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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
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wide,50 and rs cents;double.
faced canton-fiannel with
wider bottom, IS cents;
flannel and cloth made
bright at the bottom with
color and curl, So to IS ;
down in sateen, all sizes, S..
By the Arcade car.
A few pocket-books and
card-cases. perhaps too few
to advertise, rubbed and old.
The prices are 10 to so
cents on the dollar.
Northwest from the center.
Odontine is a proper tooth.
powder. Any good dentist,
whom you happen to be in
communication with, will tell
you BE shy OF too effective
tooth-powders- Depend on
the brush. Use the end oil
a bit Of pine with pumice on
occasion. Beware Of a
tooth-powder said to do toe
much. Nothing short Of
the dentists tool will take
off tartar, not even the
pumiced stick.
Odontine is safe; a propel
tooth-powder.
A. the center.
john WANAMAKER.
Chestnut Thireenth and Marks
streets and Oity.hAll square
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
" AAAMAkAER'H,

PHILADELPHIA, Thursday. Jan. q, 1855.
Many a little room will be
carpeted with wilton. mo
quette and Brussels remnants
"a carpet remnant, you
know, is item big enough
for a little room. The cost
is halt. Three-quarters will
carpet the biggest of rooms
Wilton SI.75; remnants
81 to $3.50. Moquettt
SI.25; remnants ST.. Brus
sells 81; remnants Is cents.
Old patterns of course.
Market-street front, second fioor. Take
car.
Let those who are think
ing OF furniture wander
through our spacious furni,
ture quarters. Nothing but
samples taere-scarcely two
things alike.
Clty-h hall front, second and third floor
Take car.
Our rule about muslins is
to keepwhatever good makes
are called for. II we are
going to sell them at all, we
may as we'll do the bushes;
thoroughly. There is very
narrow margin Of profit on
them for anybody. Shallow
stream, but rapid. There
isn'S another so rapid any
where.
Northeast from center.
The store that sells one.
fortieth part OF all the pure
linen that comes to the
country ought to be fairly
well supplied, one would
think.
Southwest from the center.
The cheapest blankets
are gene, They were single
lib, 2l-yd, cotton-warp
blankets, 81 so. The next
are the same but ! 10 lighter,
81 %. And the next are
the same again another ID
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
ARE YOU LOOKING

For Clothing! Ifso, don't
fail TO see the stock OF
MuiIin g. Son. sth and
Market streets. They are
anxious 10 show everybody
their assortment of Mems
Suits and 0vercoats.-
Youths and Boys Suits and
Overcoats. You will find
them in great variety almost
any color and size of gar
ment wanted, and st prices
away down. Clothing 10
sold differently by this firm
from the general way of sell.
ing. You will be shown
with pleasure and while they
would be glad to sell you
you will not be pressed TO
buy. unless you are perfect
ly free TO do so and think it
will be TO your advantage to
do so. They cont make a
great blow about prices, but
leave that to their customers
to be the judges after they
have seen the goods.
Full assortment OF the
finest goods for making 70
order which is done at short
notice, and in a satisfactory
way.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

THK report OF tho Stats Treasurer
throws radiant hue upon the finances
OF the State. II shows that for every
dollar Of Debt We owe, We have more
thAn dollar In assets. Though vary
much doubling the value placed upon
some portions OF the Stass's sssess by
the Treasurer, We are willing 70 accept
his statement and urge from thai
|ssAnd-point the repeal Of the State tai
on manufacturers md merchants tina,
has rested like an incubus upon the
shoulders Of the eopls The repeal OF this
tax would be . great relief to the indus
tries OF our State, and make oar mana
facta-ers feel like . bird set free from
Its prison cage.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
Rahfnaan,n Cmae.

Charles Robinson, the colored man
who was convicted at the November
term Of Court, Of . felonions assault on
Ella r. Gardner, Of Blackbird Hun
dred, had his case argued for Q new
trial At an adjourned session Of the
Court Of Oyer and Terminer yesterday,
but With no favorable result for him.
The moaon WAS overruled and Robin
son was sentenced TO be hanged on the
l6sh day Of April.
From the hrst we had but little doubt
OF the guilt OF Robinson. There were
just enough conflicting circumstance
and coincidences in the case 70 make 1 !.
barely possible that he Was not guilty
Of the crime charged, but not SUFFICIENT
In our view 70 give him the benefit Of
m acquittal- The only ground upon
which q reversal OF the verdict rested
was the intoxicAEion and freely ex-
pressed prejudi oe Of one Of the aurora
The man certainly was not q compe.
tent juror within the meaning Of our
laws. Instead Of having been permit
ted 70 sit upon a case where life and
death were involved ne should have been
locked up in a drunkard's cell in fact
we are informed tina: be really did
spend night at the police station IN
der duress, while he WAS in this city
attending oOurs as q petit juror. Hsv.
ing expressed himself before being
called as juror 70 try the case Of Rob
inson in favor Of hanging him, he was
douoly disq ual.aed as juror, and be-
ing one OF twelve, the verdict TO that
extent was vi:iated.
Were It no. for the apparent positive
ness Of Robinsons guilt, the verdict
nigh; well be looked upon as tainted
and the refusal Of the court TO grant a
new trial Is dangerous precedent tC
establish. But the apparent certainty
OF Roeinson's guilt and the fact thA
eleven good and honest men on tt,
jury were OF the same way Of thinkin 4
rs the one bad man, there will in tn,
end be no miscarriage OF justice Only
the process and premises assumed o.
which justice was arrived 81, are oper
for criticism.
The fac o. Robinson having beer
fixed, the terrible day Of execution ap-
pointed, let his fate be . warning fol
the future TO all who may feel inclineC
to follow his example In leading a dis
solute life that may end like his upol
the gallowA The crime for which he
in few weeks, will forfeit his life /
most odious and desperate and Ia be
coming too AlArmingly frequent, and
Z )binson' fate will but deter an
check others from pursuing the cours
he has pursued, his life viii NOS be for
feited in vain.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

The benefits Of protection are demon
etrased in the fact that the great Shelf
field iron Aad steel works in England.
seriously contemplate removing to some
suitable locality yet to be selected in
this country. The Scranton, Pa,
Truth, I'm referring TO this So bject says,
some OF our eminent and persplc scious
free traders take advantage OF this an
nouncenens to emphasize the conf
dence sAat has been inspired abroad by
the present administration, aud with
singular inconsistency denounce the
protective system which in reality
stimulates the iron and steel trade OF
the country into profitable activity ut
q time when the mills and furnaces OF
England are almost cold. 1t would bt
giving the English manufacturer too
much credit for diligence and discern.
ment in the consideration Of our poll.i
cal system TO say that he could be
swayed in so important q matter az
this by the success Of either party. One
thing, however, he fully understands,
and tina. is that o wing to the system OF
protection which prevails In the U uited
States, he cannot sell his goods In our
market at profit. This is why his
mills are idle while those In this coun.
try are at full blast.
L. is 10 this convincing srRu ment
that we owe the fact Of this great En-
glish firm contemplating coming here
to set up In business and not because
OF any deep or permanent admiration
OF one party over another. The Shelf
field company sees that owing to the
protective system they cannot avail
themselves Of the benefits Of oul
markets, and so they wisely decide u
come here and profit by protection. By
the way, as the Sheffield company con
template removing their works to this
country, the people OF Wilmington
should be on the lookout and invite
them TO this city to see our advan-
tsges before locating elsewhere. We
know, no Rever, one gentleman who has
already written to the company upon
this subject, but action by our City
Council would not be inappropriate
OF course We do not mean that a com
mit:ee should go to England, but
authorized correspondence would b,
legitimate work.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21


II Iowa does not become q stalwsrt
prohibition State, it will not be for the
want OF direct pr ohibitory legislation
provided the bill now pending before
the legislation becomes q law. The bill
goes farther, we believe, than any
statute inspired by like motive in any
other State OF the Union. 1t gives the
Governor power to remove summarily
the Mayor OF any town or city In which
the liquor law is violated, and to put
in his place some one to enforce the
statute. IL seems to be overlooked that
the weakness OF the prohibitory meas
ure lies in its security. Tt Is dou btful
IL public opinion in any community
will long allow such executive inter
ference in Local affairs as this act would
permit and sanction. Still II Iowa
wants such law, let her have 1t, and
let coercion have the benefit OF q fair
trial. Iowa is as good q place as
any State In the Union to make such q
trial.
We are very much mistaken, how
ever,ii popular opinion even in Iowa,
will sanction such arbitrary measures,
most certainly it does not In large cities
OF the State, aud prohibition will hardly
be helped much by a rigid enforcement
of law 10 which large majority Of
the people are opposed.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

sHoULD the Singer Sewing Machine
Company conclude to come 70 this city,
aud cannot make acceptable arrange
menis for the purchase OF land from
the Chris:ianA River Improvement
Company, q gentleman stands ready to
make the company q present Of teu
acres OF land, locAted on one OF the
principal ihoroug hfAres. That Is the
proper spirit 10 exercise and must re-
suit in q great benefit 10 our city -
sell as TO the gentleman who is.willDs
20 donate the ten acres.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
HARD COAL IS The BEST
BUY TT AT
FRENCH ST. WHARF
GEORGE v, BUSH
4 SONS
I'D EiISTEk'S ORDER.
~ hKeIsTRR'5 OYFICR,
NEW CASTLE COUNTY. DBL.
haY 1aoE

Upon the application OF GEORGE ALL
m0N Executor Of WILLIAM HARE. late
OF Wilmington Hundred In said county de.
ceased, 1t lie ordered and directed By the
hexister that the Executor Aforesaid give
notice Of granting OF letters Ttstamen.
tary, this day, upon the estate o,
me deceased, with the date Of granting
thereof, By causing ADVERTISEMENT 10 -
posted within forty days from the date OF
such letters In SIX Of the most public nlanes
OF the county Of New Oastlo, requiring An
persons having demands against the eststs
70 present the same, or abide by an ACT al
Assembly In such case made and proyIded
and also cause the same 70 DO Inserted within
the same period In the DAILY RKPuBIIoIH
Newspaper published in Wilmington And
70 Dc continued therein three weeks lao
- Given under the hand and seal
L.s. I ofOflce OF the Register Aforesaid.
~ at Wilmington, in New Caste
written. / q. 0ETIpH Ral~,s,sv
HorIcH--All persons having claims against
the estate OF the deceased must present the
same, duly altered 10 the Executor
on or before the I'D day OF Decem Der .lsao. or
abide the Act Of Assembly In such case made
ana provided. HEORuE ALLMON,
Executor.
Adafoss, wilmington. Del. d2t
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
Merchant TaiInr.

James Harding, s16 French street, is
acknowledged 70 be one of the best
merchant tailoTs in the city His cutting
and fitting cannot b. excelled. Nobody
looks well without a neat fitting suit,
and this Harding guarantees every
time BE has large stock of goods
and the latest fashions.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

THE Democrats Of Pennsylvania
bad little diversion yesterday. They
met in Harrisburg for the purpote o.
electing a chairman of the State Cen raj
Committee, q position Mr.. Hensel as
already held for four years. All tn t
will be expected Of him is to keep the
Republican msjority OF the States ONE
where below 100000.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21
Profit for EVERYBODY.

Parker's Tonic kept In a home is a fentinel
to keep sickness out. Used discreetiy II
keeps the blood pure, and the stomach liver
and kidneys In working order. Coughs and
colds vanish before It. 1t builds I'D the
health
sell large quantities Of Parker's Tonic
In my drug store. Among NY customers a
doctor. who as boon prescribing 1t for the
pasL two years He was nearly dead him
sell, and tried every remedy known TO his
profei sion, with ont any relief After he had
used four bottles Of PArker's TOMS he began
- grow in flesh and the improvem emit n his
hea lth was absolutely wonderful He now
recon II ends 1t TO every one."-J. L. barrow
Calu net avenue pharmacy, ll3TWenty. ninth
street, Chicago, Ill.
PARKER'S TONIC.
Prepared BY Hiscox & Co.. N.Y.
Sold By druggists in large bottles at q.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

lighter, "a.
Not single blankets, I'M
less we cut the pairs in two.
Southwest from the center, opposite The
Waiting Room.
There is a 54-inch Home
spun of canvas wool for so
cents a yard that ought to
be seen by every woman in
search OF a plain substantial
dress stuff for So the dress.
The 75-cent Homespun,
same width, is of the usual
Homespun wool, coarse
twills. two colors alternating
in the twills; 81 so the dress
OF six yards.
Southeast OF the center.
There is a cloth embroi-
dered with silk and fringed
with wool, tor less than the
cloth alone is worth, S. the
dress-6s yards of plain
cloth, Al embroidered and
tringed. The fringe can be
cut off without harm if moi
wanted. The cloth alone al
so cents a yard would
amount to SIS so.
Fashion has run away
from it.
Southeast from the center.
We have sold the new
rubber overgarments losg
enough to know what sorts
are most approved.
No change in the old ones,
except that nobody wants
tn m fine and costly. What
are still worn are SI.5o tc
$3.50.
The most approved of the
new are: both shapes. circr.
lar and Kensington; anc
silvery-frosty rubber outside
black alpaca outside, anc
black mohair with the TIMES
possible stripe of white silk
SIS to $40.
Nobody wears the ole
black rubber-coated one,
from choice. They will al
ways be worn though.
By the middle Market-street door.
Take three I5-cent Whit
linen handkerchief as indi
cations OF what is done il
the store that sells one
; seventh Of al the .linel
handkerchiets that come t,
the country.
Linen rather coarse, mar
row hemstitch, strap OF hem
stitch work around insid,
the hem;'hree rows of drawn
| thread henstitch all roun
! the handkerchief.
, Finer linen, without tn
strap, two-inch hem or large
handkerchief and narrowe
hem.
These three are fair ex
amples OF what We are doin,
all the year round.
By the Arcade steps.
Brocade silk handker
| chiefs, IS cents, will be sol
to-day for 50, three styles,
dozen colors of each; not al
we have-twelve hundred il
) all to be sold for so cent,
As soon as these are sold tn
price goes up to IS cent
again.
By the Arcade steps.
b Muslin underwear two
thirds. We give a few ex
amples::
Chemises-Four Han
burg insertions and tucks, a
cents; whole bosom Of Han
burg, 81; whole yoke {
Hamburg, $I.25; cambri
with yoke of Medicis lac
S and Hamburg insertions an
S Medicis lace around yok'
= SI.75; with torchon an
: tucks, 81; with torchon an
) Hamburg, 81 IS.
Z, Night-gow7s: Mothe
1 Hubbard with tacks an
' Hamburg ruffle, S. cents
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-01-21

NEBRASKA comes TO the front with
thu largest man In the Legislature. II g
n Ames Il John lard vide.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25

An American who has spent some
months in Liberia writes privately from
Monrovia, the capital, that it is built on
a bed of iron ore, nearly pure; that 1t
contains 5000 inhabitants, only few OF
them white, divided into natives, the
Liberians, or children born there of for
eign parents, and immigrants. The
Kroos, an aboriginal tribe, were formerly
the slave dealers of the coast, and each
man has blue tattoo mark in the mid
die of his forehead, extending to the
nose. The women paint themselves from
head to heel, many having the Liberian
or American flag painted on their brows,
but never the British flag, which they
hate. The girls, as soon as they can
walk, arc put into the gree-gree bush,
kind of barbarous convent, where they
are taught their duties as women and
wives. They are usually sold at birth
for connub;al purposes, at about $l5
each, or half dozen for $50. A man
may have as many wives as he has money
to pay for. The boys are kept in the
bush until fourteen, when they are con-
sidered of age If the boys or girls dis
close the secrets of their bush, or are
caught in another bush than their own,
they are publicly put to death. The
country has some 700, 900 aboriginals,
with 10000 persons of colonial stock,
and nearly all the emi-tropical products
are indigenous there. The government
is modelled exactly after ours. 1t was
declared an independent state in 1S47,
and, the years following, was recognized
as such by Great Britain and France.
The climate, which was once considered
fatal to Europeans, has been recently
much improved by clearances, drainage
and the like, and bids far intimately to
be inhabited by the Western races.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25
Gallantry.

Old Mr.. Shocks is an inveterate wag.
He lives at large boarding house on
West 14th street. In the same house
live couple of young dry goods clerks.
They are both of the genus dude, and
affect an air of extreme and feminine
languor which Mr.. Shocks declares makes
him sick at his stomach.
The other morning, just after Mr..
Shocks had taken his seat at the break
fast table, the two young exquisites
lolled into the room and sank into their
chairs.
''Geawge," drawled one of them to
the waiter, ''wait on us immediately"
''But," said the waiter, 'Mr. Snooks
was in ahead Of you, sir; Pm waiting on
him."
"Weah in a huhwy, Geawge, and must
be waited onv'
In despair, George turned to Mr..
Shocks. "NYhat shall do, sirG"
"Georgel" said Snooks severely and
audibly, "always wait on the ladies
first ~
The. dudes now express the opinion
that Mr.. SHOCKS is coarse, brutal man
''sells potatoes on Chambahs street,
y'know. "-Life.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25
The Tr, es Of Japan.

The trees of Japan are q wonder.
Here is the "mookungi," with its purple
bell-shaped flowers; also the magnolia,
with its rich white and purple clusters.
Queen among the trees towers the ca
melia. Some of these are sixty feet high
and are covered with blossoms from
January to May, of many varieties, from
the large pure white, resembling double
rose, to various shades of pink and red.
The cherry and plum trees are cultivated
solely for their blossoms and are trees of
rare beauty. The former grows thirty
feet high and as many broad, its branches
covered with red and white flowers two
inches in diameter and pertaining the
air at a great distance. Its petals of
snow and cream, falling in showers,
spread many a carpet for the feet on the
stone paths leading to the temples, veri-
flying the native poet when he says
"There arc snow-showers which do not
descend from the skies" The plum tree
is par excellence the poets tree. Often
it is seen standing leafess in the snow,
yet adorned with blossoms like bride.
The tree bursts into soft clouds of bloom
and fragrance in February.
Along the hillsides naples and pines
are covered with vines of exquisite love-
illness, trailing and INTERVENING with be-
wi!dering intricacy; among these are the
wistaria and thumbergia, with their
purple stars and tufts. From the ver-
dant valleys to the tops of the mountains
are seen lilies, pinks and roses of endless
variety. The grass is studded, and fiow-
ers spring even from the quaint, artistic
matched roofs of the tea-houses, asking
leave only to grow and bless the light.
These tea-houses seem idyllic. They are
a national institution, for they are every
where, as the people are everywhere;
along the city streets, by the roadside, in
the groves, woods, parks, valleys, and
up the mountain side.-Brooklyn Maya
| zine.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25

A writer in the Brooklyn Union says:
"a long time ago l wrote the opinion of
an experienced publisher that Mrs. Julia
Dent Grant, or in other words the Grant
family. would derive, in the end, $780,
OGO from the writings of General L. 5.
Grant. Inasmuch as Mrs. Grant has
already received $3.50, 900 and will get
at lest $4,000 more from the work
which Grant finished Just before his
death, it will be no difficult matter to
make the material left by General Grant
for another work yie,d the remaining
$3.50, coo. The work to follow the war
record will be practically history OF
Grants two terms as President OF the
Emitted States. 1t will be even more In
teresting to the masses than the war rec
ord, but will lack the merit of being the
personal compilation of Grant. His notes,
however, will supply all the facts. A
fair share of the persons who purchase
the war record will want the Presidential
history. Therefore the success of the
work is absolutely assured in advance.
Colonel Fred. Giant has the matter in
hand 1 am told that he proposes to be
the publisher himself"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25

Our consul at Chemnitz, Germany,
writes the Department of State: ''Horsc
meat is extensively consumed by the
laboring classes, the prices ranging from
four to five cents per pound. I can also
vouch for the fact that large number Of
dogs are annually killed for consump-
ton. Dog meat is publicly exposed for
sale in the markets, and / am informed
that many well-to-do people frequently
eat it in preference to mutton; and the
fact that it is sold from one to three
cents per pound more than horse meat,
would seem to bear out this assertion,
Roast dog and dumplings,' is frequently
advertised in the papers by keepers of
restaurants, and the Chemnitz papers
contain weekly statistical account of
all the horses and dogs killed for con.
sumption in that city. Dog meat is
supposed to possess curative power in
cases of pulmonary complaints, and to
judge by the number annually killed in
this neighborhood, the disease must be
widespread"
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1886-12-25

Kentuckians will have to give up the
idea of the States possessing diamond
fields 1t the session of the American
Institute OF Mining Engineers in st.
Louis the other day the subject came up
for discussion, and it was demonstrated
by Professor Ashburner, Ct Philadelphia,
that the only basis for such belief was
the rem TX of Henry Carlton Lewis be-
fore the British Academy of Scientists,
t. at a slight similarity existed between
the trap rock of Eastern Kentucky and
the diamond region of Southern Africa.
A newspaper correspondent, however,
had reported him as saying that dia-
monds might be found in the blue grass
Stale
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An Extra Tea.

Major tombstone is very particular
about the spelling of his name. He is
very proud man on general principles.
Nothing exasperates him more than to
be mixed up geographically or other
wise with the common herd of Johnsons
without a t. He was about leaving
hotel in Dallas. He had asked for bis
bill, and when it was handed him by
the clerk he scowled fiercely.
as there any mistake in the billP
asked the clerk.
"There is, sir; you have spelled my
name without the t."
"Ah, sec," replied the clerk, 'you
should be charged with an extra {.
Fifty cents more, if you please. "-7s1a'
Sylings.