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Evening journal., 1888-08-21

RAFT PASSING UNDER BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
the same line. But it contained the germ
Of great economy in the transportation of
lumber. Hugh r. Robertson, born in
Nova Scotia, watched the experiment
with curious interest. For thirteen years
he had worked as mechanical and mining
engineer in California and the western
territories; for two years he had mined In
Australia, and for two years after that
he had roamed over the continent Of
Europe, spending some months in the
vast forests of Norway and Sweden.
After watching the result of Murray's
experiment, and being possessed Of a com
Portable fortune, he went to work TO solve
the problem of raft building. He solved
it. Build RATS on the land and launch
them as you would ship, then you can
control, size and shape and build them
stanchly." said he. He built one raft
containing $4,000 logs in 1856. but when
the launching day came the immense
pile of timber would not move and
it proved impossible to move it that
year. Robertson was looked upon as
q hair Drained enthusiast. Then
James d. Leary. a rich man. a practical
man and man of nerve. joined the
scheme. In 1887 the first raft was torn
to pieces and built on finer lines and
larger scale than before. 1t was safely
launched Nov. Is. 1897, and sailed from
Port Joggins, Dec 8 following.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
NEWSPAPER OPINIONS.


Sufficient quantity of the peaches Of
the Peninsula have been marketed to
prove that the crop will not be near SO
heavy as the officers of the exchang re and
Of the bureau predicted They started
with estimates ranging from 10, 900 600 to
II, 600 900 Of baskets and their opinion
was very generally received as correct
Readers of this paper may remember that
we cut these estimates in half, MS the
highest possible. and all the indications
now are that the yield will scarcely. if at
all, reach 10000 00 This Is very large
crop; but to rash people a few millions is
a matter Of little conseque nee.
SO far the crop has been moro remun-
erative than was expected, and the aver
age net yield promises to be from 80 to 80
cents per basket AT these figures the
income to the growers, not to mention
the amount paid at home for baskets and
labor, will approximate So 600, 900
Next week the Old Nixon glut will
occur; but if the weather is good, fair
prices will prevail The fruit growers OF
the Peninsula win be much pleased over
their ability tosuccessfully and proitably
market so large a crop, and feeling less
dread on this score, may give more Of
their attention to fighting the dreaded
and dreadful 'yellows Milford News
and Advertiser.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

TIE big surplus bugbear is no more.
The appropriations for the current year
have wiped it out Of existence The
fnanoiers Of the government have exam
ined the condition Of the treasury and re-
port that the margin Of government re-
ceipts is very little more than what is
needed for running expenses. Senator
Allison has announced his intention Of
presenting a statement to Congress. show
ing that the amount of the surplus has
been greatly overestimated, and that the
public has been deceived in this respect
All the time, money and labor spent over
the Mills bill has come to naught, and 1t
is now found unnecessary to reduce
duties in order to reduce the surplus.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Milford News and Advertiser
There is lively fight going on in Dover
to decide who shall 60 to Washington
this fall. and it is undoubtedly question
Of great interest-to the parties who hope
to go But the question for the voter to
consider is; Are you most interested in
which Democrat-for Democrat II must be
goes to Washington, or in needed re
forms in our own state Are You going to
stand idly by and allow the machine poll
tieians to fiji up the ticket with the names
OF their own creatures-men who will not
dare TO vote until they have asked advice
whose only recommendation is that they
can be controlled by the party leaders.
Or will You work to have men on the
ticket who are in favor Of reform. of a
remodelling Of our state constitution so
as TO give us a fair minority representa-
tion, an improved system of taxation. of
law that will place some restraint on the
sale of liquor and not leave our towns at
the mercy of judges who are-prejudiced:
in short, are you going 10 have men in
your legislature or tools are you going to
have your laws made by the men on the
floor or the managers in the lobby? II Is
time you began to think Of these things.
Let the politicians understand that none
but reformers will receive your votes. and
none but reformers will be nominated.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

God never moved in any marble shrine
Nor spake from stone with more assured
command
Than when, beneath Pygmalion's sculptor
hand,
Thy white form Galatea, felt the wine
OF Life melt MARBLE and incarnadine
Those lips of pale Pentclic, when the band
That held thee moveess broke. and thou
didst stand
A breathing GODDESS, human but divine.
still. Galatea, "a in days of old,
His chisel only do the High Gods bless
Who feels tn immortal more than flesh and
blood;
And still warm limbs Of beauty must be
cold.
And lips white marble, ere pure Love can
guess
The perfect grace of blameless woman
hood.
London Academy.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
Tho Duped Prohibitioni.t..

Of all the consolidated frauds which
make mp the Democratic party to-day.
the most transparent is the Prohibition
annex fed by funds collected from the
liquor saloons. The liquor interest con
tributes enormous sums to the Democratic
managers. The Democratic managers
take care now as they did in 1884 that
the political Prohibitionists do not lack
for funds. While these professed Prohi-
bitionists labor to defeat the only party
which has ever favored effective temper.
ance Legislation. the liquor saloons work
increasingly for the only party which has
ever made itself their tool New York
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Beginning with the potteries. which
are especially important to voters in
New Jersey, il should DO said that a com
plete table of wages in thirteen kinds of
work in that state and Great Britain has
been quoted from the census volume. as
to this industry. in preference to other
statistics which are less complete as to
male workers. But the latter give wages
of women, lads and girls. who are about
one-third Of the workers in this industry.
and will therefore be separately examined
hereafter The Mills bill cuts down
duties from 60 to 80 per cent on decorated
ware, from So to 80 per cent. ON plain
china, and from 50 to 30 per cent. on
common crockery Yet IL is pretended
that the proposed duties win more than
cover difference in wages" which ex-
ceeds 40 per cent according to the
New Jersey quotations.
The paper manufacture Is another
which reduced duties would affect. The
NILS bill would cut down duties from p
20 20 per cent. on paper hangings from
~ 70 u per cent. ON unsized paper Yet
the difference IN wages between this
country and Great Britain is Sf.3 Der
cent. To the mind of a Democratic
statesman duty Of 70 to 20 per cent
more than covers a difference of over
50 per cent in wages. In cotton poods
average duties Of 40 per cent. are pro
posed, and ad valorem duties that evasion
and fraud may be more easy; the differ.
ence in wages in the principal occupations
Of this manufacture is SO. per cent. In
the silk manufacture the duties
are only 30 per cent. the
difference in wages is Sc per cent. in the
occupations which can be compared. The
caTmakers see it proposed to cut down
duties on carriages Of all kinds from 81
TO 30 per cent. but their wages are s..
per cent. higher than in England The
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

WE predicted in our issue of August
IA that We should soon hear Of foreign
governments making attempts 70 control
our coast-carrying trade. So utterly in
sensible had Congress shown itself TO the
welfare Of the American Merchant
Marine The first steps have already
been taken Great Britain has turned
her greedy eyes upon our Pacific coast )
wise trade. and by sharp trick has been
enabled 10 carry American frcights along
the coast in Canadian bottoms. This is
how it is done Freight IS shipped in
bond in Canadian vessels frpm San Fran
cisco to V Gloria, and thence forward to
its destination. Port Townsend. in the
Northwestern part Of Washington Terri
tory. This is in violation Of our coasting
laws, but the Canadian Minister Of Gus.
toms thinks he has sufficient grounds
upod which to make this a test case. If
this privilege Is conceded the Canadian
vessel owners. it would not be many
years before English vessels would elbow
their way into the coasting trade until
they possessed equal privileges with
American vessels. Then their subsidy
would serve them well. ~ enabling them
to outhid the American lines for the car.
riage Of coast freight The logical out
come Of all this would be the complete
humiliation Of the American Merchant
Marine
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
ALL ABOUT ARLINGTON.
THE PEACEFUL PLACE WHERE GEN.
SHERIDAN NOW LIES.

II Was Once the Estate of the Celebrated
Lee Family, Of Virginia, Is Now "a Sol
diers' Cemetery and Is Here Described
and Illustrated.
Arlington is indeed an honored and
historic name. both in England and
america; but in the former it is best
known as the title Of family, and in the
latter as the name of an estate. The
glories of the English house Of Arlington
were somewhat sullied by that represen-
tative of it who served Charles II a
little too faithfully; nevertheless, when
The cavaliers of Virginia began to push
up the Potomac, their principal official
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
somethlng m Astrolorr.

Astrologist-My my Your horoscope
is singularly unfortunate. You were
born ON an unlucky day in an unlucsy
month in an unlueky year under an un
lucky planet
New York Democratic egob. Oi saved
so all along lis the divil's own luck
Olive been havin Wud yes behave it,
Owe been in this country for sivinteen
months, an not a shmell av an Office have
Oi yitl-Times
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

An imposing sight-A street falSir sell
ing brass watches as solid gold watches,
Butcher, Painter, 4O6 shipley street.
Leonard Heiss the Tailor, 4 f. Third.
Most sea captains are called 'jolly old
salts" but some of them are rather pep
perry.
Corsets made TO order Good fit guar
anteed. Mrs. J. R. Ward, sos Shipley St.
"What in the world. John, asked his
wife, did you open that can of tomatoes
within Can opener, Of course he
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

honored his vast estate by giving It the
name of Arlington. A little later the
title was restricted to that part Of the
estate bordering on the Potomac, and
that estate, not quite century and a
half ago, became the property Of the
great Custis family. Thus through Gus.
tbs, Washington, Gusts again. and finally
Lee, the estate has become noted in
American annals, and is now made a
Mecca of patriotism as the last resting
place of Sheridan and nearly 10000 other
soldiers Of the Union.
When George Washington married Mrs.
Martha Custis. widow, her only son was
the prospective owner of this fine estate
of 1000 acres; but he did little to i'm
prove it. His son, John Parl5e Custis,
entered the patriot army as an aide to
Washington. rendered valuable services
at the siege of Yorktown, was stricken
down with the malarial fever of the local
ity, and died soon after the surrender
He left four children. of whom Washing
ton adopted the two youngest; and of
these George Washington Parke Custis
succeeded 20 the ownership of Arlington.
He was a man Of peculiar and somewhat
classical tastes. and designed a mansion
In imitation of the old temple at Postum,
essarily modified to fit the needs of a
modern residence. ana the result is the
imposing Arlington house, which stands
on hill 200 Beet above the Potomac
river, some feur miles from the Capitol
building and one sale from Georgetown
across the Aqueddes bridge.
The center building. 60 feet. and two
wings of 40 feet each, give frontage of
l40 feet; and from this projects a portico
60 feet long and 25 feet deep. South of
the building are garden, conservatory,
kitchen, old slave quarters" aud stable:
toward river and city the view is, Of
course, unobstructed. To this building
George Washington Parke Custis re.
moved in 1902 from Mt. Vernon, whore
he had lived, after graduating at Prince
ton college, till the death of Mrs Wash
ington. He died there Oct. 10, 1851, the last
of Washington's family, aged "a His life
was largely devoted to art and literature;
his "Recolleetions of Washington" at one
time attracted much attention, and at the
beginning OF the late war Arlington
House contained several fne paintings
done by him. It also contained many
memorials of Washington and other
colonial revolutionary heroes, and an in
vitation to Arlington House was esteemed
an honor by the mdsteeminent statesmen
aud artists.
Early in life he married Miss Mary Lee
Fitzhugh, and their daughter married the
son Of Light Horse Harry" Lee. then a
lieutenant of engineers, but later known
TO all the world as Gen Robert L. Lee.
The story of the ''confscation" Of Airing
ton need not be repeated It involves
points Of constitutional law as vet unset
tied; but the final result appears to be
that the title Of the government is per.
fected. The sale under the confscation
act took place in 1858; in 1864 the govern
ment took possession; soon after
the burial of soldiers began there,
and in 1867 the National cemetery
was formally established. On the
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
TUESDAY, AUGUST q. 1883.

Another patient was taken to the
Homeopathic Hospital last evening, a
case Of typhoid fever. This makes the
third case of this dangerous fever at the
hospital within short time. and there
are many others affected throughout the
city il private residences. Keep a
watohfnl eye on your drain Clean
well-ordered houses and sensible diet
are the best representatives.. Philadelphia
is now suffering from atyphoid epidemic
and Wilmington should benefit by the
experience Of her big neighbor Remem-
Der the old adage, IAN ounce Of proven
Sion is worth pound of cure
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

war came Mr.. Luce was commissioned
colonel Of the First Nebraska volunteers.
He served with Grant at the capture Of
Fort Donelson and the battle Of Shiloh
For gallantry in these affairs he was pro-
noted TO be brigadier general. After this
his service with Grant continued at Vicks-
burg, where, having further distin-
guished himself, he was promoted to be
major general.
After the war. when Nebraska was ad-
mitted TO the Union as o state, Gen. Luce
went to the senate from that state In
1870 he was appointed governor Of
Wyoming territory.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

DIR. William Everett is noted as a scholar
as well as political prophet. He is head
master of Adams Academy. the school for
boys at Quincy, Mass. He is possessed of
q phenomenal memory, and never uses r.
text book while in the class room. All Of
the Hneid of Virgil and the Odes aud
Epodes of Horace he knows by heart.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
THE COMMON ENEMY pERslsTs

Our free trade friends. the common
enemy Of industrial Wilmington, came
up smiling Yesterday, Notwithstanding
the sticking plasters and odor Of arnica
which attended them from their disas-
trous attack on the dental industry Of
this city. Somebody in authority, prob
ably ~. Bates, had no doubt been 10 see
them abort thesr recent exhibitions Of
in-tenPer- Their tone WAS fairly one Of
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Be his will ever so good. the motion of
sneezing involuntarily opens a dog Jaws.
Pepper answers very well. but snuff is
probably the best as it can be used ad
iibitum. and will certainly produce the
effect if enough be used. Forest and
Stream
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Messenger lin great agitation Quick.
doctor Come with me Two men have
been badly hurt
French surgeon gathering his instru
mentsl-An accidents
Messenger Accident? Mon Dieu. yes,
They were fighting duel'-Chicago
Tribune.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

HIRE is another unfailing symptom Of
sluggish temperament and circulation
in our friends, the common enemy Of in
dustrial Wilmington. Yesterday while
it was being elated with self-conceit, and
free trade ammunition from the Evening
Post, it republished half dozen local
political paragraphs in their original Ian
suage, which appeared in the EVENING
JOURNAL just about three weeks ago In
the years gone by our free trade friends
used 10 read moral lectures to what they
loved 70 call 'the thief at Third and
King for not giving credit for such
local news as the latter constantly
'filched from the columns of it's
contemporaries. That was years ago.
Since the EVENING JOURNAL has been
started hardly day has passed that our
free trade friends have not borrowed our
news and invariably without giving rs
credit Every Evening had tine cid. old
experience which Pope embodied IN his
classics It looked upon the moral turpi-
tude Of the Daily Republican untilit fell
itself
Vice Il a monster Of 50 frightful mlen.
As. "a be hated, needs bgt 90 De seen:
Yet seen too oft. familiar with her face.
we Arst endure. then pity, then embrace"
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Cyrus A. Luce. who has been nominated
a second time for governor of Michigan
by the Republicans, is Buckeye by birth,
having been born in Ohio in 1924. When
nc was 10 years of age his parents re-
moved to northern Indiana. Here voun0
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Luce was educat-
ed in the common
schools and at the
Ontario seminary.
At "a years of ago
he was nominated
to the legislature
of his state, but
was defeated. BE
went to Michigan
in 1919, settling
a t Gilead as a
farmer. He was
elected to tho
Michigan legisla-
ture.
When Tho civil
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

At a summer resort. Belle-Ch, dearl
What are we to do today, without man
on the grounds2
Carrie-Let's get boat and row round
tho buoy. Burlington Free Press.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Broad street dame-"You were up very
late again last night. | told you If that
Mr. GoOdfellow wouldn't take hint you
should drive him away.
Lovely dau ghter-rI did try to. told
him / should never marry. and that
could only be a sister to him. and that
hated the very sight Of him.
Didn't he go them
'No He said he'd heard such things
before. He's a widower
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
BUSINESS CARDS.
DRY GOODS.

DRY GOODS.
/ IPPINCOTT,
u 81 MARKET STREET,
DRY GOODS. SILKS.
UNDERWEAR, COATS
HOSIERY, WRAPS,
AT the lowest cash prices.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

Destructive floods prevailed in Switzer-
land ten days ago. Several bridges and
dwellings W, To I. stroyee.
Evening journal., 1888-08-21
LIQUORS.
TOllN SAVERS,

John SAVERS,
S. w. Cor. Tenth and Orange streets,
PURE LIQUORS FOR MEDICINAL PUR-
POSES AND FAMILY USE.
VHOMAS McHUGH.
WHOLESALE LIQUOR DEALER.
No. 10 MarketbStreet.
Wilmington, Delaware.
ACCOUNTANT.
NTAHLON b. FOSTER,
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT AND AUDITOR,
n. E..CoR. FOURTH AND MARKET Sis.
Second FlOorl
Special attention given to the examination
Of books and accounts Books opened and
closed and accounts adjusted between partners,
creditors or debtors
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

PENNIES AND SMALL CHANGE CAN
BE HAD AT THE COUNTING ROOM OF
THE EVENING JOURNAL
Evening journal., 1888-08-21

FISHING TACKLE.
EISHING TACkLEi
Three-iointed rods. Is cents; four-jointed
rods, 20 cents; three iointed bamboo rods %
cents. Also split bamboo rods, 81
EDWARD 8IELCHoIR. No. si4 King St.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

ACT No. 1O8.-Section 1. Be it
enacted by the General Assembly of
the State of Louisiana, That any
person who shall ride, drive or haul
on any public levee in this State,
shall be deemed guilty of a INSIDE
meanor, and on conviction thereof
before any court of competent juris.
diction, shall be punished by impris.
onment without hard labor, for q
term not exceeding thirty days, OF
fined in q sum not exceeding $50
or both at the discretion of the court
provided, that this act shall not be
construed to apply to the prope,
officers of the State, or of any levet
district or parish while in the per
Torrance of duty, in inspecting
guarding, or repairing said levee.
Approved and promulgated July
Oath.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

Themanufacturers of this country
demand protection for their products
against foreign imports in order to
keep up home prices; but when their
employees object to reduction in
their wages, their places are filed
with cheap laborers from other ooun-
tries brought here for the purpose
And there is no law to protect the
American labor against such injus-
tice. Our protective system is alto
gether too onesidsd in favor of the
rich manufacturers and against their
poor employees All the Democracy
sslz is simply that Justice be equally
distributed among all classes.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

The Republican party clearly real
ICES, and has already declared, that
it is fighting this year for its very
existence-that disintegration will
follow defeat. It is this knowledge
which has healed their old quarrels,
reunited their several factions and
once more welded their whole force
into a compact, disciplined, we'll
eqipped army, which is prepared to
fight to the very death, and can be
beaten only by superior force and
superior generalship.-Csncinnat
Enquirer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02
No. 81. An Act to prohibit the de.

No. 81. An Act to prohibit the de-
duction of two pounds, or any
number of pounds, known as
scalage from the weight of cotton,
and provide a penalty therefor.
Section /. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State of
Louisiana, That it shall be unlawful
for any purchaser or weigher of cot
ton to deduct two pounds, or any
number Of pounds, known as scalage,
from the actual weight of any bale
of cotton, weighed or purchased by
them.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That
purchasers shall account to the seller
of cotton in all instances for the &C.
tual weight of the bale purchased or
weighed except in cases of wet or
damaged cotton, when the amount
to be deducted may be agreed upon
by the parties buying and selling.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That
for each kviolation of this act, the
offender shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction,
by court of competent Jurisdiction,
he shall be fined not less than ten or
more than fifty dollars.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That
this act shall take effect from and
after the 1st day of August, 1883.
Approved and promulgated.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

The expenses of the State govern
ment Of Mississippi, according to the
Holly Springs News, from 1879 to
1874, two years under Republican
rule, were $2,529,6s6. Expenses Of
State government, 1886 to 1883, two
years under Democratic rule, $780,.
O00--a net saving to the tax payers
under Democratic rule of 81, las, $685.
or enough to run the State six years
longer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

The tariff duties brought into the
Treasury for the year 1888 $217, 1885,
1923. This vast sum was paid by Amer
ican citizens out of their earnings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

This campaign is to be worked out
in the pockets of the voters. Who
ever is interested in dear soap, in
dear lumber, in dear clothing, in dear
necessaries of life generally, will and
ought to vote with the Republicans.
Those who would like their earnings
to buy more of the comforts of life
will vote with the Democrats. That
is the issue.-Neao York Herald.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-08-02

E,strayed before c. B. Norman, j. p, Ward
~ >, Bossier parish, La, by B. R. Nash, on
within the legal hours of sale, on SATURDAY.
August Is, 1888, light clay or dark cream
oolored MARE, dark name and tail; lower
half OF her legs dark; about nine years old.
and about I31 hauds high.
Appraised at $40.
Inc owner 10 requested to come forward
prove property lpay charges. &c.
WtCsBANkS, Constable.