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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14

The park commission for the first
time since its creation finds itself In q
condition and position that enables 1t
to do something to secure q park on the
Brandywine for the benefit OF the peo-
ple of Wilmington. All that they
could reasonably do for the last ten
wears has been done, which was sim
ply prospecting for park land on the
Brandywine. Now that the commits.
sion is authorized to borrow $4,000
to be used In procuring . park, we may
reasonably expect someeAing to be done
soon of practical and tangible charac-
ter. $4,000 should go q considerable
distance in securing the desired park.
A question of Importance in this con-
nection is, where shall the park be 10
Gated ? As the charter under which the
commission was created gives the COM
missioners authority to go anywhere
and condemn land for park purposes,
the reasonable presumption Is that they
will select the hills on both sides OF the
Brandywine, commencing somewhere
about or above Adams street, possibly
at the point Of billy woodland ON the
south side of the Erandy wine, at Van
Buren, street. From this latter point
up we have already q natural park
without park adornments, which in its
rustic, rugged beauty, is preferred by
many to the very carefully laid out
plots surrounded by avenues and fences
beyond which none dare venture with
out the danger OF being inflicted with
heavy pains and penalties. Two years
ago considerable effort was made to
procure large tract of park land up
the Brandywine in the neighborhocd
of Mt. Salem M. Z. church, large
tract of some forty acres having been
offered to the commission Tree of cost
under certain instructions and condi-
lions.
Although the land offered by Mr..
Bancroft, was good park land as well
as that of the Law property, there
was q general sentiment that it was toe
far from The city to be practical use t6
the citizens, except fer those who could
reach IL by carriages. The design wa,
to have a peoples park, one which the
mass OF the people could reach without
! difficulty, and the expense of paying 8
couple of car fares. This can best bt
secured by commencing in the neigh
borhood of Adams OF Van Buren, street
and going up the stream instead o
commencing at sit. Salem church an(
\ coming down the stream. With tn
land on both sides of the creek in
peculiar manner adapted to park LANE
secured for park purposes as far up a
: Rattlesuake Run, then it will be tim
/ to think OF extending the park farthe
, up the stream, and there will then b
just as good an opportunity given 70
those who live farther up and who pos
sess large tracts of park land, TO max
z donations to the city as now or AZ an
time in the past.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
WANAM AKER'S.

we find them not fast, back
they 60 the makers.
AS to cotton authorizations
OF linenwe have no trouble at
all. We don't buy them.
By the Arcade steps.
Hamburg embroideries re-
plenished again. Hundreds
OF patterns in cambria; none
last week.
Southwest from the center.
A bomb in the carpet
market From yesterdays
Record
Nearly S5 per cent. Of the wool used
In this country for carpets Is Obtained
from Russia or countries on the Russian
border, OF course q war between EGG
Hand and Russia might lead TO clos
| ing up OF the English fleet Of the ports
through which this wool reaches the
United States.
We have such a stock Of
carpets as we ought to have
to do the trade Of the town
and country within a hun
bred miles.
| Five-frame Brussels, 81
for last years patterns; IS
to IS cents more for this
Years.
Moquette, $I.25 for last
Years patterns; rs cents
more for this years.
Wilton, $3.50, $I.75 and
s. for last years patterns !;
lS2.25 for this years.
Tapestry, 50, 60, IS and
loo cents both new and old.
| No advance in prices at
present, whatever happens.
INcrth front, second floor. Take car
northwest from the center OF the store.
! JOHN WANAMAKER.
:. Chestnut, Thirteenth ard Market
streets, and City hall square.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
WANAMAKER'S.
PHILADELPHIA. April IA, 1885.

books. What sort OF a Clue
1t gathers up the clues
that lie in the critical jour
nails. Not all by any means
1t sits as it gathers. imagined
yourself receiving the papers|
whose book articles guide|
their respective readers. Youl
are overwhelmed and read
nothing. The editor reads,
and sits, and clips the best
of this many-voiced current
opinion. He judges the
judgments, repeats them,
rejects them, shortens them
clips a sentence, perhaps,
tor your eye, gives you with
in the compass of a monthly
pamphlet the chosen bits Of
book-advice the previous
month has brought forth.
All depends on how it is
done. Critics are apt to be
kind. Who pays them :!
Are they going to snap, like
a surly dog, at tie hand that
feeds them ? And yet the
too kind critic wastes his
commentator. What If he
got down to the advertisers
level and wrote, out OF pro-
lperty-feeling, in indiscrimi-
nate praise Of everything,
made all books goods -!
Some do. And, between
1.-THE overland and blind re-
viewer and the Implying
searcher into the heart OF
books, are many degrees of
wisdom, competence. dill
!, gence, thoroughness, candor,
taithiulness, honesty ; leading
to vigor, and hardness on oc-
lcasion, never to hardness
without occasion. A master
: critic, himself memorable, has
expressed his sense Of the
critics endowment in these
delightful words =" swee,
S reasonableness." A short
= definition but what is there
e lett to say? Book News is
= kindly reasonable.
nj Apart from quality-how
al briefly book is told of, how
g easily understood ! RooE
N NEWS IS made for the reade,
t, who wants to put his reading
ID on books themselves; 70,
to whom book criticism is onl,
e. a means-not an end. W.
Il know of no means by which
ID one can SO easily inform him
RI sell about SO many curren
n books.
u But books are goods. The,
a have a value, a price. The,
Idhaye prices. Book New
1t gives their prices here, Las
Ia Holidays we sold $4,000
III. worth Of books in a sinel
day-SIo,ooo worth of moth
ing but books ard Christina
,e g, cards. Booksellers don't be
lie lieve it. They say nobod
me- le. ever sold three.quarters a
ose much. But we did and W
a of shall again next Decembe
asst What does it mean!
lie 20 means that people liz GU
lad dealing. What does tn.
1 .hs mean 1t means more tina
nj. mere money but it mear
tfs money. Book NEWS give
try the prices at which we Sc
=, 81 books.
lr'sl April Book News is read
D. LIS cents a year free in tt
me booksto
uld Blythe Thir teenth-street door.
.as| Escurial grenadines, like
and 20 be called also soutacl
grenadines, S. to 81. Sc
ma, = a. eral beautiful patterns iu
dy- from Lyons; among Il
' be richest of black silk gren
.dy. dimes.
,uld
en- Southeast from the center.
this
ark Guinet black cachemi
6 n silks at three-quarters st
% iSJ ~ forcr or opd G.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14

Escurial grenadines, likely
20 be called also soutache
grenadines, S. to 81. Sew
eral beautiful patterns Just
from Lyons; among the
richest OF black silk grena-
dimes.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14

Linen lawns with no fear
Of cotton: white, 20 to s.
cents; printed, 20 to SD
fast colors. Do you know
how we secure last colots !?
The makers guarantee them
and so do wei. We invite
complaints and test the col.
Iors complained of. When
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
Southeast from the center.

Guinet black cachemire
silks at three-quarters still.
SI.o5 for SI.25 and S. for
sI.5o. Perfect guaranteed
to wear well.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
DEGISTER'S ORDER

~ EGlSTER'S OFFICE,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL,
March -, .se5.
Upon the application Of ALBERT RlCU-
ADDISON, A ministrator OF MARY I'D H.
ARl)SoN, late ~f Whining on Hundred in
said county, deceased, II Is ordu.ed ahd Ill
rscted 10y the Register that the Adminis,rator
aforesaid give notice ofpranting Of Lei trs ot
ADMINISTRATION upon the est te OF the de-
ceased with the date of granting thereof hy
causing advertisements 10 be posted within
forty days from the date of sue Ii Letters in Il
Of the most public places in the county OF Nex
aslle, requiring all persons hayl. & demands
against the estate TO present The same. or
abide by an Act of Assembly In such ease
maze and provided nd also c8use Inc SANE
70 ne Inserted within the same period in the
,,,AiLS REPUBLIcAS, ancwsptpcr published in
W llmingtoIf and to be continued therein
therce weeks teod1.
- Given under the hand and Seal n,
l.. 5. Office Of the Register aforesaid AZ
- Wilmington, in New Castle Cn,,niy
aioci said, the day and year above within
IGNATlus c. GRUBB, Kcgisi"r II,
.NoTiCE-All persons balinl. claims agains,
tht estate Of the deceased must prcseit the
SANE, duly aitrstt d to the Administrative on
r h"tnr- March %, 1885, or abide thc hct 81
Assembly in such ease made and nroy idGb "
ALBERT RICH ARD>D%
Administrator,
Address, Wilmington, Del. n'ci
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14

NOW thai there is probability tina.
a su 2cessful movement will be made to
secure "a nn'lia park upon the Brandy
vine, one oil The first things toward the
consumm .tion OF tina: object should be
that oil securing q drive up the Brandy.
wine fr nj N arket street, which would
indeed become one OF the main en-
frances to the park. To secure this
drive up the Brandy wine the Park
Commission would lose nothing by con-
sulting with he Water Commission In
regard to tie prophecy Of layin So.
inch pipe, or iS-iHch ribe il neees.
sary, III the bel Il The FACE TIA. con.
veys water TO the city mills, TO carry
the water through the pipe, instead o.
in the open ard exposed race, AZ at
present. This would answer two capi
tai purposes. First, it would secure
the water from tho contamination OF
filth that now flows into the streets, aud
frotn all possible infection from the
Wilmington aud BrsndyWiu- Gene.
terry drama Ie, and this is q c5as;dera.
iiua Of no mean Importance t. the
Water Commission. Second, tho flied
M race over the water pipe would
serve As an excellent drive 10 til,
Bfandywiue aud into :de park, ard
IBIS IS u e9ns!le-.b BE iuportarce to the
Park Commission.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14

FIND PARENTS AND OTHERS. -
= lte5afye tbs natural teeth .IfrSss.s -
10 not lSt the ehildren lose theseSIIIlII1
nave much 10 do With the health. Eililngs
rom 20 0Snts upwards. Rcsaectiully, DIX.
JAMES Il. SCOTT. l04 W. sixth street.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-04-14
The Afghan war Cloud.

There is NO doubt that the attack Of
General Komafotf on the Afghan forces
is heartily approved by the Gar. Willie
treating in regard to the boundary line,
the Russians are occupying the coun-
try in dispute, and they do not propose
to take single step back wards. The
English should see the importance Of
opposing force to force with the least
possible delay, unless they intend to
give up the contest withou. a struggle
II the Car really or ected 10 what had
been done, be would not promote Koma-
rolf, and send congratulations to the
army. Such acts have a greater signi.
fcance than words of regret. They
show insincerity they show that the
Russians inter d 70 occupy the country
unless prevented doing so ty force OF
arms. England must thert fore prepare
to fight or back down. Every hours
delay is a serious loss. Elssia will &C
cupy the s,ragstic points and thus OBJ
tain advantage tina. canno' be overcome
without serious loss. II England does
not intend armed resist Ince they should
stop their threa.niug protests, and al.
low Russia TO extend her boundaries,
and eventually dictate the policy aud
control the destiny of both Elrope and
A STA.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28

nnln These Boots and Shoes are all solid
KIN and If unsatisfactory you can return
uI0U them unsoiled and get your money.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28
From Prairie Center.

PRAIRIE CENTER, Mar 24.-"Tee" clos
ed his school here on Friday and has taken
his northward flight with the harbingers
of spring.
The band oyster supper at the church to
night did not draw full house, but those
who were present voted the boys first class
hosts. The band will come out In uniform
in the near future.
Lee Belknap Is sick with scarlet fever
The doctor says he is doing nicely and will
be around In few days.
Charlotte Die, of London, Canada, Is Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Mckay, at the par
sOnage.
Michael Cruise has taken up his abode at
Marseilles
Andrew McManus was badly bruised In
an encounter with switch engine at Men
dota last week.
The dwelling house of Thomas McGary
near East Ophir, was burned today.
Charles Meek, our burly blacksmith, has
purchased fine roadster OF F. Lawrence.
Will. Hall sold his span of young mules
to Bernard Brady for $4OO
Our smart youngster who spent III weeks
at the Geneseo Normal to learn to abuse
his neighbors by posting bills with their
names attached, needs another quarter to
enable him to master such hard words as
Supplied" TEETER
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28
From Ophir.

EAST OPHIR, March 25.--The dance at
Lander's was q success. About 20 couple
we're present, the music by John Brady,
The people of South Ophir are all broke
up over the actions of your correspondent
PEDRO" He stands on his head, turns
summersaults, and cuts up other monkey
shin % ALL because it's ten pound boy.
Allie Taylor, from Dakota, who has been
visiting his parents here, returned to his
home last week taking with him several
cur loads of stock.
Charles Leonard and his bride will go to
housekeeping this week after spending a
few days In La Sale.
Quite a serious accident to one OF our po-
pular young men at Mendoza on Thursday.
As Andrew McManus was driving across
the railroad his wagon was struck by a
freight train and upset, throwing the occu-
pants out and cutting Andrew bad cash
In one Of his legs. Thomas was also badly
hurt though II Is hoped neither was perma-
nently injured.
Tom McNally bought the top buggy at
Gilbert TOwner's sale and will 60 girling
now.
Peter Coleman, of Troy Grove, was in
these parts yesterday buying horses.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28
T.owhrI5 ce,s serial. "His own Fault" goes

TrowbrIdge's serial, "His own Fault" goes
brightly on; and among many other at
fractions of the number are: double page
picture called Easter Morning." story
of "A Conscientious Cat" and half a dozen
nicely illustrated poems.
In the April WIDE AWAKE Professor A.
B. Palmer discusses the action OF aicohoi
upop the lungs, declaring there are no sta
tistlcs-no recorded observations and com.
harrison of numbers of cases-which AFFORD
the slightest indication that the use OF a.
cohol in any form or quantity prevents con-
sumption. In the Chautauqua Readings
in the same number, Mrs. Jessie Benton
Fremont's souvenir" abounds with remi-
niscences of Mrs. President Madison and
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton; and George
Egbert Craddock's serial story, Down the
Rayine," continued in the same number, Is
considered by critics as among the authors
most important productions. The story is
very popular with readers In general be-
cause of its swift dramatic movement; and
Its characters, each and all, are Tennessee
mountain people, and the dialect Is parti'
cularly picturesque and humorous.
THE PuRENOLodICAL JOURNAL for
March opens with brilliant portraits and
sketches OF the poets Cowper and Hannah
Moore, and of Albert Barnes and John
Wilson. There is a fine paper Qllustrated)
ON "Social Faculties" and another giving
"A Glimpse of Scotland" John Fl. Yin,
cent the Sunday. school teacher, is sketched
with portrait; and there are ar ticles on
Reform in Journalism; A Cry for Purer
Words, A Glimpse into Child Life, Ian
puape, The Smoker in Society, &c, &c.
Fowler g. Wells, New York, 81 year.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28
Troy Grove and Dlmmlck.

MARCN 25.-Snow about gone and all pre-
dIctions of ruinous floods have failed.
w. II. Foster spent Sunday with chvms
In Dixon at the Normal
Miss Minnie Clement, of Waltham, is
stopping with Mrs. DIR. Everett, of the vii
lage. Susie Deutsch is home from Prairie
Center, enjoying the smiles of friends.
Rev. Dinsmore has been spending Few
days In Meriden.
Maggie Deaner leaves next Tuesday for
Dixon TO attend school at the Normal.
Arthur Newell, of Aurora, was in the vii
lage Saturday and sunday the guest of his
mother and sister.
Elmer Stevenson, of Nebraska, has been
here the past week visiting his parents,
Franz Gephard, of No. Troy Grove, left
last Tuesday for Kansas. Franz is good
fellow and will be missed,
Chris. Osmert has returned from a visit
10 his childhood horne in Tennessee.
Mr.. Caughey writes from Battle Geek
Iowa, not Ills" as printed in your last.
Mr.. Edmunds, of the village, has return
ed from trip to Dakota, where he has large
Interests In land and expects TO make hi
home the beginning of next month.
Urias Myers has just returned from low;
where he has been looking after the inter
ests of the David Klinefelter estate,
Thos. Weldon Is having the house on tn,
Dick Moloney farm fixed up preparation.
to moving into ii in few days.
viii Gilmour and his bride reside in Id
county, Ia, and not in Troy Grove, as tn
compositor made me say last week.
The Sunday school will give concer
next Sunday evening, the Goth, in the Pres
byterian church.
l.. N. Warrick, of near Ottawa, was i
town the beginning of the week. He rel
resents township politics as the absorbin
topic.
| Robert Moore, of our town, accompanie
by his brother David, of Waltham, left o
Friday for Beaver, Pa, to see their brothe
Joseph Moore, who Is dangerously i'll.
George Martin, respected citizen O
Dimmick, died last "Wednesday from injr
ries received on the railroad, as before re
ported. The deceased was about SO year
OF age and had lived in this vicinity fo
nearly 50 years. Nj. A. IL.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28

From the pamphlet on the vote OF Illinois,
recently issued by the state printer, is found
the vote Of Alfred II. Taylor, clerk OF the
Northern Grand Division OF the Supreme
Court Of Illinois, which was 1874 $50, only
few votes being cast against him.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28
Amusement Notes.
GUS WILLIAMS.

The prince Of German comedians, Mr.. Gus
Williams, supported by an excellent company
will occupy the opera house on Monday night
March SOtL, presenting his new play entitled
" Captain Mishler."
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28

When BABY wa slck, We gave hor CAsTORIA,
When she was Child, she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss, she clulg to CASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORL
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-03-28

DyERTJSERS! send for our Select List OF Local
"A Newspapers Geo. p Rowell & Co, 10 Spruce st. NY
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-17
Hints TO Sick Nurses.

Never stand at the foot of sick bed
and survey the patient says Halls Jour
nal of Health. All figures look large to
fevered eyes, and by the side of the bed
are only partially seen, and do not annoy
by the sense of too much presence. Do
not open the door very slowly, for then
the attention is strained, specializing as
to who the next conner can be after all
this preparation and cautious approach.
Low but clear tones, quiet but sure move
ments, and rapid rather than slow, are
relief to any patient who is blessed
with a practical nurse. Whispering is
torture. Silence is best until you can
discuss matters in another room; but, if
you speak, speak out, and make no mys-
teries about anything. In severe illness
the nurse must watch her patient steadi-
ly, but not seem to be looking In con-
valescence it frequently sooths the inva-
lid to have the nurse seated at the win
dow apparently looking out. This frees
the faculties from the tension that the
sense of being watched usually gives.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-17
The Hidden Mine.

New York Sun Letter.
Forty years ago at little place on the
Suwannee river, Florida, which now
goes by the euphonious name of Column
bus, there lived and fourished one Bur-
CESS, an eccentric old Frenchman. He
was blacksmith by profession, and in
his limited sphere did great deal of
good In peculiarly agricultural re-
gion his occupation made him a person
of more than ordinary Importance. A
skilled artisan, his services were always
in demand, and his humble shop was the
centre of a wilderness of weeds. Here
he repaired the wagons of the honest
farmers, renovated the dilapidated skill
cts Of the hospitable housewives, shoed
the horses of future Southern statesmen
and soldiers, gave new life to disabled
hoes and plows, and occasionally put
new hair springs in the watches of such
negroes az happened to be equal quasi
arbiUers of time Short and squatty of
person, and reticent of speech, he won
the esteem and respect of a clientage that
preferred to do all the talking, and he
soon laid up goodly supply of treasure.
The blacksmith used genuine bituminous
coal. In a coalless country, and on the
borders at that, how he got it was an alb
sorbing mystery, and a mystery it has
remained to this day Many were the
efforts made to discover his secret, but
they failed. Watch after watch was
placed on his movements, but they all
came TO naught. Every little while the
shop would be locked up and its owner
would mysteriously disappear. AS he
always seemed to have a supply of coal
on hand it was impossible for the anna
teur detectives Of that locality to pipe
him off. His means enabled him to have
a hatboat of his own and deaf and
dumb negro he had purchased from some
planter, with himself, constituted the
crew. Secretly, at midnight, dark and
gloomy as the tabled shades of Eros OF
the editorials of the Cincinnati CONNER
cial, they would loosen their boat from
its fastenings and quietly drop down the
river. In about two weeks they would
return with two or three months supply
of the concentrated SCOT. The doors of
the smithy would swing open, the fires
would blaze and Crackle, and at the forge
would be old Burgess, but neither from
him or his grinning helper could a word
be gotten as to their journey.
Growing rich and feeling the burden Of
old age creeping on him apaee, Burgess;
sold out his business and removed tC
Cedar Keys where he died in March
1851. On his death-bed he confided tc
his only relative the secret that had made
him wealthy, and disclosed the locality
of his treasure.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-17
THE DEVIL.

Men don't believe in a devil now, as their
fathers use to do:
They've forced the door Of the broadcast creed
to let his Majesty through;
There isn't print of his cloven foot, or fiery
dart from his brow,
To be found in earth or air to-day, for the
world has voted so.
But VINO is mixing the fatal draught that pal
sizes heart and brain,
And loads the earth Of each passing year with
ten hundred thousand 81 AIM
Who blights the bloom of the hand to-day
with the fiery breath of hell,
II the Devil isn'tand never was Won't some
body rise and tell?
Who dogs the steps of the toiling saint, and
digs the pits for his feet?
Who sows the tares in the field of ! ime where
ever God sows his wheat?
The Devil is voted not to be, and OF course the
thing is true,
But who is doing the kind of work the Devil
alone should dog
We are told be does not go about as roaring
lion now;
But whom shall we hold responsible for the
everlasting row
To be hearI in home, in church and state. in
the earth's remotest bound,
If the Devil, by unanimous vote, is nowhere
to be found
Won't somebody step to the front forthwith,
and make his bow and show
How the frauds and the crimes of the day
spring up-for surely we want to know.
The Devil was fairly voted out, and Of course
the DEVILS gone.
But simple people would like to know who
carries his business On.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-17

FOR RENT stores. 1G' offices and sleeping
rooms, one dwelling, by Webb & Nichols.