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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
A BE|GHTED LIFE.
Maud Livingston.
AUTHOR OF ',Af TER LONG YEARS, "DoNT
lei CO." YOKE OF GOLD, ETC
[CCNTINUED.

"Weli?' he asked
"Wel I deny the existence of any
such paper Prov 10 me it does exist.
Then, Maurice Northcott, wo may come
to terms"
You would see it?"
Il must. to believe it."
Very we'll, said Maurice, quietly,
rising. ''I will brig it here, at the
same hour tomorrow evening""
Do SO. One moment before you go.
Have you ever heard from your wife ?"
I" Never y replied Maurice, turning
back with great emotion. 1.-The letter
! entrusted to you for her, explaining
hat fearfully unfortunate meeting, and
bidding her apply to you for d. was
never answ cred. At least you told me
so y ..
Never Neither did she apply to
me. never have seen her." said the
merchant, inditferently. "You wrote,
I suppose, later on 20 w-
Only those l sent through you.
How dared l risk others until | knew
that those had reached her?"
And they did not. They were re-
turned She had left Cumberland.
Curiosity took me- to the place. The
cottage was to let. Nothing was known
of your wife. What Go you draw from
this!'
90 What can I, but that she believed
me guilty. remarked Maurice. ''But
there it is over. l have suffered, but
my heart is stunned into indifference.
am callous to everything Good
night !"
GOOD night Remember to-mor-
row."
"To-morrow!'' repeated Maurice,
closing the door.
And if you bring the paper.
thought Nicholas Hayes, "you shall
never quit here with it in your posses
sion. l have not riske,l so much to be
ruined, disgyaced at last"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
GENESIS OF THE TORNADO.
THE END.

A tornado may occur at any place
where certain conditions prevail. These
are the close proximity OF contact of
curreAts of air moving i'll contrary di-
rections and having unequal tempera-
lures, the one being cooler and drier,
the other being warmer and loaded with
moisture In u broad region of the
United States east of the Mississippi
valley such currents are always in mo-
ton, but not always in contact or in
close proximity. TIse cooler and drier
current moves from the northwest to the
northeast the warmer and moister cur
rent from the southwest toward the
northeast. They have their reflections,
of course, and numerous side currents
and branches. 1t is the movement and
contact of the great and widespread OPP
posing currents that make widespread
storms, and the movement and contact
OF the side currents ard branches-the
laterals, SO to spaak-that result in tor
nadoes. These are strictly local. Two
currents OF air at different temperatures.
with different degrees of moisture or
aqueous vapor ami moving in opposite
directions and with near about the same
force or velocity come together. Then
clouds are formed by the cooling of the
aqueous vapor, making visible the vapcr
that wus layisible before4 the currents
met. II the velocity or force of the
currents is equal, or near so, there is a
calm and the sultry condition that So
frequently precedes d heavy fall of rain
or vino storm. If one is strong
enough to push the othex gently out of
the way (the cooler current usually
sliding under the warmer and lifting the
latter up), we may have simply a cloudy
periol, a dhizzly time, or one or more
ordinary rainy days. If the contact is
sudden, or there is local disturbing
cause, such as q precipitous piece Of
country, with sudden descent in the.
path of the diagonal, which the course
OF the opposing currents usually take
when the one cannot overcome the other,
then II whirl begins there is extremely
rapid condensation of moisture there
is rapid giving Off of latent heat because
of tho condensation there is rare&ac-
ton of the interior AR; there is in
creased and increasing wh.rl and twist
and rarefaction from all these causes !;
the rarefaction is 50 great as to act as a
vacuum. and it is THIS which unroofs
houses by disturbing the equilibrium of
the atmospheric pressure. The phe-
nomenon is quite different from the Or
binary force OF what is called 1.-The
wind" 1t is a whirl and vortex with
something approaching to vacuum in
the centre. with an upward lift, and this
whirl moving forward at thirty, forty,
OF fifty miles an hour in thu dag >nal or
resultant of the two opposing currents.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
CHAPTER VII.
HAPPINESS AT LAST.

At tie hour next evening when he was
to expect Maurice NOrthcott, Nicholas
Hayes sat in the library, watching.
Wine decanters and glasses were on the
table. One of the latter, half filed,
stood by the merchants sille ; another,
yet empty, near that where vacant
chair had been placed for the coming
guest.
The footman opened the door, and not
Maurice Noythcott, but middle-ugel,
shrewd, dark man of middle height,
entered the room, and the footman
withdrew.
Il am here" said the stranger, ''on
the part of Maurice Northcott, who
sailed last night from Liverpool. l am
here as the lea.l adviser OF MI. Maurice
Northcotts SON"
His son N cried Nicholas Hayes,
half starting zap.
''His son, Denzil Northcott; OF, as,
you best know him, Denzl Harman.
When Mrs. Northcott quilted her home
at Cumberland, she had received no
communication from her husband you
having, you see, destroyed his letters.
instead of delivering them. She, i'll
dire distress and sickness, found her way
to her sisters, her only friend and it
may be said, died on her threshold,
having but time to confide her boy to
that aunt's keeping. The lady accepted
the charge, but not knowing there had
really been marriage, called the child
by another name, to save him, as she,
believed, from the disgrace OF his own.
Thus, you perceive. one mystery Is
cleared up. Next by q strange chance.
Denzll Northcott while in Ireland was
the means of saving his unknown
fathers life. This made them friends,
and on Mr.. Northcott leaving you last
night, an unexpected event revealed the
close relationship existing between
them. The fact of having son made
life suddenly of value to the father, and,
alarmed, it appears, at some threat you
made, he quilted England at once, first
coniding paper to Mr.. Denzil, which
now is in my possession. The nature of
this paper [ need not specify. Now l
have proposal to make to YOU"
81 can guess it, 1 think, Hayes said,
huskily."
"You consent to your daughters
union with Denzil Harman-for by his
fathers desire he will retain that name
his entrance into the firm as junior
partner, and will made by you, making
your daughter, Madeline Hayes. your
sole heiress 2"
There was long pause before the
merchant said, almost inaudibly, 81
consent.
Then taking the decanter, he filled his
glass so recllessly that half was spilled.
He did not heed it, but pushed the
decanter towards the lawyer, who pre-
pared to fill the glass near him, when,
springing up, Nicholas Hayes caught it
away.
mot that one" he exclaimed, his
tone and manner confused; sit is not
clean. There is another"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04
COULDN'T OUTRUN HIS PA.

A Sunday school teacher was telling
her children how the devil goeth about
like roaring lion seeking whom he may
devour, and after the lesson was through
she said that those who wished could
ask questions. At once little boy
spoke up and asked how fast the devil
could run.
"Hush, Johnnie" said the teacher;
"such questions are very profane."
"Well, I don't care" said Johnnie;
che can't outrun pa anyhow, cause I
heard pa tell man down the street the
other day that he caught the devil the
night he came home from the lodge"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1885-12-04

The Texas man who killed Davis, the
New York counterfeit swindler. walks
up and down his cell softly hummlng
"Im saWdust when 1 sing"
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The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
MuZZle the Dogs.

The members of City Council should at
once turn their attention to the large num-
Der of worthless dogs v hich infest every
thoroughfare of this city. In every square
may be seen dogs which daily menace the
lives of our citizens.
In a preceding issue of THE WILMINGTo-
MAN we described the horrors which attend
a case OF hydrophobia, and we also empha-
sized the sor"owful fact that hydrophob bia
defed all forms Of medication. A person
bitten by dog suffering from the rabies
must not only die, but must suffer the
death, of all deaths the most horrible.
If owners of dogs are willing to expose
their immediate families to the dangers of
hydrophobia, it does not follow that they
should also have a right to expose their
neighbors.
An ordinance should at once be passed de-
manding the muzzling of all dogs except
when upon the premises of their owners.
Last week rabid dog. was shot, in the
eastern part of the city, and would it not be
better, by far, that every dog in this city
should be killed than one person should be
bitten by mad dog, Muzzlethe dogs,
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
PROBABILITY OF WAR.

Almost unnotced the great probability of
a prolonged war is creeping over Europe.
The causes for sudden outbreak are
gradually assuming the unmistakable shape
that indicates a clash of arms among the
great powers EngIand's new ministry is
distinctively war ministry, and it is sig
nificantly endorsed by English popular feel
ing,
War material in large quantities is being
sent from WOdwich arsenal to Egypt. The
British Amy of occupation has been ordered
to remain in that country, Lord Wolseley is
to take command again, and DoDgola on
the frontiers of Upper Egypt is to be garri-
soned by British troops. The most sgnifi-
cant indications of the bellicose feeling ex-
istipg are the facts Of England's intention of
investigating the rumor of Russian in
trigues in Afghanistan, and secondly the
open afliiation Of Germany with England
upon the Egyptian question in implied op-
position to France. Bismarck and Sails
bury are TO have meeting next month.
This statement of which great signifance is
made i'll European capitals has caused great
uneasness in Paris.
The policy of the different powers implies
an alliance between England, Germany,
Austria, and Italy, agaius France and Rus
sia. For GermaDy's friendly action Eng
land will abstain from obstructing her Afli-
can colonization schemes. Italy will be
given a carte blanche in the same continent,
and Austria whose aspirations usually do
not reach further than the protection of her
Eastern Dannbian frontier, will not be hin
dered in her quiet, stealthy movements upon
the territory of Northwestern Turkey.
The Sultan himself is to be placated by
permission from England to land an army
of occupation in Egypt its action to be re-
stricted, however, by complete and thor
ough government by English officials, who
will hold the purse strings, collecting all
duties and revenues, but conceding to Tur-
key nominal suzerainty and the empty
honor and duty of subjugating Ell Mahdi.
France is naturally highly incensed at
the programme. But that country has no
one but herself to blame, as in 1882 England
made an open request of the French govern
meut to share with her the expense and ad-
vantages Of an Egyptian campaign. At
5hat time France refused, in sulk, to do
SO, and is now resentful that Lord Salisbury
will not now withdraw from the land of the
Nile.
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
WHY THOSE TEARS.


In reference to the first official act of
Mayor Rhoads after taking the prescribed
oath of office, in naming Mr.. Carmichael as
the successor Of Water Commissioner Glib
bons, the EUery Ecening of last Wednesday
said
''N1r. Carmichael's appointment was
surprise, to say the least, inasmuch as Mr..
Gibbons was regarded as a very valuable
member of the board and his reappointment,
in view ofhis past record as a commissioner,
would have given entire satisfaction"
The Morning NcrS of Thursday said:-.
"The refusal or neglect to reappoint MIR.
William G. Gibbons member Of the Board
of Water Commission cannot be excused.
He was not an aspirant for the position at
all, but would no doubt have accepted the
thankless duty had he been called upon,
Mr.. Gibbons, as are also Messrs. Febiger
and Porter, is truly a representative man,
and the business of the city entrusted to
such as he surely will not suffer- Mayor
Rhoads has deliberately snubbed Mr.. Glib
bons by rejecting upon his integrity"
The pertinent inquiry is, are those Com
missioners entitled to the fulsome praise
heaped upon them by the Eocry EUensng and
tile Morning Netos? We are prepared to
state upon competent authority that those
'ideal" Commissioners have violated their
oaths of office, and not only was W. G,
Gibbons most righteously turned down, but
his colleagues are entitled to the same des.
ert Section of the Act to establish a
Board of Water Commissioners for the city
Of Wilmington says:
Each member Of said board shall, before
entering upon his duties, in addition tC
any oath required to be taken by Other
municipal officers, take and subscribe, ant
| fl e in the Office of the mayor of the sale
city, an oath or affirmation that he will
faithfully perform his duties as watel
commissioner of said city, and that he will
neither be concerned or interested
pecuniarily in any contract TO
work or materials furnished for or ahou
the erection, construction Or repairs of saiC
| water works while member of S aid board
and further, that he will not be controlled
in any vote CT action, as member of sait
board, by political or partisan considera
tions.
Have the Commissioners been faithful t.
their obligations? Did or did not the Puse
Jones Co., Of which ex-Commissoner Glib
bons is the president, furnish the Waite
Department with new bucket and plunge
for the turbine wheel?
Did or did not the Pusey Jones Co., @
which ex-Commissioner Gibbons is pres
dent, recog the gearing of the turbin
Wheel? Did or did not the Pusey Jone
Co., of which ex-Commissioner Gibbons
president, repair the boilers at q cost to tn
Water Department in excess of the price Q
new boilers?
II these statements be true, and thei
correctness are corroborated by the record,
then the Water Commissioners should be il
dicted for mafeasance in office and their pc
stions declared vacant.
The Water Commission was conceived i
sin, born in iniquity, and the odium of il
parentage clngs to the unfortunate of
sDrinp
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
P0rter's Perturbation.

The Morning Ne,Os of Friday stated that
"Water Commissioner Porter is seriously
displeased with the appointment of James
Carmichael as his colleague"
1t lily becomes Mr.. Porter to question
the make up of the Commission when it is
on record that the price that he (Porter)
paid for his seat on the Water Commission
was his vote for II. B. Mcintyre as Chief of
the Water Department
William 7. Porter pledged himself to vote
for Mcintyre and because of this vow he
(Porter) was named as one of the Water
Commissioners.
Section s of the Water Act says:
The Doing of all work and the furnish
ing of all materials aud supplies for the
water works shall be let out by the Board
of Water Commissioners to the lowest and
best bidder, except in cases where it is not
practicable to do such work or furnish such
materials and supplies by contract. Notice
that the board will receive proposals for
such work, materials of supplies shall, in
all cases, be published at least five times,
the last publication to be at least three
days before tho. opening of the bids, in two
papers of the City of Wilmington.
1t is now in order for Messrs Porter, Feb
iger and Gibbons to explain why, since
March 10, 1885, work to the amount of two
thousand one hundred and fifty-fve dollars
and ninety cents has been given to the Pusey
Jones Co., in direct violation of the above
act
Work to the amount of 50, 1880 was not
only given out without any reference to IL g
lowest bidder but was given to the firm of
which ex Commissioner Gibbons was presi-
dent, in direct violation of section 2
of the act to establish Board of Water
Commissioners for the city, which says:-
mo Water Commissioners shall be neither
concerned nor pecuniarily interested in any
contract for work or materials furnished for
or about the erection, construction or re-
pairs of said water works while a member
of said board"
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
"Only POliceman-ShOot Him
Down Like Dog"

In the light of the recent tragic death of
as an efficient man as ever wore the police
uniform, it is pertinent to ask just what
proportion of the blood of the slain is to
be laid at the doors of others than the
direct murderer.
1t is fact not to be gainsaid that for
three years a portion of the city press and
a considerable number of the citizens have
been unceasing in their efforts to discredit
the testimony of the police force, and to be-
little them in The estimate of their fellow
citizens.
These chronic fault finders expecte ed the
Police force TO be both omniscent and
omnipresent. If a burglary was committed
the burglar must be at once apprehended
and the goods returned to their owner or
the Police Department be subjected to a
flood of abuse but on the other hand when
thieves were swiftly apprehended the
matter was passed over in silence and no
thanks given to the faithful custodians
of the peace for their timely vigilance
There comes from the freshly made grave
against the unjustness of the villification
of tie late police force. The blood of mur-
dered Officer Peterson gives an unqualified
denial to the unjust and slanderous attacks
made upon ex-Mayor Wales police force.
Officer Peterson died as the hero dies, and
he voluntarily gave his life, that the name
and the fame of the guardians of the peace
might be above reproach, and his death,
and the manner of his dying, is an unan-
swerable denial to the traducers of him and
his colleagues
From ex-Chief Mcdonnell to Special OFF,
Ger j. B. Moore, the police list was most
commendable one. Among so large a
number of men, some laggards might be ex-
| pected, but taken as whole, the men were
honest, sober, industrious, vigllant and Sc.
verely mindful of their duties.
| Night after night we have seen the patrol
men pacing their lonely vigils, bravely fac.
| ing the wintry blasts and the dangers Incl
dent to the darkness, and for this they were
sorely denounced by the very ones they
were endeavoring to protect.
The unjust comments on the policemen
encouraged evil doers to treat contemptu
ously the officers of the law, and quite too
frequently officers would be resisted by tn,
villains they were attempting to arrest ant
most shamefully beaten. The officers o
the law should be sustained in their effort
to preserve the peace, and the mischievou
sentiment fostered during the past tire
years that 'As is only policeman, shoot hin
doDn like dog" should be radically uproot
| ad
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
Restrain Him.

Last Monday morning as representative
of THE WILNIINGToNIAN was standing on
the corner of Third and jefferson streets, a
man came running up the street brandishing
a revolver, in the pursuit of some advanc-
ing boys. Upon inquiry we were told that
the man who was SO promiscuously flourish
ing revolver was the janitor of school No
8. Whether the janiGor's provocaton was
imaginary or otherwise we did not stop to
ask, but whatever the grievance might have
been this jan;tor was exceeding all bounds
of propriety in chasing lads of nine and ten
years of age, through the streets with revol-
yer in hand. We hope that the excellent
School Committee of No. 8 will inquire into
this case and restrain all such dangerous
and idiutic per formances.
This man may plead in eXtenuaton of his
oflense that the revolver was not loaded
Whether loaded or not. we do not profess to
know, as We have no special interest in inter
viewing the muzzle ola revolver but loaded
or not, a repetition of this folly should guar
antee his. instantaneous dismissal,
The Wilmingtonian., 1885-07-04
Change in Postal Rates.

The change in the new postal rates con
ssts in the increase Of the unit of weight for
letters from half an ounce to one ounce
that is to say the rate on letters viii be two
cents for each ounce or fraction thereof in
stead of two cents per half ounce as hereto
fore.
There is no one cent rate at letter carrier
offices. The charge On letters weighing less
than an ounce remains at two cents There
has been no reduction in the postage rate on
letters, but letter weighing more than
half an ounce, and not more than an ounce
may be sent FOR two cents instead of four
which was the former charge. The rate at
postotfices where the free delivery is not in
force, is one cent per. ounce or fraction
thereof for drop letters, and two cents per
ounce or fraction thereof for mail let.
ters,