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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-12
TIuGspAY. FEnRuARY a, ,sa,

THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IA, 80.
at o'clock, a. m,
10 Head of Good Horses.
No, !, Lucy, roan mare, coming 4 years
oil !, well broken single and double, number
No. :. Lishtfoot, sorrel mare, coming O
yo rs Old good worker and driver, safe Tor
lsdy TO ride or drive,
No. 8. Myrtle, bay mare, coming 3 years
old, very handsome, full sister to Lucy.
NO 4. frlnc hay horse, coming years
OLD, good worker and oliver, safe for lady to
No. S. Dirk, sorrcl horse. 10 years old.
No. =. sorfei msre, lsyears Old good road
mare, An excellent worker and driver.
No. q g. y and y. ltatling colts, Of
Nine GOOD COWS, tie most of them with
calves W their sides, the others close spring.
Bulls: one fat bull, will weigh about is o
pounds; stock Lull; / thoroughbred Dur
ham bull eau, months old.
large brood soWs wit h pig, one boar OF good
Farming Implements; . farm wagons, OK
cart. sulky cultivators, several hand culti-
vators l2-hOrBe cultivation Eyens' 2-rowed
corn planter IN good order 2-horse plows, .
pair OF twin harrow frames / farm roller, Z
good feed cutters, corn shelter, long ladder,
jump seat CAFrlsge, ijagger wagon, buggy,
= sleigh, and bells, ! arr!age pole, / large
nels, set single carriage harness lot pillow
harness, forks, lake, shoyels, Sc. RI.pots-
TOES ny lue Dusnet, ana NuDOAHe ny the mead,
pairs o I new twin harrow frames.
Household Goods parlor stove, 2 lounges,
chairs, tables, carpets aud other articles. Also
hali interest Ia q acres OF wheat In the ground
TERMS; Al sums of SO and uuder, cash,
all over that amount credit OF ten months,
approx cd endorseT.
Also at the same time and place, | will sell
RS 'yG Sgshes OF g TsSRy made
VIM. j. LaIk, auciionoer. j2g-wts-fdt5
DUBIIC sALE.-WILL BE SOLD Al
] pullic sstle, ON the farm known ~
Hollywood, on tho road leading from
Franklin Schoolhpuso to Red Lion, by
tho undersigned, on
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 2lsr, lss9,
at 10 O'Clock Il. m,
lG head Of horses, among which are
| mares with fOal, Gnr , Etur-uld colt. on,
| y"ullmg 10 head OF good mich cows
hrltcrs, coming Ia profit 3 2-ycul.olt
/ steers, bull, tat ON, - shunts, also ia,
| follow ing la1HiHg implements. 2-spiil,
wagon iuTEI wagon hay wagon, wild
| IlgsnS' roller, naariy nrW:l Buckley,
drill, nearly. new, | Walter \. Woo
binder, nearly ueW:1 Walter 4 Woo,
mower, nearly new; Evans corn plant
en- ! wheel cultiVNGor. / cider press
OK cart, feed cutter, in good repair
! hpfso@lSc, nearly newi2 carriage,
lust nom shop: ; syracuse plows: ais
FORKS, ~hoNol-, harness, and nuuy uthc
articles too numerous tomcutiun. IIu
by the ton. ~ tons; wheat in the ground
~ the acre. Also 1900 bushels OF corn ,o
the cob.
Tcuus.-ill sums Of so and under
! cash;nli over That amount Il credit a
nlhr months ON purchaser giving
bahkahle note with approved rndOr5el
interest added per. cent. on for cas-
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-12
Night Gowns

Fine heavy quality Muslin, four
rows "t insertion on yoke,
edge on neck and sleeves, 81.
Cambria, four rows tine Torchun
insertion on yoke, lace en-
neck and sleeves, were $3.50,
noW 81 p
Fine heavy quality Muslin,
with wide new style inser.
Lon on yoke, neat edge on
neck and sleeves, tl.5O, Oar
own make.
Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-12
Drawers--

Fine and heavy Muslin, tucking
and hem, % cents.
Muslin, tncking anil Hamburg
ruiIle, % cents.
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Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-02-12

DUBIIC SALE-THE SUBSCRIBER
i will sell at public sale. at his rosi-
dence on the Philadelphia pike, miles
from Wilmington, aud y mile from
Holly Oak station, on the r., W. & u. II.
r.; or from Silycrsidc. ON the ID, q o, IL.
IT,, BEtndywine Hundred,
, 1889-08-22

Having had the good fortune to be
invited by the maharajah, Biz Sham
shir, prime minister and guardian to
the young king of Nepal, we leave
Calcutta early in December to Join his
shooting party. After n couple of
comfortless nights in n train we reach
q small terminus from which a five
mile ride on an elephant lands us in
what is known a. Nepal-terai. The
elephant on which we ride is n small
one, and is supposed to shake the
rider as little as possible, but to us no
vices the shaking is far from being a
gentle one. At a word from his ma
hout"-a wild looking creature who
sits between the elephants ears and
pricks him with an iron staff-he
goes down on his knees, and N
climbs on his back as best one can,
holding on by his tail with both
hands and trying to get a footing on
his slippery quarters. AT last one
manages to scramble up, and one finds
ones self on n square cushion, almost
as slippery as the elephants back.
The first time, when the great beast
rises ON his fore legs and then on his
hind ones, it is all one can do to hold
on by the ropes which are fastened to
the sides of the pad; but practice
makes perfect, and in a short time one
learns to adapt ones self TO the curl
Gus motion. A good small elephant
will shuttle along easily at the rate of
five miles an hour, climbing steep ra-
vines and other distractions, so that
the rider often finds himself hanging
on in an almost perpendicular posi-
ton. No animal is SO sure footed as
banks and slide down into river beds
with as much case as an Irish pony,
but he particularly objects to a bog,
and let no one attempt TO ride him
over one; for if he finds himself sink
ing in, his first impulse is to drag the
rider off and put him under his feet, by
way of having something to stand on
"a proceeding Il would hardly ap-
prove of.-Nineteenth Century.
, 1889-08-22

A man whose head is bullying with
mathematical problems has figured
out the disposition of every hour of
the daily life OF an average man, and
tells just how many hours a man of
80 years has devoted TO his toilet,
meals or newspaper. Let us assume"
said he, that the sleeping hours of
an average man will number eight
daily. That is one third of his time,
so in fifty years your man will have
slept all told sixteen years and eight
months. The man who is shaved
daily at fifty years probably had his
face scraped not oftener than three
times per week at twenty-five years,
while during his eighteen years a ra-
zor never touched his face. Say that
the semi-centenarian has averaged two
shaves a week for fifty years, that will
give 8 300 scrapes in the half century.
At an average of fifteen minutes per
shave the time devoted to this n
small element of life will run up to
fifty-nine days and nine hours. If a
ma should not shave in fifty years
and then attempt to make up his pro-
portion all at once he would have to
shave night and day for nearly two
months.
''The average man, who is not linn
tied to twenty minutes for dressing,
breakfast and catching his train, CON
sumes about thirty minutes in getting
inside his clothing in the morning,
Half an hour per day for fifty years
would amount to year fifteen days
land five hours, SO that if a man should
dress himself at the start in life for the
whole fifty years herwould pass two
weeks before his first birthday ami
versary, and this means working
twenty-four hours per day. A bath
should precede dressing, however, and
twenty minutes a day for that purpose
would put n man in the tub for eight
months, thirteen days and eleven hours
out of the fifty years. For other de-
mands of the morning toilet allow ten
minutes per day, or four months, five
days and twenty hours in half a cen
fury. Why, just a single minute
every day spent in hunting for a col
lar button means twelve days and
fourteen hours in the course of fifty
years.
"Half an hour for breakfast, forty
minutes for lunch and an hour for
dinner amount to five months, five
days and nine years of eating in afty
hours Of life. The man who lives away
up in the Twenty-eighth ward and
spendsan hour of every day jogging to
and from business in n horse car may
not realize it, but it is nevertheless
true that in thirty years one year,
three months, one day and six hours
of his time will go in that way.
When n man reckons his time as
worth fifty cents an hour it seems
rather rough to think that it takes
$1s2.5 so worth every year to get to
business and back home again every
ay."-Philadelphia Record.
, 1889-08-22
me First rueh.Ia in England.

Mr.. Lee a nurseryman of Hammer
smith, in 1879, was the first to obtain
and increase this plant for sale, and
the traditional account of his good
fortune in the matter may interest
some of those who now admire the
fuchsia as a popular garden flower.
A hundred years ago the vineyard
nursery garden lei Kensington was
as renowned for its rare collection of
exotics as it had been at a still earlier
date for its flourishing vineyard and
the good wine made and sold on the
premises. One day a visitor fond of
plants called and was shown all the
floral treasures of the place by the pro-
prietor himself. "Ah, Mr.. Lee" said
the visitor at parting, Il saw a won
derful plant Towering in a cottage
window at Mapping the other day,
with dropping crimson flowers and
buds like coral eardrops, and l have
seer nothing so beautiful in your green
house today"
The great nurseryman was n little
piqued at the idea of anything n a
window being compared with his
choicest hot house r~arities, n curi-
osity prompted him TO make inquiries,
the result being that he drove down
TO Mapping next day, and there, sure
enough, in the window Of a humble
dwelling was the first fuchsia he had
ever seen. Half beside himself with
exultation of such a beautiful discov-
cry, he soon introduced himself to the
owner of the plant, who told him that
her Jack the sailor had brought ii
home with him on his return from
South America, and that, poor as she
was, nothing would induce her to
part with tho plant, or, rs she called
1t, her keepsake" After some per-
suasion, however, Mr.. Lee induced
her to let him take away the
plant, and in return he emptied
his pockets of all the money
he had about him several gum
eas), at the same time promising
that a plant should be returned to her
after he had succeeded in increasing it
from cuttings or slips. And so from
the cottage at Mapping the first fuch-
sia was brought to the aristocratic
side of London, and the story spread,
and the highest and fairest women in
England drove TO the great nursery at
Hammersmth TO see the prize.-Good
Words.
, 1889-08-22

1t is maintained by some military
authorities that it is possible a man may
be a good soldier, in the sense at least
of his fighting qualities, without hav-
ing the least morality to recommend
him. There are sometimes unsuspect-
ed virtues brought to light by violent
means. A certain British regiment,
noted for its i'll discipline, served UNI
der Lord CORVALLIS in the American
war. Two of its soldiers went into a
house and abused its inmates in the
most cruel and shameful manner; a
third officer, who knew their names,
refused to disclose them and was SEN
fenced to be hanged for that ~offense-
The commander-in-chief rode up to
him when on the gallows: what a
fool you are, Campbell, to die thus;
give up these fellows names and you
are a free man" mo, my lord" was
the unfinching reply, you are in an
enemy's country, and can better spare
one man than two."-San Francisco
Argonaut.
, 1889-08-22
A Victoria Dog Story.

John Clough, the keeper of the dog
pond, trains every valuable animal
which comes within his jurisdiction,
and he occasionally instills into
them an intelligence which is almost
if not entirely human. He has had IN
his charge for the last ten days mag
nificent mastiff for which he was Of
fered 500, but refused, as he thought
the rightful owner might come along
and claim him. He held long CONVEX
sations with the dog daily and the seed
of knowledge thus sown did not fall
on barren soil. The animal liked his
surroundings and was satisfied with
his existence and the society of his in
structor. On Saturday, however, he
learned from some unguarded remarks
let fall by the chief in conversation
with the sergeant that John was GO
ing TO put him up at auction. He
waited his chance and on Tuesday
morning very early he slipped his col
lar and, bringing a ladder from the
woodshed, placed it against the high
fence and jumped over into the little
garden east of the hall. When here
he found that he had another fence
made of pickets to surmount and, be-
ing afraid that if he did not succeed
in clearing it at n bound he might in
jure himself, he climbed up and broke
two of the pickets off. He then got
over quite easily and safely and fled.
He has not been found yet. Any
one doubling the facts herein set forth
can have them verified by visiting the
citv hall Victoria News
, 1889-08-22

Mr.. Alexander Shaw, farmer, Old
town Stratherick, was going his usual
rounds TO look after his sheep. While
going past a small clump of birch
wood among very long heather, he
fancied he heard a peculiar nutter
among the bushes.
He took little notice, but the noise
being repeated, he went to see what
vas ado. He found two golden eagles
fighting, firmly fixed in each other
with beak and talons.
Q On his approaching, n of the birds
noticed the intrusion and let go his
hold. The other held his opponent
fast in his talons. Mr.. Shaw Then got
up quite close and got hold of one of
them. He put his foot on tho other
ones neck.
He searched his pockets and found
a little bit of string, just enough to
tie II of the eagles. While he was
tying the N he kept he let the other
one off.
The bird was not able to take flight
for considerable time otter being set at
liberty, being much done out with the
fight. The other one, which Mr.. Shaw
took home, does not seem to be any
the worse.
What seems most strange is that the
eagles are seldom or never seen so low
down the country. My belief is that
they must have been fighting for a
long time in the skies, the one having
been pursuing the other till they fixed
in each other and dropped.-Rod and
Enn
, 1889-08-22
Three Good Looking Performers.

Gilbert Duprez, the great French
tenor, was in his voice as we'll as in
his appearance n very model of power;
short, thickset, as tenors so often are,
he was created for the part of Samson,
but rs TO his beauty, the following
little story will enlighten the reader:
Duprez once walked away from the
Grand Opera with the baritone, Ba-
riohet, who was nota Apollo either.
Whom should they happen to meet
but Perrot, the dancer, n man of very
great ability, but short and thin, and
ugly to such an extent hat a man
ager, whom l do not wish to name,
said to him he could never engage
him unless for the Jardin DIES Plantes,
Geological garden), rs he engaged no
monkeys. Perrot told them the story,
and when Duprez laughed at him,
Perrot said: why, surely you need
not laugh; if l am ugly l am certain
ly not so ugly as either of you" You
monkey said Duprez, this differ
ence shall soon be settled" and seeing
a gentleman pass whom he had never
known, but who appeared to be n we'll
bred man, Monsieur said he, will
you be so good as to make the umpire
in a little difference of opinion be-
tween usl" with pleasure said the
stranger, IF l can" ''Wel,n said
'Duprez, Just look at us and say
whom you consider the plainest of
the threeln The gentleman looked
quietly and p~ensively for some time
from one TO the other, and then he
said: Gentlemen, l giveit up; l can
not possibly decideln and he went off
roaring with laughter. Temple Bar.
, 1889-08-22

The astronomical observatory of
Harvard college has received from
Miss G. w. Bruce of New York a gift
of $50, 600, TO be applied ito the con-
struction of a Photographic telescope
having an objective of about twenty
four inches aperture, with a focal
length Of about eIeven feet, and of
the character described by the direct
or of the observatory in his circular of
November last; also TO secur its use
under favorable climatic conditions in
such a way as in his judgment will
best advance astronomical science."-
Science
, 1889-08-22
Catarrh.

After all that has been said, it must
be admitted that changes in the climate,
filth, sewer gas, malaria and what not
have much to do with the production
of catarrh. Even Fifth avenue is SO
filthy half the time as to make us feel
disguised with it. Catarrh in many
cases is nothing but a filth dis
ease, and DR.. Mackenzie, of London,
says that that is the chief cause of
catarrh in the United States. He says
there is no such thing as s~cavenging
in this country. This is quite true Of
some places, but there are towns
where catarrh prevails which are as
well s~cavenged as any town in Eng
land. But 1t is not New York city.
There are cases of catarrh in this city
which are undoubtedly kept up by
irritating particles floating in the at
mosphere, carried hither and thither
by the winds, such as horse dung and
~fermenting, putrefying substances.
Do not consider, then, that any spe-
cialty by itself will control the situa-
ton. The treatment of the nose may
be well enough where it is indicated,
but where filth is the cause of catarrh,
something more must be done.-Dr.
Beverly Robinson.
, 1889-08-22

In an interesting letter to Science,
II. A. Hazen, of Washington, gives
some interesting and valuable particu-
lars respecting the properties and nat
ure of fog. He says that it is admitted
that fog is simply cloud composed of
water dust or solid minute spheres of
water from $1,000 TO IL, 900 of an
inch in diameter. Many have suppos-
ed that a dust particle must be the nu-
cleus for each sphere, but an examina-
ton under the microscope of evapor-
ated fog has proved that such is not
the S Briefly stated, the cause of
fog is as follows: 1t is essential that
there be no wind. The sky must be
clear. The air must be saturated or
nearly so. The formation of fog is a
purely mechanical process unaccom-
panied with heat-New York Herald.
, 1889-08-22

The best recovery" ever heard of
was that of the famous pipe of Ma
deira, Of which the remnant, amount
ing TO forty-four bottles, was sold in
1858, at the Duchess of Ragusa's sale,
to the late Baron James Rothschild,
literally and TRULY for its weight in
Fast Tn nhls pipe wb was on board %rncL an
off Flushing in IT'S, and it lay at the
bottom of the sea until 1914, when it
was fished up, and Louis XVIII pur-
chased the whole of it, except six
dozen bottles, which the French con-
sui at Antwerp managed to detain,
and he cold all he got to the Duke of
Ragusa. London Truth.
, 1889-08-22
A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.
A Mother sInEularly Notified That Her
Little Boy Had Drowned.

Little Boy Had Drowned.
Two years z a family named Will
liams, consisting of father, mother
and three children, were residing in
Pittsburg. The youngest child, a boy
of s, more than usually bright and
smart, was especially near TO the
hearts of his parents. One afternoon
about this period. as Mrs. Williams
was seated in the rear yard of her
dwelling with a few of her acquaint-
ances, the boy came bounding forward
to ask if he could go off and play
with a knot of his chums. The n
swer was given that he could do so,
but mus not go neal the river, the
Monongahela, which was close by.
Within a few minutes of the boys
departure one of the women was
struck with the white compressed ap-
pearance of Mrs. Williams lips and a
strange look in her face of gathering
concern and bewilderment. She ask
ed if anything was the matter, when
Mrs. Williams raised her hand as if to
brush something from her face, at the
same time saying:
Il do not know what ails me There
seems to be a cloud 1 can't see through
all around me-"
The next instant she threw up both
arms and screamed:
"Oh, my Godl my boy is drown
ingr"
One of the women said: "Oh, mol
don't think that; it can't be. He has
only just gone"
With a quick motion the mother
clasped both hands to her side and
moaned:
HI fA1l l. = 1- II
caught his two little hands here and
begged me to ave him out of the riv-
erl" then fell back in a dead swoon.
She was borne within her dwelling
and laid on a bed, and r~estoratives ap-
piled until she recovered, her face
deathly white and drawn into deep
lines of agony. When again sought
to be cheered by assurances that She
must be laboring under a g~rievious
mistake, as the boy had not been away
long enough to be drowned, the mo
ther persisted in n voice of pitiful tor
ture:
my poor boy is drowned 1 can
feel his hands clasping me here, as he
begged his mother to save him. Take
my clothing down and look"
She was stripped to the waist, and,
to the establishment and speechless awe
of the attendant women, the marks of
ten little hngers-fve on each side
were distinctly visible on the skin in
dark purple streaks, just as would
have been had the boy in his death
struggle caught hold of his mother to
save himself.
Just then some men came into the
house bearing the dead boy, only fif-
teen minutes before in the full enjoy
ment of vigorous life, drowned as his
mother had cried. In jumping into the
water the poor little fellow had struck
his body on the end of a sunken pile
and sank TO his death.
Strangest of all, the livid marks of
his fingers, imprinted on the waist of
his mother, are still visible, after the
lapse of two years, and were seen only
a few days ago by a lady friend Of
mine in Cleveland, when Mrs. Will
liams paid a visit to a married daugh-
ter residing near by. The marks are
so plain that any beholder would be at
once impressed with the thought hat
they had been caused by the actual
grasp of living hands at a moment of
intense dire extremity. l leave all
comment to others.-W. Whitworth
in Religio-Philosophical Journal.
, 1889-08-22
puek,en. aruica saive.

The best salvc in the world tor cuts,
bruises. sores. ulcers, salt rheum. fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
-orns and all skin e%ruptions, and positively
cures piles or no paw required. 1t is
guaranteed to i've perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. N. Hunt.
, 1889-08-22
A Boom In Tombstone.

A scrapping match occurred on Fifth
street last evening between two soci-
lety bloods, and a volley of profane
Language was exchanged between a
couple of men on Allen street yester-
day. Verify the business end of live
ly times is becoming apparent
Tombstone "a tt Epitlph
, 1889-08-22

Florence &c years old)-Mamma, do
dogs get married.
Mother-No. my dear.
Florence-Then what right has
Hank to growl at Jennie when they
are eating their Observation-Disclosures
Rlzar.
, 1889-08-22
Have YOU heard what Mr.. q \. Weast

Have you heard what Mr.. G. l.. Weast.
of Cambridge City, Ind. says of Cham
berlain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy If not, here it is: During last
summer [ was troubled very much with
severe pains in the stomach and bowels,
and was induced BY a friend to try this
remedy. / took one dose, as per direc-
tons. and 1t gave me almost instant re-
lief" % and so cent bottles for sale by
B. b. David, Druggist.
IL p... i J.s,a@
, 1889-08-22

The stealing of an umbrella on a
clear day is held to be a theft by an
Omaha judge, but the stealing of the
same article on a rainy day is said to
be justifiable on the ground of self
defense.