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The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19

does not abandon his sedentary position 81 d |
90 of somewhere and work on farm h'
WI die Of torpidity of the liver, - -
One mau is ordered to eat eggs because
hey are nutritious, and another is ordere'
to leave them alone because they produce
bile.
One man keeps pistol TO protect himsel
against burglars, while his neghbor doesn't
| Keep one for fear Of shooting snme member
of the honso by mistake.
You will sometimes see man planting
trees around his place for the SHADE, aud,
at the same time you will see another cut
ing down all the trees around his house be-
c .use they produce too much moisture.
One man wears poor clothes because he
is rich and can wear anything, while a poor
man. wears fine clothes because he is poor
and wants to create the impression that be
is not. 4
One man is killed by accident and another
tries to commit suicide aud fails.
One man escapes all the diseases that hesf
ia heir to and is killed on the rail.oan
another man goes through hslf-a dozen war
without a SC atch and dies of whoopinl
cough. r's:
The prize fighter reforms and becomes
: preacher, while the theological studen
t leaves his university to become profes
= sional base ball pitcher.
t The man who can make twenty thousap
9 dollars year as general thing can't saw
I. a cent, while the man who is thrifty an
wise is seldom so gifted that he can ear
Is anything at all.
+ We know wealthy merchant who keer
n nalf dozen horses, who recently state
y that his store was closed on account of
is holiday" and we also know proof-read'
.r who can spell every word in the Englis
is language correctly, and the only time l
5 experiences any horse is when he eats hors
IN radish.
,i Good people die and bad people live. tt
: mar, who is fat with health can't get er
IL ployment, and the man who is makr
s. money hand-ovsr-fst has to give up bus
OF ness on account of i'll health.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
The Queerness Of Things.

This is a sort Of topsy-turvey world. No
one seems to be satisfied. One man is strug-
Cling to get justice and another is Il, ing
from it.
one nan is saving up, buy house and
another Is trying to sell his dwelling for less
than it cost, t sst ii Of it.
One man is spend ns all the money he
can earl in tsking gul tp the theatre and
sen ling her Il ,wers, j the hoI that lie may
eventually NIKE her lis wife, and his neigh
Dor is spe ding all tn gold he has saved to
get divorce.
Smith is drinking imported ale to put flesh
Uu, while johnson is living OH crackers
and walking ten mills day to reduce his
avoird u ois.
The lAborer with ten children keeps out Of
debt on 310 a week, while many an unmar-
ried bank official with a hundred week
can't get along without helpi himself to
the banks funds.
Robinson takes sherry to give him an
appetite, while Brown, who hes wine cellar,
can't touch drop of it on account Of his
apopIeetic tendencies ....
The do2tor tells Morrill, that if he doesu t
stop work aud tako a rest, he'll go into a
decline, AMI then tells U4koly that II he
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
SATURDAY MAY 10, 1855.

MosT Of us have come TO look upon the |
murderous adulteration of nearly every
thing we eat and diink as matter of course. |
Reports from Washington say, that bill is
to DE presented to this Congress to levy
tax on all adulteration of food to pay the
cost of system of inspection. Why not
prohibit the evil altogether This half way
measure simply amounts to nothing. What
the country wants, needs and should have
is absolute protection from this life-destroy.
ing evil. We breakfast with coffee mixed
with impurities, cooled by "cresm" that is
largely arrow-root and water. The butter
we put upon our hot rolls comes from an
oleo-margarine factory, and the maple syrup
we pour upon our buokwheat cakes is
mostly glucose. Much of our tea never
grew in China, and great deal that did is
colored with black, green and grey dyes
The wines and liquors we drink are often
produced solely by chemists art, and as TO,
our ground spioes-heaven save the mark
the bulk of their weight consists of pull.
verized olive stones, clay, wood and husks.
We have smoked cigars with plenty OF
brown paper in them. eat bread with plenty
of alum, drink milk that is not milk, eat
sausage and scrapple, and mince meat made
of the most mysterious ingredients, and use
sugar Of various improved grades.
The adulteration of food is a raseally bus
iness. It is worse than swindling, for it selli
consumers articles that are not what they
pretend to be. 1t is robbery, for it takes th'
price of genuine article, when cheap i'm
itation is Sold and it has direct and dele
terious influence upon the public health
The vicious are not to blame for this, bu
rather those who carry high head, am
whose moral reputation, ir is claimed,
above reproach, for this disgraceful evil
not carried on in dark corners, like counter
feiting money, but in great factories, wher
hundreds and thousands of hands are en-
ployed, as well as in the stor of whole
salcrs and large and small retailers in ever
city-yes in every considerable street. An
SO far as our laws arc concerned the me
..Sposas. s.as.a.;----LI-as--15sS=5>--Jd tfUmc fe'
secure, FOR legal penalties are unknown.
The time has come now, if it ever wi
arrive, for our Legislatures to enact the mo
stringent laws against authorizations of a
sorts. There is no reason under heave
why severe national law should not
passed as soon as possible, and such mea
ure be strongly supplemented by State law
and all these acts enforced with impartialit
and rightly. Heavy, very heavy pepalti
are the only means which will put stop
the counterfeiting of what we eat or drin
and the quicker those penalties are MAJ
legal and enforced, the happier and bealt
ier the nation will be-
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
Br oIher Gardner Talk.

Gas was walking out in the back yard"
began Brother Gardner, "Mister Darius
Green, the white man, came along and thore
was powerful sad look on his face as he
leaned over the fence and said
"Misser Gardner, the sufferin' has got to
come to cease
Has yer got the shakes and chillsr'
axed.
"'Wuss dan dat, MsseT Gardner, Ize
WORKING all de long week for ten shillen' .
day, au' whar de money goes can't tell,
De ole woman wants new clothes, de chillen
wants dis an dat. de rent runs behind, an
I'ze gett n despirit.
'Sho now let's make some figures on dc
fence, tole him. Now, den, you chew
terbscker?'
"'Yes, chew about ten cents WORT a
day.
Oats seventy cents week. An you
drink lager? p
Well, of course, drink a glass now
and den-maybe fifteen glasses week.
'Dat's seventy five cents noah, sab
What dye do ON SundaJs?'
| "'Oh, go up to de beer GARDEN
" An you spen' dollar at least?
81 guess so--maybe two af 'em.'
" Say twelve shillins, an dat makes tw,
dollars au' ninety.6ye cents per week.
reckon you thrown away at least free dollar
ebery week, sab y
"'Frow II away
"'Yes, sab. Dat money would pay you
rent an buy your -four
But fellow must have some comfort.
"'De same, sab. De greatest comfort i
de world am to see de rent paid up, de tabl
loaded down and de ole woman able to 20 t
church. You frow away free dollars ebcr
week, sab, an den you go roun' cussin d
times, en- wedder an de man who has save
his money
"Gem'len, dat white man called me a
ole black fool an dog stealer, but da
didn't alter de case bit He is frowir
away one third of his weekly wages, al
den BLOWN round dat he's gettln' despir
an am ready to head riot. Doan' let m
heah eny member o. dis club spinnin' da
yarn, case if does dar's gwinc to be
committee of investigation an dat commi
tee won't whitewash wofa cent.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
literary Note.
The Century Magazine.

The May number of 7he Century begins
new volume The opening article is the first
paper of the series by George Kennan, illus
trated by G. A. Frost and Henry Sandman,
in which is to be recorded the results of The
Centulg Expedition into Siberia and exam
ination of the exile system. The frontispiece
of this number is a touching scene at the
Siberian boundary post. In the "Author's
Preface" Mr.. Keenan, relates the circum-
stances under which he undertook his Sibe-
rian mission. The illustrations are numer-
Gus, and there is a full. page map of the
route pursued by the travellers on their ex-
traordinary journey.
Theodore Roosevelt, in nisseries of Ranch
articles describes (and Remington ilustrates)
| his adventurous and amusing pursuit and
cspture of three boat thieves, short ao.
count of which appeared not long ago in the
newspapers.
Two brief papers appeal especially to the
soldier audience, but are of general interest
as well. The first deals with The chances
of being hit in battle, ~ being ga study q
regimental losses in the Civil War;" Tn,
second describes the famous Locomotive
Chase in Georgia" " one of the most thrill
ing incidents of tho war.
The Lincoln Life deals especially with tn
efforts to keep the Border States from Seoes
sion, and Mr. Lincoln appears not only i
this historical setting, but also as a characte
of fiction in DR.. Eggleston's Western move
"The Graysons,' which is now approach
ing its most interesting point.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
knights of the Golden Eagle

The three commandries of the X. G. E.'S
which are advertising au excursion to
Washington over the B. and o. II, r. on
Tuesday, May 22nd, offers the best induce
ments to our people, The privilege to stay
5 days in the Capital city of these United
States, or stop over in Baltimore on return
all for ! ? 30, the round trip is not to be had
every day. This is by far the best
route to go. 1st section aves foot of Mar.
ket street at a. M, second section 6 Is m,
no stops until they arrive at Washington.
If you bny tickets by any other way you
may have to 60 on the regular trains ant
loose the best part Of the day before you ar
rive at your destination,
Go by tho B. and q. With the Delawar,
Commandery and all the Sir Knights.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
Over the Il. & d.

The increase in the passenger travel, over
hte B. X 0. to Philadelphia goes steadily on.
As is well known this road runs through a
most attractive country and at many stations
villages are springing up as il by magic.
Real estate Investments have been quad
rupled in many instances along the line oI
his road within the last twelve months.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19

the Charlottesville Campaign; and ncte
on the Strength of the Confederate A my
at Chckamauga."
The "Topics of the Time" are entitled,
shall Fortunes Be Limited by LawP"
president OF King ?" and "Postal Savings
Banks" In "open Letters" there are two
contributions on the Diplomatic Service; one
on "Moral Teaching in Our Schools; and
others on "Christian Union" and "Ths
! 'hcl ! School of literature"
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
Real Estate Sales.

1t is currently reported that the enterpris.
ing real estate agent M. t. Poole, has sold
more houses the past winter than any other
real estate agent in the city. Persons having
having property to sell or rent will do well
to put in his hands as it will be tc their ad-
usntage. Read advertisement in this issue
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
She Fell Ints the Trap.

IIarold-"I love you, Mabel. Will you be
Tiny sister,
Mabel Cabsentlyl-"'That can never be,
Harold; but will always be wife to you. -
The engagement is announced,
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19

IuUTUTInUhas revolutiopized the world
lHIlNllund the lasthalf century.
Not least arlong the wonders of inventive
propress is method and system of work
that can be performed all over the country
without separating the workers from their
homes. Pay liberal; any one can do the
work, either sex, young or old no special
ability required. Capital not needed: you
are started free. Cut this out and return to
us and we will send you free, something OF
great value and Importance to you, that will
start you in business, which will bring you
n, mouey right away, than anything
else in the world. Grand outfit free. Address
TRUE & Co., Augusta Maine.
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Eclectic Magazine
Foreign Literary, Science, and Art
1.-THE rlTERATURE OF THE WORLD,
l868.-d4th YEAR.

The Foreign Magazines embody the best
thoughts Of the ablest writers of Europe. 1t
is the aim of the ECLECTIC MAGAZINE to se-
lect and reprint all these articles.
The plan of the ECLECTIC includes 'tSci-
ence," Essays" "Reviews," "Biographi-
CAL" "Sketches, Historical Papers, ""Art
Criticism, F." Travels" 'Poetry and Short
Stories"
Its Editorial Departments comprise 'Lit
erary Notices." dealing with current homt
books, "Foreign Literary Notes. "Scienct
and Art" summarizing briefly tn = new dis
coveries and achievements in the field, anC
consisting of choice extracts from new book
and foreign journals. The following are th,
nar,aos of of the leading authors who's
articles may be expected to appear in th
pages of the EcLEcTIo for the coming year
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19

Tue components of Lakador are daily pre-
scribed by the sblest physicians Of tho land
It is uonpareil for loss of appetite and de.
bllly. Price p cents.
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ADVERTISING RATES:

Keacding noticesten cents per nns foreach inser
aon; single column thirty-five cents per inch TO,
each insertion; one single column six dollars anc
fifty cents for each insertion; double column fifty
tIts rer irch toreaoh ipsertior.
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Excursions.

The Union NJ. Z. Sabbath school which
has the reputation of giving very enjoyable
excursions and always being early in Their
announcement have chartered the Steamer
Republic for trip to Cape May on Thurs
day June 14th.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
Rubbed In.

"You won't forget Dumley, suggested
Featherly, that you owe me s5?" mo,
Featherly," responded Dumley earnestly,
pll never forget it.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
"a. a. Gross,

Passenger Agent,
Chicago ~ North western Railway,
30 Centre Square LANCASTER, PA
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Terms. Single copies, 45 cents; one
copy, one year, S.; five copies, $50. Tria
subscription for three months, 81. The
Eclectic and any "a magazine, ss. Pos
tage free.
E. R. PELTON, Publisher,
30 Bond Street, New York
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19

We have sold in this locality over 400 lots during
the last year and number of buildings have been
erected necessarily enhancing the value of the
other lots. Lots in this locality are becoming more
valuable every day on account Of the present and
prospective improvements.
PROSPECTUS
The Board OF Education have purchased fine
lot on which to erect school house and which will
be done soon. Front street from Union to Webb
streets will be graded and then the Front street rail-
way line will without a doubt be extended. We
ed in $50 and you can can that Madison street
was as far out from the business centres and less
accessible than this neighborhood is now. You
could have bought property then on Madison street
at per foot it is now worth from $50 to Sl25 per
foot, You can have no better proof than look in
this locality, it costs nothing and you can observe
the strides it has taken even in the pat year.
To people living out of the city as well as in II
there is investment that pays so well as building
lots in good locality City property is bound tc
increase sometimes there is Depression but those
who hold their land always reap good returns.
Persons desiring to procure homes, here /:
an easy way You NAV say it is some distance ou
from the center of the city; If it further in the
pric- would be proportionately higher. Dc not ex
pect Washington street property at suburban prices
and sell after awhile at Washington street prices.
street, sl7 west ot Union street s75. Title guaran
| teed.
| TERMS-S'0 cash on each lot MS soon as knocked
| off and So per month until paid for, or per cent
| off FOR cash
Hack leaves Sixth and Market streets at 2S
| o'clock Front street cars direct
| THOS M. 0GLE
| PETER j. JRD.
L. W. sTIDHAM & SON. AuetiOneers.
i
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STEEL ERcRAvIk cs.

The Eclectic comprises each year two
large volumes of over 1900 pages. Each Of
these volumes contains fine steel engraving,
which adds much to the attraction of the
magazine.
The Wilmingtonian., 1888-05-19
AUTHORS,

Tie Eclectic enables the 1merican reader
to keep himself informed on The great queteions
Of tie day throughout the worId, and no tntsle-
gent american can afford 70 be without il.
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20 Bond Street. New York
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
The Outlook in Oranges.

Reports come from all quarters that
the orange crop will be by far the lar
gest ever known, the number of boxes
reaching up into the millions. Some
have placed it as high as 1000, 900.
There is also evidence that better trans
portation facilities will be afforded for
marketing it. Representatives of the
railroad lines between Florida and
Northwestern points held meeting in
Atlanta lately and perfected arrange
ments for the rapid transportation OF
the next crop, by putting on solid or
ange trains, to run between Jackson
vile and Chicago in rs hours. Ar
engagements are also made at terminal
points to display daily bulletins for the
information of consignees, to show what
shipments are due, where from and to
whom consigned. These arrangements
and the large crop and the establish
ment of the auction system will be OF
vast advantage to the grower, bring
ing him more money than in any pre-
viOus year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
The Agricultural Multiplication Table

Chow many acres of land have you7''
"One hundred"
"Then you have bought some more;
you had only twenty"
"No, l haven't bought any, haven't
had any given to me, haven't rented
any. Still l claim that l have got 100
acres"
Chow do you make it QUIT"
Gust this way. bought twenty
acres. l ploughed it thoroughly, util-
izing every foot of ground, making on
an average, one acre equal to two.
That gave me forty acres"
"Just So"
81 then fortified the land so that
one acre produced me as much as three
did before. That made me twenty
acres more, making total of sixty"
81 see.n
"Then 1 practiced persistent Guilt
walton, which can prove will double
the yield of an acre. Twenty acres
more, you see, which makes me 60"
eyes, and now for the other 20.n
1.-THE other twenty l got by using
only the best seeds and by putting
brains and system into my work. And
to prove that my farm contains 100
acres l am willing to compare results
with the average hundred acres any
where in this section of the country.
Things equal to the same thing are
equal to each other you know"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
The Chinese of the East.
Neao York Times, Ind.

Last year there came to this country
more than 5000 Italians. In the first
six months of this year the number of
those who came was 35, $50. The tes-
timony taken by the committee tends
to show that majority of these immi-
grants were brought here practically
under contract to compete with Ameri-
can laborers at low wages. They are
willing to work for low wages, because
they require very little to support life.
They are content to subsist on the
cOarsest food, or even on refuse, and
to be lodged under conditions which
are repulsive to the ordinary Ameri-
can workman. They do not intend to
become citizens or to remain here.
They propose to send out of the cOun
try the money which they can save in
a term of three or four years. They
are the Chinese of our Eastern States.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30

"'Oh, the devil = exclaimed George,
with wild outburst. what an in
fernal ass I've made of myself! Ex-
cuse me, pet, but | can't help it. I'll
drive over and tell the police about it
tThat's what he did," concluded
Bonfield, "and that's the way I came
to know about it. But after talking
the thing over with me, and after con-
sulting with the smartest detectives
we had at the time, we came to the
conclusion that there was no chance of
recovering the money. The pair were
too slick. And in spite of all we've
done since then we've heard nothing
more of the 800, 900, nor of Mr.. Thomas
Jefferson Odell and his pal"
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
Not a Representative American.
Phladelphia Teleqraph. Rep.

Is it because James G. Blaine is the
representative of any of those qualities
for the having of which we are accus-
toned to hold up George Washington
or Abraham Lincoln to our children as
examples that he is received with ac-
clamationsf Not at all. If we admit
to the fullest extent what his most ar
dent admirers claim, the great states
manlike abilities of Mr.. Blaine, the
fact would still remain that any at
tempt to compare him with Washing
ton or Lincoln as an example for the
youth of the country would be absurd,
and indeed impossible. The occasion
is one that calls for the plainest OF
plain speaking, and to be very plain
about it, Mr.. Blaine is discredited in
the eyes of the decent men and women
of the country because he is a BRIDE
taker and a preyarieatOr, and because
he has offended in using his official
position to better his own personal
fortunes by a sacrifice of the public
iate -ests which were committed to his
charge, and which, as a public officer,
he swore to maintain.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-08-30
They Meet as Strangers Now.

James G. Blaine of 1888, who said
that "if we have free trade the fac
tories will not be closed, but if kept
open the laborers will be retained at
half the present wages" CHANGED to
meet in his wanderings James G..
Blaine of 1881, who said that Gun
doubtedly the inequality in the wages
of English and American operatives is
more than equalized by the greater
efficiency of the latter and their long
er hours of labor" Said James G.
Blaine of 1881: "How do you do, sir 2
am glad to see you back" Then re-
sponded James G.. Blaine of 1883 /:
"Who are you7 1 do not know you"
They do not speak as they pass by.