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Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

Testimony.
cheerfully give this testimony to the public that
Mrs. Fosters Blood Purifier and letter Ointment
cured me:
was afflicted for many years with disordered
blood, u troublesome and Obstinate letter of the
SKIN and swelling of the glands of the neck, which
was the occasion OF prolonged suffering AMI sx-
pense.
| consulted eight OF the most prominent physi-
clans In the city and used their medicine long time
without receiving any permanent relief ON the
contrary getting worse, I'LL nndlly almost despair
Ing Of hope, was induced to try Mrs Fosters
Blood Purifier which waH recommended To me a9
being certain cure for my disease. II WAS the
turning point In my case after using two bottles
OF the Blood Purifier in connection with the letter
Ointment, the swelling ceased, the erupuOns dsap-
peared and now am entirely and enectuay cured.
II further Information ls desired concerning my
case, call III my residence.
THOS. SCOTT,
1880 t'laymont Street. over llth Street Bridge.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

SCHOOL CATALOGUES ON TINTED
- paper, beautiful type, and letter press of the
first order at the usual prices for ordinary work AZ
the COMMERCIAL oflice School Principals are re-.
quested to get our estimates before ordering work.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

JOrdan's Tome Ale
Ia Just what you want, to strengthen the system,
under the eneryatng Influences of Spring. sold by
u. Il c. SHOEMAKER
PHARMkCfs1s,
nova-tf sO3 Market street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

EIRST NATIONAL BANK
OF WILMINGTON.
DEPOSITORY OF THE PuBLIC MoN;b..
AID
FINANCIAL AGENT OF lHE UNITED STATES
EDWARD bHr'ro, ITesidens.
GEO. d ARMSTKOkti. Cashier
PAID UP CAPITAL, to'1tA
|" Philadelphia and New YORK Exchange fur
nished TO regular depcallors without charge.
Discount days, Mondays ami Thursdays, al sk AN
DIRECTORS.
Clement b. smyth, George w. BuAh.
Israel Pusey, Eli Garrett
Henry !. McCOiub Joshua r. Hrsdt
Daniel James, WillialL GainBh,
Edward Bstts. nctl-if
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

UNITED STATES MAIL STEAMERS
Sail every Saturday from
NEW YORK AND GLASGOW.
FAvORITE ROUTE FOR TOURISTS
FINEST APPROACH TO GREAT BRITAIN.
PASSENGER ACCOMMODATIONS uNsUR-
PASSED.
Rates OF passage: from New York TO Glasgow,
Liverpool, Belfast, or Londonderry. Cabins, 49, So
and 800, Currency Return tickets al reduced rates.
steerage always as low as by any other nrst-class
line.
GoMPANY's OFFICES: Bowling Green, NY.
s. +. BELTS, Adams Expires, Co.,
aprls.Gm Wilmington, Del.
RED STAR LINE-APPOINT- f1A
~ ed to carry the Belgian and United *
States Mails. The following Steamers are ap onted
a n.. FOR ANTWERP:
sAbEEEssB s4bbsEssB sSy sSIFSzsAsD ssSz ss9
FeE EEAzsSsgsa sds Ell ssx y05s 1s
PRICES OF PASSAGE IN CdRRENcI, W "
First Cabin SO Second Cabin, ~
points at the lowest rates.
Passenger accommodations for all classes unsnr-
steamer carries surgeon and stewardess.
Through tickets and through bills OF lading Issued
DetWttu hil prominent polnt6
For passage rates OF freight and ether informa-
tion apply 70
PETER WRIGHT L SONS, aenp Agts
500 Walnut street, Philadelphia. IL Broad Street
New York. Is. wonder Becke General European
Agent. Antwerp 8. II. BELTS, Agent, Adams Ex-
press ONCE. Wilmington, Del. A. Il. dRIMsHAw,
Agent. Wilmington Del my1-ly
A MEXICAN LINE - Il IL K fReA
II AMERICAN STEAMSHIP CON- SRR
PANY OF PHILADEl.pHlA.--Weekly mall Steam.
SHIP service between
PHILADELPHIA AND LIVERPOOL,
CALLING AT QUEENSTOWN,
Sailing every Thursday from PHILADELPHIA, and
Sailing every Wednesday from Liverpool.
The following Steamers are appointed ~ sail from
Philadelphia
'KKHILwoRTH, Jan. 7. ONO, Jan as
INDIANA, Jan. IA PENNSYLVANIA, Feb. 4
'ABBorsFonD, Jan. 81 ILLINOIS, Feb. il.
Cabin SIS TO 500 according to accommodations
Steerage and Intermediate II skets To and from ALL
points at the lowest rates.
Steamers marked with Star do not carry inter.
mediate.
Passenger accommodations for all classes
passed. Ample attendance IL provided. Every
steamer carries surgeon and Btewardess.
These steamers are supplied With ife-Kafts IL
addition to the usual Llfe-Boets and Mfe-Preserv.
erH
Through tickets and through Bills OF Lsding
sued between all prominent points
For passage, rates Of freight and other informr
PRTRR WRIGHT 4 SONS, 9enr Agts.,
3O1 Walnut 3d., Philadelphia.
Richardson, spence Il Co. Md. .Cumminsd BrOs
Liverpool Queenstown
S. II. BELTS, Agent, Adams Express ounce, Will
mington, Delaware. A. IL. dHlAsHhW, Agent
Wilmington, Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

Tenic, lnvgoratng, Appetizer. Cures dyspepsia,
headache, nervousness, debility, fever and ague,
etc. Put up in quart bottles. Price, si.O0 each.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03

Mrs Fosters Rose eWOrn-LOxenRes.
An infalbe remedy for worms. Safe, pleasant
and reliable. Price 70 cents per box.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03
4ueetxl Aatifss.
Mrs. Fosters letter Naive.
Mrs Fosters Tonic hi

For letter. rlngworms, eruptions To be used In
connection with the Blood Purifier. Price 20 cents
per box.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-05-03
NHE MILD POWER

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The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

w~cnderin' would It make you any
trouble were you to give up your room
for a night 10 these"
Jep always doubted about there be.
ing any newly-married couple in that
house that day, and believes it was a
plan to transfer him from the private
room to the corral, but he did not stop
to discuss the proposition. He merely
said: cit does not matter, Mrs. Nc
Graw. shall have to leave town to-
night. am going to Sonora. How
much is my biil?'
The woman was 50 mach surprised
and incredulous that she could not
speak for a moment. She commenced
at last: "Yees know yees had our
finest room, Misther Smith"
"a delightful room, madam" was
Jen's reply.
And yees have boarded the whole
time" she continued.
Your table is su~erb, madam"
said Jep.
Under the circumstances, would
you consider tie bill was unreasonable
at thirteen dollars and a half :" she
asked.
Then came Jep's triumphant mo-
meGt. Thrustias his hand to the bot
tom OF his pocket, he withdrew it full
Of gold. Tossing a $50 piece to the
stupetied woman, he said: Mrs.
McGraw, accent that, and, believe
me, Jour kindness TO ne will never &c
forgotten"
Then the poor woman exposed the
whole fear that had possessed the
household On Jep's account. Dropping
her elbows upon the counter, she cried
out suddenly: q tould the old mon
yees WAS all rightI'
Both followed Jep down the steps,
and invoked all manner Of blessings
upon him and the "olI mon," as lie
wIrng Jep's hand, said: cit might
be yees would be travelling and get
broke. If yees ever does, make my
house your home; for we both know a
gintieman The moment We claps our
eyes upon him"
But Jep thinks to this day that if his
money had hung fire another day there
would have been another man thrown
out OF that house. or else the fastest
foo'-race would have been seen that
eycr seen in Columbia Virginia
City (Ner.) Enterprise.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
Il SHARP TRANSACTION.

The following transaction, which oc-
CURED in Brooklyn, New York, is a
pretty good illustration of how to do a
large business on a small capital. A
man named Herring owned a block of
ground near Prospect Park, which he
recently put in the market. One Mel
sol offered him s45, 600 for the block
which was deemed a fair price, and the
offer was accepted. Nelson said that
in making out the deed he wanted the
consideration placed at 800, 900, as he
might want to sell the property, and he
did not care to have the actual price ap-
pear. Herring said he had no objec-
ton if he could do so lawfully, and hav-
ing referred the matter to his lawyer,
who examined the law and found he
could do so with propriety, accepted
Nelson's terms. The deed was made ont
and placed in a third persons hands
until payment should be made.
The deed being made, the next ques-
ton WAS how to pay for the property ;
but Nelson was equal to the occasion.
He went to the KnIckerbocker Life IN
surance Company and told them he
wanted to borrow $4,000 on a piece of
property he had just bought for $780,
600. An examination of the deed
showed the facts to be, apparently, as
stated, and the company's appraiser
was directed to examine the property
and report its value. Several parties
to whom he was referred by Nelson ap-
praised the property at from 800, 900 to
S125,000 and report was made accord
ingly. The company's lawyers drew
up the necessary papers, a mortgage
was executed, Nelson received the S70,-
600, paid Herring So, 900, and peck
eted the remaining $25, 0O0. There is
no need of his coming West to grow up
with the country. He had better stay
in New York.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
INN

4 New York reporter with u genius
for statistics has prepared an article
upon the hotels of that city. Of the
one hundred aud eight places of public
entertainment for man and beast, fifteen
are frst-class c~aravansaries, with an
aggregate of 1862 rooms, and accom-
mediation iii an emergency of 1910
guests. The daily average of guests is
1926, upon whom 2,s35 servants are ID
attendance, the sexes being about
equally divided. The weekly consump-
ton Of fresh meat is ) $1,000 pounds +; of
salt and cured meats, $3.50 pounds ; of
fresh and salt fish, 1850 pounds F.; Of
oysters, in season, 800, $50 of eggs,
1910 dozen; Of poultry, "a, 500 pounds;
OF game, in season, $500 head =; of cof-
fee, 2, 795 pounds; of tea, G85 pounds;
of sugar, 1920 pounds; of butter,
S,S7J pounds =; CT milk, 1880 quarts !;
of cream, $40 quarts !; of dried fruits,
1850 pounds, ard of canned fruits,
1,190 gallons. The weekly consump-
ton of soap is 24,400 pounds ; ef gas,
1,173,G00 feet !; OF coal, 1872 tons. The
number Of pieces laundried each week
is 373 $500. During the year 10000
bullocks die that these fifteen houses
may be supplied with beef, and the
consumption of -four and potatoes dur
ing the year is about 10. 900 and 90, 900
barrels respectively. 1t is estimated
that an average of $40 is received from
each guest, making the annual aggre-
gate about $14, 900, 900. The transient
population at these fifteen hotels dur
ing the year is placed at u million and a
half.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
now THEY TREtT GRASSHOPPERS
~ CHINA.

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The local authorities, whether civil
or military, are held responsible for the
stamping ont of these insects rs
O O as their appearance has been re-
ported. They are required to Summon
a large body OF mer, and at onc Sur
round and destroy the locusts, the ox-
penses OF the maintenance Of the men
and compensation for crops trodden
down during yAe chase being furnished
by tue provincial treasury. Should the
local authorities succeed in stamping
ont the locusts within q limited time,
their services are fayorably reported to
the Emperor; but should they fail, and
the locusts spread and do damage, they
are liable to be deprived of their posts,
arrested and handed over to- the proper
board for punishment. a certain sum
per bushel is paid to peasants for bring
ing in unwiEged ~locusts, and half that
sum when the locusts are able to fly,
while compensation is given for crops
troGden down in thu chase. The To-
Gusts are swept with besoms into the
trenches dug At the sides of the corn
fields, in which a vigorous fire is kept
up. The best time to capture locusts
is when they are feeding, at dawn of
day, when, their bodies being heavy
and their wings wet with dew, they are
unable to jump or lily. If the Western
States, or any part OF them are to be
visited in future as they have been of
late years, some system Of defense will
have to be adopted. Under existing
circumstances, the use OF MEN in large
bodies is impracticable, and the inge-
nuity of inventors or scientists is our
only hope. The prospect, it must be
confessed, is not very cheering, for the
vast u~ninhabised regions afford breed
ing grounds which etfectually defy all
attempts at determination.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
VERY REMARKABLE COAL DISCOF-
ERIES IN WYOMING.

Colonel O.. f. Dousland, Commits
sioner of the Union Pacific railroad.
and Z. 0. Thompson, Geologist of the
same road, have recently made the dis
covery of q most remarkable coal de-
post near Wyoming Territory.
Specimens of the deposit were yester-
dag received at the Mineral Exchange,
and present some unusual but very SUI
perior qualities. The coal is neither
strictly Ignite, bituninous, camel mol
anthracite, but resembles to some *
tent all these different varieties. 1t
burns with a clear flame, does not
crack or snap, contains no sulphur or
phosphorus, and makes an intense heat.
1t makes no cinder, being reduced by
combustion to a white ash. It is so
clear that q white handkerchief rubbed
on it is no. in the least cOlored or
soiied.
The vein has been opened and shows
more than thirty feet Of coal. Prepa-
rations are now going forward for work
ing the vein, and the coal will be used
bv the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany.-St. Louis Dispatch.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
i CALIFORNIA STORY.


Il was away back in 1858. when our
old partner. Jep Smith, awakened one
beautiful morning IL the picturesque
town OF Mokelumne Hi, n old Tue
lum4e county, CALIFORNIA;. II was a
beautiful juno morning; CALIFORNIA;
laatchless sun was shining Ill amber
skies, the birds were twittoring from
tLe tree that shaded Jep's window, and
the perfumes Of a garden Of rare flowers
stole IN through tie open window like
incense.
Bat Jep was not exceedingly happy
on this soft morning. He was stranger
IN Mokelumne Hill. He had reached
there on the evening previous, coming
III from Jackson on foot. He was not
N very good health. He had decent
clothes and a carpet-sack, with AZ ex-
ira collar, but he was q total stranger,
and lis exchequer showed exactly the
SUM of S. OF this amount he knew
the bin for supper, lodging, and break
fast would consume just one-half.
These reflections passed through his
mind as he dressed himself. Mean
while he discovered himself to be
whistling, softly, "John Anderson, my
Jo," and he says he has learned by ex-
pcrience that when a man awakens from
a thinking tit he generally find himself
sThistIing. He descended with reason
able dignity the stairs to the bar-room,
answered the hosts nod and "geod
morning." quietly refused Il profered
2ocktail, passed into the diming-room
and ate his breakfast mechanically, for
he was still thinking. Breakfast over,
he paid his bill, AID adding an extra
quarter 10 it. said : "A cigar, if you
please" The cigar vas furnished, and
~ extra on, Urged 10y the landlord and
accepted bv sep. The odor OF that
cigar is still fragrant i'll Jep's memory,
for It was a courtesy to him where,
though ne wore a quiet face, his heart
was exceedingly heavy. Jep lit his
cigar, and, taking q aeat on the bench
outside the door, waited for the Column
bia stage to start.
Jep was going TO Columbia himself,
but he was going on foot, and somehow
aid not wish TO hurt The driver feelings
sy making him drive by him without
asking him to ride. While waiting
and watching and thinking he was not
aware that he noticed anything, but
later in the day he remembered that
the zeal leader was @ stylish gray, but
piceon-toed his mate was a brown with
a star in the forehead and q quarter
crack in the off fore hoof. The wheel
ers were bays /; the off Il had a splint
under the right knee, and the near one
kept working his head UP and down as
though he had a sore neck under the
collar. The near inside rein on the
leaders WAS twisted, and the binders
on the off wheeler were too tight over
his eyes. The stage rolled away, and
after a little further delay Jep picked
up his carpet-sack and took his way in
the direction pointed out by the red
dirt which the wheels CT the coach
threw up in dust.
Il was a hot June morning. Ehe sun
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22
TIE CONNOTSSEUR!9.
AFABLE PROM THE SPANISH or YRIARTr.
BY JOHN G.. SAKE.

H3thin a aine-vauls { arose
4 CGarTcl-Eo the story goes
Among the B~acchanelidn crowd,
So fierce and bitter, long AUG loud.
J: fairy threatened broken laws,
And bloody noEcs-E'i beg4U5r
Two parties held conflicting views
About the fittest way to choose
Their beverage, Some stout!y hold,
d" frsS-rAte tap is always Old;
): i-ast u thousand proofs G!jest
TIE Oldest always Is the best,
Ect I'll! ;he cunning spiders sp;n
Amil Icn IineR across the bin.
To men of sense imbibe the juice;
Then, only thcn, tits fit for use,
ECT,, mellow, fragrant, ripe iH fire.
Worthy the glorious name OF wf'ic :"
The others Just az roUndly swear
e Sew VINE Is best. Age" they dccIa,c}.
" Is far more apt to mar than mend,
GOOD wine (whatever fools protcud>,
And then 'tis oft o mere device.
Got up by rogues to raise the pCce!"
While thus, with wrath that grew to rage,
Their foolish feud the w~rauglers wage,
Up spoke . stranger from Nsvarre:
'' Cease, gentlemen, your wOrdY war!
I've tippied WINE OF every sort,
Canary, Malta. Here's, Port
And many "A famous tap beside;
All brands and ages have L tried;
The white. the req, the old. The new,
The good, the bad, the false, the true;
We drank in cellar, booth anaiun;
I've drunk fl ON bottle, cask ard shiE,
aud if there he g judge of wine.
n krow The far, the foul, the fine.
II glass or bumper, cup or Cal
Sy Jolly Bac"4us. IIn TIE ,hsn!
Crefe .rlarto Take my word,
Tor all the nonsense you have !icacd,
ADolt thu charm of old Or new
lis trial only tests the true
I'D wine may still ne wretchcd stUf.
and new wine excellent enough
Far men or gods! No rule oD Garth,
save drinking, can decide its worth.
owe M good wine, and enEage
II no. inquire about its age"
L'ENvoI.
n books and art some bid us see.
The highest WORTH in the antique; :"
While other critics Gust "a wis,)
No genius but the "modaTu priZ1
IN Judging either. L protest
! think the toper's rule tn h"<t
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

AT Point Pleasant, W. Va, on the 9th
inst, Capt. H.. McDaniels was fired
upon and instantly killed by a man
named Wetzel, from a window of his
residence. Wetzel surrendered himself
to the Sheriff and is now in Jail. He
claims in justification of the deed that
Mechanics was criminally intimate with
his wife.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

\. L. STRONG, of Easthampton, Mass,
a former Sheriff of Hampshire county,
has absconded, leaving scores of cred
itors and a deficit of $4,000. 1t is
said that the first wicked thing this
ma did was to deliver a stolen speech
in the Massachusetts Legislature.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

IT is now agreed by the doctors OF
England and France that tapeworm can
only be eliminated from the human
body by effectually expel1ing the head
of the parasite as well as its tail and
lengthy trunk. Drugs properly admin
istered will reach the head, after the
trunk has unloaded.
The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1875-01-22

THE orchards in Connecticut have
produced $4,000, 900 worth Of apples
during the past year.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-21

very tenderly these hard times. No.
body says word about money, if he
can possibly help it, and the amount
of forbearance that is shown by all is
truly commendable. The Winter
must be dull; few parties may be
given, and no one looks forward with
much hope to the holidays even for
recreation. How is it all to end, is
at present impossible to decide. As
soon as the mines, however, begin
again to operate, there will be some
hope, but till then there must be a
struggle.
The introduction of the English
amusement of puppy coursing is the
last new diversion. 1t is very elevat-
ing, of course, as an amusement, as
well as refining. To train a dog to
chase hare, and give ones time and
attention to it, must be productive of
great felicity, and by the time six
teen or twenty well-trained dogs are
in full pursuit Of an innocent hare,
how blissiul must be the emotion,
how enthusiastic the nature, which
has given itself up to the or nd ex-
citement. God help poor humanity.
Are we going down hill altogether,
or is there u ray of hope that some
thing more elevating than the stimu-
latiQn Of the lower faculties must
after a time be caused by effort a re-
actionl CYNTHIA ANN.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-21
CAUSES AND CURES OF
DRUNKENNESS.

Prentice Mulford introduced the
discussion at the Liberal Club recent
ly with "Some suggestions on the
underlying cause and cure of intem
perance." 1ntemperance, he said, is
induced by the exhaustion resulting
from severe mental labor After ii
DAYS toll, recreation and stimulus
can not be obtained so readily as
through liquor The children Of all
who are vexed with want one day
and are overworked the next, are un-
healthy and lack endurance, and as a
consequence turn to rum for Il stimu-
lus after the most common eXcrtion.
Mental overwork is another cause Of
intempcrance. American custom re-
quircs man to make his mark at 30
or 35 years of age, or he is consider
ed failure. Men break down at it,
and when they do not resort to liquor
narcotics are used. The division of
labor hastcns the result. A man must
be all lawyer or doctor, exhausting
one faculty of the brain, and stimu-
lants are used and abused.
Children are too much educated,
he continued, when they are edu-
Gated above a grade of society in
which they can move. The schools
turn out many scholars with large
ideas into world where bread and
wealth are all in all. Wearied with
the struggle and companionship they
find, they become drunkards in an
attempt to render themselves congo
NAL. Our sons are taught TO look
down upon certain avocations, and
society digs pit where it allows the
existence of a degraded class into
which the sons of wealth fall when
reverses come, for it requires strong
will to live without the appreciation
of the world. An excessive taste for
stimulents is, the speaker claimed,
hereditary, and he gave his own per-
sonal history in support of his theory.
He had been drunkard, and cured
himself by "rest in large doses" and
by an exercise of will, which he said
could be strengthened by exercise.
As to prohibition, he believed it
wrong in principle
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-21

TIE STORM To-day Columbus
has been visited by the heaviest
wind storm ever known to have
passed over this section. 1t COM
menced to blow about noon, and
the frequent gusts increased in vio-
lence until about three o'clock,
when the full force of the gale was
upon us. And now, at 7 P. NJ. it is
recovering its violence and the
type cases shake like leaves. Among
the disasters thus far the most
prominent are Eldred's black
smith and wagon shop, a wooden
building about 60x100 is blown to-
ward the street at the top about
three feet the chimneys of both
forges are destroyed and the inte-
rior presents a sadly demoralized
appearance. A portion of the front
concrete wall of Brazzanovich's s
lodging house is blown down. The
roof is blown off portion of Spen-
GERS grain warehouse. The sign
and portion Of the adobe front OF
Scott's livery stable are gone. The
roof is blown from Sam Lees wash
house. Outbuildings and well
houses roll about in splendid con-
fusion, and disorder and confusion
are supreme. .--Borax Miner, 18th
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-21
TERMS REASONABLE.

share of the patronage of the place is So
~ J. M. BENTON, Proprietor,