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THE PROPOSED iSTEN-AMERICAN ROADS
Through all this vast region only the rub
Der tree is utilized, and that only on the
river banks where it can be reached by
canoes Brazil claims 10 have 4O,0 900 miles Of
aavigubie waters, III connecting with the
An!Hzon which Is nearly 100 miles wide
where il enters the o.cau; its basin embraces
twenty-five degrees ci latitude md thirty
five Of len.:tt,rl': ;tIi vet through all tla5
vast region t.icFe a:'e but a few posts for re-
cciving AMI slnWnus rubber, and under
present. conditions hat work can be carried
on for no more than IL third of the year. 1t
Is the Amazon tlsJ:lc, with its branches, that
renders amy government or civilization pos
sihle i'll the heart Of South America. Be
tween is diverging branches are dense for
ests rs Yet unseen by white men, and some of
them inhabited by cannibals. Verify, rail-
roads are needed and if white men can re-
tain their rlgor there, even for a short term
til. trude thus developed would be immensely
profitable.
Colombia, the first republic crossed by the
proposed line, covers 800, 635 square miles and
contains about 1000, 600 people, of whom less
than 100, 600 are wild Indians Its people are
tolerably progressive, and it is capable of an
immense production OF coffee, cotton, tobacco
and cinchona bark. Ecuador, the next re-
public to be crossed, covers 24S,3l2 square
miles and contains only million white peo-
pile and 200 1000 Indians. 1t is vast noun
tain plateau, with many high and fertile val
leys, and though its capital, Quito, is directly
on the equator the climate is remarkably
cool and bracing
Peru comes next, with 49,, aa97 square miles
and about 8, 600 900 people-just now recover
ing from tho complete prostration caused by
tho Gillian war. Its valleys are said to be
the most fertile in the world, its guano and
nitrate deposits inexhaustible, and its silver
mines very rich. Bolivia has 5s6, 200 square
miles and about 2,500,0 ,0O0 people. Its farm
lands lie in successive plateaus, thus produc-
ing every product from the most delicate
fruits Of tho tropics 10 the small grains and
hard woods of the cold temperate regions. 1t
contains the highest mountains on the west
ern hemisphere and the greatest silver mines
IN the world-the Potosi, which has yielded
81 600 600 since 1870. Such are the re-
prElics which the Virginia company proposes
to bring to our doors Verify, the scheme is
worth looking into
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The public school system of examining
blank minds with uncorreated facts produces
occasionally results us startling as if you fed
corn OH the eur into shclling machine and
ground out peanuts. n young lady OH Four
teenth street astonished her parents by her
familiarity with English history
'Oh, yes," said she, 81 know all about
Henry VIII He got divorce from Anne
Boleyn and the pope sent big red bull to
butt him off his throne"
The same young lady was Boosting the an
tiquity OF her family.
''They are very, very ancient, ," said she
tThey date back to 400 B. C. But what does
3. c. menn, anywayT'-W Washington Post
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TRIED TO KILL A PRIEST.
Mysterious Attevnpts on the Life of Fmtiscr
Kelly. of lneil. n

Kelly, of Oneida, n. Y.
For several weeks the people OF the thirty
ing agricultural village of Oneida in Madison
county, New York state, have been greaL by
excited over a series Of mysterious crimes
The first of these was an attempt to poison
with arsenic pair of fine horses belonging
to Mr.. John f. Ryan, n young coal dealer
The would be posoner went about his ne
farious work by placing in the managers of
the horses apples cut in half and tied together
with small twine. The inside of each half
was followed out and the cavity filled with
arsenic. The horses did not eat the apples,
and SO no harm resulted. Although Mr.
Ryan discovered that an attempt had been
made to poison Ills horses, he said nothing
about it except to n few friends, and it is i'm
probable the matter would ever have become
generally known had subsequent events not
given the work of tho lniscreunt n rrehter
Importance.
These events We're two attempts on the life
Of Father James \. Kelly, pastor of ST.
Patrick's Roman Catholic church at Oneida
Father Kelly is n great friend Of Mr. RyAn's,
and II IS known to many that he has at yuri-
ous times proved his friendship by lending
money TO tue young coal dealer 1t was, in
fact, with money borrowed from Father
Kelly that Mr.. Ryan bought the horses that
the polsnner practiced on with such poor sue
cess. 1t was these facts which made friends
OF Father Kelly establish connection iii
their minds between the attempt to poison
Mr.. Ryan's horses and the subsequent at
tempts to take Father kclly's life
mat the latter should have occurred is a
surprise TO the people Of Oneida, for Father
Kelly Is dearly beloved by his congregation,
ana he snys that so far as he knows hf has
not an enemy in the world
st. Patricks church was not completed
and ready for occupancy until Nov "A of
last year, and from April. lSSS (when the old
structure was demolishcd) till that time SER
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ROBERT BURNS BIRTHDAY.
Why THE POETS FAME GROWS
WITH THE LARsE OF TINE.

"Why Hives This Day III Fond Eemeln-
brance Now: Whence Its Wide Spell
That Lights tho Weary i:row?"--Jan.
rs the Anniversary of His Birth. ...t..
...@. see amid the fields Of Ayr .m.,.... .."
a plowman who in foul or fair |
4".,.a" Sings at his task. @@@". "'" ""&.
SO clcar we know not if it is
The laverock's song We hear. or his,
Nor care to ask; ~
For now he halints his native land
As an immortal youth; his hand
Guides every plow,
lie sits beside each iuglc nook;
His voice is in each rushing brook.
Each rlstling bough.
Such is the sentiment of every true Scot in
regard to the poet for Robert Burns is the
poet OF Scotland 10 Il degree and in a sense
that no other one man is the poet Of any other
one land. If there is another it is Homer
whose great epic has in the popular mind over
shadowed the productionSof all other Greek
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FOR WANT OF BREATH.

A poor city babe lay dying one day /
On ragged and dirty cot,
Lay quietly gaspins its life away
In basement squalid and hot;
0 Godl for n sniff of cool, sweet air
Just one for the child and its mother;
For the heart that bleeds SO helplcss1y there,
And the babe that must lie there and smother.
The farmers boy is Il cheerful sight
As he sits on the floor in the sun;
How he doubles his fist in mimic might,
How lusty his grief and fun!
OH full of life nll day is the breeze
From tile fields Of the farmer coming
For it dallicd awhile mid lcafy trees
And awhile where bees were htlnl,ninr
The flshcrman's boy is at play the sand
How sturdy and plump he grows,
There is strength in the grip Of his chubby hand,
And his lips are rs rcd as Il rose
Oh! sweet are the brceZes born ut sea
And Graded In white foam flowers
Sweetly cool when waves are like grass on q lea,
Cool and keen when n tempest lowers
The babe i'll the tenement house is dead
With nn;lc but its mother to weep: a am.. g..
Then lay ii to rest III that narrow bed
Where the slcepers breathe not in their sleep
OH brcexes TINT wander Mt will alwny
If ashore or where scnd is flying %I@
There arc thousands Of poor city babes today
That are stnotherins. fainting, dying.
%.,m 8i8I# 'mNM&o.44 m..a chicago Herald
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but the vicinity is classic ground md every
summer thousands of tourists visit the
Lind of Bnrns," and look upon Ayr and
Dumfries, lin briggs o Doom" and Gallo
ways Aud Ifutinted kirk.n
AYE is an important seuport, i'll which
the tavern depicted in Tam 0, Shanter still
stands unchanged; and oddly enough The
present landlord is himself poet i'll n small
way. Of the ''Twa Briggs the Oldest still
stands-arenAlkable fuliilment of prophecy,
for in the poem the older brig thus addresses
the other:
Conceted i,owl. pulled up wi windy pride!
This nony year I've stood the flood and tide;
And though wi crazy ed lin sair forloru,
I'll be brig when yc'rc n shapelcss cairn.
The new bridge indeed proved to hnye
been badly built, and had to be demolished,
while the old one seems like a natural rock
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i'll congress ii q
years lie slatl'i-
ated from ale col
lcge III lS,G. and in
1S7S completed his
course MT the G'u-
luubl;l haw school.
He then practi':ed
law III the office of
CusEtuan X Davis
tnoW Sella.pl'i atSt.
Paul. In lSAl he
received lis FIRST Of
fetal appointment,
that Of third assist
mt secretary o +
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correspondent wants to know if figs are
an aid to digestion. Professor Bouclut speaks
of some experiments he has made tending to
show that the milky juice of the fig tree pos
sesses digestive power, He has also observed
that when some OF this preparation was mixed
with animal tissue, it preserved 1t from decay
for long time. This fact in connection with
Professor Billroths experience in case Of
cancer, which was so excessively foul smell
Ing that all his dcodorizers failed, but which,
on applying poultice made Of dried figs
cooked In milk. was entirely free from odor,
gives all Importance to this hon,ely remedy
Good Housekeeping.
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lS2l. After nn academy course he entered
Jefferson college, Pennsylvania, where he
was graduated in 1S4l. Soon a ter he was
admitted to the bar. In lS47 he was elected
to the Maryland legislature, in 1852 was ~,
elector OH the Pierce and King tidket, served
in the national house for the tern Of 1s73-75
and has filled other offices. He was chosen
to the United States senate in 1885, and Is
now re-ele cted for the term to end in 1907
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SECTIONS OF MAIN HALL AND THEATEn
next attraction, after which there would be
walking match ora bicycle race. One Of the
later specaitieS was Buffalo Bills Wild West
show, whicl, exhibited there before Buffalo
Bill took it abroad and began to hobnob
with the Prince Of Wales and lot of dukes
and malqnis.s
The Madison Square garden must have
been profitable, for tile Old building is to be
replaced with "a neW one Of the same kind.
Ne" shows VIII take the place OF those which
have hecn there before, but whether the last
decade OF the century will bring any new
amusan"uts remains To be seen.
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prevailed to an excess The lending minds of
Scotland seemed utterly absorbed in the ab-
struse, not to speak of the infinitely awful
Theology, if that be the proper name for in
terminable disputes on the nature and destiny
Of the soul and Gods dealing with man, had
apparently dried up all the springs Of poetry,
and rs to eschatology, one can but shudder
at the mass Of writings and their truly heart
breaking logic.
It must be borne in mind also that this first
edition Of Burns did not contain those bitter
reflections on the pole,nic clergy or those
semi-political reflections which later made
him 50 many enemies. In the capital taud
that set the fashion, the Scottish intellect
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vices were held in
the roller Skating
rink. III this build
ing, which stands
OH one Of the main
streets Of the vii
l'tSe, u temporary
sacl'isty was fitted
up. On the ,nor,l-
ing of Tuesday,
Oct. 5, Fatlle +
Kelly went intothis
sstcllsfy to Prepare
for a special mass.
fiN .=....
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The Hon. Ephraim King Wilson, of Mary
ia1lu, Who las Just been elected fof u second
term III the United States senate, may he
ranked with the Bayards and Ada1l,scs among
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Luxurious Nsapolitan Cats.

In Naples there exists race of cats who
live in the churches. They are kept and fed
by the authorities on purpose to eat the mice
which iafest all old buildings there. The an
in1als may often be seen walking about
among The congregation or sitting gravely
before the altar during time Of nass.-New
York Sun
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Killed by q WhfktIe.

William G. Wilson, we'll knewn young
man OF South Camden, died recently from
consumption, caused by toy whistle, which
he swallowed when lie was 2 years old. al,
most constantly from the day hp swallowed
the toy until the day OF his deathhe suffered.
The physicians who attended him during his
illness say that every time he hreathed the
toy would whistle through his lungs and
cause much pain. He was 23 years Of age,
aud lived with his mother at b5S Kaighn
avenue -Fhiladelnhia Inquirer >.
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A!dtle West End girl who was being scold-
cd BY her mother about something which she
denied having done finally drew herself up
with great dignity and remarked:
Well, mamma, | know nothing whatever
about it and care less "-Washincton Star.
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California took 10 the Facitie, There Is con
siderable interest, of course, 10 i;,r,w which
will complete her journey first
Mis- BY lCorc0rnnl is lLiant 30 vear. OF
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\ Reliable Cement,

A cement said to be in successful use in the
London geological gardens, to resist the ac-
tion of water and acids, especially acetic
acid, is composed of finely powdered litharge,
fine, dry, white sand and plaster of Paris,
each three quarts by measure, finely pull
verized rosin one quart. Mix and make into
paste with boiled linseed oil, to which
little drier has been added, and let it stand
for four or five hours before using. After
fifteen hours standing it loses strength.
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vi I VVUUtTtSs Ut
Eliza hEfli hiaiANp Tery valuable lc
them in futura literary work, making them
both widely known 10 til" public
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a runnin' stream they dare not cross,

iii" Earns cottage is n sort Of waysiie inn
bnt well preserved aud containing several
relics. .he kirl, yard, and once witch haunt
ed kirk Of Allo"aE, Is within II few minutes
walk-a rcpIleSs and overgro"I. iin, hut
with walls etill firm The stones at the
graves Of the lo",s father, mother and
youngest sistrrstiIl stand with laEiblu insrrip
tons. Burns wAs buried ut pumtlIes. where
he died, Mi the region IS retlplent Of poetry.
1t is wildly beautiful i'll itself, and dear tc
the sentimental for its associations. Oven
the poets remains rises ii small but beautiful
nausaonu. and on tie tabrt are lis striking
AMI appropriate words, written on his first
appearance as an author;
''''l'hc poetic genius Of niy c@urtry f"uu5
mt, ~ the prophetic bard Eijahiid Elisha,
at tt4e plough and threw her inspiring mantle
over me. .. %
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The Chronicles ship sharp gravely and
with touch Of sadness informs lis that mot
n foreign bottom has been sighted since Sept
IL" but later reports "a British bottom Off
tho heads, bound in." Following is an ex-
tract from The Chronicle Unabridged Die
tionary now in course Of preparation for tho
press:
Bottom, II. A ship River bottom ship for
navigating inland waters.
Bottomless adj. Destitute OF ships Bottonless
Pit. A l,it without ships.
And The stately bottoms 20 on
TO their haven under the HILL
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-leNnySon
Thou, too sail on, 0 Bottom Of St.ue.
-Longfellow.
Bottoms sailorless, lay ro,tns on the sea
byron.
AS ont bound bottoms at home their voyage end
Dryden
.trunIt. ,..ii q lnitali :, I,1Intt, L.,
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thrown across The stream. yAbolt three inilea
from aiyr is The cottage il. which Burns was
born, and not far away are the Old Alioway
Kirk and tic l>o"ticaiiy famous bridge over
the Doom, IN its center the witches succeelcti
in tearing Off the tal Of Tam o Stanter'.
mare. Int he escaped for .@
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Hly aud l:i-lansi,

The time is drawing Near when Nellie Biy
Evening journal., 1890-09-16

those who have the best opportunity to
know him-his neighbors.
w. H. Swift is so well known in this
community as man Of energy integrity
and Of ell those sterling qualities which
make man useful, honorable and
highly esteemed as a citizen that it is
almost superAous to attempt to make a
catalogue Of his virtues. attainments and
general fitness for the Office Of legislator
for this community.
The three candidates measure up" so
far above the Republican standard set IN
Cannon and Richardson that it seems
invidious to compare them. We should
not do SO If they were not pitted against
Reynolds, Causey and Swift by the man
ayers If their party. The structures Of
the Philadelphia Telegraph sre just and
true. for it Is evident that the candi-
dates are not as strong as their party,
and not any stronger than the potential
power Of Doodle and the opportunity to
use it under any other names,
They remind one Of the story Of the
candid young man who went to Nash
vile to marry 800, 600, but who did not
remember the name of the girl So
long as he secured the money, neither
the name nor the character of the girl
were considered important.
The Republican convention at Dover
took up the names Of Cannon and Rich
ardson just as Ii some pecuniary ar
rangemenb had been made, and as IL it
were not a matter of 50 much Importance
who the candidates were. as how much
they were worth, or what facilities they
had for gathering in the fat from the
same classes Of men elsewhere. who were
interested 10 the industry Of working the
tariff for all that is in it.
The case stands thus; The Democrats
have nominated candidates whom the
people recognize as admirably fitted by
ability, experience and character TO fill
the respective offices for which they have
been nominated; the Republicans have
appointed agents who are supposed to
possess facilities to attract Doodle
Any other man who is large buyer Of
tin and prospective customer of the
Pittsburg tin plate syndicate would have
served just as we'll as Richardson.
The Republican party has resolved
itself into an organization for the promo
tion of the tin plate syndicate steal and a
division of the booty so that it win put
the candidates into Office to rob and
loot some more. Every other syndicate
will help the tin plate steal to save their
own steals.
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why 2 Republican President in the seat
Of Lincoln nnd Grant? Robespierre Reed
was right. Harrison was not an issue.
The cautious, conservative, meek,
self-indulgent President. the toad on
stone, was not present in Maine. The
Republicans no more wanted him than
the Jacobins wanted Brissot, Varginand
and Roland. The new policy is agrees
sion, force, fire. vigor, more money for
the tariff barons, more money for the
pension sharks, another invasion of the
South il necessary TO force the bal o.
upon negroes who could not read nor
comprehend ballot when they saw one
Harrison must march with the party or
it will march over him. so
Robespierre Reed has a contemptuous
opinion of the administration. That is
one significant fact. especially when we
remember that the Premier is James G..
Blaine.
Robespierre Reed is described de.
tails of great men are interesting-as
wearing a black sash and flannel shirt.
The elder Robespierre was a dandy aud
wore exquisite clothes, carrying bou-
quet of flowers and accompanied by q
large dog Robespierre Reed should pro-
serve tbs unities of history by changing
his tailor and buying a dog. He can
easily obtain the flowers by an order on
the Botanical Gardens
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ing any man who had grown
rich by legslized robbery and
advocating any policy by which
syndicates and trusts might be built mp,
Now because the Democrats have nomi-
mated a man for the Legislature because
he is conspieuously honorable, honest
and able the News accuses him Of being
rich and has gone into frenzied hys
terra Of defamation Mr.. Swift is GER
tainly too rich in character and attain
ments to be supported by the Republi-
cans. The News is just rs much aston
ished that a rich man should be 2 Demo-
crst as that a rich man should be an
honest and worthy man. The News is
accustomed to theother sort and therefore
becomes hysterical when the spectacle Of
an honest, upright, able aud perfectly
irreproachsble man appears as a cand'-
date TO serve the people. It is not TO be
expected that the News could contemplate
a manufacturer without suspecting that
he is a thief on the robber tariff scheme.
The News is not accustomed to riches &C.
quired in any other manner.
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WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN RAIL-
w RuAD COMPANY. Time table, in

WILMINGTON AND NORTHERN RAIL-
w RuAD COMPANY. Time table, in
effect June -, 1890
Trains leave Wilmington French street
station for B a o junction, Mont chanin,
Guyencourt, Granogue, Cossart, Chadds
Fora Junction, Pocopson, West Chester,
EmOreeville, MortOnville, GOatesville,
Wayne sburg Junction. Springfield, Joanna.
Birdsboro, Reading and intermediate stations,
daily, except Sunday. 90 m; 30 and W
m. sunday only. s 10 m.
For 3 u junction; Montchantn; Guyen-
court; Granogue; Cossart; Chadd's Ford juno
ton; PocOpson. Embreeville; MortonHlllei
Coatesvi'le; Waynesburg Junction. Spring.
field and intermediate stations, daily % pm.
For b. a. .. Junction. Newbrldge; haRleys
NJ )ntchanin and intermediate stations; daily
except Saturday and Sunday II p. m.i SAT-
For B. 4 o. junction; Newbrldge; HagleY
and Intermediate stations, SATURDAY ohly'
SIR p. m.
Trains arrive at Wilmington, French
street station, from Reading; Birdsboro;
Joanna: Springfield; v aynesburg junction;
Coatesyi,le. Mortonville; Embveeville; West
Chester; POcupson; Chadd's Ford junction;
Cossart; Granogue; Guyencour!; Montchanlnf
Is. & O. Junction and intermediate stations,
daiIy. except Sund ~, A. and IL 81 m;
As D m. sunday only. ~ p m
From Springfield, Waynesburg Junction.
Coatesvilie. Mortonville, hmbreevllle. Po-
copson. Chadd's Ford junction -ossart, Gram
ogue fsuyencourt, Montchanin, b. q o.
function and intermediate stations. daily,
asa. M From Montchanin. n O.Junction
and intermediate stations. daily except sun
day 42a M. Saturday only.l IS m
From Hagley, Newbridge. 3. q o. Junction,
and intermediate stations, daily except sun
day, 6 ~ m; Saturday only, 55 p m, 40
From Monchanin and intermediate stations,
daily, except Saturday and Sunday, at 0pm
a IL MCCAUSLAND. superintendent.
BoWNESS BRIGGS. Genl Pass Agent.