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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-19
POLITICAL NOTES.

Sewell B Scott Of this city il an apDli.
cant for sergeant-0t-arms of the Senate
at this session OF the General Assembly.
William U. Hensel, Of Lancaster. Pa
who delivered powerful speech in the
Opera House, this city, for the Demo.
Gratis this fall, has been slated as A.
torneY-general Of Pennsylvania, under
Governor Pattison.
George West, the Democratic ianitor az
Dover post office, still retains his position
despite the fact that William B. Willis
life long Republican, has been applying
for the plum for some time. George
West is accused Of having sold his Dem
ocratic oirthright for a mess Of pottage.
The annual election Of the Young
Mems Democratic Club will be held the
first meeting night in January. An
active canvass is already being made by
the friends of those who would be pre-
siding officer Of this wide awake and az
gressive political organization.
The action of City Council last night
will compel Mayor Harrington to operate
the GaYnor Police Signal System. with
MS present force. he will not have the
hardihood to refuse. Public sentiment
favors the course pursued by City Coun-
Gil, and no one knows il better than the
mayor. His only desire now is to crawl down
the tree and to do it gracefully Should
he, IN the operation Of the system, show a
desire to make decentralization Office
OF the Police Department. and order
Chief Of Police Swiggett to instruct his
men in the theory Of "how not to do Il. y
the public win condemn his course. as IL
would did he refuse to operate it at all
The system is intended to save labor and
money. and those having charge Of it
should see that it serves its purpose. Ii
should not be made the toy Of a dignifed
mayor or money making machine for
pa tisan appointees 1t is the handmaid
Of justice, and devised to further her
righteous ends. Turn on the light
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A Fortune DUO peiawnre.

OF watches, jewelry and silverware is larger
ana aIn, q greater variety than ever before.
Willard f. Davis, No. 8 Fast Second street.
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Imported and Domestic Port, Sherry and
Glaret Wines. Key West Cigars W. a.
kobelen, No. los West Seventh street. Tele-
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BUSINESS CARDS.
C00 KING STREET

Q0Q KING STREET
Is the place. Our candy is q show. Come in
and see for yourself. We have love drops,
rose drops, Yankee fruit drops. Iceland moss
drops, horehound drops, for q cold. Don't
talk. Have you seen our Peanut Peppermint
Drops2 Nothing like them In this city. But
have you seen our candy Marbles Alleys and
Agates? They are simply perfect and are
sure to please the boys. One old lady bought
a half pound Of each and we could hardly
convince her they were candy She Thought
they were real marbles, so perfect are thew
We have Cleveland Balls and jackson Balls
We would have had Harrison Balls. When
we asked for them oyer in New 70 K where
keep Harrison Balls. Have you seen our
Delmonico Cranberries at 20 cents a quart?
They are perfect, large and dark. Not one
imperfect berry among them. I have been
told these berries are the only kind that are
sold in New York for Christmas A thousand
street J. M. WEIR.
TAMEE EEpIy Anu
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BHHHTb.
J. BARKLEY s BROS. co. 4th and Franob
w. q J. LANG. Fifth and Franch streets -
PAUL o. SNYDER. 113 West Eighth street
N. j. MEYL, No. East Second Str eet.
CHARLES YETTER, II East Fourth straa.
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Sewell Scott Of this city is an appli.
cant for sergeant-0t-arms Of the Senate
az this session Of the General Assembly.
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ARTISANS SAVINGS BANK. 500 Market 81
ZEN ~ hAL NATIONAL BANK, 9TH & Market
E.9GlIABLE GUARANTEE AND TRUST
,COMRANI. No. s37 Market street.
FARMERS BANK OF DELAWARE. North
=, east asst, corner Third and Market streets
FIRST MA rI0NAL BANK, Northeast cor
ner Fifth and Market streets.
NAIlONAL BANK OF DELe WARE. ". Z.
~ c 4 gn6 sixth and Market streets.
MAMMAL BANK OF WILMINGTON
AND BRANDYWINE. Accounts Solicited:
private safe deposit boxes for rent; North
YES Me9t corner Second and Market streets
SECURITY TRUST AND SAFE Deposit
SsDIaMPANA. No. Bio Market street.
UNION NATIONAL BANK 505 Market 81
WGiLMlNGiON SAYINGS FUND SOCIETY,
So1theast corner Ninth and Mark Al streets
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JULY SUPPLEMENT-

with others OF the guard rushed in pur-
suit. But, old and feeble rs he was,
poor Clancy kept the lead never swerv-
ing, never Tagging, until he reached the
doorway of his abandoned cot; this he
burst in. threw himself upon his llneesbv
the bedside, and dragged to light'a little
wooden chest that stood 10y an open trap
in the floor One look sufficcI; the mere
fact that the trap was open and the box
exposed was enough. With wild cry
of rage, despair and bafilcd hatred, he
clinched his hands above his head, rose
TO his full height, and with a curse upon
his white lips, with glaring eyes and
gasping breath, turned upon his pur-
suers as they came running in, and
hurled his fists at the foremost. Let me
follow her, l sayl She's gone with it
all--his money! Let me got he shriekcd;
and then his eyes turned stony, a gasp,
a clutch at his throat. and, punging
hcadlong, he fell upon his face at their
feet.
Poor little Kate! The old man was in
deed free at last
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The morning report of the following
dav showed SOME items under the head
OF ALTERATIONS that involved several of
the soldier characters of this story. Ex-
Sergeant Clancy had been dropped from
the column of present ION daily duty
and taken up on that of absent without
ielve. Lieut. Havne was also reported
absent. Dr. Pease and Lieut.. biilingsl
drove into the garrison from town just
before the cavalry trumpcts were sound
ing first call for guard mounting, and,
the adjutaut sent one of the musicians
10 give his compliments to Mr.. Royce
&Hd ask him to mount the guard for
him. a, he had just returned and had
important business with the colonel.
THE doctor and the adjutaut together
went into the colonoI'S quarters, and for
the first time on record the commanding
ciiicer was not at the desk in his Office
when the shoulder straps began to gather
Cor the matinee.
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There had been scene of somewhat
dramatic nature at the coioncl's Office but
a short time before, and one ,Hat had
fewer witnesses. A2itated, nervous and
eventually astonishcIa5 capt .Rayuer had
been when the colonel had revealed TO
c.n the nature Of Clancy confession, he
WAS far more excited and tremulous when
. returned second time. rhccommand-
e officer had been sitting deep in
-vghj If was bu, natural that man
Guild show great emotion ON learning
ID the evidence he had Given. which
condemned q brother officer to year.
solitary punishmcnt. was now dis
.cd. Itvasto BE- expected chat Ray
hould be trpmulous and excited. lie
been loohing worse and worse for a
time past. and now .nat il was es-
.ished that he must have been mis-
ZEN in what he thought he saw ana
ard ut BATTLE Butte. it was to lee OK
.rtcd that ne should show the utmost
..iistornption and au Immediate desire to
l,e,nonds He had shown GREAT emo
..Y. b.. va. white and rloid as the colo
i ,o,d him CLANCY had madea fuIlcon-
sion; b,t the eapre>-ion ON his face
chem informed that the man had admit
ID that ne and Serat Cover were the
,.,lv ono. gi,iIt,- bocriu,o-tbot Clancy
..,a (,over divided fine ,-uilt as they had
.'... NANCY wac. an nryzl. to fine c,,jonel
can't Rovnrr seemed daft. if was q look
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funeral than on leave he added.

Will inc colonel and NAL. WaIdrOn Tor
some time after his return-a conference
that was broken in upon by the startling
news of Clancy'5 death. Then he had
joined his friend, the. doctor, at the hos.
pital and was still there, striving tn
comfort little Kate, who curld not be IN
duced to leave her fathers rapidly stiff
ening form, when Mrs. Watdron re-en-
tered the room Drawing the child to
her side and folding her motherly arms
about her, She looked up in Haynes pal3
face:
They are going in five minutes Don't
You mean to see her,
Not there-nOt under his roof or in
that crowd I will 90 othc station"
81 must run over and ,sav good-bv in
moment-when tine carriage goes around.
Sha'l-sS1all | say YOU will Gomez"
There was light in his blue eyes she
was Just beginning TO notice now as she
studied his face. \ smile flickored one
instant about the.coruers of his mouth,
and then he held out his,hand:
"Sho knows 10y this time, Mrs Wal
dron
Au hou'later Mrs. Ravner was stand
ing ON thc'PlatiOrm at the station. Ross
and othcr5'Of her satellites hanging about
her; Capt. Rayner was talking in sub.
ducd tones with one or two of the senio,
officers; Miss Trayers looking fevcrishly
pretty, Fascinating busilv with Rovce
and Foster, though close observer could
have noted that her dark eyes often
sought the westward prairie over which
wound th" road to the distant post. 1t
was nearly train time. and three or four
hOr5omcn could be seen at various dis.
tauces, While. lar out towards the fort.
long skirmsh. lines and Tutoring guidons
were sweeping over the slopes in mimic
war array.
Il have missed all this, she said, point
ing to the scene; land | do love it so thar
it seems hard to go just rs all the real
| soldier life is beginning"
Goodness knows you've had offers
enough to keep you here, said Foster,
with not the blithest laugh in the world.
ANY girl who viii SO east and marry a
| cit and leave 81 Sr seven u.nrilr,s subs
| signing behind her, | have my opinion Of:
| she's eminantlv level headed. " he added,
with rucful and unexpected caa1ar.
81 have hopes OF Mis-. r~vcrs yet,
doomed ROYCE, in his pond rou, b,.a-o;
mot personal hopes, Io,tar-youn le,n't
| feel for your piat3l-but | believe that
! her heart is with the army, like the sol
diers daughter she is And. audacious
as was the speech and deserving Of in.
slant rebul1e Mr. Rovce was startled tc,
see her reddenins virill-. He would
have plunged into ha5,y ap. 'osy, but
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ter's. with eyes full of trouble and per
ploxity, but fearless Nellie Travers
stepped quickly into the room and put
trembling white hand upon the Others
3houlder:
"Katc. it is no time for so bitter an es-'
arrangement as this | have dorc simply
what our soldier father would have done
had he been here. | am fully aware of
what it must cost me. ! knew when |
liI it that YOU would never again wei
come me to your home. Once east again,
you and / can go our ways; | won't bur
len YOU longer: but is it not better that
YOU should tell me in what way your
husband or you can have been injured
~ what have donet'
Mrs Rayner impatiently shook away
'he hand
Il don't want TO talk TO you, was the
blunt answer. "Nou have carried out
Your threat aud-ruincd Us; that's all.
"What can you mean: Do you want
M. to think that because Nh Haynes
innocence may be established your hu5-
and was the guilty man: Certainly
, our manner leads to that inference,
uou2h his does not, by any Means
II don't want TO talk, | tell you.
ol've hid your way-donc your work
.aI'N s-o soon enough the hideous web
Of trouble you'yo eutangied about my
husband. Don't Won dare saN--Gcu't
Won dare thiul"-lnd now she rose with
sudden fury-''that he was the-that he
lost the money. But that 5 what all 9th
ors will think
"if that We're true. Kate, there would
3c this difference between his trouble
and Mr.. IIayuy's: Capt. Rayner would
nave wife, wealth and friends to help
/ him bear the cross; Mr. Iiayne has borne
I it live1ong years unalded. | pray God
The truth has been brought to light
What fierce reply MrS. RaNnot might
lave given, who knows: but at chat III
-tamt 4 quick step was heard on TN,
/ piazza. the door opened ,udicnlN, and
-apt. RaNnvr entered with Il rush. Inc
nallor had gone; light OF eager, hd'
/ jncredulous joy hcamed from his oy"s
Ao threw Iii, cap gron the floor. and n:
wife had risen and thrown her arms
about his neck.
'IiaVe they io"nd hlm; was hc'
areathIeas question. What has har-
pensd: Nou look SO different.
"Found MIN: y IS; and he has tn.'
everything"
"Told-what|
Told that he and Cover were tH'
men. They took il all.
"Clancy-aud Cover! The thieves
do YOU mean: Is that's that what H..
confcescd: she asked, in wild wonder
ment. in almost stupeficd amaze, relca,
ing him from her arms and stepping
back, her eye, searching his face.
Nothing else in the world. Kate.
don't understand il at all. I'm all a
trenble vet. IL clears Hayne utterly.
II AT lsa-t czpL.ins how was mistaken.
But what-what could she have meant
AIRS pavror stood Ekconc in q dream.
ba, cvo. starino her Inns oujycrjnr; and
Nellie viii, thrnbbin, uuiscs and clasp.
inc, hands looked earrrly from husband
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Kate;'
ooh, Nellie! Nellio forgive me, for
have been nearly mad with misery"
was Mrs. Bayners answer, as she burst
into a fresh paroXysm Of tears, THAT
that woman has-has told me fearful
lies"
There was a strange scene that day at
Warrener when, towards noon, two car
riages drove out from town and, enter
ing the east gate rolled over towards the
guard house, The soldiers clustered
about the barrack porchcs and stared at
the occupants. I'm the lirst-a livery
| hack from town-were two sheriff Off
GERS. while covering on the back seat,
his hat pulled down over his eyes, was
poor old Clancy, to whom chung faithful
| little Kate. In the rear Carriage-Mal.
| Waldron's-were Mr. Haync, the major,
and q civilian whom some Of the men
| had no difficulty in recognizing as the
official charged with the administration
of Justice towards offenders against the
peace. Many Of the soldiers strollcd
slowly up the road, in hopes of hearing
all about the arrest and what it meant,
| from struggling members of the guard
! All knew it meant something more than
mere "break' ON the part of Clancy;
all felt that it had some connection with
the long continued mystery chat hung
about the name of Lieut.. Hayne.
Then, too, it was being noised abroad
that Mrs Clancy had "skippcd, and be
tween two suns had fed for parts I'M
known She could be ovcrhaulcd by tel
cgraph if SHE had left on either of the
night freights or gone down towards
! Denver by the early morning passenger
train; it would be easy enough to cap
tu1c her if she were wanted, said the
garrison; bat what did it mean that
Clancy was pursued by officers of the
post and brought lack under charge Of
officers of the law: lie had had trouble
enough, poor fcllow
The officer Of the guard looked Won
dcriuEiy at the carriages ana their oc-
cupants. He saluted Mai WalAron as
the latter stepped brslly down.
you will take charge Of Clancy. Mr..
Graham" said the major His dis
charge win be recalled; AT least it will
not take effect today. You will be in
tcrestcl in knowing that his voluntary
confession fully establishes Mr.. HAYNES
innocence of the charges on which he
was tried.
Mr.. Graham's face turned all manner
of coIors lie glanced at Havnc, who.
still Stated in the carriage. was as calmly
Indifferent to him as ever; y" was gazing
across the wide parade at the windows
in officers row. Little Katc's sobs as
the soldiers were helping her father
from the carriage suddenly recalled his
WANDERING THOUGHTS. lie spr3nc to the
ground. stenppd quickly to the child and
put hi. arms about her.
"Clancv. tell her to come with us.
Mrs Waldrou will take sowing care Of
her. and she shall come to see YOU every
dav. The GUARD house i, no place for
her. to follow Won Tell her so. man and
sbo will 90 with ~ Come Katie chiIdr'
And ne bent tendorIv over the sobbino
l;,,l,,.,-,if
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THE DE=SERTER.
BY CAPT, CHARLES KING, u. S. A.
Author of "Dunraven Ranch" The Colonels Daughter,
'Marion's Faith, ETC., etc.
CHAPTER XVII.

LIpncott Company Philadelphia published special
IN
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1890-09-06
pERsoNAL ANp urERARx.


Queen victoria's chief cook IL q
Mohammedan.
- It lie estimated that 102. 0s7 volumes
have boon adde d to the college libraries
Of the United States during the past
year, making tho total number OF vol.
umes in such libraries ASS, 49S.
Francis Power Cobbe is sixty-elght
years of age, and still active In her liter
airy productiveness. She IL at the head
OF the anti-vivisection movement in En-
gland, and a power in its labors, both
with tongue. and pen.
Probably the smallest millionaire
In the country Is Jacob Seligman, who
is hardly moro than four feet high. He
camo from Germany when boy, and
went to Michigan twenty years ago
without dollar His fortune Is now
estimated OF S1b, 600, 600
"A library exclusively intended for
women has been opened at Turin. The
rooms are elegantly furnished, and the
tables covered with all the best period
icals and newspapers that can interest
female readers, while the best modern
books fill the shelves Turin, It is said,
is tho first italian city that can boast OF
such library.
Literary men, according to CELSIUS
have universally weak stolnachs
Aristotle had this organ SO feeble that
he was obliged to strengthen 1t by the
application of an aromatic oil to the
region OF the stomach, which never
failed to impart its cordial effects by
transporting to his visous. And an
eminent physician once asserted that
he could estimate the capacity OF the
mind by the delicacy of the stomach. a
Mrs. Louise Phillips and Mrs. Au-
bertine Woodward Moore, two we'll.
known literary workers, residing at
Madison, have begun tho compilation
Of a work which will contain collec-
ton OK stories, sketches and poems by
Wisconsin writer's Tho book will DO
an octave. and will contain Ave hun
dred pages More than one hundred
writer's will be represented init pages.
The Introductory chapter will give q
brief history OF literature in Wisconsin,
and in addition there will be direc
tory of Wisconsin writer's.
The Speaker Of London, has made
study Of novel heroes. Out OF ,102 Of
these gentlemen that came out between
October and June last IL is discovered
tAfat alghsyA iaaa ntnpA aisaA fs~A, ptsA1le
many wore oven taller. Compared with
those Of the nine months preceding last
October, the heroes of the period In
question show an increase In height
averaging three-quarters Of an inch per
hero. 1t is observed that lady writer's
show a marked tendency to make their
male characters tall Tho reading pub
lie would willingly allow some Of the
fair novelists the right to lengthen their
heroes to any extent II they could only
be induced to shorten their stories.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1890-09-06
MedIcInal vIrtue IN Fl.h nOno..

Travellers who have penetrated into
tho easternmost parts of Southern Rus
STA find some strange beliefs as to the
power of fish charms. Many fish found
in those countries have two small, hard.
round bones on the side of the head,
They are believed to have the power
when worn by the owner to prevent col
ic, and they are termed collie stones.
The more wealthy Of the peasants have
collie stones mounted in gold, and they
are worn upon the neck as a valuable
addition to necklace. The bones of
the common bullhead are much used
among the Russian peasants as charm
against fever. Among European ma
tions in the middle ages doctors Of med
icine had faith that two bones found in
the head of the tench have medicinal
virtues. The bones were applied to the
skin in cases of fever The tench is a
European fish, and the United States
Fish Commission is endeavoring to
introduce it to American waters,-Jew.
elers Review.