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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03
4 Limo kin Ciub Presentation,

"Will Judge Consecutive Smith please step
Ills way:' asked Brother Gardner as the meet
ing opened with sixteen kerosene lamps she'd
ding their radiance over the ball
The Judge advanced III two-lnm time, and
tile president continued:
Judge Smith ynu am about TO leave us
an take up your home il Il distant state.
You will moi only carry wild You de hes
wishes Of ehrIy mrn,ler uf dis society but
You will still preserve your membership wild
us. In gwine of among strangers, dar' am
some rules an naNims dat it would he well to
ubsarve;
"Whir It ann f;lshlnbul to eat wild fork,
dean let a good piece Of bacon slip away fun
want Of usin' yer knife.
when you has fnun Il butcher who will
give You credit YOU has fom' an enemy.
"lt amt de amount of wages you airn, hui
il am de number Of days you ann idle
Honest an industrious men needn't worry
about dc number Of patent Jail locks.
DE man who lights two candles to think hy
am srlah' to want fur light to work by.
DE time spent in buillin' air castles would
purvide de world with tatcls at cent Il
hrIshel ...
Honesty am good policy, hut it ann wis,
to wait and See what dr oddrr fellow am in
tendin' 10 do.
You can't cotch pork in Il dice box, mor
pay your taxes wild lottery tickets dat didn't
draw.
Now, Bmddcr Smith, on behalf of de
members OF dis club. | shall present YOU wild
dis coffee mill lis inuim~icl value am moi
great--only fifty crni,-hut you will prize ID
sentiment which ucktuated de givers. De Ole
woman kin u,t II To grind coffee or popcorn,
an de children kin lay hess wild it an hu.
nobody's feelus. L am allus wound NJ.
1t nm PREPARED lur cherry change Of weather.
1t hebber need, tmiu, an lie bellows nebbei
( gifts outer order, Take it, Bwldder Smith,
an' may luck an prosperity attend YOU"
The iulgc attempted to Voice his feelings
! but it was a failure His chin quivered, a
lump gathered in his thloat, and scalding
! tears fell into the hopper ol the mill Detroit
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03
THE RAILROAD STRIKE.
HOW THE STRIKE ORIGINATED ON
THE SOUTHWESTERN SYSTEM.

Map of St. Louis and East st. Louis-Por-
traits of Governors 1Iarmadulse, of Mis-
souri,, and Martin, of Kansas, and
Vire-President II. NJ. Hoxie.
ST. Louis, March 30.-What tremendous
conflagration can result from a small spark
is shown in the recent railroad strike which
spread over all the roads of Mr., Goulds
Southwestern system from the dist harge of a
single man. 1t began in this way:
One year ago an agreement was made be
tween the Knights of Labor and the mana
gers of this system that no man should be dis
charged without due notice. On Feb. Ii
District assembly l0l, of the Knights of La
bor held convention at Marshall Tex.
Among the delegates was c. A. Hall, a fore.
man in the Texas Pacific car shops at Mar
shall. He had secured, it is alleged, leave
ofabsence TO attend the convention from his
immediate SUPERIOR the master car builder
The convention lasted four days, At noon
of the last day Mr. Hall resumed his
work, but received note in the evening on
quitting work from this same master car
builder that he was discharged for being
absent from business without leave. The
local committee demanded his reinstatement,
which was refused, A local strike was
ordered, but the men refused to obey the
committee meeting of the executive
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81. pntrlci,.

AS is frequently the case with distinguished
men who are not saints, and don't even try to
he the origin Of St Patrick is very uncer-
tain. Seven cities claimed the honor of be-
ing tile birthplace of Homer after lie was
dead When he was alive the local authori-
ties Of those towns only gave him half an
hour to get out.
St Patrick was indeed a remarkable man.
He began to he remarkable at very early
age, having, according to tradition and his
tory, been hprn in Scotland. in France, and
in Germany. with several outside precincts to
hear from Not only did he first see the
light in several places quit" remote from
each other, hut he was likewise born in
different years and ut different seasons
Of the year St Patrick was born so
frequently and 50 rromiscuously so to
speak, that it would not surprise lis TO read
in some religious paper that he was born
during the absence of both of his parents.
st. Patrick was not to blame for this, 1t is
the lying muse Of history that gets thing
mixed
The historians have also managed to mix
mp his subsequent movements
There can he no doubt. according to the
historians. that he landed in Ireland for the
first time in the spring of \, y, 4;F!, on the
east coast of tlc island. Ns matter of his
tory he also landed for thc first time n few
wears later on the west coast. and for about
forty years he kept on landing for the first
time and ut different plurc.,
st. Patrick never married, although, iudG
ing by the largc uumhr Of Sons of st. Pat
rick, il might hr inferred tl1nt he married Il
widow with family lIri~ mrird all over
Europe, but he still lives in hr hearts Of the
Irish people to whom hi, memory is very
dear. Texas Sittm4S.
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New Bridge at Louisville.

A new bridge has just been built over the
Ohio river, at Louisville, which is unique i'll
architecture, in some respects. Over it the
trains of the Louisville, New Albany and
Chicago railway will cross the Ohio on their
way to the south.
This is the second bridge across the river at
Louisville. Ii is on the canticver plan, the
central idea of which is the balancing of
bridge spans upon upright pillars Tie spans
are fixed in the center, and anchored and
chained fast at the shore ends. The Louis
vile structure is unique because it is at pres
ent the longest system Of connected cnnti-
levers in the world.
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board of the knights was called, and an
order was given for the men TO quit work at
Forth Worth, Marshall and Dallas, Again
the executive board asked for the leinstate
ment of Hail. and threatened in case of re
fllsal to call all the men out on the Gould
system which employs as slIopmen, track
men and trainmen, some 10000 men. On
March the order for the machine shopmcn
10 strike was given, and Immediately 5000
men quit work The railroad managers still
refusing TO yield, on March $ the switchmen,
trainmcn and iiremen We're ordered out,
which resulted in 1000 more men leaving the
trains. The reason the number was not
larger was owing to the fact that
great care was taken to leave sufficient men
10 run all mail and passenger trailts without
any delay Thus has begun The trouble
which has resulted in losses Of thousands Of
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03
,i0yrRyOn IOnN 4. MNnrIN.

On March % there was a conference Of the
governors Of the states Of Missouri and
Arkansas with Nicc-President HoNir, in the
hope If bringing about ttlcmen Of the
dinmtic- Gen. MalanaduIua, of Missouri,
is largely identified with some OF the leading
business Interests Of his state, SO that for per
sonnl. rs well as ubc reasons, he was eager
to see I'M adjustment Of the TROUBLES.
As rltor and proprietor Of Ttia Daily
Champion. At htchison, Kan. Governor
John A. Martin was admirably fitted as an
arbitrator
Tile progress nr Tie strike from ttis time to
IL close is familiar to the newspaper reader.
lts results il is hoped viii teach the knights
Of Iabnr aiul their employers Il sanitary les
son N any rate it will long hr remembered
IN tlIis section uf country as being unc Of tho
first pit hc BATTLES between we'll pI-uniDed
capital an organized lut poorly disciplined,
labor. H. W. KEEr.
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carloads Of perishablc freight, lack of pro
visions almost 10 starvation in towns sup
Iied by the railroads. a los in wages TO the
strikers of S2O,OOl day, besides loss which
is incaculable to all lines Of business, and 70
tluckmcn, cXprcssnen and others indirectly
depending on the railroads.
On March 10 the order was given hy the
railroad managers to lay off all til" clerks
telegraph operators and yard watchmen,
which resulted in the discharge of 5000 men,
Tie above map Of Tie city of 81. Louis and
East st. Louis shows the termination Of the
various roads rcntering in or near the city.
St Louis is the center of but four lines of
railroad from the west, while out Of East St
Louis there are nine lines running east, At
the Union depot there was little change
noticeable in the arrival and departure of
trains, but at the stock yards. west OF the
depot, and at Carondelet and tie other
freight yards. thousands of cars and locomo-
tiyes remained idle.
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03
DEATH OF MR.. A. N. KELLOGG.
An Original Man AMI the Founder Of
Auxiliary Printing.

At Thomasyille, Ga, there died quietly last
week A. N. Kellogg, man who did much
to reyolutionize the newspaper system of this
country Cooperation, wherever it has been
faithfully tried, has been found to be the
solution of most knotty problems that vex
humanity. Men accomplish by simply
hanging together A. N. Kellogg led the
way for the cooperative publishing of the
smaller newspapers, and did well for them
and became millionaire himself, by the
operation
He was the founder of what he himself
called the system of auxiliary printing
but which irreverent newspaper wits long
ago named patent insdes.n
The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03

THE PROPOSED DRY DOCK AND CRADLE,
The company supporting Capt. Eads in
this scheme contains some Of the most prac-
tical men in the country They seem to he
thoroughly in earnest
They have secured concession from the
Mexican government which extends over a
period Of ninty-nine years from lSSl. 1t
authorizes the construction Of this railway,
guarantees protection to the property of the
company and besides grants them l,00O,000
acres Of public land On the whole the
scheme is an enchanting one and fully equal
10 any OF Jules Nerne's flights Of fancy,
PERRY BARTON
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orrrrt.

Teacher Miss Sinuiu, please pnl,, tbs
sentence, "Adophus married taroiHa Mis-:
Swell, "Adolphus' Is !. Joum becau-u il l.
The name Of thing; "marricrt' is a conilula
rioii, because it Joins Adolf hts and Caroline
aud "Caroline" is a verb, r;lIlse it governs ii|
Gnm.-Life
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baltimore & PHILADELPHIA WAlt
ID ROAD, JUNE !, 1855.
Leave Wilmington, 7,05. 10 81 a. NJ; A. liul. ~
Arrive at Iandenberg,S 50 a. m.l2O0nt. -.
m,
Leave Iandenherg. 6.55 a. m: l.Ol, $50 y. u,
Arrive at Wilmington, $40 a. M; 2.l0, 7n, i.u
sunday trans leave Wilmington lH.l5 m Got
y NJ. Leave laudenhcrg $50 a. N, ISnp IN.
...... u CON$EI.L, SUI er,' t.. icn.
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y IS s. 1T that child can run it,
!" Injet tlat il vi ] not interrupt an mdin-
AIRY conversation.
So durable that it vii rn.t, with care, a
liic time.
It j. atinstihlc 81 that ait l,st m"ttoa can
hr aiken MP
!, Ias 'he hst woad-wnk tb. best and
most durable e4ri made.
attachments can tr placed au IL. !, SEQ
ond without the use of tho ,humN-.yrcs or
screw driver.
Every attachment w3,Ls p,rCctjS aud can
he used with ease by any one
Its reputation is far above the average.
No one is asked to buy uuru rlry are
'h"'"ughy satisfied as To Us merits.
Every machine is guarauued as r., ,c-
Stntrd 81 money is 1clunl,
DO moi make a miS,aKr, Ga,r uo tapr,
nS It, aud be convinced Iii is r.ot ali that
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The Wilmingtonian., 1886-04-03
RAILROADS.

wv TlLMINGTON & NORTHERN RAN.
wv ROAD SCHEDULE, DEC. Il, 1855
GOlNG NnRrli, DAILY, Except Sumlay.J
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Damage BY the Destructive Fungi.

In the present extensive use of timber
and lumber, only the toughest approx
innate estimate is possible of the annual
loss by fungi; and the amount of loss
can be indicated in only few items.
The cost of replacing decaved ties by
the railways of the United States for
1885 exceede $50, 900, 900. Repairs of
station buildings and road-crossings,
$ls, 800, 600. Repairs of wooden and
wood parts of brid ges, So, 25O, 900 (csti-
matedj. Repairs Of freight cars, $22,-
500, 600 (estimated). Repairs of passen-
ger-cars, $500, 900 (estimated,. The
renewal of telegraph poles and fixtures
on 10000 miles of line constitutes
large item The loss to the agricultural
interests is much greater The tenth
census reports the cost of fencing in 1879
at *77, 763, ,478, the most of which was
for repairs. The loss caused by fungi
on the 5000, 900 dwellings, with their
accompanying buildings, ana the $685.
$50, 055 worth of agricultural implements
which appear in the census reports, and
that on the 6,8j4, 997 tons of marine, and
on wharves above water, form other large
items. The lumber interests are also
great losers through the quantities Of
timber that are destroyed In store. The
mere mention of these facts makes it
evident that the regular annual loss from
this source must be rated at many million
dollars. s.-Popular Science Monthly.
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almost instantly kill the peach trees, and
should never be used in the orchard
against insects on the peach tree. Wood
ashes and ground bone also make excel
lent fertilizers.
While it may be said that peach trees
require nearly the same cultivation as
corn, the pear trees do best when kept
in grass. If cultivated and fertilized
they grow too rapidly, which seems to
bring on blight. The yellows in peaches
are caused by starvation, but the pear
trees should not be forced. If the orchard
is in grass it should receive fertilizers or
manurcs, bat not in sufficient quantity to
more than nourish the grass. The grass
crop should be plowed under when a
sod has become thick. and crop of rye
grown on the sod. The ground should
then be seeded to grass again. The
most important matter in connection
with the growing Of pears and peaches
is in avoiding disease. Sprinkling q
solution of blue vitriol around the trees
and spraying it in the branches and
leaves is an excellent preventive. The
trees should not be induced to bear
early, as it is much better to allow them
to mature the wood and become firmly
established before being taxed for fruit.
Then, with due precautions against In
sects, and proper care, they will be less
liable to disease and will yield BETTER
Chicago Herald.
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The Meaning of Bonanza.

In an English magazine an attempt is
made to give series Of Americanisms; !;
that is to say, words coined or invented
in America. Under the word Bonanza
the definition is given -''Spanish, big
scheme by which, honestly or otherwise,
much money is made" Upon this a
critic pounces and says that bonanza
means "good fortune or good luck. :"
Bonanza is indeed 6. Spanish word, and
very naturally came into use in California
or Nevada. But it does not mean "a big
scheme" or ''good luck." 1t is nauti-
cal--a seagoins s-word, and means fair
weather at sea- If the reader wi refer
to St. Matthew, viii aG, he will read
that, after the Lord rebukcd the wind
and the sea, sthere was great calm. !"
And if refcrcnc is next had to the Span
ish version of The New Testament he will
find the phrase there given, "una grandc
bonanza" 1t is easy to understand how
the word came into its fgurative use
as meaning happy, calm, and good
hope after a weary :earch.-Phiadelphia
lie iGer.
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Making Wooden Indians.

A New York Mail and Erpress re
porter discovered some interesting points
about the cigar store aboriginal few
days ago. Two of the places where he
is created are in Canal street. The only
other place in the city is in Goerck street.
In one of the Canal street places the re.
porter found jolly-faced, middle-aged
man, armed with paint pot and brush,
industriously rejuvenating an aged war.
rior, whose face wore deep scowl and
a long crack down the middle of hin
nose. Around The place were ether saw
ages Of various ages and in different
stages of preservation.
dyes, this is the hospital" said the
man with the jolly face, replying to the
reporters question. 'And we have
good many patients in the course of a
year. The long suffering cigar store red
man gets some some pretty hard usage
from small boys and other idiots. I'm
at work on a sixteen-year-old veteran,
and he's never been in hospital before.
When I get Though with him he'll b.
good for another sixteen years. That
old fellow II outlive me, if he has good
luck"
With this philosophic observation the
artist neatly plugged the crack in the old
braves nose, and put some deep carmins
war paint on his cheeks.
"Learn the trade2" continued the ar
tist in reply to another que tioa. ''Yes,
indeed; I've been at it since was thir-
teen years old. There are very few in
the business. A good man can make 81,
sometimes IS day, chopping out wooden
Indians. sculpturing9 No, we don't
call it that; just plain chopping, that's
all there is to it. We get pine logs from
five to seven feet long, according to the
size of the image to be made. You caa
see some of the logs through the door in
the back room. Then the first thing is
to hew the log roughly to the outlines of
the proposed figure. A man with long
chisel and mallet then takes the work
in hand and rapidly cuts the block
down. The finishing touches are put !S
with finer chisels and require little
more delicate handling, but nothing
about the job is particularly dificulg.
Care must of course be taken to TO low
the grain of the wood. The trunk of the
figure is all one piece, but the arms have
to be put on with grain. tits the same
with any sharply curved position"
In the cock-loft above two able-bodicd
men were making chips and Indians rs
fast as they knew how. Both brandished
long. thin-bladed chisels and we're whack
ing away, apparently without the slight
est regard for consequences. Three saw
ages ready to graduate to the painting
department were standing in one corner,
and showed that the chopping. by the two
men was not 30 reckless as il seemed.
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AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST RELATIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
A Point About Poultry.

was never so convinced of the ad-
vantage of raising chickens of uniform
size and color, as during the present sea-
son, when all mine are Plymouth Rocks.
I had seven broods Matched out within a
week or 50 of each other, this kept them
in growing up so nearly of the same size
that their mothers could not distinguish
the clutches apart, and being of a uni
form color and marking, all seemed alike
70 them. could thus arrange the coops,
in q row close alongside, and If the
chickens ran from eEo coop into another
the hens, instead of savagely pccking
them sometimes killing them, as they will
when of different size and color, nursed
oil kindly, whether being of their own
brood or not. This male the chickens
tsfe from injury, and it was a pleasant
Gght to see the little things running in
hid out of the different coops, or all
promiscuously around, when the hens
were let out for exercise on the grass plot.
The same advantage will apply to any
6feed of hens, provided they are of uni
form color and size; and shall adopt it
ID all my chicken rearing hercafter.-
4. B. Allen
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Mexican Scorpions.

One of the most common pests in Mex
leo, writes correspondent of the Boston
Transcript, are the alcarans, or scorpions,
for during certain seasons of the year
they are as numerous as flies around a
sugar house. They are within the cracks
of the wall, between the bricks or tiles
of tile floor, hiding inside your garments,
darting everywhere with inconceivable
rapidity, their tails (the "business end"
which holds the sting ready to fly up
with dangerous effect upon the slightest
provocation. Turn up a corner of the
rug or tablespread, and you disturb a
fousishing colony of them; shake your
shoes in the morning, and out they fop;
throw your bath sponge into the water
and half dozen of them dart out of its
cool depths into which they had wriggled
for siesta; in short, every article you
touch must be treated like dose of med
icine-'.to be well shaken before taken. !"
The average scorpion is mahogany. hued,
and about two inches long; but 1 have
seen them as long as five inches. The
small, yellowish variety are considered
most dangerous, and their bite is most
apprehended ut midday. In Durango
they are black, and so alarmingly numer-
ous-having been allowed to breed for
centuries in the deserted mines-that the
government offers a reward per head (or,
rather, per tsiD, to whoever will kill
them. Their sting is seldom fatal, but it
is more or less severe, according to the
state of the system Victims have been
known to remain fer days in convulsions,
foaming at the mouth, with stomach
swelled as in dropsy: while others do
not suffer much more than from bee
stino