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Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
Philadelphia. Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad.

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10 10 sna mn @na WnRinctonl tf1 81.
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mar, IL oS EiKhI. ef' A1- O"'
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Daily Republican., 1889-08-13

The 10 cent Books are a
host. A hundred may be
tzOo hundred titles, including
volumes of Scott, Dickens,
Sidney Luska, ToIetoi, Stew.
enson and other foremost
writer's. Something besides
rubbish gets paper covers
these days.
Bound Books for a trihe,
too.
Dickens, Is vols., $50
Ihackcray, 10 vols. $3.50
seoll, II vols, $500
And SO on. II you keep an
eye on Book News Csc, 5Oc
a Year, you know all about
it.
Near Thirteenth street entrance.
Manufacturers samples
flnest Balbriggan Hosiery,
half or less.
Mems Half Hose &c
inch).
Wornen's Hose e inch,
Cotton, Isle thread, cash.
mere unbleached, colored
black.
Near the Children's 40e
stockings for I5c.
Chestnut street side, west OF Main Aisle
JOHN WANAMAKER,
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13

PHILADELPHIA. Tuesday. August 10. 1859.
The Csc Challis-cream,
navy, black-are one of the
wonders of the dress goods
counters Fine, even, every
fibre wool. Put together
Ike the SOC French finish.
ed like it. Only an expert
can tell them apart.
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN
w RAILROAD,
RIA EDYWIkE gIrNAIp Avn Yn.Hx.

MIA n ~ me SUMMIT AND JOANNA
HEIGHTS CAMP Meetings..
Excursion tickets will he sold from VII
lhEtoh 70 Granogue ut rate Of Thirty cents
,or round trlp. Good TO return from August
list 10 August 18th inclu' i've,
on sunday, August ith, and sunday, Au.
tu,t ilth, special train leaves French strf ct
tlNt ION 81 q. IN. Special train returning
leaves uranoRue, G. 20 r. III.
these special trains will run thr otgh to Jo-
ahnh htiRhts camp inerting and return.
hAcurs1pn Tickets to Joanna Heights good
10 til, Inclusive.
,,A. U. McCAUsLAND, sup't
BOW NESS BRIGGS, oenl PAas. ARt.
1t
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
Russell, Missinle7 & Co.
Sea Baths at Home

Can be enjoyed with Slight ex-
pense and trouble, by using
SEA SALT prepared express
" for home use. Sold in box
es and packages of desired ST.
zcs.
Sponges, Gloves, Brushes
and other bathing requisites.
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13

~ going to Cummings the photographer,
NO 302 Market street, aud having Il
cabinets and one 1GH2D crayon portrait
fer $500. He guarantees to please YOU.
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13

no pay, is the way Cummings, the photo
grapher, works his II cabinets and lGx2o
crayon portraits for $500. You run no
risk.
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
Sold By
q. JAMES BELT,
-PIIARMAClsT,-
SIXTH AND MARKET SITS

NEW CASTLE LoUSIY
THE STATE 81 DEL4wAHF. / SIS.
10 the sherin of New Cattle County, Greet
Whereas. Mary (. sallows, by her petition
Imp. TO the Judges VI onF Superior Court
. seal. filed in the office of the lrUthpnalorr
-: Of the said court, and for thc comfy
q New Castle, for the cause OF COMPLIANT
thtfeln alleged, has made application to our
said Judges that decree may be pronog,ead
dis5alsing the marriage existing between IN.
petitioner ani her hu shand, Calvin sNllow4
We, therefore, command Jou that YOU sum
mon calvin sAlio9s So that he he and 1pt1rtr
helore the Judges OF cur said cont at IND he a.
term thereof, TO he held at Wilmington, on
Monday the sixteenth day OF scpicmber. 10
ansMer the alltgNilons q the said petitioner
according to the Act of Asssmblylt snch Cast
made and provided, and also to 10 and receive
what the said court shall there and then CON
slider CONCERNING him on this behalf as Ia tGe
court shall seem meet ana consistent win ihe
provisions of the s4ld nc of Assemble a M
nave you then there this writ ~
Witness the Honorable Jasrph r. Comeuvs
hEsg., Al Wilmington, this nth day OF NAV. A.
-, eightsei bundled and eighty nine, -
Issued July II. lssp.
GEO. A. MAXWELL, PROV.
me above is a true copy of the original writ
now in my hands. AIyAN AitEN
I,,i,,- ,oso Sheriff.
oui' ~ 1851 1yl7-lta S-lm
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
PUBLIC SALES.
ExEcuToRs SALE ALE
PERSONAL PROPERTY.

ON MONDAY, AUGUST corn,
Atq O'Clock. p. IN.
tEes,
NOS. 2ls-2ss WEST TENTH STREET.
In the city Of Wilmington. Del. .
The following described personal property
bcls ginE to the estate Of Willsam s. bull
lock. deceased, to wit.
boxing machine aud bits, poilshipg ma
chlnc, circular saw, l rim rCunder, drlll
snu bis, planning machine, / JulniinR ma.
gu ne, J boring and mortising machine,
iturteHant blower, Rrinistone and nxtuIca
! Dand Jaw and saws, b,lt cutter and TX
tutts, ! spoke lennon machine 1 emery
,il. ! new patent coal wagon. urea
spting wagon dsarbVtps, milk wagons, Iarin
Nsgohs, wheel bnrroNs, lot second hand
wagon, iot milk wagon bodies, lot paunel
poheN lot running gears, lot horseshoss and
shoe. irons. tools In wheel wright and black
tlnith shops, lot lumber, lot iron, Q sales, 2
e oeinss, wardrobe, Lounge. and lot Of n.is-
eelisheous tools. fixtures ard property In
shop.
Attendance will be given and tcrms Of sale
N aae known ~ u. $. BULLOCK.
ceAsea' au2-sSth-ts
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THE ARTISANS SAVING BANK,
NO. 500 MARKET STREET.


iNCoRronArED......,.. ......FEBHVAhh Liz
Open to receive deposits daily from 4. !.
until 4 y. M, aud on Tuesday and SATURDAY
evenings from to O'Clock.
The charter OF the bank provides tltli W,
prehts upon Its Investments, except 50 ~ "a
as Is required for the pay mcnt Of neeessti
expense and for suitable Surplus Tor lhe -
curly Of dsaosltofs, shall be divided ah.'Ha
the deposit6Ts.
NO mana ger is allowed 10 borrow any pG'
OF the funds deposited with tile cOrp0t lAi9h'
MANAGERS;
George W. Bush, Is. Allen llllles,
Z, Wesley Weldln, Alexander j, fara
6eo, =. QApelle, n. Is. Benson,
Chas. w. Rowland, job. II. Jack40n
J, l.. Carpenter, DR. Anthony higgins,
Henry II. Dure Washington lllstl1sh
MONEY LOANED ON MORTGAGES.
GEo. W. BUSH, GEO. =. CAfELk,
President Vice President
L. 4. TAYLOR, Jos. MAIHEH
Treasurer. A II "'tt
Daily Republican., 1889-08-13
CITY OF CHESTER & BRANDYWINE

For Chester and Philadelphia, commencing
June 10TH. Leave FOURTH st. wharf daily,
i.61, 4. ID aud 0. ~ u. NJ, '
For Marcus Hook. 100 a. IN. and 4.I5p. m
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut 81. wharf at
90 and 10 .0V a. M, 100, 4.oO and las p. NJ.
On sundays a. IN. boat connects with At
inntlc tiiy TAIN. Tickets for round trip u. CO.
For Gale on boat.
Telephone. No. ST. jelS
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of the prisoner. In front Of the chair
will be fO0t-rest, something like those
in barber shop, except that the top
portion, instead of being fixed, will be
balanced upon pivot to permit it to
dip front or back SO that the feet will lie
firmly upon 1t. This whole fOOt-rest,
will be arranged to slide backward and
forward, and to be secured with screw
at the point where the feet will rest
upon it.
From the ceiling over the back of the
chair and over the foot-rest will dangle
two flexible wires like those from which
small electric lights swing. On the
wall at one side will be small round
dial attached to brass instrument. A
hand upon the dial will Indicate the in
tensity of the current that will pass
over the wires. Near it on the wall
will be small doubla-pOle switch,
brass instrument similar to the familiar
switches used to shut off or let OH the
current wherever electricity is used.
but designed especially to show at a
glance whether the current is off or on,
in order to prevent accidents Which
carelessness in handling the apparatus
might bring about. This will be all Of
the apparatus apparent in the ROOM.
The prisoner, Immediately upon en-
tering the room, will be led to the chair,
and in moment will be pushed back
into it, the hooks in the belt about his
body slipped into the rings in the chair,
and there fastened in place by the turn
of the screws. At the same moment his
feet will be raised, the foot-rest slipped
under them and fastened by turn Of
the screw, and strap on top of the rest
will be buckled tightly over his ankles.
In another moment the two dangling
wires will be fastened one to the metal
at the center of the back of the cap and
the other to the metal connection on the
heel OF each shoe. A black cloth will
be pulled over the face of the prisoner,
the officers will stand we'll back from
the chair, and at signal the eXecu-
toner at the switch will turn on the
current, the volume of which has pre-
viOusly been adjusted to suit the resist
ance of the prisoner, as shown by the
test in the cell.
Only the experience of Joseph Kemm-
Ter can certainly tell what will happen
then, but if the confidence of those in
charge, or the efficiency of the appar-
atus is well founded, on the instant that
the switch is touched there will be a
little stiffening of the prisoners body. a
little quivering of the limbs, life will
autter for bare instant, like the needle
that will be dancing upon the dial on
the wall, and then it will all be over.
There will be no pain, no conyulSiOn,
scarcely movement to mark the pass
age from life to death, but the victim
will be hopelessly and Enthusiastically
dead.
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DIAGRAM OF THE CHAIR.

rubber, made around small metal
piece in the center. 1t will look some
what as if made by taking rubber
foot ball, and with metal cap at the
hole for center. cutting off the end of
the ball into sort of hood. The cap
will fit over almost the whole of the
head. from the base of the brain to we'll
toward the forehead. Inside of it, in
the center about the metal piece, will
be spiral arrangement of copper wire,
about five inches in diameter, and made
to fit down over the part of the head
that it will cover. The wires, just be-
fore the cap is placed on the prisoners
head, will be covered with sponge,
saturated with salt water.
While these arrangements are being
put on the prisoner will be sitting on a
chair in his cell. This chair, not differ
ing apparently from an ordinary one.
but which is being made especially for
wires leading into another room, and
ithea4prisoner sitting in the chair will,
without knowing it, be subjected to a
current of electricity too light to be felt,
but 1lheavy enough to give an expert
electrician in the other room an exact
measurement, by the use of what is
known as the "Whetstone BRIDGE" of
electrical resistance of the man. This
willltake only an instant, and will be
done before the officers have the pris-
Oner ready to leave the cell.
From the cell the procession will be
much as now to the execution room,
where the deputies and other persons
permitted by law to witness the execu-
ton, will be waiting.
Near the center of the room, raised
upon small platform about eight inches
above the floor will be the chair. made
somewhat like large reclining chair.
The long straight frame that forms
the slanting back win be of hard
wood pieces, three inches square, and
will be long enough so that if a severn
foot man should lie in the chair his Lead
would rest upon the back. The seat and
arms will be of plain wood and without
any peculiarities. The upper part of
the back frame on each side will be fit
ted with slot, in which will slide back
and forth small arrangement with a
ring at the top and thumb-screw be-
meath. The rings are to receive the
hooks in the back of the belt about the
mans body. and the screws are TO fasten
the arrangement in place at the spot
where the rings will meet the hooks,
which will vary according to the height
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GOT MAD.
Could Not Endure Seeing a SWIM
ming Professor Push a Pretty

Could Not Endure Seeing a SWIM
ming Professor Push a Pretty
Girl.
New York Sun.
A German keeps a swimming school
for ladies in the upper part of this city
and enjoys the patronage of some of the
most elegant, as we'll as the loyeliest
girls in New York. He teaches these
fair creatures to swim by suspending
pole, and making them count the move
ments of the arms and Inns. After this
sort of treatment he sends them afOat
with life-preServer, and later on starts
them off without any support. After
they can swim fairly we'll he teaches
them to dive from board which
projects over the bank. Being quick
tempered man, this German gets very
angry at an especially timid girl who re-
fuses to obey him. The professor was
trying to teach beautiful young lady
to dive, but she could not get up cour-
age enough to shoot forward when he
gave the word, and, after long time of
trembling and objection, the teacher
began to lose his temper. There the
gill StOOu DIT LuC CUu vi lllC Will
her pink arms raised above her head,
her shapely feet pressed together and
her little skirts bobbing coquettishly.
She made sweet picture. but every
time the teacher shouted ''Gow
she would say, in fright
eped voice, "Oh, l can't" FL
nalIy the German could not con-
troll himself, and, walking up behind
the girl, he pushed her headlong
intathe tank. There was cry. flash
of feet, a loud splash, and a general
churning of the tank. No sooner had
this happened than big, broad-shOul-
dered girl. who had been standing near
by, came bounding toward the profess
sor. She raised her INST and struck him
scientific clip on the side of the head,
sprawling him off the board into the
water. When he had recovered himself
and got out of the water, he looked
aghast at the girl who had struck him.
"You hussy," he cried, what for you
hat struck me?"
'sFor luck" came the answer in good
masculine tones. I've kept mighty
quiet in your school for two weeks, but
when you pushed that girl round like a
bag of meal l had to declare myself.
I'm a man."
That is the story exactl v as it is being
told at.the New ork Athletic club, and
it is entertaining whether true OF not.
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any. He felt that the trade should be-
gin a vigorous war against all manu-
tacturers who used thisfmaterial.
A WOMAN FIGHTS A MAD DOG.
A Terrible Encounter With q
Rabid Animal.

Lafayette (Ga.) Messenger.
Thursday white-and-brindle dog,
under the sway of hydrophobia. passed
through Lafayette between and
o'clock a. N. He held his course as far
as Trion, distance of twelve miles,
where he turned back and was killed on
jeff Harris farm, the Willbanks place,
three miles above Trion, at 1850 a. m.
In his mad raid the dogs that are known
to have been bitten are William Nc
randa Wilson's, three for Bud Spray
Halls. The cattle bitten are, possibly,
Robert Hill'S four head and Frank Lit
ties, Mrs. John Roberts COW, Ben
Warren's, John Agnew's, and, per-
haps, Fletcher Halls. At Pursley's
store Mrs. Pursley shot him, and the
bird shot
FLOODED, BUT DID NOT STOP HIM.
After passing A. j. Sosebee's shop he
left the road and took through the jeff
Harris farm. Miss Mary Skates and
Will Harris had quit work and started
to dinner. Will was the first to see him
and gave the alarm. Thinking she
would save herself by flight, he hurried
away. She was afraid to turn from the
his first attack he snapped her Oh the
right arm. She jerked back and showed
him off. He then sprang at her face,
one tooth going in her upper lip. one
near the corner of the mouth,
and two or three in the left
cheek. Then with desperate courage she
SEIZED HIM WITH BOTH HANDS BY THE
THROAT
And bore him to the earth and held
him between her knees. Klnsey Sims, .
who was blowing quarter of a mile off,
when he heard the cries, unhitched his
mules and ran to the rescue. The
handles of three hoes were broken by
HMM his effort to dispatch the dog.
This falling, his heud was pounded into
a jelly with rocks. Miss Skates was
promptly taken to DR.. Rudicil and
maidstone applied with the best results.
She is now doing well and is able to sit
up. All dogs at TriOn that are not
blocked have been killed by the mare
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A NEW CIGAR HORROR.
Elegant Wrappers for Cigars Now
Made of Patent Rye Straw Pa

per.
| Pittsburg Commercial Gazette.
Among the latest limitations which
have been successfully introduced into
the tobacco trade of this city and other
cities are cigars, the wrappers of which
are made out of specially
perfumed paper. A gentleman
well known in the iron manufac-
turing circles of this vicinity was
the first to inform Commercial Gazette
reporter that smoking material of this
kind was new in the market. He has
RECENTLY returned from visit to Nor
folk, Va, where he met a drummer for
a large tobacco factory OF New I ork
state. This gentleman Informed the
PittSburger that he was then introduce
ing an imitation cigar wrapper which
was so deciving in its character that ex-
perts could scarcely distinguish it from
the genuine.
This preparation was made from rye
straw. and one portion OF the process
was to steep the material i'll strong
solution made from tobacco stems. The
grain of the straw, together with the
manner in which the material was
dressed, would lead any person to sup.
pose that it was a sample of the leaf
used in making wrappers for cigars of
more than ordinary quality. The flavor
of tobacco was also present, owing to
the paper having been immersed In the
solution made from the genuine article.
The gentleman subsequently exam
ined cigars on sale in Norfolk, and dis
covered that they were made with these
patent wrappers. The samples exam
ined were of a extra fine quality. The
drummer stated that the firm which he
represented was making tons of this
material and shipping it to all the lead
ing cities of the country. Paper made
with rye straw is the only kind that
can be successfully used for that pur-
pose, as all other kinds of paper can
easily be detected by the smoker. The
new material is Also used for filters in
certain classes of cigars. 1t Is very
cheap, and can be sold greatly below
the price paid for genuine leaf.
Mr.. keenan,. a well-knOwn tobacco
salesman of this city, when asked yes
terday ii cigars Of that kind were sold
here, replied in the affirmative. He had
seen numerous samples, and that they
were very hard to detect.
Messrs. Dallmeyer and JenkinsOn,
both extensive dealers in leaf tobacco,
said that the existence of preparation
of this kind was news to them. They
felt that it's success would be short
lived, as the trade would soon discover
the deceit, and then mighty effort
would be made to dive cigars made
with bogus leaf out of the market.
Mr.. Goldsmith stated that he had
heard that bogus cigar of that kind
xuoc IN ovictouCQ hut he had never SQQn
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not thousand miles from Milford,
delivered the following charge to the
jury the other day: Gentlemen of
the Jury: Charging jury is a new
as we'll as myself: you have also heard
what the learned counsel have said. If
you believe what the counsel fol- the
plaintiff has told you, your verdict will
be for the plaintiff; but if, on the other
hand, you believe what the defendants
counsel has told you, then you will give
a verdict for the defendant. But if
you are like me, and don't believe what
either of them said, then I'll be id if
l know what you will do. Constable,
take charge of the jury"
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9>-Hello, old man, did You send your
governor the cooked up expense account
l fixed up for you?
Biddle B. Biddle (of Philadelphia,
Harvard 1913, dolefully)-Yes, and here's
his reply:
"My Dear Sir: Your request for $500
more and the balance sheet, showing
what you did with the last 5000, re-
ceived. l find that, outside of few
dollars spent for washing, you have
given the entire amount away to orphan
asylums and similar institutions, thus
showing that your own running ex-
penses are extremely light, as sup
posed they would be. Your generosity
is extremely creditable, but there are so
many orphan asylums in this section
needing aid that l prefer to give my
money to them, rather than to institu-
tions whose officers are unknown to me.
l inclose IS, which will pay your wash
Ing for month.
Your AFT. FATHER.
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sons greatest race was made at Clarks-
vile, Mo-, when he broke all compe-
tition records for 100 miles in 6:46:27.
In 1856 he beat Fred Wood. the English
champion, mile in 2:31-15, at Hart
ford, Conn. June 10 and IA at Omaha
he Outwheeled Reading, the Chicago
six-day winner, in twenty-five and fifty
mile races. Nelson started out as
Splinter in Canada, and for two years
held the Canadian record for $40 yards,
making the distance in 474-5 seconds.
He began his cycling career at Boston
in 1888, and holds all competition rec
ords for distances up to 100 miles. Eek
so well known in st. Paul and Min
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at present arranged, will be as follows:
On whatever morning shall be decided
upon in the week of the execution the
prisoner will be notified, and whatever
opportunity he desires for religious con-
ISOLATION and farewell words will be given
him. These over, just before the hour
fixed upon for the execution the officers
will enter his cell, and the death war
rant will be read. His shoes will then
be removed, and pair resembling regu-
lar army brogans will be substituted.
In the sole of these there will have been
inserted metal plate covering the
whole sole, and connecting with wires
passing out through the heels. While
one officer is making this change of
shoes, another will fasten the prisoners
hands together in front, and will place
around his body. just beneath the arm
pits, a stout leather strap. with buckle
fastening it in front, and snap hooks
projecting from each side at the back.
Another officer will place upon the back
of the prisoners head peculiar
close-fitting cap, apparently of black
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the current. were secured a good while
ago, and have been laid away, waiting
for the time to come to use them. They
are ordinary Westinghouse dynamos
for the generation of the alternate cur
rents, which experiments upon dogs
and other animals have shown to be
peculiarly deadly in their effect. Prob
ably if the dynamos had not been Sc
cured some time ago there would have
been some difficulty in getting them at
ALL for the bg1y anooseS that that
being used for such purpose, and said
when it was first announced that the
alternating current had been decided
upon for use in executions that it would
sell no machines to the state. But the
dynamos had already been secured.
TIE proceedings on the day of putting
to death of Kemmler, SO far as they are
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serious objec-
lions to no pur-
pose to the girls
racing on a BIZ
cycle. She is
very fast in
S h or t ia ces.
N e i | S on is
known the cOun-.
try over as one
of the best
wheelmen in the
b u S mess. He,
W i'll compete ,
with Eek in
handicap races
and asserts that
he will break all
records on a ten
1or froo1y Noil
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A Privileged Person.

Yonkers Statesman.
Passenger-"What right has that man
in front there to take up that entire
seat?"
Conductor-"Oh that's all right. He's
a privileged passenger"
''But he's got no right to take up an
entire seat.'
Eyes, he has: he's got right to take
up anything. He's a policeman"