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, 1889-01-18

"Oh, dear! | have a picture printed on
one side Of this paper and some reading
matter on the other. and | wanted to
save both" said a young lady recently,
who was FASTING scraps into a book.
friend.
Why, how can / do thatY'
There are two ways of splitting n
piece Of paper. One is to lay the sheet
OF paper on a piece of glass, soak ii
thoroughly with water and then press it
smoothly all over the glass. With n lit
Tie care the upper half of the sheet can
be peeled off, leaving the under half on
the glass. Let this dry and it will come
OIL the glass easily; OF course the glass
must be perfectly clean. The second
way Is a better one, but it requires some
good practice. Paste a piece of cloth or
strong paper on each side of the sheet TO
be split. When it has thoroughly dried
pull the two pieces of cloth apart sud
denly and violently. The paste can thcn
be softencd with water and the two
halves Of the sheet easily taken off the
cloths."-New York Mail and Express.
, 1889-01-18
The Height of Ocean Waves.

A writer in The Liverpool Mercury-a
captain of the mercantile marine-has
taken great pains to take what are prob
ably the most careful observations as to
h height of ocean waves in a gale which
have ever been recorded. He made them
during a voyage round Cape Horn and
to do it no went up in the main rigging,
to get, if possible, the top of the wave
coming up astern in q line of sight from
the mast to the horizon at the back.
The reason he selected the main
mast was this, that as a rule 1t Is
nearly amidships and when the sea is
running the sea ahead and from aft lifts
the two ends, forming a hollow amid
ships (the actual foot of the wave below
the mean draught equal to the sight ele-
vation) and the observer necessarily Is
above the true height. 1t was a difficult
operation, but the captain obtained some
good observations, making the height of
the waves on the mast. On measuring
the distance from these to the main
draught he found them to be as follows.
"a, u, 5S and 90 feet respectively, vary
ing in length from 750 to 800 feet.-New
York Home Journal.
, 1889-01-18

Baron de Winton, of Shropshire,
England, was forced TO fee his native
land on account of heavy obligations
he had contracted in gambling and
on the turf. While on the continent
he lost over $3.50, 900, and his financial
affairs being greatly mixed up, he
came to this country to escape the dis
agreeable task of settling and meeting
his father. For a while he managed
to live quite elegantly in Brooklyn,
but after a long spree found himself
pennilcss. Then he accepted a posi-
ton as engine driver on the Jersey
City road. Here he worked for some
time, became very popular with his
comrades, and by a very virtuous life
managed TO save enough none to
pay his passage homc.-New York
, 1889-01-18
Bill BrazeIton's Death

A gentleman from Tucson, A. T., in
the lobby Of the National hotel, spoke
Of ono Of the desperadoes Of his town
Il want TO tell you that the first and
greatest lone highwayman in this
country lived in Tucson, and his name
was Bill Brazelton. 1t has now been
seven or eight years since he was
killed. While he lived he was the
terror of southern Arizona, and he did
all OF his work single handed. He
used to work in n livery stable in Tue
SON He was n young fellow who did
not say much, but was all the time
practicing with his revolver when he
was not at his work. He was the
most active, powerful young man i
ever saw.
"He gotso he could turn a som~ersault
with his pistol in his hand, and as he
came up hit a half dollar every time,
twenty-five yards away. He could
shoot in every position, whether stand
ing, running or riding, and every time
he pumped tho bulls eye. Sud-
denly he left town, and il was not long
till we heard of his robbing stages all
alone. He had nerves of steel, and
did not seem 10 be afraid of anybody
or anything. The greatest efforts
were made to capture him, but he
cludcd all Of his pursuers. He seemed
TO DO here, there and everywhere ut
the same time.
FINALLY it vas suspected that n
hostlcr working in the stable where
Brazclton had been employed knew
something of him. He was taken out
OF the edge of town and hung up till
he was almost dead, when lac agreed
10 confess, on condition that Brazclton
should be shot outright, as he would
kill any man who betrayed his secret
at the first opportunity. Tho hostler
said hc was TO go out TO meet B~razelton
that very night and take him some
thing to eat. He was TO wait behind a
log in "A certain piece Of woods.
"a party of six well armed men took
the hostlor and went with him TO the
place of rendezvous. They all lay
down behind the log and waited for
Brazclton, BY and by he rode out of
a thicket into AN open space and camo
slowly toward the unsupported am
bush. He carried his pistol in his
hand, as If ~suspecting that things were
not all right. When in thirty wards
OF tho log tho whole party rose and
fired, killing both horse and rider in
an instant. 1t WINS ono of the most
dramatic incidents that ever occurred
about Tucson III those troublesome
days. Brazclton's body was riddled
with balls. He was brought &c town
and the next morning he was propped
up against an adobe wall and had his
photograph taken, and the local pho
~tographer has today in his showcase a
ghnstly illustration Of the triumph of
his art. Washington Post.
, 1889-01-18
Safer Than tho Stairs.

The elevators of this town carry
nearly n million people up and down
every day but Sunday" said N. p.
Otis, the elevator manufacturer, yes
terday.
Yes" he added, Everybody takes
the elevator now, because it is safer TO
ride than climb the stairs. It's strange
to say, but, nevertheless, it is n fact,
that the number of accidents in eleva-
tors is very small in comparison with
those that nro caused by falling down
stairs. This is because the modern
passenger elevator has almost reached
perfection now"
Speed and simplicity of structure arc
the most desirable qualities of the pas
sengcr elevator, and these arc both
found in the hosting machines in com
mon use in tho big Office buildings
down town and in tho high apartment
houses near Central park. Thoy are
nearly all I'll by water power, or what
is termed hydraulic pressure, as that
is less complicated than steam.
A water tank is located either on
the roof OF in the cellar, and supplies
the power to run the elevator. In the
Potter building the tank is on tho roof
and holds G, 900 gallons of water, which
furnishes power enough to run the
elevators. Mr.. Frank r. Gallaher OK
planned to n Star reporter yesterday the
various improvements mado in hoist
ing machines during the last ten
years. The speed had been increased,
he said, from 100 TO 500 feet per min
ute, and instead of the big, numbering
vehicle that used to be called q sleep
ing car" there was now n small apart
mcnt, handy and well equipped for
swift passage. He said that tho old
system of hosting by horse power was
dangerous, because it was not possible
to always keep the ropes and pulleys
IN perfect order. He thought that
people did not fully appreciate what a
boon the improved elevator was, with
Its rapid movement and perfect safety.
New York Star.
, 1889-01-18

Tough Neagh, Antrim, onioys n
celebrity for n marvel that both his
torinn and poet have commemorated
that of flowing over n submerged
city. CaXton thus records the fact, if
such it be, though to tho Judgment of
sober reason it will seem but a legend,
which We give, merely undermining
the photography: There is a lake in
Ulster and much fish therein. The
river Bann runneth out of the lake
into the North ocean, and men say
that this lake began in this manner:
There were men in this country that
were of evil living. And there was q
we'll in tho land of great reverence
OF old time and always covered; and
If it were left uncovered the whole
would rise and drown all the land.
And so it happened that n woman
went TO the well for TO fetch water
II hied her fast to her child that
wept in the cradle, and left the well
uncovered; then the well springed so
lastly it drowned the woman and her
child and made all the country n lake
and fish pond. For to prove this il is
n great argument that when the
weather is clear fishers of tho water
see / n the ground under the water
round towers and high shapen steeples
and churches of the land" This tra-
dition is mentioned by Giraldus Cam
brensis. Who knows not with what
exquisite pathos and poetic skill Moore
has used this legend in one of his
sweetest songs, ION Tough Neagh
Banks as the Fisherman Strays. Our
[ Own Country.
, 1889-01-18
Old Glass In New Windows.

AS the art of making stained glass
stands here today it has kept a moro
distinctly artistic character than in
the Old World. In Europe, with
governmental patronage and with mu-
seums ready to receive works of q
large size which such encouragement
creates, it is an inferior class of ar
fists, as a rule, who engage in max
ing stained glass. Here, on the con-
trary, almost every man who has the
technical equipment to create large
decorative work has been more or less
engaged in designing for or making
stained glass.-Scribner's.
, 1889-01-18
A Grave CurIously Historic.

There is n little hillock, overgrowu
with grass and weeds, in the cemctery
here which has n curious history.
Georgia voted for William Henry
Harrison in 1910. This state was one
of the most closely contested battle
grounds in that campaign. The peo-
pie of Laurons county were ardently
for Harrison. When the president
died in 1871 "A casket was inferred in
tho cemetery in honor of William
Henry Harrison, and for many years
it was visited annually and decorated
by the ladies of the place. Since the
war the grave has been neglected, but
tho election of the grandson to the
presidency has revived interest in the
little mound.-Dublin (Ga.) Cor. st.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
, 1889-01-18

Anew Partisan industry is the man,
ufacture of hoar frost glass, which is
covered with feathcry patterns rescm,
bling those naturally produced upon
window panes in cold weather. The
glass is first given a ground surface,
either by the sand blast or the ordinary
method, and is then coated with soft
varnish. The varnish contracts strong,
ly in drying, taking with it the par
ticles of glass to which it adheres, and
this reproduces very accurately the
branching crystal of frost work. A
single coat gives n delicate effect and
several coats yield a bold design.
, 1889-01-18
A Wonderful Diamond.

A remarkable precious stone has been
discovered recently. 1t was a diamond
of fine white color, weighing about
four carats and handsomely cut, which
had cracked into two equal parts, re-
vealing in its center another diamond.
The interior stone was a pentahedron,
with facets upon it as regular and per-
feet as if they had been cut by a skill
full lapidary. So perfectly did this
little diamond fit into its matrix that
it was invisible when the three parts
of the combination were put together.
The impossibility of putting two
diamonds together in such q way by
art is beyond question. It was the
work of nature, but what natural law,
or perversion of law, had such nm
amazing effect was far beyond even
the theorizing of those who inspected
tho stone.-Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-01-18

When a member of the Boston Mu-
scum company, Mr.. Le Moyne played
Launcelot Gobbo to Charles Barron's
Shylock. The relations between the
two werc not pleasant, and Mr.. Barron
seemed pleased when Launcelot's fine
points failed to elicit any response from
tho audience. AS Launcelot made his
exit Mr.. Barron, who was standing in
the wings, remarked, "They don't
seem to like your Launcelot, Mr.. LIE
Moyne." To which the reply was
mo; they don't think it half SO funny
as your Shylock The Theater.
, 1889-01-18

Tho supreme court Bible, is a small,
black, velvet covered octave. 1t has
been used in the administration of every
oath since1 1903, Every chief justice and
every associate Justice Of tho United
States has held this little sacred tome in
taking oath of office. Many thousands
of lawyers have held it, and to write the
names of the men who have touched its
covers would be to name the men who
have made tho bench and bar of the
United States illustrious. 1t was printed
In london In 1900, and is today but little
the worse for wear.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
, 1889-01-18
REMEMBER.

Swift the 6ocking clouds are flying
As the night shades sullen grow,
And the day leans family dying
In the western sunset glow,
1t Is desolate DecemberI
Spring was prophet of completeness
Full OF promise and OF light
Kin Of summer days, whose sweetness
Thrilled within the winters night
w were glad then you remenber.)
Summer blooms were shy and fragrant
Is you gathered them, you know,
Yet the briars were bold and vagrant
When the mowers came to NOV;
Owe were sad then you remember.)
When the mowers scythes went swinging
All the flowers were hushed TO DEATH
Now no birds are Joyous singing.
And the winter withereth
In the desolate December.
With steadfast light md night so blended
The haunted winter day Is passed;
The blithesome blossom time has ended.
The summer cannot always last
Nor the desolate December;
Remember this, dear, ah remember
Harriet Maxwell Converse In Home Journal
, 1889-01-18

Tho most gorgeously dressed woman
at the court of Spain is the young kings
nurse. She always wears n dress of rich
BLACK velvet, with broad bands of gold
round the skirt, an apron OF blue velvet,
also trimmed with gold, and a black vel
VET bodice fastened with silver buttons.
This bodice is open in front over n he
misc of fine lawn. Round her neck she
has hive or six rows of coral beads, and
upon her dark hair is arranged a hand
kerchief of rich silk. Her long earrings
are also coral.-London Life.
, 1889-01-18
The Tyler Desk Co.

OfSt. Louis, Mo-, are now pushing an
other ingenious Office Device. This time
1t is Tyler's Royal Automatic Type Writ
err Cabinet and Desk Combined. 1t is
adapted to every Machine now in use,
and said to be the finest on Earth. The
Tyler System of Bank Counters are al Q
attracting great attention, while the fam
Gus Tyler Desks-some~iG0 sty!es-con-
tmue to grow in public favor. illustrated
Catalogues free.
, 1889-01-18
BucI9Ien ArnIca sarve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures piles or n pay required. It is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per box.
For sale by DR.. w. n. Hunt.
, 1889-01-18

The ORIGINAL ABIETINE ONT
MENT is only put up in large two ounce
TIN boxes, and is an absolute cure for old
sores, burns, wounds, chappcd hands and
all skin eruptions. VIII positively cure all
kinds OF piles. Ask for the ORIGINAL
ABlETlNE OINTMENT. Sold by DR..
w. N.Hunt,a at % cents per box-by mail
80 cents.
, 1889-01-18

Philadelphia Doctor (despondentlyI
just my luck. Ihave only recently sue
ceeded In becoming the regular family
physician of the Westends, and now
they have taken steps to render further
employment of a doctor unnecessary, or
nearly 80.
Wife-Why, my dear, what have they
done?
They have bought a er."-Phila-
delphia Record.
, 1889-01-18

The deadwood-that part of n rail-
way freight car which projects and re-
ceives the shock of other cars in the
process of making up" a train, is the
most appropriately named part of the
train. 1t kills as many, If not more,
men than tho car stove, though it
picks them off singly.
, 1889-01-18

How can parents allow their children to
cough and strain and cough and calmly
say: "Ohl it is only a little cold." and
keep giving them cheap and dangerous
medicines, until they are down with lung
fever or consumption, when they can be
so easily relieved by Beggs' Cherry
Cough Syrup 1t has no superior, and
few equals. For sale by W. N. Hunt,
druggist. -
, 1889-01-18

The hooking birds in Orange, Cal,
feed on the berries that grow in the
Chinese umbrella tree, and this sort
of food makes them tipey. They act
very foolishly just after a heavy meal
and staggcr about badly intoxicated.
, 1889-01-18

kellner wishes to state that he is soon
to wind up his business here, and will
therefore close out his entire stock of dry
goods and millinery for less than they
crsi Mt wholesale
, 1889-01-18

Iron and steel arc now usually distin-
guished by the use of aqua FORTS, which,
when applied to n surface of steel, pro-
duces a black spot On iron 1t has nc
effect, leaving the metal perfectly clean.
BY this test the slightest vein of iron in
steel al readily be detected.
, 1889-01-18

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup should
always be used for children teethiue. 1t
so"thes the child, softens the gums. allays
the pain. cures wind culic and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. Twenty five cents
a bottle
, 1889-01-18

Wedding and visiting, cards in great
variety at the Leader Office,
, 1889-01-18

printing at the Leader off CO.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
poes ID Pnr to Fnll9

Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL
OCEAN CRY, August 2.-The family Of
Q. II. Treat are spending the summer at
Ocean City in grand style They have a
pair of carriage horses, a phaeton and a
colored coachman there to add to their
pleasure But they 90 not know anyone
from their old home, Georgetown. A
prominent citizen of Georgetown was
here a short time ago, and this is his ex-
perience, given in his own words 81
was about TO meet the three ladies, and
stepped aside, hat in hand, and prepared
to make my best bow, when they walked
by, looking straight ahead, and regarding
me as less than the sand upon which
stood.
When a well-known doctor Of the same
town was down, he happened to see them
coming down a walk. but when they saw
that they were about to meet him, they
turned and went the other way.
The expenses OF the family are not less
than SIS week, for Mr.. Treat stay
there most of the time, and the hote
charges are $40 q week for eacl
person. His family consists o
five members, which would b
| $50 a week, and he must pay extra fo
the coachmSn and the horses. II Il
strange how Treat can act as he doe
when he offers the greatest sympathy 70
his employees. and says he would and vii
do everything in his power for them
His family are5 living in grandeur at
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
ON THg Id va PENINsuLA.
Fish Hawks Catch Fish From FIoode,
Fields of Corn.


Fish Hawks Catch Fish From Flooded
Fields of Corn.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
KINGSTON Somerset County, Md
August 2.-There have been heavy rains,
with thunder and lightning in this sec
tion every day for a week. The county
roads were impossible for two days
Water stood on them two 20 three feet
deep and all bridges were foated away.
In some places gullies are washed in the
roads two feet deep. The fall Of rain has
been unprecedented. Water has risen to
q height never before known.
Crops Of ali kinds have suffered ire
parable damage. There will not be over
one-third Of the average crop of corn
raised here Fields that have escaped
being drowned out, are stunted by the
water. Fish hawks have been seen TO
catch fish from water standing on a Geld
Of corn. On high land it has been i'm.
possible TO cultivate corn for weeks. and
grass aud weeds In some fields are as
high as the corn.
Some Of the farmers have planted their
lowlands in corn two or three times, only
to have ii drowned out. Then they put
the land In millet and that has beer
ruined in the last rain. Much wheat anC
hay is badly damaged.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
Aud Vow an Orange rruat.

NEw NoR0, Aug. 2-The long talked q
orange trust seems about 70 become an ac.
complished fact A meeting of parties inter
ested took steps 70 organize the Florida Or
ange Growers and Dealers Protective asso-
citation. T. l. Goodsel, the prime mover ~
ahe enterprise, explains that a central Office
will be established at Jacksonville througi
which ali dealers and growers viii transact
their business, thus avoiding the demoraliza.
ition TO the trade which las characterized tn.
haphazard system hitherto prevailing. The
committee on organization and finance in
c.udes the following. Il L. Gnodseli, New
York; Snow a. Co, Boston; j. H. Gale aud
w B. Reilly, Buffalo; Charles 4 Sons, Cleve-
land somers Bros. Pittsburg, and many
others
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
New oastle News I.em. ana Personals.

New Castle News Items and Personals.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del August "A. V.
this city left to day on visit to the
formers brother, who is sick at Ocean
Grove, n. J.
Dr. John S. Black spent yesterday af
ternoon at Augustine Pier.
The reed birds will soon be here. There
are a few around already, but the season
is not yet open.
The funeral of Merritt A. Paxton, who
fell dead In the Delaware Iron Works on
Wednesday night, will take place to-
morrow morning. The remains will be
taken to Middletown, Del, for inter
ment Coroner Gamble gave certificate
of death from heart disease
Harry King will encamp at the Red
Lion Creek as soon as the weather per
mits
The party Of ladies and gentlemen who
went to Ocean City, Md last week, re
turned to-day after having spent very
pleasant week at that resort
Miss Lizzie Dalby returned last even
ing from a short visit at Ocean Grove
NJ ].
Charles Bryan Of Newark visited
friends in this city yesterday.
Misses Emma and Maggie Sherwood
spent to day in Wilmington.
Miss Hettie Smith Is visiting in Phila-
delphia to day
A large number Of people went on the
Clyde to Woodland Beach from this city
| to day.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
DIED.

JOHNSON.-In this city, on the LIST instant
Martha b., wife Of Caleb = Johnson and
daughter of the late Thomas Young. Esq. In
the b6th year Of her age
The relatives and friends are respectfully
invited TO attend the funeral from her late
residence. No l1O5 Market street, on Saturday
afternoon at 3 O'Clock. Services at the house
interment private
MCCARTHY On the 3lst Of July, Mary
A. McGarrity, widow Of the late Michael
McGarrity, aged 20 years.
Rela ives and friends are respectfully in
vited to attend her funeral from her late
e-idence. southeast corner OF Eighth and
Poplar streets, on Saturday morning at Z
o'clock. High mass in ST. Mary's Church
Interment at Cathedral Cemetery.
BARDEN I'm tlis city, on July 81, Mary
Jane Barden, aged 81 years.
DOUGHERTY.-At Rising sun. on the LIST
instant. Ha nah, daughter Of Michael and
FanRy Dougherty.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
uNnhRrAKrRs.
THE UNITED STATES
Funeral Directing Company,
WILMINGTON BRANCH.
No. | East Ei0hth Street,
II. GRAHAM, Business Manager,
A. j. THOMPSON. Funeral Director.

Funeral Supplies of the best and at
tendants unsurpassed The prices for
goods and services furnished for cash
funerals VIII be found far below the
prices usually charged by undertakers
for the same quality of goods. Manufac-
lures its own goods and furnishes them
at manufacturers prices, doing away
with thenmiddle profit. This Company h
outside of oil "Undertalters' Unions" ard
so arranges its own prices. Bodies en-
balmed without extra charge when de-
sired. The Company is incorporated un-
der the laws of New Jersey, and has its
factory at Camden, N. j.
Telephone Sol.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
1900 Miner. STRIKE.

the Pratt mines is stin burning, although
firemen have been working at IL for four
days The output Of the burning shaft was
1000 tons per day, and il was worked by
convicis All free miners employed by the
company, numbering 1900, struck because
some of their number were suspended on the
charge Of too much slate in their coal In
the absence Of the general manager no steps
toward settlement have yet been taken.
Evening journal., 1889-08-02
A Report on Roohester'. Asylum

ALBANY, Aug. 2--Hon. Oscar Craig, II
his report on the Rochester Orphan asy .un,
recommends the dismissal of the present nv
tron on account OF excessive punishment inn
posed, though her general work has been
good; that the Office Of superintendent Of
asylum be created that more nurses be OF /.
ployed; that official reports be made Of pun
ishmenis and records kept that the punish.
ment by whipping be limited to severe cases.
and that all complaints BE- made to the asy
lum committed