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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
THE SEA SERPENT.
Captain Roberts Has "a Good Look at
the Creature.

New YORK Herald eablegram. i
QUEENSTOWN, Aug. 81. Yesterday, as
the Herald marine news has already in
formed the American public, the ship
Emblem arrived here and furnished the
"silly season" with the latest sight of the
usual sea serpent. / sought out Captain
Roberts, master of the ship this morning,
and interviewed also Chief Mate Fletcher
and several of the crew.
"Yes, have been chaffed about my sen
serpent said the captain, "but it's no
joke. It happened this way. 1 was
walking on the poop at 10 o'clock ON the
morning of the 9th of August. The wind
at the time was light from the east.
There was perfectly smooth sea and the
sun was burning hot. l heard the mate
shout
e Good heavens Captain, what can
that beY" at the same moment he pointed
to a long object, motionless, on the sur
face of the water some yards ahead OF
the ship on the starbOard side. The YES.
sci was going less than four knots, 50 We
had ample time to view the object. IL
remained motionless until the wash OF
the water of the bow of the ship startled
it. Then il suddenly raised head as
big as that of calf and appeared as if
surveying the ship. 1t then opened its
mouth, disclosing fangs about four inches
long.
AS We brushed past its entire length
of body was visible, as there were only
few inches of water over its back, and it
was within o few feet from the side of
the vessel. All the crew, numbering 81,
by this time assembled on the starboard
side, were looking in amazement and
wonder at the strange spectacle. My
carpenter suggested that we would har-
pooh the thing and bring it to the first
port, but none of the crew seemed in
clined to have anything to do with it,
Indeed confess felt somewhat alarmed
as did most of the crew, fearing the
animals mighty plunge against the ships
side might cause serious injury to her
hull"
The mate said Gas the animal was all
the time on the Hurface it must have been
sick. We were fast running away from it,
1t did not dive. When last viewed with
the telescope the serpent was in the same
position on the surface OF the water as
when first SEEM"
Seeing my incredulous looks, Captain
Roberts said:
"Now ask the crew."
l closely examined them, but they all
agreed in stating that the length could NOT
be less than go feet, it's girth about seven
feet.
The captain said he had sailed in all
ATTITUDES; some of his crew were very old
salts. Never had he nor any of his crew
ever before seen such monster in the
sea. From what the captain has read of
descriptions of the sen serpent he has no
hesitation in stating that what they saw
was of that species, and when your CORE
spondent was taking leave he said: ~
suppose people will call this yarn and
laugh. But why should my of us invent
new story on very old subiect?"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
THE SIFERMdNS.
The Generals Address both RHumOr-
OtIs and FOucI,ina.

MANSFIELD, o., Sept. 3.-At the re-
union of the Sherman brigade at Lake
@aie yesterday, General Sherman and
Senator John Sherman were present and
6,OOo or 1000 people listened to their
addresses. Senator Sherman's speech
was review of the causes and results of
the war and closed with an appeal to the
patriotism and fidelity to the Union of
the children Of the heroes of the war.
At the conclusion of the senator's
address, General Sherman was introduced
and gave the veterans of the brigade one
of his characteristic speeches. He lad
been attending n family reunion Mt the
senator's residence in this city, and he
told the boys, that though he was aware
that his brother possessed spacious
house yet he had felt sure that
if all the family were present he
would have to get tents and
make camp somewhere, and he found
1T Mt Odell's lake. To-day they were not
merely shemans brigade, but they we're
all Shermans. Touching allusion by the
general to his advancing years and mpidly
approaching end, profoundly affected all
present
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
TOO SOON.
Dora Iscade G.0ot,aic,


Once more the bnrns ARE henprl with hnv
me lorllsts hum the livc-long day,
Tho lilies blossom tilll.
IN" glistrning field Is thick with grain.
The apple takes Il crimson stain
Above the pasture wall.
watch The yer with Jealous eve
AS ltvlsh summer hastcns by,
For all too swift n close
50 last the happy Seasons run.
I'M nlitllmh's changing wind and sun
Shall herald in the SHOWS!
Companion dcar Of careless DAYS.
Whose warm and fearless ylnuGr bctrnvs
trusty heart within,
Your voice has made the mornings sweet
And all my pulses leap to meet
The lightcst look i win.
When melting color charms the eye
ANA earth repeats the sunset sky
On every purpling hill,
An idlcr ut tho moving show
Alone and lonely shall go. .
And think upon you still
.z .5 Good Housekeeping.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

As& The most eminent psDsician
OF any school, what is the best thing in
the world for allaying all irritation of the
nerves, and curing all forms Of nervous
complaints, giving natural, childlike re.
-freshing sleep always2
And they will tell you unhesitatinRly
"sSone fern Of HopsfIp'
CHAPTER I.
Ask eny or all Of the most eminent ply
sicians
"What is the only remedy that can be
relied on to cure all diseases Of the kid
neys and urinary organs; Bright's disease,
diabetes, retention, or inability to retain
urine, and all the diseases and ailments
peculiar TO Women
'And they will tell you explicitly and
einphatically "Buchu iilp
Ask the same physicians
what is the most reliable and surest
cure for all liver discusses or dyspepsia,
constipation, indigestion, biliousness.
malaria, fever, ague, &c. and they will
tell you
MaRs'ake I or DapdflioRiiIl AZ
Hence, when t,ege remedies are combined
with others equally valuable,
And compounded Into iiop Bittrrs, such a
wonderful and mysterious curative iiawer Is
developed, which IL 81 varied in It's operations
tiht NJ ulNC@lAe tr Ill helh tflli possibly exist
or resist Its pow. =, and yet IL Is
llarmless for the most frail woman, weakest
invalid or smallest child TO use.
CHAPTER /.
"patientsn
''Almost dead or nearly dyingn
For years, and given mp by physicians,
Of Bright's and other Kidney diseases,
liver complaints, severe coughs, called
consumption, haveabeen cured.
Women gone marry orasy!I!ii
From agony of neuralgia, nervousness,
wakefulness, and various diseases pecu-
liar to women.
People drawn out Of Hhap. from oxcruciat-
Ing pangs OF rheumatism, infam nlntory and
chronic, or frerlng from - rofuln.
Erysipelasl
"Salt hsunl, blood poisoning, dyspepsia indI-
gertion, and In fact, almost all diseases frailp
Nature Is heir TO
Have been cured by Hop Bitors,proofo Of which
can be fonnd in every neighborhood In The
known WOrld.
eF-None genuine without q bunch Of gree,,
hops on The white babel. Shun an the vile
poisonous stun with shop or "hOpsn ~ tiielr
name
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
s-S--e-----
,Ehe Ernsfs in MirI,innn,-

DIIhoIT, Sept. 1T was wnfmUr last
night than the night before, and the
chances are not good fof frost. The
POSTS Adrian special Of the 30 saws +;
''Slight frost has prevailed here the past
two nights, and thcre is a prospect for II
keener one tonight. Present estimates
put the damage to corn, tomatoes. grapes,
&C., at 10 per cent of the entire crop. No
other reports have been received except-
ing those formerly sent concerning the
frost of Tuesday night, the damage from
which was not so severe as at first was
feared ;,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
ra,aii.y AMONG 1,,inoi. ,,o,..

h"HoEp, liz, Sept, 1. Farmers in
the northern part of the county report a
strange fatality among the hogs. The
disease seems Of the nature Of lung trouble
and il is killing off the animals M n
rNpid rate. Mrs. Mary Morgan Of Sher-
Aul iost Y hnc hogs; Miles Fickes lost
W large pigs and All his little ones and
William II. Phelps las Lcen buryiur
four OF iiye q day for the past week or
more HE disease seems TO b. confined
to the northern part of this county and
along the Wisconsin line. Reports from
kockton are still worse. Nearly every
farmer is experiencing the trouble and
two have lost nearly II hundred apiece.
Some contend that it is genuine cholera,
not lung lispasp
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
PHILADELPHIA WILMINH :.
4 BALTIMORE RAILROAD. .z
AtT(.IfEr9 1919


Trains Will leave Wilmington "a Iollnv..
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For West Chester via IaIn6kin. b iUA an
30, t01 y. m. 'S' % 20 : "i
Baltimore and iRterpeiiate stations lnS
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Baitlnnru and Say Line, ZOO y. M.
Dat lI unu Washington, l.23, Az, a.JI
LID, lO.bh n. M; lob, a.. Z, d.55 7O1 n. m.
trains tor DelawHfe Division LEAVE for.
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Express for Seafurd, $50 d. M. - ia
ESpreS fer buver aud belmar gan. "a
W'AN-lly', hd lib l.. m. every dgV ~
FRANKLIN uity, Hi0 H. M. AID IL u. nj,
SUNDAY TRAINS.
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ll;45 a. m; 5,2s, Il, Is =. m. sue ''''
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.. IN. 1865 80 = vs. -
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tor rirti"r Information pRsseIii,,,r ~, ~.
'erreu - TIE Time Tables posted AZ the -,
Ihs liflrbed thus a. ARE H..
charged. -
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S,p.,,. ,. Henhrs' f'q%'HiErI ~,
W. " 'NinH- fifi's ~ MANAGE,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
YERBAL arEmoRY.


Who Complainant.
The Philadelphia Record Of August 3lst
said
People who complain that their memory
is treacherous and worthless nre usually
mistaken. As a general thing the faculty
of remembrance is latent one, and can
be developed to an extent not usually
thought possible. A few days ago the
following advertisement found its way
into the columns Of a daily paper Of this
city;
WANTED-By young man, some method
by which he can aid bis memory. Liberal
inducements guaranteed.
A slip of this advertisement was sent
to prominent actor, who at one time
was the leading man at the Arch Street
Theatre, when stock companies had not
disappeared from the city. A character
istic reply was received to the note of in
quiry, inclosing the slip, as follows:
There is but one aid to memory, viz,
practice. Ii any man possesses any
faculty of remembering at all, as most
people do, il can be developed by prac-
tice, and by practice alone-just as the ten
der muscles of an amateur, who could
not hold up his own weight for five
illlhutN5t Chll DG bO uuEueucu us W
him to keep colt suspended for that length
of time by one arm. Practice makes
perfect This is more true with regard
to memorizing than almost anything
else" This same actor once performed
feat in memorizing which would cause
amazement and incredulity in the minds
of most people if told of it. He was at the
time member of the Walnut street stock
company. A popular actor, whose star
has since declined, was to play two
weeks engagement, and the regular COM
pany was cast to support him in round
of characters, one of the phys being
entirely new. There were five plays in
all, and our friend was cast in four OF
them for leading parts which he had
never played before. He was given Just
four days in which to memorize his parts
and learn the business. In two DAYS and
a-half after he got the books in his pos
session he had memorized them all, and
repeated them line for line perfectly to q
friend, who gave him the cues, a day
before the first rehearsal That sterling
actor will appear in this city next week as
leading character in 1.-The Willow
Copse."
One of the most popular public men of
the day, who is now cabinet officer, and
who many years was in the United States
Senate, when he makes great speech
almost always dictated it to his private
secretary and memorized it afterward.
Upon one occasion he received the manu-
script from his secretary of n long address
only u few hours before il was to be
delivered. He came to the Girard House,
i'll this city, md committed the speech to
memory before bedtime and delivered it
perfectly the next afternoon in city five
hours ride from Philadelphia.
When the actor referred to got his first
lines to say upon the stage, although
containing in all less than 400 words, it
required days constant and close work
to fix them in his memory and when the
senator was a school-boy he thought that
he had no memory at all. In each case
practice had made perfect.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
Funeral of a Very LARGE woman.

saturdays Philadelphia Ledger.
Mrs. Emma Markley, wife of Samuel
Markley, was buried yesterday morning
from her late residence, 526 Lombard
street Her death resulted from blood
poisoning, caused by erysipelas. She
weighed at the time Of her death about
$50 pounds, and was claimed TO have been
the heaviest woman in the country. Sbr
Ind been on exhibition at many museums
She was 30 years old at the time of her
death, and her husband states Tint whcr,
She was nineteen she weighed hut 30
pounds, and when he married her fiyc
years ago her weight was but $50 pounds.
The casket and body weighed about 500
pounds, the former being three feet deep
as inches wide. 1t required the services
of ten men to carry the casket, and NJ
the door was not wide enough to permit
its egress, it was taken out through I'M,
window. As no healse could be had
large enough to admit the casket, it was
taken to the Odd Fellows Cemetery for
interment in the undertuker's wagon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
TO CRAFTY HIS WIFE.
Statement of Mr.. Washington Monroe of Cats
kill, CIR en- county, New York.

"For many years had suffered from ccm-
plnint which e ph!s cans called gravel.
hn Is ployrd mo Il the most noted doctors
without ohtalnlni any permanent relief, and
for long tim my use WINS rega, del rs hope
Tess. All who kew he circumstnn es said
mus die, Flnal my wifi induced me To
try b0tti OF r, Hennedyis 'Favori Rem
ETY. which 9 Ii somewhere hca-i of or
seen advertise. WI hout the ,iightest faith
in /, hut sole y 20 crafty her, bought a
bitle Of nr gglst in Our village. used
ut aud two or three b tiles mere, nnd--to
nuke u ong story hort-l am ow as healthy
aman = Ii re e in the cou try.
Since then h We recommended "Favorite
Rel edy' to tthers VIII IN X ow 10 h,ve
suffer d fr nj Kidney ard Liver con plants I;
and. J assure tho y ib IL. that the Fayorite
X 'm"ry' has done ita vorA with u mil r
con plW on 81 ry silgle ms nnce, and
ust some Their 81 k AMI lscuurr gtd mortal
may ear Of tia d Try the Favor to Remedy"
rs ! Il E"
FOR SALE BY
q. Jaries Bolt. SiSth and Market streets
:, nuuf"rth. S'.,p'"i NM N,rH.t atr.,nta
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
RIEL'S CITIz ENSHII..
Secretary Bayard mot Disposed "a
Initiate Inquiries into the Subject

secretary Bayard mot Disposed to
Initiate Inquiries into the subject.
QUEBEC, Sept. 4.-Major Mallet, an in
iiuential French Canadian now in the
United States, sends communication to
RlePs sympathizers here in which lie
gives the substance of I'm interview held
with Secretary Bnyard respecting Riel's
case as follows:
!. The American government will not
take the initiative in the researches to he
made to establish Riel's title to American
citizenship, or his rights in that quality.
z. VI To. the present the American gov
eminent has not given any attention to the
question beyond inquiring from the war
department as to the truth of the statement
that Ricl was made II prisoner on American
sou, thlS inquiry having been made on the
demand Of II citizcn OF the city Of New York
who asked for information on the subject.
y. The government will not consider the
question in amy way unless II be presented
for its consideration in formal manner.
with statement in writing of the facts and
arguments upon which an application for
It's Intervention is based.
!. The government is not disposed to in
vestiShte the facts or to review the proceed
inGs Of the court which passed Judgment
on Riel unless it is shown that lliel's trial
was conducted according to more rigorous
methods than would he adopted in the trial
Of subject of Her Majesty the Queen under
like circumstances.
D. The government recognizes the princi-
pie that every country has the right to deter
mine for itself what constitutes treason and
Is not disposed to question the right of
Canada to have tried liiel for treason, even
il he were an American citizen by birth or
process of naturalization. The secretary
considered ltiels cilso like that Of the Irish
rerolutionaries, as they are styled in so far
that the American government would do all
that il was proper to do for Riel, as it had
done for others.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

Cloves haveconccalcd morcdrinking than
featuring has preventcd.--Fm Rirer AdrO-
ltiseommontosp speak of a''simple drunk, j"
Any man who gets drunk is smpe.-L oreH
Courier.
The poetry Of motion is not shown by the
man who has had II moiety Of potion. ~
Narration independent.
The man who goes out by himself and
drinks ilve-eent whisky is sin nickel fell
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10


Philadelphia News.
Boil raspberries six minutes eight
ounces of sugar to the quart.
Boil plums 10 minutes eight ounces
of sugar to quart is needed
Boil blackberries six minutes, with six
ounces of sugar to the quart.
Boil ripe currants six minutes; amount
OF sugar to quart, eight ounces.
Boil cherries five minutes; the amount
OF sugar to the quart is six ounces.
Boil peaches, whole, Is minutes, using
six ounces of sugar TO quart.
Boil whortloberries five minutes; the
amount OF sugar to quart jnr should he
four ounces.
Boil Siberians or crab apples, whole.
20 minutes; eight ounces of sugar to a
quart.
Boil pears from 90 to 30 minutes-20
for halves and 30 for whole pears--using
Six ouncesof sugar to quart can of fruit,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

VANDAIIA: ILL.,, Sept. Mr.. Dean, a
prominent farmer living nine miles south
OF Nandalia, has lost 90 head of cattle out
Of drove of $50 head during the last few
days, aud some Is head more are sick.
The disease is pronounced by cattle men
of this vicinity pleuro-pneumonia. The
state veterinarian has been called for.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

New nrk Nail and Express
Monsieur Melinique lost his wife the
other day. An American friend met him
ON broadway after the funeral and said
- saw you at the house during the sad
services "Oui, and how does monsieur
think deported myself on ~ occasion N
On admirably All, oui, You tink SO.
ny gar, you saw me ut re house You
should have seen me nj re grave. raised
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

A clergyman, after suffering number
OF years from that loathsome disease.
cltarrh, after trying every known remedy
without success, At last found ii prcscrip-
ton which completely cured and saved
him from death. Any sufferer from this
dreadful disease sending n sclf-addresscd
stamped envelope to DIR. j. A. Lawrence,
l@ Dean street, Brooklyn, N. Y, will
receive the receipt free of charge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
''H. H."
IlicI,ard WATSON Glider.

would that In tho verse she loved some word
MOI al uniit 10 her praise might frame:
some Worh wherein the memory Of her name
should through long years its Incense stiII
afford. ''''
bqt no; her spirit smote with Its own sword:
Herself has III the fire whose blood-red flame
Shhll not lie quenched this Is her living fame
VINO struck so Well the sOnnets subtle chord
None who Ger knew her can believe her dead /:
Though should she die they deem II well
might be
d, Her spirit took its everlasting flight
IN summers glory, by the sunset sea:
lhat onward through the Golden Gate IL fie1
August Is, 1885. Tie Cc.I,r
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
a PRISONER IseIcnsch.

PARIS, Sept, 3.-An American named
Lank was arrested here about IL month
ago on the charge of trying 70 sell WORTH
less Mexican bonds and was sent to Spain.
The prison officers ill-treated him with the
view of forcing him TO make confession.
and would not allow him to see his wife.
Although he proved his innocence he was
retained whole month and has Just been
released at the instance Of Mr.. McI.ane.
the United States minister.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
Fros,s in Illinois and ,Ii,,our,.

ST, LOUIS, Sept. Dispatches from
about dozen places in southern and
central Illinois mention light frosts ON
lowlands on the night of the LIST. but not
enough to injnre corn or materially dam
age other vegetation. Two or three
points in western Missouri also report
light frosts.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

The Koran describes the bellies of the Muss,il
man Paradise as most delectabie creatures made
OF MIX and musk, but we Cplne that their com-
pleXional charms would be dimmed by Tie
luster and beauty of the fair skin beautified nv
"GLENNs SULPHUR SOAP Age makes no i'm
preston on the face to which this enemy 10 de-
cay has been applied. Beware of counterfeits.
See that sc. y. CRITTBNToH, Proprletor,n is
printed on each packet, without which none is
genuine Sold by druggists at rs cents: three
cakes, 90 cents. "llILL's INSTANTANEOUS HAIR
DYE the least costly of all dyes in use and the
most effective. ' ''-e
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
a Disappointing Coon.

Arkansaw Traveller.
"a coon played me de meanest trick
You cher heard tell Of. foun' hole
whar de coon went into lie groun', and
waited dur all day long to shoot dat coon,
an when he did come out he was a pole.
cat"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

treats all diseases of chronic character. nr,i
performs all the minor and capital operations
of surgery. Parties living at distance, excef,t
In surgical cases, by sending n statement n
their case can be treated at home. Make ma
mistake. The medicine Is ''Favorite Rem0dy.r
and the proprietor's name and address; Dr
David Kennedy, Rondout, N. Y. One dollar
bottle. ALI druggists sell Ii.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10
W|"---s
GERONIMO
Shot aMd Possibly Dead - gua.vs
and Children sapturcd,

Tucson, ARIZONA, Sept. IA Fort
Bowie special says Lieutenant Guy i.
Huse, just returned from Mexico with 81
men, having made 900 miles since NAV
18th, has in charge 10 of Geronimo's
squaws and children as prisoners. He
reports TINT in the late fight Geronimo
picked up his fayprite child and rushed
out of the camp. Then he was surprised
and had to run the gauntlet of so rifles,
the best shots Of the Ohirciahuas and san
Carlos tribes. He was shot twice and
dropped the boy and ran covered with
blood and with his left arm shattered,
His squaws, who are among the prisoners,
say he was shot through the body. Some
of them say he is dead.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-09-10

NANDALIA, Lii, Sept 5..-The disease
among the cattle on the farm of Mr. Deano
near this place has been pronounced by The
state veterinarian 10 be Texas fever. In IL
to-day q have died and "a more are Ills.
eased; and it is thought will die. The
drove composed 200 and was brought here
from Kansas about two months ago.