of
the II. & Fl. Co., who is engaged with force Oh
steamship San Marco, at the Navy Yard dry
dock in Portsmouth, Va, is in town. to-day. He
reports that they are making good progress with
the work. The stern-post has been taken out,
and sent North to be re-forged.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28


weather Record.
REPORT OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE.
WASHINGTON, Jan 28.
Probabilities For the Middle States. low
barometer, higher temperature, southeast to
south west winds, cloudy and rainy weather.
Commercial Reports.
PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 28.
Cotton 15al@ 1890. Flour dull supers, s9. IS
Cd4; extras, S4@4. so; Penna extra family, $5. rs
az. Prime wheat in good demand other grades
dull; red. S1.18@120, white $1.26@1.30. Corn
dull, yellow, 7sc. Oats s65@6Sc, Whiskey dull
at 98c.
QUOTATIONS AT THE BRANDYwINE MILLS FOR FLOUR
AND anAIN--ooRaEoTED DAILY.
Family Flour $7.759 8.75
Extra Flour. ........... o.ootV Q 20
wheat. 1.20
Corn. New. 7Sc
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NARD TO THE PUBLICi
OFFICE CT
wooIL.EY VAN TRUMPs
INSURANCE AGENCY,
FIRE, MARINE, LIFE, ACCIDENTl
NO JOURNAL BUILDING ADJOINING THB
CITY HALL,
WILAIE6ToN. DELAwARR
We are the
DULY AUTHORIZED AGENTS OF TIE OLDEST
LARGEST AND BEST KNOWN CoMPA-
EIRS IN THE WORLD,
HAVING
CASH ASSETS OF OVER. $780, ,oOo,cOo.
We insure all kinds OF property within the State
and adjoining counties. Dwellings and Farm frp-
perty taken at very low rates o,.,.o o,,roa -,
our customers business, thereby relieving them OF
much trouble and expense and settle al losses
PROMPTLY AND LIBKRAiLY, without extra charge.
Offering our past record as guarantee Ior the
future, confidently assert 1t will be to your IN
terest to call on us and examine our list OF Ccnpa-
nies in all departments before nsuring OF renewing
elsewhere.
ALI. KINDS OF INSURANCE TO ANY AMOUNT
EFFECTED AT ONCE AT CURRENT RATES.
Communications by mail will receive Immediate
attention. 49,, ..a..o
age We have enjoyed and soliciting continuance,
We remain, very respectfully,
JAMES wooLLEy. Z. A. VAN TRuMP
IL BRINGHURsT y CO.,
Cor. SIXTH and MARKET ST.
Offer tne assortment of fine goods
comprising in part
Fine Bronze and other Thermometers,
Flower Vases,
'ci Cut Giass6ologne Bottles,
IIat
Cologne Toilet Sets,
Travelling Cups in Russia leather,
Hand and Toilet Mirrors
Cologne Flasks.
| Fineet French Hair Brushes,
| Finest English Hair Brushes,
Finest American Hair Brushes, ,--, a.. :
uu ivory, buffalo, ,inlaid rosewood satinwooa, ,sc)
Tortse-shell Dressing Combs,
Ivory Dressing Combs,
| Buffalo Dressing Combs,
| Inda-rubber Dressing Combs,
| Dressing cases,
Smelling Bottles.
| French, English and American Extracts
(for the Handkerchief)
Besides an extensive variety of Foreign and Ameri-
| can Colognes, ilet Soaps, Cosmetics, sachet
PGwaer Cloth Ma Sa Of aqa S argest TSesa
| assortments of F INE TOILET
| GOODS, ever offered in this city.
| E. BRINGHUkST \ CO..
| APoTHEc4RIEs,
| Corner Sixth and Market Streets.
,JUsr RECEIVED
| Ine fluest IOl VI
CHOICE SINGING CANARY BIRDS
That was ever imported. And for sale very cheap
| These are all YOUNG BIRDS.
w. n. CHANDLER,
| arr,.,y s,t Market Street.
1875 VALENTINES
EXTRA INDUCEM ENTS.
i5 LOT RETAIL FOR s2o.
COMICS THIRTY CENTS GROSS.
| CALL AND EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
ADAMS 4 BRO.
50G MARKET STREET,
Wilmington, Del.
NOTICE,
we would call especial attention to our new style o.
pictures of "GERMAN FINISH" which we do no
think are surpassed in this or any other country
MANY thousands OF which are in this city, and fo
their quality we give general reference ,,,vr
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entertainments.

GEVENTH STREET VARIE1 les.
SEVENTH STREET BELOW WALNUT.
JOHN O. CLARK MANAGER.
NOW open with the greatest variety company in the
United States.
EVERYTHING NEW AND ATTRACTIVE.
There will be grand family matinee nn saturday,
January 30th, 1875. at O'Clock, P NJ Nothing done
to offend the most fastldious. Same performance
IN he afternoon aa at night Come early to secure
seats jan2S-1t'
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28

NtIMARUBA BITTERS
the Great Remedy for Dyspepsia, LOSS OF Appetite
General Debility, Nervous AhectoHs, ETC.
NO REMEDY HAS YET BEEN KCUND THAI
CAN EQUAL THEM
'rhey are perfectly pure snd entirsbf1se from ny
Injurious substances. 49,
For weak and debiitated persons suffering from
disease of the lungs liver and Kidneys thls medl-
cine is Invaluable. Its not only valaaole tonic pnt
a valuable invgorator and purher OF the blood.
aS-Price 81 90 per bottle.
They are warranted in every case 10 be enectiVe,
and 10 give perfect satisfaction or the money Will be
refunded by the druggist who sells them -
Inyalids give them a trial AMI be convinced thhl
rs tonic or Alternative no other remedy can equal H.
Manufactured by ,,,, =, :,
LEWIS, DEL.
sF-Dfuggists suppuad at the usual commission
rites % mn
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Southwest Corner Fifth ind Market Streets
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BY THE COMMERCIAL PRINTING COMPANY
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28

EVERY JOB OF PRINTING THAT THE MER-
CHANT NEEDS,
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weather Record.

United States 5-2O's of 1862, ssSs.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28
Te,r advertisements.

GE .65 NUT, $6.s5 STOVE COAL,
Dc screened and delivered by ,.4,,
" WIN. j. BROWN,
felns-lyof South OF Market Street Bridge.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28
FIRST EDITION.
r. w. & II. IL. II.

THIRTY SEVENTH ANNUAL REPoRT-oPERA rIoNa
DURING THE PAST YEAR-ooNDITIoN OF THE FL
NANoEs-THE FACTS ABOUT THE sUsQUEHANNA
BRIDGE, &c.
The following is the annual report of Presi-
dent Hinckley to the stockholders in the r. W,
X b. r. r. Co., withheld at the time of the an
nual meeting, and now given to the public fol
the first time
The Directors respectfully submit to the
Stockholders the following statement Of the
operations of their road for the year ending
October 31st, 1874
EAHNINaa FOR THE YEAR ENDING OCTOBER 3lBT
1874.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28

V,HE COMMERCIAL PRESS.
ALI. VARIETIES OF PRINTING EXECUTED
Commercial Printing,
Circulars. Cards, Labels,
Bill Heads Letter-Heads,
Tags Statements, Price-Lists
Check Books.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-01-28

CTEREOPTICON EXHIBITION,
PROF. JONATHAN X. TAYLOR.
FOX THE BENEFIT OF
THE UNION AID SOCIETY.
AT INSTITUTE HALL,
The Canton mail. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 18??-1882, 1875-02-06
American Girls.

A French traveller, who has recently
passed some months on this side of the
| Atlantic, furnishes the Revue des Deux
Mondes quite lengthy sketch of life
and manners in America. Without COM
ment we give that portion of his sketch
in which reference is made to the man
ners and customs of the average Ameri-
can girl. We imagine, however, that
the picture drawn will be readily recog-
nized. The writer says: "The young
American girls only live to have the
best possible time. They are as free as
can be. Fortunately, their exaggerated
love of pleasure is checked by calcu-
lating temperament, which saves them
from many fall. Then, the laws of
the country protect them more efficient
ly than ours would against the enter
prise of the male intriguer. They do
not, however, prevent many abuses, and
fast young ladies are by no means a
rarity in the city of New York. During
the day they go with some friends, or
with the escort of him who has the
privilege to flirt with them, to the Cen
trail Park. In winter they..go sleighing
and skating, and air their curiosity in
all the stores of Broadway. There they
get all sorts of goods spread out before
them they ask the price of each, and
buy none. The impressive salesman
DOES not show the least sign of discon-
tent. There is a peculiar word for that
singular custom. It is shopping.
Another custom which is largely prac-
ticed by American ladies is to enter con-
fectionery shops and take ice creams at
every opportunity. In the
evening the same young ladies are aeen
at the theatres and in the fashionable
eating saloons. If great ball is given
anywhere, you may be sure to meet
them there. In summer they flock to
watering places, such as Saratoga, Long
Branch and Newport, where several
times a day they make display of
dresses which might ruin a score of hus-
bands; or they cross the ocean, and
astonish European folks by their merry
freaks. Many people accus.
toned to our habits would not fancy
such girls for wives; and they may not
be wrong but the truth is that these
gay, light-hearted and often dangerous
ly-imprudent girls make, in the end,
excellent wives and mothers"
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CANTON, MISSISSIPPI, FEBRUARY 6, 1875

on, and be master, depend upon it."
"But not my MASTER" whispered
pretty Mrs. Armstrong, "not mine"
"Mistress Armstrong, them spoons"
whispered Biddy, at the stairs just
then.
Hetty Armstrong gathered up the
spoons which had slipped down into her
lap. She looked at them as she did so.
They were solid and elegant, as was all
her silver. Her eyes glanced about the
room, which wealth and taste had made
the perfection of elegance and comfort.
Her room She heard down stairs the
merry chat of her guests, the sound of
music and dancing. She remembered
that in the kitchen her servants were
making ready a supper fit for a king
She turned to the mirror; handsome
woman, still young and elegantly
dressed, looked proudly back. An hour
before all this, the woman included,
she would have given to Charles Roke-
wood had he been beggar. just a
twinge of pain went through her heart.
One tear stole down her glowing check.
Then she gave little litter laugh.
81 alone am queen of me !" she
misguided, and ran out to give the
spoons to Biddy.
eft was hard TO find them,' she said,
"but here they are at last"
And she laughed little louder than
usual, and not quite naturally.
It was the merriest Christmas party
of them all. said every one of her
guests, and Hetty Armstrong seemed
the merriest there. But no one saw
her when the door was closed upon
them, and she was alone in her cham
Der. No matter how brief love dream
has been, the awakening is hard, es-
pecially if it is sudden.
Hetty Armstrong refused Charles
Rokewood the next day, and the people
who guessed it blamed her bitterly.
As for Charles himself he was amazed,
and injured, and deeply grieved, for he
never guessed that his lecture on mar
ried life had second auditor nor that |
Hetty would have said eyes" instead |
Of "No," but for that crack in the
China closet.
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ting trousers will be substitute d, or a
warm material for winter and lighter
material for summer. I suppose we
shall not he aeked to wear muslin
dresses with these Though do re-
member once seeing lady at Milan
taking her coffee on her balcony, one
warm summers eve, in green tarlatan
dress with only one most transparent
cambria garment beneath this cam
brio also being considerably shorter
than the green tarlatan dress. But in
warm countries we must excuse light
ness of apparel. But here, in our
northern chimes, how will these south
ern fashions agree with the ladies'
health-we will not say taste or deli
cacy? Already our dresses are SO tight
that we can scarcely tread over a gutter
and they are to be tighter STILL"
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The Military InfatuatiOn.

| ouoo INV CuioPo 40 6uho1luS 1IOu1
one of her periodical military infatua.
tions. Everybody predicts war. All
the cabinets prognosticate hostilities.
Business is depressed and stocks de-
cline, and an indefnable feeling of in
security and dread fills the air. Bat
when the inquiry is pressed beyond
these superficial aspects of the situa-
ton it is hard to discover any tangible
and satisfactory reasons for the forebod
ing. The ghost in single closet does
not account for the universal scare.
The only facts that as yet have come
to the surface are that Germany, know
ing that France feels her humiliation
and chafes under it and may some day
endeavor to offset the recollection of
Sedan, has increased her army to a mil
lion and three-quarters of men. All
the reserves of the empire are drawn
upon to the utmost to put the available
military forces into training for posi-
BILE contingency. The experience of the
late struggle as to the value of particu-
lar arms and methods of operation is
being utilized, and the nation has been
increased and made more efficient. But
Germany has no foreign foe, and no
quarrel on hand. Any immediate war
with France is out of the question.
Trouble with Russia she may have pro-
vided she provokes it. Trouble she
may have with Italy and Spain and
France if she attempts to bully the
college of Cardinals into electing Ger
man Pope. And she may have trouble
with England and Russia if she insists
on absorbing Denmark. But there is
no legitimate occasion for war and no
reason for this enormous increase of her
army. The other nations have natu-
rally enough taken alarm, and begun to
increase their armies and navies too,
simply because Germany has increased
hers, and to-day Europe has larger
military establishments than ever be-
fore in a time of peace. The posses
sion of the instrument is q temptation
to use it, and such splendidly equipped
and thoroughly drilled armies are
constant provocation. Considering the
poverty of Europe. the oppressiveness
of taxes, the degradation and suffering
of the lower classes in every nation,
these enormous military establishments
are terrible perversions of power and
property. 1t is only necessary to think
of the industrial force represented by a
million and three quarters of men in
the most productive period of life to
see what drain Germany is making
on the resource of the nation. And yet
every soldier has to be supported by
the productive energies of the young
and old, the lame and the infirm, the
women and the children We have
great deal to complain of, but it is mat
ter for coDgratulation that we have no
great army to support and no military
infatuation.
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The Radiant Canal:

A Venetian correspondent says: eft
is a triumphal hour we live while drift
ing down the Grand Canal between two
lines of palaces whose facades have
given whole pages of glorious form and
color to Ruskin's poetic prize. 1t is
here we see to the best advantage those
bewildering facades that look like lace
work wrought in variegated marbles
the clustered windows, each one pic
ture in itself, windows that are scattered
all over the great houses with disre-
gard of old architectural laws that is at
first appalling and then delightful. We
see the stately palace where Lord Byron
lived for time and the grand, gloomy
chambers, with broadside of windows,
that have tales of sorrow and of blood
connected with them. We see the tall,
narrow. and exceedingly picturesque
home of the unhappy Desdemona, and
in another canal we are shown to or
three palaces that are said to have been
inhabited by the Moors. We float
under the great Rialto and its stone
arch of seventy four feet span, thirty
two feet in height, and covered by
a double row of pretty little booths.
Under this broad arch our voices ring
ss il we were in some hall, and here
often of a night barges filled with
singers congregate and give their open air
concert to river full of gondolas and a
quay crowded with listeners. Ahnndred
Japanese lanterns swing over the water,
and when the last chorus is raised, blue
and red lights stream up and down the
river and flood the gloomy old houses
with lovely light. Oh, there are festi-
val nights in Venice this is the perpet
ual carnival of the Adriaticr'
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Statistics Of Cigars and Tobacco.

From the advance sheets of the
yearly official report of the tobacco
trade, the following interesting statis-
tics have been gathered. The report is
for the fiscal year ending June 80,
1874, and will be completed about
March 1. There was exported from the
United States of native leaf tobacco.
318, 097, 8O4 pounds, amounting in value
to $50. 399, 1s1. During the same time
here was imported into the United
States, and entered for consumption,
9,213, $50 pounds of leaf tobacco, for
$500 pounds of stemmed, or prepared
tobacco, amounting together in value to
S.. 323, 55O41.
During the same time there was i'm
ported into the United States and en-
tered for consumption, S44, TIA pounds Of
cigars, or, at an average of eleven pounds
to athousand, 76, 1856, 900 cigars, amount
ing in value to 5000, 62S79. In the
same period there were manufactured
in the United States, of foreign and
domestic tobacco, and tax paid, 1,7SO,-
961, 900 cigars.
Allowing thirty pounds of tobacco
for every 1000 cigars manufactured,
there was used So, 42s, $50 pounds of
foreign and domestic leaf tobacco in the
manufacture of cigars in the United
States. The comparison shows there
were twenty-three domestic cigars made
in the United States to every one import
ed, and the tax thereon paid, for every CT
gar that was imported and paid duty dur
ing the same time. A close scrutiny re-
veals the astounding fact that the average
number of cigars smoked in the United
States during each twenty-four hours is
5, 16S. 900. The following amounts
of duty and taxes on tobacco and cigars
of all kinds were received by the govern
ment for the fiscal year ending as above.
Import duty of leaf tobacco for cigars,
gold, Sc, 224, 1877 80; import duty on all
other kinds of tobacco and snuff, gold,
$50, 181. u; import duty on cigars. ciga-
rettes, etc., gold, 81. s72. O91. At; tax on
cigars, cheroots, etc., currency. IS, $685.
500. "A; tax on manufactured tobacco,
currency, $40, 900, 500. Ct; tax on snuff,
currency, 1,03S, AS. g.; tax received
from all other sources from tobacco,
currency. 81, O7O. 1927 70; total amount
of import duties paid in gold, sc, $780,
06O. Al total amount of taxes paid in
currency, s33, 242, s75. 81 grand total,
s39, 2O2, 926. O3. .
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Malleable Glass.

| The French journals contain an 90
count of experiments made with a new
kind of glass SO perfectly annealed al
to have lost all brittleness, wherefore
the inventor calls it, justly or unjuetly,
malleable glass. His name is De Ia
Bartre, and the experiments were made
at the workshop of the railroad com
pany of Pont d'Ain, said company wish.
ing to ascertain the value of an inven.
ton which at the present day is exciting
great deal of interest," especially in
such pursuits where glass is exposed to
a great deal of strain and danger.
A pane of common glass a quarter OF
an inch thick, of which the borders were
supported by wooden frame, was laid
on the ground. A copper weight OF
four ounces was droppep On its surface,
elevating gradually the height of its
fall. The glass broke at the shock
caused by two and half feet of fall.
In place of that pane another, half as
thick, was substituted, of one-eighth of
an inch in thickness. of the glass tenn
pered after the new method. The same
weight was dropped, raising success
fully to the height Of the ceiling of the
hall, without causing any damage to the
glass.
The experiments were continued out
side the building, and the e1perimenter
climbed on ladder leaning against q
wall, to let the weight fall. 1t broke
at fall from seventeen feet. It was
then proved that the tempered glass
does not break by shocks of longer or
shorter duration, as the common glass
very small crystals, resulting from its
new molecular disposition. When
thrown on the ground the tempered
glass rebounds, giving special sound
like that of the fall of sheet of metal.
TIE observations as to its resistance
to heat have caused another series Of
experiments to be made. A strip of
common glass was laid fiat over the
flame of lamp. At the end of twenty
four seconds sudden noise told that
the glass was split. A glass anneaied
according to the new method subjected
to the same conditions resisted indefi-
nitely. It was taken and plunged in
pail of water, put again all wet above
the flame. It was in no way broken by
the fire.
Patents have been taken in France
and in other countries. A society was
formed at Bourg by the aid of come
friends, who have offered their testimo-
malls to the inventor. The buildings
for manufacturing this kind of glass are
in course of erection
We add to these details, given by the
local journals, that the inventor pat
ented his process in France.
The claim of his invention is g.: AS
soon as the malleability begins the glass
is thrown at once in a greasy, resinous
or other substance, previously heated
to various degrees, in proportion to the
nature and quality Of the glass on which
they operate.
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THE FARMER FEEDETH ALL.

My lord rides through his palace gate.
My lady sweeps along in state;
The sage thinks long on many thing,
And the maiden muses. on marrying
The minstrel harpeth merrily.
The sailor ploughs the foaming sea,
The huntsman kills the good red deer,
And the soldier wars without cen fear;
But fall to each, whate'er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.
Smith hammereth cherry red the sword,
Priest preacheth pure the Holy word;
Dame Alice worketh 'broidery well,
Clerk Richard tales of love can tell;
The tap wife sells her foaming beer,
Dan Fisher fisheth in the mere;
And courtfers ruffie, strut, and shine,
While pages bring the gascon wine...
But fall to each, whate'er befall.
The farmer he must feed them all.
Man builds his castles fair and high,
Wherever river runneth by;
Great cities rise In every land,
Great churches show the builders hand;
Great arches, monuments, and towers,
Fair palaces and pleasing bowers;
Great work is done, be 1t here or there
And well man worketh everywhere;
But work or rest, whate'er befall,
The farmer he must feed them all.