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{From Philadelphia Dailg Press ]
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1 be Xanufartnm I I'bllatlelpltla.
1 The Philadelphia Paint and Color Works and
Wholesale. Drug House of French. Richard*
A Co Sortlitre'i corner oj Tenth and Mar
ket Street*.
Our city I.its a world-wide celebrity
i far its medical colleges and its distin
guished prof.ssor- and practitioners of
the medical aud .surgical art. It is en
titled to equal renown f r itsext3nsive
drug establishments. We supply the
Unit* d Kiatv- and eouutrit- south of
Us not only with doctors, but also with
drugs. Possess* dof a ni'st sal übrious
climate itself, Philadelphia, like an
angel of mercy, contributes more
largely than any other American city
t > the r lb fof the .*iek in less favored
' places.
French. Ilk-hards & Co, have,
at the northwest corner of Tenth and
Market streets, one of the finest build
! dinga in the city, devoted entirely to
the preparation and compounding, of
drugs on a large scale, and to a general
wholesale jobbing trade in drugs,
eheniicsis, paints, glass, etc.
The firm wa> established in 1544, l>v
Clayton French, E-#q., the present
senior partner, and Win. Richards,
Esq. A not her partner was subsequent
ly added when the firm assumed the
name of French, Richards <i Co.
Mr. Richards died in lESB, and since
then two new partners have been ad-
but the old firm name is still re
tained. They now carry on an lm
men.-e business as manufacturers, itn
porters, and jobbers, and own several
large stores and warehouses, besides
their principal manufactory at Crown
aud Callow hill streets. The last-named
establishment come* tno-t appropriate
ly within the scope of this series of
articles; yet wepiopose giving a hasty
sketch of their buildings, and shall be
gin with the splendid store at tenth
and market.
This is a large building six stories
high, tx-sid*s cellar or basement and
sub cellar. It has a wide frontage on j
Market street, aud extends back a con
siderable distance on Tenth street. It
is constructed in the most elegant I
and substantial st>le, the internal ar
rangements being particularly tasteful,
convenient, and some of the rooms, as
the offices, almost luxurious It oeeu- j
pied over two years in building. The
old store, upon the same site, was
burned down ia October, 100-j. The
present structure was completed and |
occupied in February, 180s, and is val
ued at upwards of £ >t)U,OOO.
There are three distinct buildings at
this location, occupied by Messrs.
French, Richards & Co., though all
these are adjoining and connected with
each other on the lower stories.
The main building, immediately at
the corner, contains on the first floor
the commodious and elegantly-fur
nished offices and counting room. In
the east part of the large room, opening
on Market street, two members of the
firm, assisted by several secretaries
and attendants, receive cu-tomers and
transact the active business of buying
and selling. The desk and furniture
generally are of ma-sive black walnut,
the ceiling is lofty, and everything j
about the room and its occupants cal
culated to create the most favorable
impression. Druggists frotn other
cities, and from the country, must
-urelv go away frotn this establish
ment delighted with their reception,
and therefore profited, even though
they have neglected to make pur
chase*.
The west side of the room, partly
partitioned from theea-; -ldeand fitted
up in the same style, is occupied as the
general counting-room by numerous
clerks and book-keepers, under the
supervi-inn of another member of the
firm. Opening into this room from
the rear is an elegant little withdraw
ing room or private office, and the sam
ple room, where the customer can be
shown samples of anything from per
fumery to paint, and from the costliest
essences to the coar- v st of medicinal
roots and leaves. Tiny vials are rang
ed in rows on -helves, all around the
little room, mysteriously labelled with
long, unpronounceable Latin names.—
Here the purchaser has an opportunity
of making his selections, after careful
inspection and tests as to quality.
A most wonderful thing about the
estab ishment is the Hydraulic Hoist
ing extending from the b at
torn of the <ub-cellar to the top of the
; sixth -dory, ninety feet. This curious
and beautiful piece of mechanism is a
practical application of the principle
well known in natural philosophy,
that a column of water, no matter how
small if only sufficiently high, will
balance any po-sible weight in a con
necting tube. The same principle is
sometimes exemplied by a toy called
Hydrostatic Paradox. This, elevator
consists chiefly of a solid piston-rod,
ten inches in diameter and ninety feet
> long, fitted loosely into an exceedingly
strong iron tube, which is sunk its
whole length in a hole drilled in the
rock beneath the building. A frame
work extends to the top of the house,
and the piston-rod, with an ordinary
platform attached mar the tup, plays
up and down according as the water is
pumped into the tube around it or is
allowed to flow out by opening a valve
in the bottom. All that is necessary
to work the whole machine is a few
gallons of water and a small steam en
gine capable of pumping this into the
tufas?. The only limit to the weight
which may be hoisted in this manner
: Is the strength of the tube containing
the water, and this has stood a pres
sure on trial of a thousand pounds to
] the square inch.
The second story is devoted exclu
sively to the Jobbing Department.
ißins or drawers, containing every
variety of drugs and chemicals, aud
! plainly labelled, are conveniently and
systematically arranged. A foreman
has entire charge, receiving the orders
from below, and filling them with the
aid of numerous a-sistants.
The other stories above are used
main ly for storage of the lighter drugs,
and the multitude of roots, herhs, and
leaves used in our modern phartnaco
p.,-in. The-ixth or highest -tory is
occupied by bales and tugs of the very
lightt-st sub-tames, p* leaves, corks,
&e.
The newly-l ullt part of the -tore is
in two separate houses, -imply adjoin
ing. The one in the rear, and opening
on Tenth street, is ',t!!<-d the ware
house, and i> fillet! with barrels, boxes,
and packages of the heavier sub
stames, such as paints, putty, oils, Ac.
the third floor of this p ar t i?s devoted
entirely to the storage of window
glass, in which article this firm dcfils
very exter.-iveiy.
Adjoining the main -tore on the
west, and having a frontage on Mark
street. is a building No. "1005, which es
caped the fire of 1805, and which is
now used by Mes-r-. French, Richards
A C 0.," exclusively for the storage of
glass. Mere may be found all kinds
of glass from the ordinary American
window-glass, to the finer, English and
French plate glass, including a com
plete assortment of German and thick
plate mirrors of the best quality.
They import their own foreign gla-s
direct from France, England, and Bel
gium. They import and manufacture
also many varieties of engraved and
decorated Glass.
We saw numerous fine -peeimons of
this ornamental work in the building
! just mentioned.
Messrs. French, Richards A Co. ship
their gotnls to all parts of ihe country,
and have many orders from the West
Indies and Central America. They
employ in this branjh of their business
about fifty hands, besid"s fifty more at
their manufactory, which is known as
the Philadelphia paint and color works.
This is situated 011 Callowhiil street,
t occupying all the space from crowu
street to York avenue, and extending
-eventy-two feet on the latter street.—
It i- four stories high exclusive of base
ment, which is occupied by au eighty
; horse power engine, and a large mill
for grinding of denti-t?-' piaster. They
manufacture here three-fourths of all
the dentists" plaster used in the coun
try.
J'i the upper stories are situated the
other machinery necessary to carry on
their extensive business, including
twelve separate mills for the manufac
ture of pain Is, Theseare able to griud
twenty tons of white lead daily when
working at their full capacity, Large
amounts of putty are also ground and
prepared here.
Just across York avenue, opposite,
they have a large ware-house exten
ding from Fourth street toYork avenue,
five -cories high excluding basement,
and used for the storage of plaster, ce
ment, glass, Ac. This building is ,on
strueted in the strongest and most sub
stantial manner, the first story of each
front being of iron. In the basement
there i- an engine used to drive the hoist
ing apparatus. An ingenious and very
convenient arrangement is a tunnel un
der the street, from the basement of
this warehouse to the basement of the
factory opposite. A narrow railroad
tia-.k is laid in this tunnel, and hand
trucks to convey plaster and other
stores from one building to the other.
They have another large and substan
tial warehousonY'ork avenue,aboveNo
ble street, which is filled with barrels of
calcined plaster and cement. Their
calcined plaster is all made at Hillsbo
ro, N. 8., near the quarries. They
have an arrangement with the mill
owners there by which they have con
trol of the best plaster which comes to
this market, especially all that manu
factured from selected stone expressly
for the purpose packed in new bar?
rels. Besides being thus careful to
select the very best article, they put
up nearly a half a bushel more to
the barrel than any others enga
ged in the business.
In this plaster trade they undoubted
ly have the inside truck completely,
and from their warehouses in Philadel
phia ship it to almost all parts of the
world.
Adjoining their warehouse, above
Noble street, i- a model stable, where
are kept the eighteen to twenty horses
us d in hauling to and fro the goods of
the fiim.
We cannot close this sketch without
a word of compliment for the energy, 5
enterprise, and versatility which have
built up so important an industry and
extensive a trade in our eitv. Whatev
er of their stock can be man 11 factured
here they are manufacturing, and the
remainder tney import at first hands
from abroad. With a few more such j
firms Philadelphia would not only l*e !
confessedly the greatest manufacturing '
city of the country, but might also at
tain to the very ibrmost rank as pq Im
porting city.
MARK TW A IS.
While upon his trip to Niagara, Mr
Twain, met a British officer with the
following result. He says:
At the principal hotel I fell in love
with the Major of the Forty-second
I'u ,i!eers, and a doxen other hearty
and hospitable Englishmen, and they
invited uje to join them in celebrating
iijr Queen's birthday. I said I would
be delighted to do it. I said I liked
al! the Englishmen I had ever hap
pened to be* acquainted with, and fust
I, like ail my countrymen, admired
and honored the Queen. But I saiu
there was an insuperable drawback I
never drank anything strong upon any
occasion whatever, and I did not see
how I was going to do ample and
proper justice to anybody's birthday
with the thin and ungenerous bever
ages I was accustomed to. The Major
scratched his heap, and thought the
matter over at coubhierabie length,
but there seemed to be no way of mas
tering the difficulty, and he was too
much of A gentleman to suggest even
a temporary abandonment of iny prin
ples. IJut by-and-by he said :
"I have it. Drink soda water. As
long as you never drink anything
more nutritious, there isn't any impro
priety in it."
And so it was settled. We met in a
large parlor, handsomely decorated
with flags and evergreens, and seated
ourselves at a table well ladened with
creature comforts, both solid and liq
uid. The toaets were happy and the
speech!* were gorni, :in<l we kept it up
until lung after midnight. I neveren
joyed my-sell more ir. my life. I drank
thirty-eight bottles of soUa water. —
But do you know that this is not a re
liable article for a steady driuk ? It is
too ga.-sy. When I got up in the
morning I was full of gas and *as tight
as a balloon. I hadn't an article of
clothing that I could wear except my
umbrella.
After breakfast I found the Major
making grand preparations again. I
asked what it was for, and he? said this
was the Prince of Wales' birthday, it
had to ta? celebrated that evening.—
We celebrated it. Much again-t my
expectations we had another splendid
tine-. We kept it up until some time
after midnight. J was tired of -rida,
, o 7
and -o I changed for lemonade. I
drank several quarts. You may con
sider lemonade hi tter for a steady
drink than soda water, but it isn't so.
In the morning it had soured on my
stomach. Biting anything was out of
the question—-It is equivalent to lock
jaw. I was beginning to fee! worried
and sad, too.
•Shortly after lunch i found the Ma
jor in the midst of some more prepa
j rations, lie said this was the Princess
Alice'- birthday. I concealed my
grief.
"Who ii the Princess Alice?" I ask
ed.
"Daughter of her Majesty the Queen,"
the Major said.
I succumbed. That night we cele
brated the Princess Alice's birtli day.
We kept it up as late as usual, and re
i ally 1 enjoyed it a good deal. Rut I
could not stand lemonade. I|lrank a
couple of kegs of ice water.
In the morning I had the toothache
and cr imp- and chitbialns, and, my
teeth were on edge from the lemon
ade, and I was still pretty gassy. I
found Major at it again.
"Who i? tlii- for?" I a.-ked.
"His Royal Highness, the Duke of
of Edinburgh' he said.
"Sk>n of the Queen f"
I "Yes."
"And this is his birthday.—you
havt not made any mistake?"
"No, the celebration is to come off
to-nitrht."
1 liowed before the-new calamity.—
We celebrated the day. I drank [art
of a barrel of c-ider. Among the fir©t
objects that met my weary and jaun
diced eyes the next day, was the Ma
jor, at his interminable j reparations a
gain My heart was broken and I
vrept.
"Whom do we mourn ihi> time?" I
said.
"The PriiiCv.cc Beatrice, daughter of
the Queen."
"Here, now," I said ; "it is rime to
inquire into the thing. How long is
the Queen's family likely to hold out.
Who comes next on the list?"
"Their Royal Highnesses® Anne,
Mary, Elizabeth, Gertrude, Augusta,
William, Simon, Ferdinand, Irene,
Sophia, Susannah, Socrates, Samj *.n,
"Hold! There's a limit to human
endurance. lam only mortal. What
man dare do, I dare! but who can cel
ebrate this family in detail, and live
to tell it, i - less or more then man. If
you have to go through this every
year, it is a mercy I was born in A
merlca, for I havn't constitution e
noughtobean Englishman. I shall
have to withdraw from this enterprise.
lam out of drinks. Out of drinks,
and thirteen more to celebrate. Out of
drinks just on the outskirts of the fam
ily, as you may say. I am sorry enough
to have to withdraw, but it is plain e
nough that is has to be done. lam
full of gas, and my teeth are iuoso, aad
I aui afflicted with scurvy, toothache,
measles, the mumps and lockjaw, and
wrenched with cramps, and tbe cider
last night has given toe the chok-ra.—
t Gentlemen, I mean well, but ready I
am not in a eouditiou to celebrate tire
other thirteen."
Give us a rest.
-THE YOI XG WIFE'S SE4KET.
"Now, Eliza, after such a delightful
were wedding holiday as we have had, 1
would it not be a good time to tell me
your secret ?"
A young and happy looking couple ;
seated at breakfast, on the morning
after their short honeymoon tr'.p,
when this questiou was asked.
"A better time dear James, could
not be chosen, but would you really
like to hear it now?"
"Why not? The sooner we begin to
act upon it the better,"
"This is true, James, but would you
not prefer to find it out tor yourself?"
"Oh, I have !#een trying to guess
ever since you first told me of it. Per
hups, Eliza, it is no secret after all?"
"I assure you that it is, and a most
valuable one, too."
"j*it much known?"
"Well, dear, I can hardly say; but
judging from appearances, I should
think not."
"How came you to know?"
"I learned it from my mother; she
often told me that ail happiness was
owing to it. Where she alive now
siie would witness its effect to us."
"Vou quite puzzle me, Eliza; it
must be something extraordinary, if,
as you say, it prevent* man and wife
ever having a aeoond quarrel. You
may as well tell me al once."
"I am quite ready to tell you, James;
but I am sure that your pleasure will
be greater in finding it out yourself.—
Fortune favors the persevering.
"Ah, I know now ; you mean that
we are to count a hundred ; or fill our
mouth with water; or twirl a chain,
or some such way of getting cool when
we happen to get angry."
"No : James, none of these; it is
much more certain, and attended with
better effects."
"Perhaps you moan that we should
-hut ourselves up in different rooms,
or not speak to one another for a
week ?"
"No, dear Jame?, uone so cruel as
that. Heaven forbid that we should
ever be driven to such extremities.—
By presevering in my sei ret, we shall
always love one another as truly
as we do now. Our tru-t in one
iiLoth'-r will increase, and the longer
we live the happier we shall le. You
will very likely say that it is no secret
after all, now that I tell you : the >ur
est way to avoid a second quarrel is
never to have a jirst
"Capital!" exclaimed James, laugh
ing; "I will -tick to that with all my
heart." He would have liked to prolong
the conversation, but the wedding
holiday was over, ami he wished to
le punctual at work. So taking up
his hat, he imprinted a good-by kiss
on his wife's ro-y lips, resolving, as he
went out, fo put her --cret into prac
tice.
A Jil T.S. ( LEBIt.
Piekornel, u successful dry goods
merchant of Boston, was waited upon
at his hotel by a gentleman-farmer who
was dts-irous of getting a boy, for
whom he was guardian, a "place" in
Boston— of course he was an uncom
mon smart boy, quick at figures,
strong of intuition, and one every way
fit, as he should "judge" to become a
merchant. Pit-kernel thought it over,
and nv.id he wouid try and make a
place for him. In due time the boy
arrived at Piefcemei's store, his broad
face ruddy with health, and soapy
from the morning wash, his hair slick
ed, his clothes new and uncomfortable,
and a stiff dickey cutting hi- ears. He
announced himself as the boy, Ac.
"Ah, you are the boy are you said
Pit-kernel.
"Yt*s, I suppose to," replied the
youngster,
"Weil come in here, theu ; I am ve
ry busy but I will examine you in a
few practical questions.
The boy came in,.siting down on the
de©k, swung hi a heels underneath it -<i=
though he felt entirely at home, wait
ing the questions.
"Well," said Pint-kernel "supiKise a
lady should come in here, and buy a
dr.s-s of fifteen and a half yards of cali
co for eleven and a half cents a yard,
wiiat would it come to?"
The boy looked at his questioner, at
the ceiling, at the floor, in a state of
great bewikiernmeut.
"How ntuc-h caliker ?" he asked.
"Fifteen and a half yards."
"What price?"
"Eleven and a half cents."
lie thought a moment.
"Well;" said he, "I'm darned if I
b'lieve any woman ever wanted so
much cloth for a dress as that."
Tnis was throwing up the sponge,
and Pi -krenal put another question.
"How much wouid five and a half
pouuds of tea come to, at -eventy five
cents and three quarters per pound?"
He received this pretty much the
suae as the other, and afte< waiting a
minute he asked—
" Vas it green or black tea
Without answering, Pickernel put an
other question
"Suppose I should send you out
with a two-dollar,bill, and you shou'd
by fourteen and a half pounds of i-. c-f
at seven anil a half cents a pound, how
much money wouid you have left?"
The l>oy looked at him for an instant
and then indulged in a low whistle.
"You don't suppose," said he, "you
can get beef anywhere at seven and a
i half cents a pound, do ye?"
Pickernal gave up at this. lie asked
him no more questions, but sent him
back next day with a letter stating
that he didn't think he would answer.
A I'L-LITT MVKLY US \TL \ IX IISR
OWN GAME.
A few evenings since- a gushing
Trojan youthesscondescended to favor a
certain young man with her company
to a hop in—-hail, After arriving
she concluded to receive tire attentions
of another gentleman in the room, to
tin* total exclusion of her e-eort. The
latter accepted the situation without
exhibiting any sign of di-pleasura, not
even demuring when he discovered, at
the termination of the festivities, that
the young lady was about to outrage
courtesy and propriety to the extent
of id lowing iiis more favored rival to
accompany her home.
Meeting the young lady shortly af
terward, he gallantly accepted the ex
planation she offered, and to prove his
unselfish devotion and forgiving spir
it, he requested her company for a
future evening to the theatre, to which
she of coarse assented. Izist evening,
about seven and a half o'clock, saw
the generou- Adonis and his female
friend on their way to the temple of
the drama.—On arriving at the head
of the stairs, the young man suddenly
discovered that lie had Inadvertently
left the tickets which he had pureha-ed
that afternoon, in an adjoining salootu
Stating the ease to his fair friend, and
requesting her to remain where she
was for a moment, he started down
stairs for the ml-ring tickets, and for
g a to come back.
After waiting for his return a reas
onable time, the young lady concluded
that she bad been nicely beaten at her
own game and started down stairs
chop-fallen, and no doabt completely
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out of sorts to think that she liad so
innocently fallen into a well-set trap.
On reaching the sidewalk she discried,
on the opposite -ide of the -tm-t, a
knot of male friends of the fully aveng
ed lover, who l ad assembled to witness
her defeat and dissomfiture.
FARM EC'S (Ol.tX V.
Pea-nttf* fare good for liver complaint.
• Pumpkin* are plentiful in Washing
ton.
The apple crop of Missouri is - aid to
be larger than It has been for twenty
years.
One hundred and forty-four bushels
of oats to an acre i- the latest Wiscon
sin achievement.
Lice on C<tfUe,—lt is said that water
in which potatoes have been boiled
will kill lice on cattle.
It is said that there are new four
times as many cattle in Texas a- there
were before the war.
To increase the length of a colt's
mane, k*ep the roots perfectly clean,
and frequently comb and plait it.
One or two applications of butter
milk will destroy lice on Ciittle, and it
i-a safe remedy todrive offthe vermin.
J simple and very effectual remedy
for sore back in horses, is a plaster
made of the yolk of an egg and a spoon
ful of terpentine.
The recent rains in California dama
ged or utterly spoiled vast quantities
of grain lying on the banks of the riv
ers awaiting shipment.
.in invention has been brought for
ward in England by wh ; ch, it is claim
ed, bread can be made directly from
the grain without grin ling.
Ten bushels of boi Its! potatoes, mashed
and mixed with three bushels of finely
ground corn meal, will make as much
pork, as double the quantity fed in a
raw state.
Among the best of remedies to cure
-ore teats of milk cows, is to smear the
teats with syrup molasses before milk
ing, it is cleaner and pieasauter than
some other greasy remedies.
The ino-t speedy method of making
cider vinegar is to fill the casks more
than half full, with the bung left out,
which will expo-c the largest surface to
the air, and consequently will become
vinegar much sooner than if the bar
re! be filled full.
In feeding potatoes and turnips to
cattle they sometimes will get a potato
or turnip lodged in the passage to the
stomach, in which a common flexible
wagon-whip pushed gently down the
throat, will remove the object and
give instant relief.
The farmer in the manufacture and
care of his manure heap, sboaid al
ways keep in view that what is in pre
paration, should not be allowed to lose
its strength by I JO rapid fermenta
tion or have its soluble parts unnee*s
ariiy washed away and lost .
No farmer should build a house or
make any other improvement without
ascertaining beforehand the probable
cost of the same. The preliminary
couuting of the expenses of every
thing is essentia! to all agricultural
thrift, and he who neglects it. will be
apt to discover his error after it is too
late.
Lime exhibits its funtionsas a fertil
izer most powerfully by converting
vegetable humaies into a state fit fir
the nourishment of plants, and it will
not be ot much use to lime land in
which animal aud vegetable matter is
wanting, for there must be elements
of fertility for the lime to act upon
hepee the effect of lime on exhausted
land, i- slow in comparison with soils
wherein the materials to act upon, ex
ists in abundance.
The breeding and rearing of tame
rabbit- might be made a profitable bu
siness. They require much the same
food as sheep. Kabbits would be eag
eraily sought after in our markets, and
are equal in flavor to the turkey, when
fed on Jproper food. The better the
food given to them, the better will te
their 9e<h,- a- is usually the case in
feeding all animals. If some ot our
farmers who have a good location,
would give the business a trial it
wouid not invoke much expense.
Points of a Good Cow. —She's long
in her face, -he's fine in her horn, -he'll
quickly get fat without cake or corn;
she's clean in her jaw, and full in her
chin; she's heavy in flank and wide
! in her loin , she's broad in her rib. and
long in her rump. A straight and flat
i back with never a hump; she's wide
iu her hips, ar.d calm in her eyes; she's
j fine in her shoulders and thin in her
thighs; she's light in her neck and
small in her tail; she's wide in
her bre.ist, and good at the pail ; she's
fine in her bone, and silky of skin ;
she's a grazier's without ami a butch
er's within.
In the city or country the benefits to
be derived frotu a commodious, well
arranged cellar are numerous. A cel
lar should not only be proof against
fro-t, but also against heat and moist
ure. Ventilation and light should be
under command—to be admitted or ex
eluded at pleasure. Two-thirds of the
cellar should be under the ground-level;
the wall should be of stone, Lriek be
ing liable to soften and crumble from
the effect of moisture. In very dry
localities, brick may be used, hut stone
is better. The drainage -hould be per
fect, and the floor should be flags or
bricks, and sloped toward the sewer,
in order to carry off any water that
may be spilled upon it. A pen-stock
or pump in the cellar will be found
very useful. We have ne space here
to enumerate the great variety of ar
ticles which may be safely stored in a
cellar, our object being to show that it
may be made very servicable for keep
ing house plants.