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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
SATURDAY FEBRUARY a5, 1sss.
Abolish the Secret Session.

Senator Teller created a small sensation il
the United States Senate when he declared
one day last week that he considered th'
secret sessions of that body to be "entirell
unrepublican." Some of the "grave and
reverend" Senators attempted to weaken tht
position taken by Mr.. Teller by asking if be
considered that the Cabinet meetings should
also be public. There was no parallel be.
tween the two, and the questions in no wa,
disconnected the champion Of open meet.
ipgs.
The Cabinet officers are not responsible tt
the people as are the Senators. The former
are appointed by the President, and he alon'
is responsible for their performance of pub
lie duty. The Senators are elected bV tn,
peoples representatives In the various State
Legislatures, and they are directly responsi'
BILE to the people whom they indireetl'
represent. When it comes to vote upon
any important question the people have th'
right to know the course puruused by theii
representatives in both branches of tue Ma.
tional Legislature. The fact is, the peopl'
in this country have right to know every,
thing that their representatives do, and The
Senate, although slow in recognizing that
fact, will ultimately be brought to see tina,
such is the case. Give US open sessions, anu
the sooner the better. The popular Senator
is he who urges at all times the abolishinp
of the executive session.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
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thor of "The Wonders of the Heavens"
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York.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
To Los Angeles.

Mr.. II. A. Miller of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad has perfected arrangements for
running special excursion to Los Angeles
which is to leave Wilmington Monday Feb
ruary 27th.
Independent of the question Of low fare,
there will be other attractive features of this
itinerary
The excursionists will be chaperoned by
a gentleman thoroughly couyersant with the
entire route and his exclusive mission " |
be to point out places Of interest to the tour
lists, SO that the journey shall be both profit
able and enjoyable.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
A dividend 90 Hts Patrons

The recent action Of the Chlcago& North
Western Railway Company, whereby an ac-
cumulated surplus of $40, 900. 900 was applied
to improvement of the property in various
directions most benificial to the public, may
be fairly characterized as dividend to its
patrons. The splendid depot facilities in
Chicago are supplemented by equally appro.
pirate and commodious station houses at al
points on its lines. Its bridges are of iron,
it's culverts stone; all approaches are solid
embankment. Its tracks are of steel and are
so thoroughly ballasted that days journey
scarcely affords dust enough to soil cam
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all appliances necessary to promote comfort
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the eagerness with which all attaches of
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attentions, to the enjoyment and well-beng
of all with whom they come in contact To
the accuracy of this statement the thousaI DIS
of new settlers located on its lines in Illinois
Michigan, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Da
kota or Nebraska, and the millions of tour
lists who have journeyed to the Rocky Noun
tain resorts or the Pacific slope by the
pioneer overland route, will bear most cheer
full testimony From the Interior, Chicago
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
A Sabbath school Cali.

The following circular has bee directed to
every Sabbath School superintendent in the
State and it explains ITSELF;
Dear Sir and Brother:-The State of Del
aware is the only State not represented in
the International Association which is doing a
grand work in the interests OF Sunday
School. Of course, you are aware that the
International lessons, that are used by oil
our Sunday Schools, are prepared by a COM
nittee chosen from the delegates of the In
ternatonal Association. Delaware is doing
good work in the cause of Sunday Schools,
and ought to have been represented long ago
iu the International Association.
In order to have the Sunday Schools of
'ur State represent in this great body of
Sunday School workers, and also to further
The interests of Sunday Schools 10 Delaware,
meeting was held in St. Paul's M. E.
Church, Monday, December 9th, 1887. The
meeting was regularly organized, and large
body of delegates, representing 80 schools
from the various denominations of the city,
iecided to call State Convention of Sunday
School workers, and a committee of nine
persons was elected to call such a Conven-
tion, and to formulate all the necessary
plans for the same. The following are the
members of the committee chosen for this
work:
Jos. Pyle, st. Paul's M. E. Church
Chales Baird, West Presbyterian Church;
Alfred Gawthrop, End Baptist Church;
Rev. j, L. Estlin, Reformed Episcopal
Church; Henry G. Jones, Grace NJ. E. Church;
Thomas McCorkle, Central Presbyterian
Church; c. H. Cantwell, Delaware Avenue
Baptist Church; D. P. Hamilton, representing
he Colored Churches; and G. NJ. Leitch,
Asbury M. E. Church.
The committee have completed their ar
| rangements, and have fixed upon Wednes-
day and Thursday, April 4th and 9TH, 1888,
| at Wilmington, Delaware.
A programme will be forwarded to you in
i due time stating where the Convention will
meet, the subjects for general discussion,
and the names of prominent Sunday School
workers who are expected to address the
Il
The committee decided that each school be
instructed to elect three delegates, including
the Superintendent if possible, to represent
them in this Convention, and that they come
prepared to ballot for permanent officers,
and to participate in all subjects open fol
general discussion.
A committee ON transportation will ar.
range for a reduction in railroad fares, and
orders for the same will be forwarded or
application to the Secretary. Entertainment
will be provided for the delegates during
the Convention.
VIII you not give the committee YOU
cordial cooperation in order to arouse an in
terest in behalf of Sunday Schools, and t,
make this Convention a blessing to Del
aware
Will you please not fy the Sectretary a
an early date of the acce. tance of this invi
tation by your school, and send the name
and addresses of the delegates chosen, tina
these names may be entered upon the roll o
the Convention.
All communications to be addressed t,
the Secretary of the committee.
REV. j. l.. EsTLIN,
No. S03 Monroe St. Wilmington, Del
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25

Then the man walked away saying that he
felt no.inconvenienee whatever.
''That's something new in the way Of
treating barns," said the druggist after the
customers departure, "and l find it very
speedy and eficacious in its effects. 1t re-
ieyes the pain almost Immediately, as sou
have seen, and in my opinion accelerates the
cure. think thu ca bonic acid gas, with which
the water is impregnated, is the chief agent
In affecting such good results. As the rem
edy is cheap and easily obtained it is well
worthy of trial in all cases where the burns
are. mot sufficiently severe to require the i'm
mediate attendance of physician.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
Disinfectants and Their Uses.

DR.. Alfred Carpenter delivered an address
at the last monthly meeting of the Associa-
tion Of Public SAr itary Inspectors on "The
ory and Practice as to Disinfection." II.
urged that sanitary inspectors, who have
very great power if they use it carefully
should reason out the grounds of the appli
cation of any particular mode of disinfectiop
rather than give blind obedience to written
orders. With regard to smallpox he pointed
out that germs of living protoplasm in the
breath of patient will take rout If imued-
iatly transplanted to the membrane of a
susceptible person, bat if fioated about in
the air for 100 yards they will lose their vital
ity. Isolation, with ventilation, as rapidly
as possible, is necessary in such cases. For
disinfecting the furniture of house after in
fictitious disease steam is preferable and
advised all local authorities to provide them :
selves with the means of applying steam
heat. DR.. Carpenter did not recommend
carbolic acid as disiufectant in cases OF
disease for it has been found that the acid
preserves the dormant germ from decay
This also holds good of alcohol; the use of
spirituous liquors as protection at all. The
same argument applies, though in minor
degree, to sulphurous acid. The best disin-
fectant is solution of bichloride o! mercury.
1t requires to be used with care, but it is
rapid in its action, and so powerful that
solution of ! part in 5000 of water will in
fifteen minutes destroy every living germ,
dormant or otherwise, with which it comes in
contact The best disinfectant for sewers is
sulphate Of iron DR.. Carpenter concluded
by saying that the lines on which dsinfec-
tion should be carried out are Ventilation,
aerial disinfection by chlorine or steam,
lime, washing floors and furniture with solu.
tions of mercuric chloride; steam heat for
clothing, furniture, ETC.. and sulphate Of iro o
or chloride oflime in adequate quantities for
flushing. If these means are effectively ap.
piled, infectious diseases will be completely
bauished from our midst, aud any local au
thority viii III now allows of their contin
uance is doing defective work.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
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twide Awak e., for Februarx

A fine engraving of John Quincy Adams,
at sixteen by Schmidt, opens this interesting
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jam Toast.-Cut some soft slices of Wen
ma bread day or two old into any shapa or
size you please, SO long as they are not to
small. Soak these-but do not let them
break-in an uncooked custard OF one or
two beaten eggs, small cup of milk and a
little salt. A little vanilla and sugar can
be added, If liked. Have ready clean, hot
frying pan with some fresh butter, and fry
the bread to fine golden brown. When
done arrange round dish spreading each
piece with any kind of jam you prefer.
Melt .little of the same jam with equal
quantities of sherry and water, and pour
this syrup into the middle of the dsa. Be-
fore serving place in in the oven for few
minutes. Prepared in this dish is delicious
and very much unlike the ordinary German
toast.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
FACTS you CAN BET ON.


That the oidest and largest tobacco factory in tie
zooyid is in Jersey City, n. ]. -.-
That this factory makes the popular and world
famed Climax Plug, the acknowledged stand
ard fer first.elass chewing tobacco.
That this factory was established as long ago as
I76o
That last year 1880 made and sold the enormous
quantity of a7,osa, ,aso lbs. or fourteen thou
sand tons Of tobacco.
That this was than one-seventh Of all the to-
baceo made in the United States notwith-
standing that there goo factories at work
That in the last al years this factory has helped
support the United States Government to the
extent of over Forty-four million seven hun
dred thousand dollars (s44,7oo,ooo.oo) paid
into the U. S. Treasury in Internal Revenue
Taxes.
That the payroll Of this factory is about $1,000
10000 per year or Saoooo.oo per week.
That this factory employs about $500 operatives.
That this factory makes such wonderfully good
chew in Climax Plug that many other factories
have tried to initiate it in vain, and in despair
now try to attract custom by offering larger
pieces Of inferior goods for the same price.
That this factory nevertheless continues increase
its business every year.
That this factory belongs to and is operated by
Yours, very truly,
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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
SeIfzer for BURNS.

A man whose hand and wrist had been
badly burned walked in to a downtown
drug store in New York, says the Hail and
Express, and asked the druggist for lotion
to assuage the pain. The man of drugs
seized siphon of seltzer water, and direct
ing the sufferer to hold his hand and arm
over the wash basin allowed the contents of
the bottle to flow slowly over the affected
parts. In moment or two tho man declar
ed that the pain had vanished, The treat
ment wa continued a few minutes, after
which soothing and healing lotion was
applied and the injured parts baudaged.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
Money to be Made.

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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
Cigare ette Smoking

There is no doubt of the fact that cigar
ette smoking by small boys is largely on the
increase. 1t requires but little observation
on the part of anyone who walks the streets
to notice this. Boys not more than six years
of age are frequently seen with the poison
ons things in their mouths. The messenger
boys of the telegraph and express companies
are met at every point indulgirg in the hurt
full practise, 1t is not an unusual thing to
see one of those hopeful youngsters deliber
ately plodding along engaged in perusing a
dime novel and at the same time enjoying
the luxury of cigarette. The enormous
growth of this most pernacious habit of ci.
garette smoking by boys has become really
alarming; indeed it threatens to become al
most universal.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-02-25
Cheap TIP TO California.

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Parties going to Missouri, Kansas, Texas
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carrying this special car will leave the B. &
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California Excursions.

Recent changes to the advantage OF those
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address E. A. HoLRRooK, General Ticket
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