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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

needed, 1t IL certainly given In the price.
10 cents per number, e1.bo per year. Cas-
sell 4 Co.. limited. Nos. loa and ie6 Fourth
avenue, New York.
Fall and early winter LrrrxLIs ore In
stinct with the popular theological novels
Of the day. Archdeaeon Farrar analyses
the underlying principles OF the American
novel, .John Ward" and particularly APP
preciates the authors fairness In dealing
with the Dsivinism which she repudiates.
As TO Robert Elsmsre," OF which Mr.,
Gladstone Ia profoundly appreciative,
there are lapses. abrupt transitions, lack OF
sequence, explanation and protest In the
hsro's change, or rather loss, of faith. Ia.
deed, there IL almost a flur In the WORK OF
the suthoreas. Mr.. Gladstone, In Robert
Elsmere's place, takes up the gauntlet Oh
tho atnelstie squire and argues with I'M
diinishea power Rseternst ,ana S os,ss
OF splendid ability, which bfoadehs far out
beyond revie wer's limits, tnking 10 indeed
the great points OF The Battle OF Belief"
Reviews OF even more concise acumen
have followed In the wake OF the graat
novel OF the day and, rs the discussion VIII
be long time weged, It is not possible that
they will escape the penetrating ken OF the
keen censor of Littell. With the 2,Sl0th mum.
her began the eixty-fourth volume ofthu MIN
series. II ever periodical glowed With the
vital vlgor OF perennial youth, 1t 10 Litteu'
The sitting process Is we'll nigh perfect.
Little OF the best, the most timely, the most
| frequently Diseased but claims place within
| thess sober, familiar covers, OF suoh Wefo
Lord Wolseley's article OH military
! Genius," the rather startling, somewhat
gruesome "Glorliied Bpinster" papers, q
remarkably alert discussion OF late ad-
vanees In surgery and medicine. hne
article upon the present condition OF the
English peasantry, and the famous account
OF the North Ssa missions among hshermen,
which attracted 10 much notice In The
Contemporary. Now and again comes u
| paper OF Dowden's which almost deserves
| the immortality of ita eubieet.
Prot. Sayce has one extremely interesting
on oriental storytelling.
or late, various worthless OF the Church
/ Of England, Bishop Ken, DR., Hook, the
Great Yorkshire Vicar" and Dean Burgon
| have been brought to the front.
Not least of the lighter and more divert.
ing articles has BEEN one on Englieh am
bassadors to various nations. The gist Of
the Emperor Frederick's diary" Is given
and Ireland appears again and again 10
| fiction. description and rs matter OF grehteel
political di.eussion.
Into almost every number ID poured 6
wealth Of description, Illustration and odd
experience drawn from foreign travel while
q portion OF the best contemporary hetioT
appears In each number.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

Emma Smith, No. 722 East Seventh
street, was sent to the insane department
Of the eimshouse on Saturday last.
B. Frank Taylor of No. llO5 West
Seventh street., an employe Of the jackson
q Sharp Company, sustained severe ont
In the palm of his right hand, Monday
afternoon, but the cutter Of the machins
at which he was at work flying out and
striking him.
The alarm of fire from box No. Al
about y 80 O'clock, Monday night, was
caused ~ IRE In barrel OF NhavinRr IN
d. Woifsohn's store, No. 100 Make,
street, some one having dropped alIRhtod
Cigar among the rubbish. Tho bsrrsl
sss thrown Into tho gastss and allowed g
hasn eaA. 80 -.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

a soo' S ,o a Of Veteran Legion,
VIII % ehecsed in this city soon.
Presiding Elder Murray vii, n,..., =.
Newark, Cherry Hill and zion an sundsa ~
70 Inc morning, afternoon and eysnins
respectively. evening
ma 49, f., ~, y, barkemsn was gtruck In
eo CON lTaenead this morning by q aging
IS o PIN, which out cash ii ,nches
lopg In bis forehead. Detecti,s Iones
Sewed up tho wound. 'ohes
mans utnohsn Soiored man named Glenn.
n" I A. ION toooPain, Pa, walked into
Tbl,d .,a.n. rom the open draw OF
and va 49, go. bridge, Monday evening,
sEoaoones L. o. aomers. A eolo,.d ,n sss
Ssing nearby took him In and arIsd M
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27
cHnxsrmAs, 1855.
A General Idea OF How iho Day
WAS Observed an Wilmington.

A General Idea OF How iho Day
Was Observed an Wilmington.
II was q big Christmas In Wilmington.
The busy activity In the industrial eetab-
lishmenta dusing the year had kept men
In steady work, and as natural oonss-
auence nearly everybody had little
extra money to spend for Christmas cheer.
And they spent IL, with will. Market
street, during Monday night, was slight.
Never was such crewd OF shoppers and
sisht. seers seen rs that which swept
along the sidewalks and squeezed Into
tue stores. At some Of the latter the jam
was 30 great that policemen had to be
stationed at the doors to keep the people
moving. II was midnight before the
Christmas rush OF business ended.
And then came further evidences OF the
approach OF t'the day we celebrate" All
over the city church choirs and glee clubs
were heard serensding their friends with
Christmas music, the we'll known strains
OF that grard old Christmas anthem,
while Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
by Night" being heard above all the resi-.
Shortly aftor daybreak the irrepressi.
BILE small boy, with his regulation tin
horn and drum, inaugurated the hideora
feature OF tine day and did his part Of the
performance with soul-harrowing per.
siatepcy. The streets soon filled with
happy promensdsrs whose faces beRmed
with Christmas cheer. The weather was
perfect.
There were services at the churches in
the morning, performances at the Opera
House In the afternoon and evening and
the r.aual nufuber and yAriety of uriyate
Christmas entertainments.
a noticeable feature of the day was an
unusual number Of men, particularly
young men who, with y sadly mistaken
idea OF what constitutes real and solid en-.
| joymont, got dispustingly drunk. The
not at Sixth and Walnut streets, the
various fights that occurred aud this
mornings crowded police court docket
were ample indications OF the big busi.
ness done at the saloons and drinking
bars.
Altogether 1t was thoroughly oele.
brated Christmas.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

In q letter renewing HE subscription to
the DelaDare Gdssts and St1te journal,
an appreciative reader says The
school girls argument against the pres
emit enormous rate OF taxation was good,
and had q coed effect. Mills bill did
not reduce the tariff enough-an average
of 20 per cent is enough. II there could
have been few weeks more of discus
sion concerning Il. Cieusland would have
been elected. IL il thing very few
people have, as yet, investigated. !
think we can re-elect cleveland, four
years hence, on the tariff issue" Cor.
rect. Neither Fosters "fat" nor bud.
ley's "blocks Of Eve" will upset the PEG,
Pies verdict in 1892.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

II was 10 be expected that certain
partisan pspers would tsunt Secretary
Bayard with depressing" Rayti. Nothing
that The stats department under the pres
emit administration has done or may do
escapes their ranoofous condemnation.
Especially Is this true OF the Blainiac
press and the apparent desire OF NAT.
Harrison to avoid aurTendering control
OF the incoming administration to ''ths
Republican elephant" only serves to
intensity the ranoor of these papers
towards Secretary Bayard. Should Mr..
Sherman succeed to the state portfolio IL
will be interesting to note TO what extent
he will fall heir to . continuance of this
misrepresentatio aud abuse. Not that
this misrepresentation and abuse are CON
fined 70 tho Blaine organs, but tibet they
are conspieuously wild and unreasonable
in their fauit.anding. But now and then
they are treated to wholesome rebuke and
admonition from quarter which, like
the Philadelphia Ledger, haviog neither
political nor personal motive to serve In
warning or concealing the truth, speaks
with the emphasis OF impartial Judgment
and honest conviction. In this morning q
issue, after alluding TO the probability
that "the condemnation would have fol-
lowed, no matter what policy tho Score
tary had adopted the Ledger says,
The Secretary OF State. having made q
just demand. was compelled, not only as an
act Of Justice to the owners Of the Hayden
Republic, but In respect Of the dignity
| of the country to enforce com.
pllance with the demand OF orr govern
fnent. Hence, diplomacy having failed
| force had to be aud was applled. That II
WAS wisely and properly applied under the
circumstances cannot be questioned by fall
minded men. II would be an intolerablt
condition Of affairs IL every puuy power or
| the face OF the earth were to be permitted
TO seize and hold at will the ships OF tbs
United States; 1t Is as necessary 10 teach
these Interior states respect for the nag o.
| our country az Il Is TO teach 1t to superior
| ones. IL Is not at all probable that Score
tary Dayard stopped for one moment. bs
fore sending ships OF war to Hayti to com
pei the surrender Of the haytien Republic
10 consider whether that country wa
strong or weak. ALI that he probably con
sidered, because that was all that was nee
essary TO consider, was tho wrong doue b
Hayti when she improperly seizsd and helt
an American vessel. The Just assumption
would be that he would have done, undsl
the same circumstances, In tespeet OF ans
other country, precisely what he did In re-
spect Of Hayti.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

The continuance at the term Just
closed of the comparatively new de-
psrture OF the Superior Court, in giving
pablo hearing 10 applicants for and 70
monstrants against the granting OF li1uor
licenses, was in the main eminentiy
satisfactory to tbs people Of Wilmington,
whose attendance in large numbers be-
apoke their keen interest in the pro.
ceedinga. Each recurring trial of the
new system increases its hold on the com.
muulty for its fairness TO the applicants
and its g.es. improvement ever the old
system Of considering such applications
n private session. The GAzETrEs finds
it, however, a source Of widespread sur
prise md regret tnat the general good
effect Of the recent session should ha 70
been marred by 40 bad breaks as the
granting of the Burroughs and wipkler
LICENSES. In the former certified proof Of
the violation Of the liquor laws by
the applicant has bsen oondoned with
a notoriety certainly calculated ia
foster in others wholesome respect fol-
those laws.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27
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OHRIsTMAS RIETs.
A Number OF Presentations OF
Public Character.

- NAhahct va vs. -
Public Character.
The good old custom Of making Christ
mas gifts Ia evidently not on tho wane In
Wilmington. Among the presentations
OF q public nature were the following:
Tuesday evening, d. L. Jones, manager
OF the singer Sewing Machine Company,
WAS presented with handsome mset-
sohaum pipe by the employees Of the otilae.
W. Il. Craig made the presentation speech
and Mr.. Jones appropriately responded.
Tuesday evening Manager II. p. soulier
of the Opera House presented each OF his
employees with q large Christmas turkey.
Adams j. Brother presented the police
force with box of fne cigars and Giles
& Rudolph gave large cake, Lawton
IL Brother ana 8. II. Baynard also re-
membered the public guardians and the
latter desire TO retarn their thanks.
Giles d Rudolph presented various
Christmas gifts to the Opera House at
taches.
Sergeant Tucker Of the police force
Tuesday received handsome gold
watch chain snd charm, the gift OF anum-
Der of personal friends.
The Opera House attaches yesterday
presented Manager Soulier with On otter
muffisr and pair of otter gloves.
The Taylor Senate gave collation. last
evening, about IA people participating.
Hugh Doran, on behalf of the organiza.
ton, presented William L. Wilmer with o
pair Of spectacies
The Earitn 4 Hollingsworth COMPANY
presented each one Of lis Il riyet IN,
visa d Av-Iy double breasted Isohnp
jacket, which were furnished by ]. T.
Mullin d Son.
Baggage Master Jerman J. McMuller
and his assistants 1T the p, W. 4 B. sta
ton return thanks for fine cake and
candles presented by Mr., and Mrs. Ed
ward Andrews, Mrs. Thomas Poole, ths
Misses Warner and others.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

Here we hRYe the boot on the other
leg, Following Senator SaulBbury' sstats.
anent, ia Tuesday weeks session Of the
Senate, respecting largs contract for
American cettcn goods to be delivered in
Manchester, the cable brings US news
hat tho Manchester Chamber Of Com
nercs has passed resolution .iholdine
that all foreign goods similar to those
produced in England should pay the
same proportion Of the imperial and local
taxation which they would have paid had
they been manufactured ia Great
Britain Shall We have Canada
Gext lsgisIating against the i'm
portaticn Of American. made EagB,
plows, respers and hardware, Glasge i
asking for some check against the oona ps
tition of the Treat Manufacturing Com
pany, and Germany sticking aprohibitory
tariff on American. made shoes, clorkg
and watchss2 Who is it that needs s,pro
lection" anyway? And what bus become
Of England's feryent and intense desire
sOr the success Of tariff reform in the
Cnited Ststsa2
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

Most grown persons of to-day learned
when at school that the days and nights
are equal on Cor within few hours of)
March and September 21st, the spring
and fall equinoxes; that the longest day
is usually June 2lst, and the shortest
December 21st; but many of those who
often refer to almenacs for statistics in
regard to the sun, moon and tides, have
failed to notice certain interesting points
in regard to the shortest mornings and
afternoons of the year. The popular idea
10 that the mornings and afternoons both
grow shorter until December 2lst, and
then both begin to grow longer stimuli
taneously. A little study Of the time of
the rising and setting Of the sun shows
that this is by no means so. On Decem-
Der 4th the sun sets as early as on hny
day this year, and days OF equal but
shortest afternoons lasted until December
l2th, since which time the afternoons
have been Craving longer. But oil during
this psriod the sun WIS rising later each
S"yt pA4h villa NOEklAu6 W w 81 uutll De~
cember 30th, from which date Until
January 7th it will rise at the same
hour. Consequently the first of the days
with the shortest afternoons comes more
than month before the last OF the days
with the shortest morniugs One of the
results OF this lack of uniforulity Of
action on the part Of mornings and after
noona is that no one day can be abao-
iutsly pointsd out as noticeably the
shortest day Of the year. II may, how
ever, be tru.nfully said that the days Of
last week we're the shortest of tina year the
days being about nine hours and nineteen
minutes long and not varying minute
from that length. This shows that We
have reached the winter solssice, whore
from mundane standpoint the sur
stands still. Speaking with scientific
exacSituds, winter begun OF O'Clock Friday
morning, the sun in his apparent courst
through the Zodiac entering the sigr
CspriSornus at that hous.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

One of the peculiar observsnces Of
Tuesdays remarkably fine weather was
an excursion en- the upper Mississippi, in
which the beaux and bellies of Winnna,
Minnesota, participated. The young
men were attired in linen busters and
straw hats, and each carried fan. On
their return the excuisionists were vel.
coined by q grand display Of fireworks.
A strange way Of celebrating Christmas
in aclimate where 1t is not uncommon to
find mercurial Thermometers frozen up on
winter mornings.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

Tuesday was the wsrmsst Christmas,
according to the records Of the Pennsyl-
yauia Hospital, that this section Of the
countrY has experienced since 1867. And
the genial temperature was not confined
to This locality, but extended over the
greater part of the United States. Even
in Dakots We are informed that windows
and doors were thrown open and that
many young folks went picnicking in the
leafless woods. 1t was as though be.
lated piece OF Indian summer had come.
Probably it pressgss coming spell Of
extra cold and turbulent weather.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

:, an engrt Is being made to revive the
~ Of VeteranS IN this city. The organ
i@4tlon now 10 an auxiliary Of tho Grand
Army Of the Republic. To become =
,ueaoe, one must be not less than 10
years ola md the son of soldier. tits
PROPOSED to institute one or more Campo
hs'e. preliminary meeting Of parties
interested was held Tuesday. A similar
inise'lng VIII he held on Friday evening
IN the headquarters OF dupont Post.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

The American baseball players who
are now in Australia, teaching the dwellers
on that big Island something about our
national GONE, were scheduled to play st
Honolulu on their voyage out, but failed
to do SO because the day of their sojourn
in the capital Of the Sandwich Islands
happensd ON Sunday The Philsdsl-
phia Record reports:
Since the legislature was not in session
the Sunday Law could not be revoked for
the occasion, but, as We learn from the
Hawaiian Gazette, the bass-ballists luuehed
with the king after the style Of the islalds,
the town was Illuminated, and everything
was done to make them happy until the
hour OF thelr emparkatton on Sunday night.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

The Eleventh ward ia legally entitled
to unique reputation for temperance
and sobriety. Upon the application of
Alice Tucker of Cedar and Brown streets
for license, 1t was in testimony that
there is no place within half mile Of
that corner where thirsty Eleventh
warder can get drink, and 1t was fur.
Their in testimony that thsre is here q
dry" community OF 800 people. Who
would have tuunght 1t?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27
One OF the many replies to New York

One of the many replies to New York
papers query why Democrats in that
state voted the Republican ticket was
sent in by m emptoys Of Higgins
carpet tastory sad was c0uehed substan-
TALLY IN these words because / was
fool. was afraid OF the Mills bill and
now here arc 600 OF us thrown out of
employment" The telegraph informs us
that the Pcttstown Iron Company has
followed the example of Higgins and
shut down its nail factories, disemploy-
ing $50 men. III this case it is alleged
that the company has taken this course
to force reduction o. wages But the
tariff on nails is equivalent to 4s per cent
ad yalorem. Whom does this tariff PRO
tect Z"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

The Chicago Anarchists proposed hold
ing big meeting on Saturday afternoon,
within sight of police head quarters and
in spite of tho authorities, but when they
began to collect they found the hall
closed and pair of blue-coats on guard
at the entrance. We are told that some
of tho Anarchists tsrried on the sidewalk
for awhile, until ordersd by the police to
move on, when they scattered, some
going home and ethers to saloons. And
now they talk Of invoking the law, which
they affect to despise, by pushing some
sort Of Injunction proceadinRs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27
nTLronp pnasonALs.

Special Corresponds nee OF Gazette and Journa
MnyoxD, Dec. 20 Miss May and bAllia
Marlette ere visiting In Milford.
MRS. Jennie Scott and childrsn OF Mid
dletown are Speeding the Christmas holi-
days with Mrs. David Lank.
George A. Adkins Of Philadelphia Ia
spending the holidays hsre.
John Smith of Philadelphia Ia % horns
with his parents.
Mics Essis Bunstein Is here for tho
holidays.
b. O. Prettymsn and wife Of Milton are
spending the Christmas holidays with
their non, A. D. Prettyman.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

shall visit you some time this month for the
last time for taxes. II you have not paid 70 Al
once 70 Mr.. 5. j. Robinson ami payup, III va
do not shall certainly sell your property when
! come. This Ii my last coming 50 rake heed
must and will have my taxes on some tenn.
when come. mean Just what say. Fery
respectfully, c. b. BElyEs, sheriH,
The above peremptory gentleman also
flls the position Of tax collector.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

And now meeting of wool growers has
been called to assemble ct Washington on
January 10th and petition for more "pro-
lection" than the Senate bill promises
them. This is funny. II has bsen the
general impression that the Senate bill
wss drafted expressly as bang-up "pro-
lection" msssure--all wool and yard
wide.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

Wonder if Tuesdays street fight be.
tween white and eolored drunkards here
in Wilmington will be taken by such
papers as the Chicago Inter Ocean as an
indication that southern outrsges" and
"a war OF races" arc to be olsssed among
Delaware productions
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

The first annual report of the HON CO.
pathic Hospital, synopsis of which
will be found in to-day's GAZETTE
shows that that institution has done
great deal Of good work during the yeas
and has paid its way. A very enoourag-
ing exhibit, and one that we trust may be
only forerunner Of still more enoo arag.
ing reports In the years to come.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

There is great rejoicing in Manitoba.
The supreme court OF the Dominion has
decided that the Canadian Pacific railroad
has no authority to blockade or
monopolize the traffic of that land OF
billiards. and cold waves--to turn 1t into
another State OF Camden and Amboy as
1t we're,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

oity Councils refusal to pay that de-
tectiye bill, We note, is not altogether
preventing Mayor Harrington from having
violators of the liquor laws brought to
Justice. Monday mornings police court
record taught this Lesson.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1888-12-27

A Reading dispatch announces that
Seversl iron furuEcsa in the schnylsjr
nd Labapon valleys, which were
brown out OF blast by the free trade hae
nd cry" will be fred up again early in
be new year. This is good news IL true,
ut the words quoted should be amended
20 read (which were thrown ont OF blast
to intiLnidste worklugmsn into voting the
Republican ticket But We do mol see
anything In the dispatch about the work.
ingmen in these iron furnaces having
their weges advanced, Certainly, now
that Harrison has been elected and the
iron masters feel tnat their Congressional
agents can be relied on 10 do their bid
ding, they ought 70 be ready to divide
with their worSiagmen some Of the PRO
tectienn equivalent to three or four
times the labor cost per ton of their
product) that they expect to continue Ia
Itort ttom American consumers OF iron.