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Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22
Two Celebrated Canadians.

The little Canadian city of Kingston,
on Lake Ontario, has given the world
two leading evolutionists of our time,
Grant Allen and George J. Romanes,
both now living in England. Grant Al
lens father, retired clergyman of the
Episcopal church, still resides in Kings
ton. Although his son has made botany
his principal theme, psychology is the
subject on which he hopes to write his
most valuable work. Mr.. Romanes' re-
cent ''Origin of Human Faculty" is per-
haps the weightiest contribution to the
development theory which has appeared
since Herbert Spencer laid down the
pen. Curiously enough, while two OF
the foremost evolutionists of the day
are Canadians, one of the chief critics
of their doctrine is also Canadian.
Sir William Dawson, of Montreal, Is
generally regarded by orthodox church
men as the successor of Agassiz In
ohampioning the Mosaic account OF ore.
ation..-N. Y. Sun.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22
Rights of Chinese Husbands.

In an article by DIR. Faber in Shang-
hal heriodical on the ''Status Of Wom-
en- in China" he writes that the Chi
nese laws, while they are intended
throughout for the defense or marriage
as a sacred institution, are as one-sided
as all relating to women are in Oriental
countries. If man beats his wife, but
does not break her limbs or MAIN her,
the law takes no notice of 1t; If wife
beats her husband she is liable to re-
ceive one hundred blows, and the hus-
band may separate from her. Those
who have been shocked by the sale OF
women in the famine regions will be
interested in knowing that the law
provides that che who from poverty
sells his wife shall not be heavily pun
sished; let the woman revert to the last
husband THAT is, to the man she was
sold TO-. Pail Mall Gazette. ! -
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FEMININE TENDERNESS.

An Experience Which Disproves One of
Darwin's Theories.
According to Darwin one of the chief
mental differences between man and
woman is woman's greater tenderness.
Of this feminine tenderness the world
has been able to Judge on vast scale
during the last two or three years.
According to statistics $4,000 humming
birds were sold in London in one after
noon, and the number of Brazilian and
New Indian birds sold in one auction
room during four months, 404, 464. One
dealer in South Carolina handles 80, 900
bird skins each year. During four
months 10000 birds were supplied to
New York dealers from a single village
on Long Island; and an enterprising
woman from New York contracted with
Paris millinery firm to deliver during
this summer 40, 900 or more skins of birds
at 40 cents each. A correspondent of a
New York paper saw at an art exhibi-
tion young lady with nothing Ia her
face to denote cruelty" who wore \ bat
trimmed with the heads of over twenty
little birds, and the same writer re-
parked: mo one can tell how large a
bird can be worn on woman's head by
walking on Fifth avenue. It is neces-
sary to take a ride on Second-avenue
car to get the full effect of the prevail
ing fashion. There one may see on the
headgear of the poorer classes, and es-
pecially q colored women, every species
of the feathered kingdom smaller than
a prairie chicken or canvasback duck,
and every color of the rainbow.
"That the average woman is not suth-
c:ently refined to feel for these winged
poems of the air is proven by this fash
ion, which Enthusiastically enough,
was started by member of the Paris
deui-monde. ."-Christian Union.
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TOO LATE.

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Her father Is millionaire,
In ready cash and real estate;
He started life, this purse proud pere,
BY making grease coagulate;
But now that he has grown so great,
He claims descent of noble line,
From parcenae to elevate
The girl who never can be mine.
Her beauty has charm 80 rare,
It made my heart capitulate,
While watching her in cushioned chair
On her vcranda sit in state.
In vain I sought tete a-tete;
worshiped, ut distant shrine,
In solitude beyond the gate,
The girl who never can be mine.
At last came hope through dark despair!
I heard that she rode out, of late
Entrusted to q ooachman's care.
No longer would hesitate,
But boldly Try to separate
The two by some well-planned design,
Declare my love, and captivate
The girl who never can be mine.
ENVOY.
Alas! such is my sorry fate!
She was no longer free-in fine
She chose the coachman for Il mate
The girl who never can be mine.
Albert E. Berg, in Journalist.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22
A CASE OF ABDUCTION.

The Good Woman Was Prepared for Any
Dodge Her Hubby Might Make.
A couple who appeared to have
walked long distance over country
highway, and to be man and wife, were
wrangling on the north portico of the
City Hall yesterday, when policeman
approached and asked what was the
matter.
''She's kicking up rumpus,' replied
the man.
''No, hain't, either. He wants to
funk on his bargain she protested.
swell, what is it?''
''Why, we've been married about a
year." said the man, "and we don't get
along together. I said we'd better di-
vorce, and she said she'd take five dol
lars and let me CO."
''Seven, JIM said seven"
"You said fve."
''Where were you going to get di'
vorce?" asked the officer.
''In here. That's what we came for.
Soon's we git it I'm going to Canada"
81 said seven dollars, Jim" put in the
wife.
t'You said fve!"
"Seven!'
"Five!''
''Seven dollars or won't sign!'
'You've gotter fur five!'
The officer proceeded to enlighten the
couple little on the divorce question,
and when he was through the husband
said:
eff can't get a divorce then I'll alb
duct myself"
''Then I'll abduct after you!" she re.
piled, and as he started down the street
she trotted along at his heels and was
prepared for any dodge he might make.
Detroit Free Press.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22
EASTERN HORSE-TRADING.
Sights and Scenes in the Public Horse
Market of Damascus.

Sights and Scenes in the Public Horse
Market of Damascus.
We come to an open space crowded
with people and horses, which our host
informs us is the public horse market OF
Damascus. Here we see various men
riding up and down on horses which
have been committed to their charge to
sell, shouting the last bid which has
been offered to them. They seem to
fetch very low prices. Several good
horses we see sold for less than e10
each. One specially fine-looking ami
NAL is ''knocked down" to Els. But the
business is not finished. A long dis
pute Immediately ensues between the
intending purchaser and the owner, the
former attempting to obtain the
horse for a few piastres less
than the stipulated amount. There is
an innate love of bargaining in a true
Oriental. He never can do without it.
In this case the owner seems to feel
pretty sure of obtaining good price
for his horse even II the present man
should back out. So he remains silent,
with an occasional inconsequent remark,
such as: 'eIt matters not!' "Wallah,
who am to argue with thee?" "Wal-
lab, my horse is as dust! Take it, with
out money! All of which expressions
are equivalent to cold negatives, and
naturally exasperate the other man, who
is wasting oceans of rhetoric in the at
tempt to induce him to come around tc
his own way of thinking. Finally the
latter exclaims with a heart-warming
show of generosity and philanthropy:
"Wallah, are we not brothers? Where
fore all this noise? Isit for MONEY? May
Allah forbid! You want one thousand
six hundred piastres? Here is the
money. Take it," and here he presses
the bag of treasure into the other ones
hands and makes as if he were going to
turn away. "Never mind about your
horse; care not for it. Shall we part
enemies because of money!" But here
the other, who now has his money Sc
cure, runs after him, falls on his neck,
and, kissing him on both cheeks, as
sures him that his horse to him is
worthless; that since his brother wishes
for it he must have it-as present.
And then they repair, in company with
the ''dallal," or the man who has done
the auctioneering part of selling the
horse, to the government office close by,
when the affair is registered and legally
settled. Oriental business ways appear
passing strange to our minds.-Murrays
Magazine,
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ABOUT cARToGRAPHX
The Science Of Making Maps Decidedly
Laborlous Industry.

The Science Of Making Maps Decidedly
Laborl0us Industry.
The early maps used by Prof. Hors-
ford are partly French, and this, with
the remarkable display of maps at the
Paris Exposition, and the great work
undertaken by the French bookseller,
Hatchette, leads me to say word about
map-maEing, or s'cartography," as the
French call It. The age of Louis XIV,
which produced. SO much else, gave an
impulse to map-making, and early in
the last century, the great atlas of
D'Auville, which was forty years in
making, was the ancestor of innumera-
BILE maps since published. France also,
under the Bourbons, made the first i'm
portant Typographical survey, under the
lead of Casino de Fleury, who was en-
gagged on it from 1744 to 1888, and his
maps were used by Napoleon and We'll
lington in their campaigns.
In our century, however, geographical
science and art under Humboldt, who
studied in Paris, and Ritter have
migrated to Germany with other
branches of learning. The great pub
Usher, Porthes, at Gotha, employing
men like Stieler, Sydow, Spruner and
Peterman, and the rival Berlin pub
Usher, Kiepert, have for fifty years held
sway in map-making. Hachette, in the
lays of the Second Napoleon, undertook
to break down the German monopoly in
this art and to restore France to her
former eminence in it, and this Paris
publisher employed Vivien de st. Mar
tin to edit his new atlas, which is now
coming out in monthly numbers, be-
ginning with 1887. A still larger atlas,
begun in 1887, is waiting to follow.
Vivien de st. Martin died before much
had been issued, and he had been sue
ceeded by F. Schraeder. The prepara-
tory work is done and the publication
will soon begin again. A single map
will occupy an engraver year or two.
In the smallest atlas, maps of Switzer-
land, the British Isles and the Russian
Empire are published, and appear to be
better than the best former maps-those
of Stieler, the German. Compared with
work like this, the new atlas of Middle
sex County seems rather crude and mac
curate, but the maps are on a large
scale, and in the villages every mans
house is put down with the owners
name.-Springfeld (Mass.) Republican.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22

against her--that she and another per.
son 8, not IN custody, BY falsely represent
Ing themselves to be Mr.. and Mrs. Eus-
tace BURKE had got themselves ap-
pointed caretakers of Mrs. Trucclo's
town residence, and that while there
they dld, by means Of q forged order,
purportlug to be written by Mrs. Truccle,
induce Messrs. Clinken & Co., her bank
ers, 10 send her Jewels to the house,
where they made away with them. The
detective pledged himself to prove
not only his charge, but quite q
multitude of others, nearly as grave.
Among these latter weBe several bad
cases OF defrauding tradesmen and jew
elers, and by representing herself to be-
Mrs. Iruccle, and getting them to for
ward valuable goods to the house for
approval, none of which goods were ever
returned. There were also charges Of
obtaining money from numbers of pub
lie persons-from the Marquis of Goose
berry down-by means of begging let
ters' In conclusion, the detective asked
the magistrate for days remand until
he could collect his witnesses and COM
municate with Mrs. Truccle, who, he
understood, was at present living at
Hastings.
certainly, sergeant" replied the
magistrate. "Remanded till to-mor-
row."
"But, SIR" cried Mrs. Truccle desper-
ately, 81 am Mrs. Truccle!'
'What does she say?" asked the mag
istrate.
"she says she is Mrs. Truccle, your
Worship answered the detective.
us she quite right in the head?"
asked the magistrate.
II don't know, your worship, ''replied
the detective, obviously. ''But she has
kept on saying the same thing ever since
I arrested her,
II think the doctor had perhaps better
see her."
"But, sir, for goodness sake" cried
Mrs. Truccle.
'Remove her at oncey" said the mag
istrate.
Mrs. Truccle was just being carried of
screaming when Mr.. Guiles rushed into
N~~A~ ASOoOAAAB AAo OAAOOs UAu AANAAS
that his client had gone alone to her
house, he followed her. She had, how
ever, by that time been arrested and
taken off to Grape street. When, after
some difficulty, Mr.. Guiles discovered
this, he followed post haste to explain
the blunder.
Mrs. Truccle was liberated, of course,
with many apologies; but her jewels,
and the rogues who stole them, have
been seen no more. It turned out that
they were pair of well-known sharpers
and begging letter-writers, for whom
the police had been on the lookout for
some time. The real Eustace Burke,
Mrs. Truccle has since been disgusted to
discover, is a penniless drunkard, who,
after spending all he possessed, now
lives on small pension which Lord
Grabmore allows him on condition that
he never comes to England.-London
Truth
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22
Modern Conveniences.

Is it hard to do without luxuries and
modern Improvements after once having
been accustomed to them? @&
A'servant-girl living with family in
the neighborhood of Boston recently
gave her mistress "notice:"
= t'I'm not used to these kerosene
lamps" She said. 81 can't live any.
where where they don't have incan.
descent lights, Youths Companion.
Mower County transcript., 1890-01-22

cle's jewels by means of a forged letter.
Mrs. Truccle stood dumfounded for q
moment or two.
''Do you know, sir, ''she then said, ''that
myself am Mrs. Truccle?"
"No, DON'T" said the detective, ''but
1 know that you have been passing your
self off as her, and that you've con-
trived to swindle good many folks in
that way. You'd better come along
quietly now that the game is up.''
''But 1 am Mrs. Truccle!' cried the
poor lady, desperately.
"Now, there's no use making a dis
turbance. We know what we're about.
Mrs. Truccle is at Hastings"
'But came up from there this morn
ing!" pleaded Mrs. Truccle,
''An right.' replied the detective.
You can tell the magistrate that, but,
meanwhile, you must come along with
me-"
II shall be disgraced for life," sobbed
Mrs. Truccle.
every Hkely-not to say imprisoned" :"
replied the callous constable.
And before Mrs. Truccle knew what
was happening she was hurried back to
the cab she had just left and driven off
to Grape Street police court. There, in
spite Of all her remonstrance, she was
placed in cell among num ber of wom-
en- of queer character and squeerer
manners until the magistrate could hear
the charge against her, and BY the time
she was brought into court the poor
lady twas so overcome that she could
not scarcely speak. 7. .: VI 5 . Af.s>z5 Il. 81
The detective stated the charge
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18
THE NEWS tN BRIEF.
0saden.ea Telegram. Gathered at R

G@mdensed kilograms Gathered at Ran
dom from Various Places.
-Four Hungarian miners were killed by 4
xall OF coal in the mines near Hazleton, Pa
The roof OF the city hall at Camden, n
j., was partly destroyed by fire. The los.
was $4,000.
Lewis Humes, a passenger on a fast mai
train. stepped from the platform of a cal
near Barrie, Pa, and was instantly killed
A young man named Rheii was fatal,
stabbed in drunken quarrel az Mechanics
burg, Pa, by two companions named Bid
ole and Huber.
Burglars secured 5000 in money an,
$4,000 in bonds from the safe in Muckl,
Bres. store at St. Helena, Ora, Tuesday.
United States Senator Gorman,s resi-
dence was burned to the ground at Laurel
Md The senator's wife and daughter and
the other inmates Of the house escaped IN
their night clothes. The senator was not
~ acme at the time. The loss is estimated
st so0, 600
The St. James Gazette, thick aud thin
ToRy organ, says in the course Of an article
on the Behring sea question: LET Mr..
Blaine remember that the British navy
exists in steel and iron, while the Ameri.
can navy exists only in paper and ink"
Miles Standish Bromley died at his home
No. 9 West Fifty-third street, Dec. II, from
paralysis. He leaves no children. His
widow is the only sister OF Mrs. William
HI. Vanderbilt
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

NEW HAVEN, Dec 1s The reports from
the patients undergoing the lymph treat
msnt are Of the most favorable character
Henry johnson, who is suffering from
au~us, shows the greatest improvement
Already the cancerous growth shows signs
OF Aealing and the flow OF pns has lessened
One noteworthy fact which has demon
staated more than anything else the i'm.
provement Of the patients is the discovery
that the bacilli which is found in all tn.
bcrcular diseases has grown less as the
treatment progressed This fact was
brought out by Professor Chittenden's
microscopic examinations. Ever since the
experiments were begun the sputa IN the
cases Of Blake and Bradley and the ennis.
sions from the caneerous growth in the
johnson case have been closely scrutinized,
and the animal life is gradually disappear.
ina under treatment The injections an
now given regularly with lymph and IN
considerably larger doses.
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smyrna haa sInrinr school.

Smyrna has q singing school.
Samuel s. Anderson, one Of Leipslc's
aged residents, is dead.
A castle Of Knights OF tho Golden
Eagle has been instituted at Wyoming.
Mc6rau & Bro, Gamers al Smyrna.
will nat remove their plant to Newark.
Last month the Smyrna creamery con
sumed 81 2S7 quarts Of milk and made
3, 1874 pounds Of butter.
Smyrna Landing is to have cannery
1t Is rumored that the plant OF the Leipslc
creamery will be removed to that phase.
Harry B Grieves and Miss Maggie
Mayhood, Of Smyrna, were married in
Smyrna on Tuesday morning by the Rev
George Dame.
The French Greek Valley railroad
which has been in process OF construc
tion from Kimberton to st. Peters,
touching at West Chester, was opened
yesterday. Trains are running there
now twice day.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

RALDWIN.-On December 10. Eliza Fmma,
daughter Of Robert and Lucinda Baldwin,
aged Is years.
DOWNING - On December IS, Miss Eliza
beth S. Downing, aged % year
DEAN.-ln this city, on the 18th instant,
Frank u, son of Samuel n and Jennie Dean,
aged years.
GRAVES.-On the 10th instant Robert
Graves, in the seth year OF his age.
HAZIETT I'm this city, on the 14th in
slant, Julia A, Hazlett. widow Of the late
Alexander Ba2lett, in her Sith year.
JACKS0N.-Near Hare'S Corner, Richard
jackson, born October %, 1906 died December
10. lS9
.MOYNIHAN.--0n December 10, Mrs Ellen
Moynihsn.
MULLIN.-In this city on the 18th instant,
Maggie, daughter of Charles A. and Sallie +.
Mullen, aged years.
REGNOLDS.--ln this city, on the 18th in
slant, Charles Reynolds, ia the 65th year OF
his age.
WATSON I'm this city. on the 18th in
slant, Jesse A. Watson, In the 9th year OF
his age.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

tions for the opening of their new hall
Friday night. The Right Rev. Leighton
Coleman. bishop of the diocese of Della
ware will make an address to the masons
in Delaware College oratory that even
ing.
The students of Delaware College
finished their studies for 1890 yesterday.
majority Of them have gone home to
spend the holidays.
DIR. Hugh Martin Of seaford, Del, was
in town Yesterday.
Edward Worrsll, son Of Nimrod Nor
rail-, is lying at the residence Of his
parents seriously ILL.,
The Misses Laberta and Msufe, daugh-
ters of Representstive-elect Charles
Walton of Iron Hill, are visiting friends
in Philadelphia.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

FNDLAY, O., Dec. 1s-The Ohio OH
ccmpany's drillers who have been putting
down well near Carey unexpectedly
drilled into the Trenton rock the gas and
oA rushing forth with terrific force, flood
ing the derrick and saturating the drillers.
The gas ignited from the boiler, covering
ehe men with oil and fearfully and fatally
burning one or two before they could got
ont Of the burning derrick. The head
driller, man named Wolff, is not expect.
ed to live, and his assistant is perhaps IA.
tally burned while the derrick and every
thing connected with the well was speedily
burned down, and the column Of oil and
gas continues to come from the we'll
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Dec. 1S-Aldermen
Charles +. Candee and John McLennan,
against whom charges have been preferred
by Mayor Cowie for Irregularities In office,
gave bail in the amount Of 81 500 each DO.
fore Justice Kennedy and waived exami.
nation. The cases will be sent to the grand
jury, which will sit early in January. Aid.
erman MeLennan was arrested for accept.
Ing bride Of $3.50 for getting through a
resolution for the benefit Of Ostrander &
Lsoomis, who own a tract OF land i'm the
eastern part of the city, and Alderman
Candee was arrested for defrauding the
city out Of 80 by fraudently putting the
name OF Tbos-.- G. brennan to a bin fol-
IiveFs seFSice. This IS The seconu che.s.-s
OF bribery which Mayor Cowie has brought
against Alderman Mclennan, and It Is
said that two other aldermen Hra soon to
be arrested
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-12-18

ROCHESTER, n. ", Dec. is The conven.
sion Of knights Of the Maccabees Of the
state adopted constitution which enables
q member to carry $1,000 insurance. The
following. officers were elected Past great
commander, J. b. Mcdonnell, jamestown:
commander r. +. Moss, Gowanda; lieu.
tenant great commander, S. N. Renwick,
Friendship; great record keeper, George
~ seigel, Buffalo; finance keeper, Samuel
Erlich, Hornellsville; master.at-arms, VI.
II. Harrington, Rochester.
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TEAcHER,s lNsIITuTE.
Kent County Educators in Session.
Changes in Teachers.

Kent County Educators in Session.
Changes in Teachers.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Dec. 19.-In spite Of the in
clement weather. the first session of the
Teachers Institute yesterday opened
with good attendance. Superintendent
Cooper made a neat address. Professor
J. T. George read paper on Reading,
which was thoroughly discussed. a
well written article by Professor J. O.
Carroll, on Language" closed
the AFTERNOON session Last evening a
fair sized audience greeted Frank De
Witt Talmage Of Brooklyn, N. ". at the
Opera House. The lecturer. son OF the
famous Brooklyn preacher, does credit TO
his iilustrious and eloquent sire His sub.
iect was; The Best Place to Live in, "
in an hours brilliant discourse he con.
clusively proved that the United States
was the country above all others most
desirable
Before the lecture the Norma Glee
Club, consisting of Messrs. p Burnet,
leader; Q. E. Triedler, William r.
Smithers, Esq, e. B. Louderbough, q.
w. Fisher and John Carrow, sang 1--WE
Rock Away. and at its close they sang
my Love is Rover, and Farewell My
Love-"
The retirement Of Miss Lizzie Peninr-
ton as teacher in Dovers public school
will make several changes in the depart
ments after January !. Miss Pennington
retires from department No. A, and
Misses Ssllie Wise, Ella Fletcher aud
Ida Cannon will each advance a depart
ment, and Miss Julia Jones will be
appointed to No. as new teacher.
Miss Jones was graduated at the Dover
public schools and at Pieroes Business
College, Philadelphia. and is a daughter OF
ex Representative John H. Jones. She
is fitted for the position.
A FIRE occurred at the residence OF
James Todd on King street yesterday
shortly before noon. $500 will cover the
loss
Inspector Armstrong and Lieutenant
Leroy Brown were here last evening and
inspected Company d. Captain Simmont
had thirty men in line Officers and mer
were complimented by the inspecting
| officers.