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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

mo rope inside 2
and Vet He Died!

A Boston small dog whose lines had i'll
deed fallen in pleasant places hns just
died. He wore delicate napkins at his
meals with his name embroidered in the
centre. He was put to sleep in q crib,
with costly furs for his bed and u coverltt
OF the finest wool wrapped him about.
Over his sleeping prison WAS drawn q
counterpane of figured silk. When he
took an airing it was always from the seat
Of carriage, and the coachman hus
driven him out alone when by chance nc
members of the family were ready tc
accompany him. 1t is said, on tn,
authority of the Record, that since hi
death his former home has been in mourn
ing. Visiting friends of the family hav'
been given to understand that the famil.
would prefer that all calls should be
omitted for the present. ANY allusion Il
the dog in the presence of his mistress
occasions food of tears, and the attend
ing physician has rigidly prohibited IN.
mention of the name or fate of the pet
suitable memorial will soon be erected &
his memory.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

One of the most interesting of the
political exiles who have made England
their home is Prince Krapotkin. The
prince lives at Harrow, supporting him
self and wife solely on the proceeds Of
his writings, for his estates have been
confiscated, and his wealth has disap-
peared as completely as if it had been
swallowed up in qulcksand. He is the
most gentle, aifable and unassuming of
men, bearing his poverty with resigna
ton, and freely displaying his stores Of
learning and culture for the benefit OF
his friends. Some time ago his brother
who has taken no part in politics, wa.
condemned to spend the rest of his days
on the shores Of the Arctic Ocean. He
was a man who spoke five European Ian
guages, and was retiring scholar Of
amiAble disposition. As soon as his sen
tence was communicated to him he sho
himself. His only crime was that he WA
Krapotkin.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

A citizen Of Buffalo suffering from an
liberated tooth sought ralief in the flow-
ing bowl, much to his wife's alarm. One
night he came home about 10 o'clock, and
as he entered the house he saw big rat.
To seize the poker and go for it was the
work of an instant, and in the chase that
followed the rat rushed into the bedroom
where the mans wife was about going to
bed. She didn't see the rat, and was
naturally agitated at seeing her husband,
in boots, overooat, and cap, banging away
with the poker and yelling "I'n have
that rat II die for it." sob, dear
there's no rat here" she said but he
kept right on, hammered on some of her
clothing that lay on lounge, and then
triumphantly held up the dead body Of
the rat. The wife looked at it moment
and then, in accents Of inexpres sible. re
lief, said '"Thsnk heaven, there Das {
rat after all.n
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
a Bre soHGFFER cHAIIENGE'
A a.. HouI. man Backs Him for from
900 20 e1O,09Ds


ST., LOUIS, Dec 24.--The usooe,
Democrat publishes challenge Ip,n
Richard Roche of this city, offering ~
back Jacob Schaslfer against any man N
the world at any game ,nat ~
nlaved ON billiard table. he
then states specifically that ne
will back Schaetfer for not less
chan al 600 against any man IN 'ne
world az the s,inch, 12.inch or la-lnuI,
balk line game, the champions game, .ne s
ali rail game, the three cushion game
aud the cushion first or bank game Ihe
last two games are to 80 az one ma.o 'l,
the player accepting one must also as'ss
to play the other. ,,,.,,,
Inc challenge also says; SIN addition
to the above games I will back sehaenel
against any player" 49, .n,
81 will also match him against any
PLAYER in America. barring slosson, D
ia. inch balk line, Schaeifer 70 give M
opponent discount Of 33A PER cent
for not loss than 81, 900 schAehe
viii play any of these game
in any city in the country with one eA
ception, and viii let the opponent seler
the referee. | will not consent 10 nav
tho cushion carom eaHia played IN NtN
York. The games may also he piaye'
in public or private the winhe
in all contests to take everything
As soon as any one of these challenge
ia accepted, / will place forfeit 9
81 900 with the Cube Democrat. Fac
game can be made for $4,000, $lO,O0 Q
$40 600, but not less than VI 600.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

Henri Cunge, yopng French watch
maker, has invented mysterious click,
called by its inventor La Iransperenta
1t is com posed of thin C-shaped copper
stand, which supports two hollow glass
balls, the lower one, which is marked with
the hours and subdivisions for the half
and quarter hours, being considerably
larger than the upper one, which is
marked with the minutes. Thete two
balls rotate on steel piyots before fixed
indexes. Tue minute index is formed by
an arrow-shsped prolongation of the O.
shaped stand which curves over the nppei
ball;the hour index is formed by Coppal
figure, which stands in front of the ap
paratus, and which represents man hold
ing lance in band. The point of thi
lance is on level with the circle o
figures. II is quite impossible for tn
casual observer, even after a careful
study of the model, to solve the enigm
of its working. The globes, as betor
stated, are hollow, and as transparent a
a aOsp-bubble.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

"Why, dear" said Mr.. Topnoody to his
wife, MS he started down town this morn
ing, "this is Masonic day with as, and as
I am to attend the meeting of the general
grand council of the royal and select
masters, will not be home to dinner,
and may not even be back until far into
the night, so do not be alarmed by my
absence. We will be very busy, You know,
my dear"
"oh, you will, will you ?" replied Mrs
Topnoody, firing mp. "rhe general grand
council of the royal and select masters, is
it 7 And you'll be ont till late2"
eyes, my dear" he answered gently.
early, you mean," she snapped.
tWell, go on but let me tell you, Top
moody, that there is Special Grand Coun
Gil Of the Royal and Select Mistress right
in the house, and I'm the NJ. P. G. G. NJ,
and the B. P. G. d. M, and the P. D. O.,
and all the rest of the meeting, and if yor
come poking around that night latch with
your watch key at 3 q. m. trying to wind
up the clock, as you did once before, I'll
come down and open the nall with gran'
chapter on wives rights that will max yo'
think that you have been riding goat TO
month. Do you hesr2 Now, go, bu
don't let the festivities get to you
memory, or you'll be sorry for it,"
Mr.. Topnoddy picked up his hat AMI
went away silently.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
4 HERO OF THE HUsrrNGs.
How a lad, who Will he President
ReTOre lac Knows II, Carried nu
| EtnctL0us

SaN igse tribune.
The election st " GODS River developed
at least one hero, boy IL years old,
whose widowed mother, a school teacher,
ran for superintendent of schools for the
county and was elected, showing under
her competitor by u majority of loo.
The boy took active part in the canvass
for his mother, aud whoever was luke
warm or tired, this lad WAS in dead
earnest.
A free train rau 10 Shoshone and back
on election day. Without his mothers
knowledge the boy went to Shoshone--
so miles away tbered big crowd Of
citizens, mounted platform, made {
speech, stating who ne WAS. that his
father, formerly principal OF the Halle!
school, died year ago; that his mother
was teaching for a living that she haC
| five children; that she was now running
| for superintendent Of the county schools
that she needed the office, was capable o
filling it, and he hoped that they woult
all 90 to the polls and vote for her. Al
shutdown 252 votes were counted for tn
brave boys mother, against l5S for he
opponent.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
sHad n T'a.,e for Tar.

''Can do anything for you? ?" politely
inquired the young man in charge OF the
cigar factory Office az a stranger entered.
"Wby, yes. guess son was the rather
slow reply. lyon make brand OF cigars
called the .Joax' don't you 2"
Eyes, sir. we do"
'And you keep advertising that you
are bound to preserve the excellence of
the brand 2"
Eyes, SIR
i" Well, I've been smoking the Joaxs
for couple of years past, and it's only
lately I've noticed change in the taste.
thought I'd drop in and see about H."
Why, sir, We are using even better
tobacco"
And the same filleIsS"
90 Better filters, air -
'Well, that's probably the matter. Up
to fortnight ago they had beautiful
taste of tarred rome, and my wife used IL
inhale the smoke for catarrh. Since that
time they seem so have Il sort of sheep
| tWine taste AID the smell is like an d,
towel Oh ETe. I WINS gong 70 eay thT
it,
sour cigars ore made entirely of choic,
tobacco, sir!"
mo rope inside y
mo, sir /"
ooh, we'll, then, guess I'll change m.
brand. Tarred rope lays over sbeeI
twlne any day i'll the week with me, an
there's my wife's catarrh and the baby
whooping cough to be consulted. Sorr
to have troubled you, sir; but all Of Il
have our tastes, you know"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
A CORNER IN MARBLES.
An Exploit Of llIe Leading Member
ct the standard OH Combination.

An Exploit Of IlIe Leading Member
0a the standard OIL combination.
Pittsburg Penny Press
John A. Rockefeller, the leading spirit
Of this remarkable organization, has per-
fected kind of civil service reform in
the administration of its affairs that has
no patience with Mugwumps. Its laws
are comparatively few, but are enforced
regardless of anything like sentiment for
persons or things. An aneGdote is related
of Rockafeller's you which is further
evidence of the truth o. the poets words:
'rIhe child is father to the man." II was
arranged, with the elaborateness only
boys are capable of, that the boys of the
public school which he was attending
should on the following day have mar
BILE. playing tournament, aud prize was
to be given to the boy who won the most
marbles. 1t proved very taking among
the lads and stirred up to excitement
many who Heretofore had either not
played marbles very much or had tried to
| grow out of that fascinating game. Rock
afeller was not much given 10
marble playing, but he entered into
the arrangements with such zeal
that marble playing WINS the only thing
/ thIhGu vi ullOuk Whoh hAA2 20
rangements were, with the exception Of
some minor details, perfected to the sat
isfaction of the leading spirits, Rocka
Teller quietly stepped away and bough
all the marbles he hg money to buy, anJ
after sonIe clever financial work with BIZ
friends he managed to get all in tn
maket. He then returned, and when tn
boys began to look ont for stock the.
couldn't find any. Rockafsller, purei.
out of sympathy for the boys, SAID b
had, he Thought, more than he wanteu
and would let them have a few, but a
they were Of superior kind he wante
fair price. His stock disappeared q
fast as the other boys heard that he ha,
only few left, AMI il is said that he wa
somewhere near whole dollar the bette
of whan he had sold out to the diminu
tive specimens of the lambs, which b
has more spberly but not more shrewdl
! clipped in the petroleum world.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

Allcock's are the only genuine porous plastsrs
An other socslled porous pIAsoers are imita-
tons.
Their makers only get them up to sell on the
reputation Of Allcock's,
All socalled Improvements and new tngrs.
dieuts are humbugs.
No one has ever made an improvement on
ALLcoCK's POROUS PLAsTKRs.
When you buy ALIoocK's POROUS PI.AsfKhG
you obtain the beat plAstera made.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
4 roo SIZE sArE.
Hurgiars Gag n Marshal 8ut Cam
NOT Open the Safe


CLEyE AND, ONO, Dec. ga special dis.
patch to the Leader from Medina, Ohio,
says: This morning, about I O'Clock, i've
men oyerpowered Marshal Frazler, bound
aud gagged him, and, taking him with
them, they proceeded to the courthouse.
They broke window In the office OF the
county treasurer, and entering placed the
helpless marshal In corner and Hung q
heavy overcoat over him. They then at
tempted to blow open the safe containing
&30N00.
Three attempts were made. In succession
and after three hours OF fruitless work they
noticed lights beginning to appear In the
windows OF houses nearby. One OF the
burglars remarked to his companions that
they must be getting out OF there, as the
people were getting up. Hastily leay-
ing the building with their trouble
only for their pains, they helped themselves
to two horses and two vehicles belonging
to DR.. Hard and Gall Hamilton. They
drove rapidly past the depot. Marsha
Frazier succeeded In arousing Sheriff Deal
Ing and "a vigorous search was at once In
stituted but so far without result.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
IRE IN THE East.



It IL essential for the honor OF a Hindu
family of good caste, says writer In
contemporary that II should contain no
unmarried daughter of mature years.
The existence of such q daughter Ia not
only a social diagrsce, but religious
crime. When, therefore, a female infant
il born, the nrst idea of her fathers MUD
is not one Of pleasure, nor perhaps of
very active regret, but simply how to
find husband for her. 1e 10 not neees-
sary that she should become wife In our
sense of the word. II sufaces that she
should be given in msrrisge, and go
through the ceremony Of the Seven Steps,
which completes the religions rite. Aged
brahmans of good family still go about
the country, marrying, for pecuniary cen
sideration, female infants WHOM they SOME
times never see again. Within the memory
of men still living tubs abominable prac
,ice was houriihing trade. A Kuil',
Brabman, perhaps white haired, hstlI
blind, and decrepit, went the round OF
his beat each spriug going through the
ceremony Of marriage with such female
infants as were offered, and pocketing
his fee, and perhaps never returned to
| tue child's house. So long as ne lived
| bub GuuAu uhEE1 hO ututN Aihh Whch he
| died she became widow for life. The
Hindu child widow is looked upon as q
thing apart and accursed, bearing the
penalty in this world for sins which she
has committed in past existence. Bel
hair is cut short, or her head is shaved
altogether; she exchanges her pretty
childish clothes for the widows ooarss
and often squalid garments; she is for
hidden to take any part in any village
festival or family gathering; the yer,
sight of her is regarded as Al i'll omen
Her natural womsn's Instincts are starved
into inauition by constant fasts. some
times prolonged T. "a hours. Amid tn
genial and brightly colored life of tn,
Hindu family shu fits about disarrayed
silent, shunned, disfgured- SOM
parts of India a hideously bald object
forbidden all joy and all hope. Their
are hundreds of thousands of widow
in India who have acquiesced in thei
cruel lot They aeespt with patheii
faith and resignH,iln the prisstly ex
PLANTATION which is given 10 them. The
ptnitentlv believp that they are "a
plating sins committed in q past life
snd thsy humbly trast that their puri
flying sorrows here will via rewar
in the life to come.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
SCALY. ITCHY SKIN


And All GschtnE aa,d sctsiS skin shd
ScaIp Dis. asses OnS ed by GnticUrA.
ID uliIAsis Eczema, letter, Rlngwornl, IL
chen, Pun ", Sisld ltfd, M'lt Ctnt
lnndruff, BARRIERS Bakers' o. ers and Wash,
erw ,man's II b, aud every spsc es Of Itching,
Burning, Scaly, inriy liumorsof the Skin AM
Scalp, with L rs Of Hal are positive lyGured by
CUTiCURA the great 9i,n Cure, and Cu"IUUsA
SOAR an exquisite ERln Besuifler externally,
and GUTIcURA RKsoLYBET, the new Blood Pnrl
1er Il t-rnAlly, when physicians and al Other
rann adias III
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

Mary" said an economical Philadel-
phia husband, II want to make You a
Christmas present this year, but really
don't know what to get. guess I'll post
pone it until next year and then get some.
thing nice"
John, you said that last year"
sReally now, did II Well that proves
that never forget you"
But, John, you may be dead by mex
year"
"Why, that's true, and if I don't waste
any money on Christmas presents you'll
be so much better off. Really, Mary, III
glad to see you look at matters in such
sensible light"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

Do not, as you value life, entertain the idea
that a cough Is one Of those casual Local aflec-
tins which require but little attention. This
soecifs Of infatuatien Ia fatal to thoussnda A
cough Is tho frat menace Of consumption, re-
member that. Annihilate the da' ger by extln-
gushing the complaint. The means await you
at every drug store. HALE'B HONEY OF HORE
HOUND AND TAR will, In every instance, eject q
perfect cure OF the threatening ailment without
causing nausea, for 1t is pleasant TO the palate
as well az infBllible.
Pixies Tooth-Ache DrOps-Curein one minute
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
NOVEL BURNERS.
nddlIies az FittsbHvk's New system
of Healing.

Pirsbu-g Dlsoa'ch.
Long ago. remarked one of the oldest
stove aud range dealerBin the city, ''when
our grandfathers did business in the vii
lage OF Pittsburg, people found it neces-
sary to utilize the whole side of a house
for fire. place. That was when every
man went out into his back lot and
chopped down trees for fuel, BY and 10y
coal came into use, and the size of fire
places gradually diminished until a little
hole in the wall couple of feet square
was amply sufficient. Now natural gas
has come to stay and coal has taken a
back seat. Instead of the big stone fire
place or the black looking CRATE, little
| decorated and painted opening, with a
prettily gilded arrangement for gas 10
come through, is ell that is necessary for
heating purposes in the largest room
/ There will be quite competition this
\ winter in the matter of getting out
natural gas novelties. Everybody il
| looking for something unique and some
thing new. Quite number of people
are having pretty little fre-places made
especially for gas. They are semi circu.
lar in form and arc prettily decorated
The gas comes out of fancy figure Of
some kind and makes a very novel APP
pearance. Other citizens will merely tS
up their old fire places TO suit their fancy.
"There areshundreds of new forms Of
gas burners being introduced. many very
pretty ones. For instance, one of the
most popular is of brass and iron with &
number of imitation logs of wood thrown
over it. The logs are made of ire-prooi
composition, and have little holes all ovei
them for the gas to come through. Thii
gives the appearance of an old-fashionet
wood fire. That design is little old
however, as we had few last year.
"0ther designs are in the form o
| animals of all kinds. One of the mos
unusual represents satan standing in til,
midst of o furnace and blowing GU
flames from his mouth. Another is toad
which sits on the hearth stone and send
I flame of fire from its open mouth The
!, there are little tire-clay cabins that ar
set ON the hearth-stone in the midst of
gerder made Of the same tt0tGtl8l. M
represent house gu fire Eyarytlin
d imaginable is being represented, ana III
!, less miss my guess, before the winter
{, over, there will be some gay FIRE plact
10 Within the limits of the two cities"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30

At lO2 Rast Fifth street. Piles Of candy. home
made ginger cakes, piles OF nuts and oranges,
piles OF candy TOYS, piles Of citron, orange and
lemon peel, raisins and currants for the mil
Hons. We never had such q sto Il Of fine goods
70 select your groceries from We give a lovely
cup and saucer with every half pound Of tea
ano ,oseiy .s n,r hriatas ssa M
Monday and with Il came bundles Of sandal
wood at 10c a bundle; you light each taper, there
are 20 in each bundle, the smoke makes a dell
cious perfume all through the house, we sold
thousands Of them today. We have lovely
centre pieces for Christmas trees. u ynu wan
70 get the worth Of your dollar come 70 10e Eas
Fifth street, we will III your house win fioul
and groceries and you will wonder how littll
money you spent at T. NJ wier's, l02 East Fifth
street.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
/. Rnroue,r Grew eravely Rescued.

BosroN, Dec. 2s.--The steamer Calico,
Jones. arrived this morning from Hull,
England. Captain Jones reports: On De-
cember 18th, Latitude 40, 81; longitude 10,
~, W, sighted wreck flying signals OF
distress. Bore down to the vessel, which
proved to be- the barqne Kryolith, Captain
stevens, Of Parrsboro, N. s., from Philadel-
phia for Tralee, with cargo OF corn
in bulk. A life-boat was launched from the
man reached the wreck after great diff.
Guilty. The captain of the barque and the
crew OF seven men were taken of the
wreck, which was wnterlogged and in q
sinking condition, aud taken aboard OF thu
steamer, which then proceeded. Captain
Stevens reports that he and his men sui
rered severely. One Of the crew, Frank
Cook OF Bristol, was washed overheard
from the barque and drowned.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
psORIas,s, on scAI.v SKIN.

l, John j. Case, D n. s., having practiced
dentistry in this county for thirt five years aud
being W II hnown 10 thousands hsreabOulsi
with view 10 help any who are afflicted a.
nave been for the past tH elve years, testify that
thu CUTIcuRA REMEDIES cured me Of Psoria eis
lr Scaly ski i, In eight days, after The doc'ort
With whom had consulted gave me no help OF
slcouf Bgament. JOHN j. CASE, ID, ID. =.
NRwTnE NJ l.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-12-30
Natural Gn.in pir,.hnrr.

The hardware trade is in some depart
ments notably affected by reason OF the
changes brought about ut the tireside OF
the domestic consumer of the new fuel
As q natural gas fire requires neither
intending nor replenishing, coal holds,
coal vases, fire irons, &C., are eliminated
from the list of the housekeepers' necessi-
ties. A leading dealer reports that
whereas his stock of fire.irons poker,
shovel, tongs aud stand) required 200 sets
annually, this fall has brought no orders.
| At the same time, the demand for orna-
mental Tenders has notably increased.
4 The housekeepers, fiuding no outlay
necessary for fire irons, seem by common
consent to have expended that outlay
upon fender in keeping with the en-
HANGED beauty aud cleanliness of the open
fire One attribute of the open gas fire
has alone prevented tho coal vase from
ignoble retirement. 1t is unsafe to throw
scraps OF any kind upon the gas fire, mas
much as the resultant ash settles among
the fragments Of FIRE brick, TINS clogging
the free passage OF gas, A receptacle for
such scraps is found necessary, and the
coal vase now serves in this capacity in
very many instances. IN addition
u l4ith ut4R AVA
metallic vases of varied pattern,
designed expressly rs a receptacle fol
scraps. household rubbish and such ma
Jerial as has been heretofore cast into tn,
open Fireplace. The coal wagons ant
the ash carts have almost disappeared
from the city's streets, inasmuch as there
is neither coal nor ashes to cart TO anC
from the house, the mill or the factory
In the wall paper trade q marked chang
is reported The darkest shades Of sucl
paper have formerly been the first choic
Of Pittsburgers, due of course, to til
! fact that such shades best preserved thei
tints and beauty in the sooty atmospher
of Pittsburg The reverse is now til
/ case, buyers finding it possible to indulg
{ in their preference for the lighter an
/ prettier shades they have SO long bee
i debarred from selecting. The same hold
I good in the carpet and upholstery trade
/. OF the city. Fabrics that year ago coul
!, find no market, by reason of their ligl
!. hues, are now chosen in preference
those of sombre and gloomy colors.