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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13
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Pnn1pElrnlA, Monday, Fob. 10, 1890.

IDlIAbEitlhiht nANhNNSf w. - -''9s
Last week we told you
that our first lot Of Chinese
and India Silks were ready;
and now comes some thirty
odd more styles TO make the
assortment more complete,
and still more are coming.
Prices rs cents to $2.75. Also
In the shades OF the period.
81. 27 inches vide.
Silks Of another neededsort.
ColveG FaiWe Fi'ancatse.
More than thirty shades made
to our special order, and care
fully selected; al and ~
inches, $3.50. There Is some
thing special about this lot,
and the colors SO special that
you cannot find them other
where's than here.
A lively season for all the
lustre dress goods. The
crlspy, springy Mohairs are
out in force with no old good
ness lost. Better II possible.
On this hundred feet or so OF
counter five grades-37Hc,
soc, CSC, 75c, 81. No, those
are not the soc Mohairs, they
are 37Hc. or course it's sur
prIslng. All our doings In
dress goods bristle with such
surprises. For instance:
ChalIis. Regular 50 and
; 6oc styles, French printed,
and 37hc! No, not a thing,
; "of about them except the
: price. Small, medium and
large designs.
a G2wloSa. Like a dress
! goods dream turned to sub
4 stance. A trifle OF weight and
! a world of wear. Stripes,
. plaids, plains. As inches, $3.50
!? and SI.75.
4 GiMghaO,s. A congress Of
J them. You will never have
I done wondering how cottonsi
% can take ON so much pretti-
y ness.
10 The new Persian Lawns.
IN are as gay as the gayest
Challis, but they're at a
Y, We White Goods " counter.
e. e, Roses and posies, leaves aud
& sprays In possible and I'm
!, possible tints, scattered on
a sheer silky cotton. Stripes too.
p p ~, 10, IS, I9cl You think Of
tie India Silks even while you.
en finger them.
lg Half eazen more OF the
,r same tilry family:
in Zephyr Lawns a little heavier than M
n. Persian, lie in plain coors, IS and l9c 4.
"a Stripes.
~ oreaudie Lawns IN stripes, plaids and ns-
i'm phnittcs with ooored hguros on white
grounds, 23c.
Black I'ad Iewne, IL, 90 ami 99r with lace
IN Black-and-white Lawns, plaids and stripes,
% 10.
Of Trlte to say never before so
n. many or so good. True, just
n. n the same.
W More Of that famous round
i IN thread, hard wove French
~ Sheetlng. The kind that
"a: wears and wears and goes
to from mother TO daughter.-ii
. he honestly washed. 90 inches
to TO wide, 6sc, 96 inches, 75c.
nd 9oinch BGiglan Sheeting,
iii, Ill, finer, 75c.
IN, 'hs Handsome Huck Towels.
40 Clean, clear thread with tho
ms ailvery sheen Of the finest
MS flax. Big (24x44 inches), full
ain Of substance; the spongy sort
re-. red of Towel that sops up water,
red and only 25c.
dr.
q, Book News is bright will
.un the sunlight of the latest
san books--if there Is any sun
~ light In them. The yer,
sbe essence of them Is there al
sr'a Of them. Book News has M
p ago pets to puff, no enemies tc
Ny crush. Calm. judicial. IL:
, ter only wisdom is book wisdom
, .Sa Not a word Of anything else
one L takes you by the hand ant
had lad leads you through all tn,
labyrinth of new books tell.
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13
SALEShEN WANTED &c g.. .

" HNFNY NHflrtINN Of CNOlrV Nur8ory
Stock ffcst = cutatIics NusEneit-
eler hNcotShry, SrnCtst, advantages 10 bn-
Elnhefs, extra Inducements Paw
weekly SttUattOD peFnsaaessg. t.t.t
terms. Best outfit free. We gparantc, ishal
XII ud2r ttf. Address, al once, g. taN AsGrsbN.,
t nnrsnEy mrns As0choS,eE, N, Y, lHhis
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13

Tbs reunion Of the National Assonia-
ton Of Mexican war veterans viii be held
ia Washington, D. o., on the 22d inst,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13

SALT LAKE Cry, UThH, Fob. Il.-Oni-
cial returns give George 4. Scott, Gentle,
sar mayor, majority of 500; Louis
Hyamg, Gentle, for Recorder, 33J; J. b,
Walden, Gentle, for treasurer, $50; p.
X. CLUE, Gentile, for asasssor, 4G6; j..
M. Young, GENTLE, for marshal, 773 The
remainder Of the Gentle ticket, including
10 oouucilmen, ars elected By mRioTities
ranging from 800 to 400. This gives
them control OF the municipal council
for the fEEt time In the history Of the
! city.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-02-13

Handsome Huck Towels.
Clean, clear thread with thS
ailvery sheen Of the finest
fax. Big (24x44 inches), full
Of substance; the spongy sort
of Towel that sops up water,
and only 25c.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
HoW FORrrYES ARR MADE

The first OF The TRIBUNE $ series of special
articles by special writers is pointed n thi,
isSue. lt treats of subject upon which proh-
ably more brain tissue Is expended thau ON
any other. II occupies thc largest place ia 'he
human Imagination and is the chici object of
human pursuit. How 70 earn a fortune has
been the conmdrm of all races in all lands
and in every age, and it must be that anything
which throws light upon it will be welcome.
Mr. ErastuS Wman is as we'll able as any
other man to say. rs the result of experience
and observation, what must be done in thc
circumstances of TO-DAY to- earn fortune. lie
is compelled TO admit that thc matter is highly
complicated that the same amount of intelh
gent effort produces in different cases far differ
ent results that the race is not always 20 the
swift nor even always to the vigilant the
watchfu the braver that Poor Richard wise
maxims are often faithfully applied with rc
suits disastrous to human faith IN proverbs
that virtue not only is but frequently has 10
he its own reward. and that The IcSSon Of mod
cIn money making abOunds in suggestions
which cannot be taken without The sacrifice of
many feelings and sentiments that our better
natures can in afford 20 bc without.
VII. ~ litdH i'lliiiN IN ''''' ''ii'''I''''''''
will bo read with especial interest though they
will hardly render t clear how persons with
nothing but brains and muscle can combine
10 wrest fortune from those who. already rch
have combined TO grow richer. li' is right u
saving that most OF the great fortunes of POE
day have been the proceeds of combination.
They arc generally the result of many ma.!
fortunes rolled into one and cNerod m ui
their stored strength for gains thereafter to
be divided. The suddenly released waters OF
a gigantic reservoir will DO a larger business
in shorter time than the same amount of
water divided into creeks and rivuetS and
working i'm narrow channels.
There is food for reflection in Mr. NmanS
article Ii is like a good picture, interesting
not merely for what il brings into actual
view, but also rs the starting point from which
an active imagination can wander alar We
shall not claim that every one who attends tO
it closely can straightway 20 forth and make
fortune, but it is fair TO say that fortunes seek
ers will find in its suggestive sentences many
valuable truths. IL indicates present business
methods accurately, though it does not assume
to declare whether those methods are or arc
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
ROpKLYS -. WELrR.

peculiar point of law has ust been brought
up m Iowa hy suit begun by farmer living
near ralcvrnd. n Kco.uk County. against
nriahhor For fhc purpose of Identification only,
may no sand that DO was u Ncoitla 'ouniY
where "a year I-o complaint about teacher was
made bv Il local school board The county super
utcudcnt of instruction visited the scene of
rouhlr and found that rhc teacher seemed to be-
o. vcil-ucaung young man, though somrwhnt
~oluhr n his conversation About thr only
.auit with your teacher. remarked fhr superin-
icndrut to thr complaining member pf the board,
.s that hc Is roo io0uacious. Mcbbv. replied
lac able school director, mcDby but our idcc is
rhat ne talks 700 much with hls month But
tiis is not lcrmanc to the matter. and the present
trouble n Kcokuk is quite another thing
The man referred tn as living near lailcyrond
Is named Hopkins and thr neehoor .s named
Wclch Their farms adion lnd thr't houses arr
not ahovc hfv yards apart Hopkins makes
speciality of mems and has u lar,c flock famous
Tor their laying dualt cs. Hopkuss hens have
the reputation of laying more eggs with icss
scratching in tine garden chan any other fowls
iu KcoluS County HIS hens are OF q superior
breed which, instead ot remaining seated al sum-
mrr on a whit, door knob and corl-coh with the
.audabie but hopeless purpose OF matching out
thirteen chicks. .o about mmmue to them
selves contentedly eating thc food which is set
before them. together with an occasional angie.
worm and bit 0f gravel as dessert and laying no
east one cge each daily Ncishbor Wclch also
lccps poultry, but his hens are of thc ordinary
6ad. which scratch and caci,Ic great deal but
produce no practical results worth mentioning
s few -rrks ago tir Noptns noticed q marked
Ealing oG ia tlc number of eggs he was i'm the
IaDt of Gathering. lie could not account for
it hut as 10 continued tlll he scarcely got an egg
q day he began am nvcsrigation, and was aston
shed to lind that, for some unknown reason, his
hens we've going over to WeIcls place To lay.
They ate and slept at home, but nine out of ten
Of their eggs we're deposited in his neighbours
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

THF ENTERMINdTIDt or THE BrFFtL0
ln me settlement of thc Wc,t much va,
iouo 20 which, .c' l> hope -hc historians of
me future vil boz little blind. The bravo
and somewhat .cri.b.c men who crossed fhc
Alegha3ir, iuto thcn apparently IllimitabIc
wilderness developed and transmitted 'o fhcr
children certain disregard .or thc right, of
thc natives brute and human. with whom .hc,
came INTO contact which has ou.r NOW begun
10 disappear q sad and .ltnr lesson had fo
bo earned by fhc Western poouic ,cioro the,
were able fo appreciate 'lr continent winch
,hould have lrulcd .1 m,I.r ... progress OF
civilization .c., uc,rlz.I. ... lesson Va,
lcur enforced Nhcu ..nv suddenly realized
five roai- ago that ot lc amounted million,
of buffalo winch had raanrd -ar builcS 1t
Iuy umc prior 10 $40 u t.u-e loii, cover.
ug acres ON IcleS OF land. .rln..iv 'housmd
vcrc lcr. An industry th1' mtaO easily nave
earned 80 00u0 annually .o .hr North.
western and Southwestern SECTIONS. had been
literally destroyed and destroyed loo l way as
stupid as DO was brutal. $50 event rsutm.
from Western settlement is more shocking or
moro unfortunate tlan thc determination of
be American bison
ln recent publication issued from Dee Gov
crumcnt Printing OGicc superintendent lorna
day. of he National Looloe,rj Pant, has aivou
au exhaustive account 5l ... magnificent am
maj. certainly -hc nonic~t rauinuf that has
ever uud 'he earth. ot hi- habits, his hamtS.
hs place in American zoology and of the
wicked manner Of his taking off, j. is a high
Y interesting book. but D. can only be read
with an ever increasing sense OF pain and
shame u is 4 reasonable estimate that the
great southern herd of buffalo contained in
1870 at least q 000 600 animal, lld .hc north
crn herd about twice as MANY in iifc"n
years AL these majestic beasts have been killed,
and hy methods tine rnitomc of mcaunc,s. The
indian buffalo chase was . grand sport iuIl
ot excitement, sufficiently touched with risk
and danger and open 10 NO objection. So long
as the white hunter confined himself t0 the
indian methods. oven though hc used far
dcadhcr and more certain weapon. he could
have made no such Impression ou thc species
rs mcnaccd lbs destruction. The chase gave It's
object al least chance of escape. tut tho
white hunters were TOO desperately greedy 10
be satisfied with honorable sport
d was the "stiii-hWt that eXtcrm.nated
the buffalo lie WIS aiken al a complete dis
advantage and murdered br tens of thousands
The buffalo was stupid. ilc could not under
stand ihe-Shot Ile was dependent. 100,
upon the leader Of his band and did moth
ing except what the old COW suggested. The
hunter, approaching the herd to lecward, had
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

only to get a stand where he was out OF sight,
and he could 60 ahead and slaughter the cattle
aS fast rs he conid drop cartridges into his nile
The buffalo would hear "a noise they could not
locate. see little puff Of white smoke they
could not understand. and would watch each
other drop TO the earth without the slightest ap-
probation of the cause. IN this way few thou
sand hunters in dozen years were enabled to
destroy forever an animal of the highest eco
nOmic value 10 the country. To-day there are
less than 700 wild buffalo in existence.
Mr.. Hornaday makes some very valuable
suggestions. He points ont the danger of tho
utter extinction of the species by crossings and
in-blcedngs. and urges that steps should be
Immediately taken for the protection and care
of the little band of 200 now in the Yellow
stone Park Experiments in breeding buffalo
bulls 10 domestic cows have been highly sue
ccSSiu and are now going on to an extent
which iustifcS the fear that in another
score of years the genuine buffalo will not exist
at all. Congress should give heed TO this warn
ing, and should keep ever in view the lesson
of the great crime which has made it necessary
similar sport" has reduced the bands of elk
moose. caribou and other big game that was
once so plentiful in our forests, mountains and
plains 10 pitiful few II now threatens our
seal waltuS and other marine and tW-beanng
animals. It's result is inevitable unless Con-
glcSS strikes such a blow ut it rs will break it
-,
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
PERSONAL
and terrapll

When Robert Carter was a school teacher he taught
schuyler CofaX 10 read Latin ana Greek
senator Blair of New Hampshire. VIII present To
Congress a numcIously signed petition for an appr0-
prauon for % statue of John stark over that hcros
grave 40 Manchester
The late Cuthbcrt nede' in carly years the
rugatc of Leigh q beautiful little village lying on the
northcrumost spur of the Malvcrns The Rev. Edward
BRADLEY a. he was known to tho paIishloners was
thoroughly popular though hardly understood By the
Worcestershire ustcs. 10 here. IN a farmhouse.
lat he wrote Verdant Green nearly lorty year,
ago The seat IN the orchard is no more but
there is a collection of the authors books attested
hy his autograph n tine front parlor. Writing seems
tO run n The family. 4 brother Of Cuthhert Bede'
s now living I'm Worcester whonc nom dc plume 0f
~helslcy BoauChamp' must have been encountered by
many readers Of periodicals, Natural history and the
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
TWENTY-FIVE PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Fofoirn.-Reports were received in London
that the Portuguese have hauled down British
flags on steamers in Africa lighting is believed
70 no certain. - The revolution in San sal
,-ador has been suppressed --- The German
Czech Conference oDencd AZ Vienna. --- The
influenza Is spreading in Southern Europe ana
in Aleicrs: Empress Augusta has it, and Dl.
Dollinccr's condition is critical -- The Bel
gian Government has temporarily stopped thr
expectation of coal.
Domestic.-Sevcn persons were bure1 under an
avalanche at Sierra CITY, Cal; intense cold pre-
vaOs in the Northwest and destructive rams IN
,be Southwest - Much interest was mani
fcsted at Albany in ex-Speaker lIusted'- proposed
RAND Transit bill - The funeral services over
Chancellor Person were held IN Albany -
The influenza is seriously interfering with ousi-
ness throughout the country; eX-Spelker Nheari
is dvin; from pneumonia brought on by the
disease. --- Flax hemp and ute men appeared
before the WAYS AID Means Committee ot the
Hopse -- Further cuts in passenger rates were
made i'm The Northwest -- The Trenton murder
mystery is not solved Miss Emma Purcell Is
under surveillance
CITY and Suburban.-A crazv Anarchist n 8r ok
lvn killed his wife, his three-ycaT-old child ana
tben himself. -= Two vessels are waiting for
assurances lnat lheN VIII w Pi"'''''' '''" '''
punboat La Popa, Of the United states Of Ooion-
Aia. before sailing for the san Bias
coast One OF the new Gov
eminent officials of Brazilian Province
told of the revolution and defended the new ORDER
of things =- Two men we're buried BY the
cavinq in Of a we'll at New-Dorp, ). l. --
There was an unusually large dcath-rate last
week due largely 70 the epidemic Of influenza.
Stocks active for Saturday, with general
advances.
The Weather Forecast for to-day Fair and
warmer followed by light rain. Temperature
Yesterday Highest, 40 degrees; lowest, 81
average So
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

nests. Late on the afternoon of the day OF DIS
covery Mr. Hopkins took his eeg-basket on his
arm and went over to Mr.. Welch's chicken-coop.
He was surprised 10 find the nests empty, with the
exception Of few indigestible porcelain nest
eggs Seeing Mr. Wclch by the well Hopkins
demanded an explanation. NeighbOr Welch as
suled Mr. Hopkins that the eggs he sought were
safe. rs he had himself gathered them and placed
them in his cellar where they would STAY I'LL
such time as he should see III 10 take them TO the
Tallcyrand market. Mr.. Hopkins protested. but
Mr. Wclch was firm. Mr. Hopkins threatened
and Mr. Wech ordered him OF the farm. Mr.
Hopkins took the hint, and returned home with
% heavy heart, but light esg-basket. Attempts
20 induce his hens to lay at home failed; when he
.cstraned them of their liberty they became
moody and refused to lay. When set at liberty
they rushed away 10 Welch's rs before. All day
Mr.. Hopkins sat at home and heard the cheerful
coclc OF his own hens floating over from We. his
and M night he saw that unneiChbory individual
enter his house with large basket Of eggs. II
became unbeornble, and he SIZED Wech in the
Circuit Court. The case viii be heard early in
January.
Mr.. Hopkins sets up the claim that he has
n right to gather his own eggs wherever they
may be found. after paving the owner Of the
tear of the nests. something he offers 10 do in
Wclchs case. He is also willing TO waive the
value which the good example Of his Industrious
hens is 10 Wcch in stimulating his IDLE and dila.
tory fowls The thrifty Welch will urge in his
defence that all eggs deposited on bis farm be-
long TO him. and that Hopkins must keep his
hens at home if he desires their eggs. Hopkins
is in earnest and confident Of success If
do not win this case he says IN the course of a
letter TO The Talleyrand Trumpet 1 will buy
me a tin bill and get down and pick gravel with
nv chickens. The fight will be 10 the bitter
end
II would seem 70 be an important case in
equity and doubt not that the decision will
he watched with great interest by the legal ira-
tcrnity II appears almost worthy 20 rank with
that case mentioned some time since in these
columns. in which Connecticut woman sued her
ncighbor for damages when ne placed iy-screens IN
his windows, alleging that the lies were thereby
driven INFO her house. That case was by the
way. decided in favor Of the defendant, though
tho Svmpathies Of the community were with the
plaintiff. Whatever NAV be the outcome of this
Iowa case we hope that Mr. Hopkins viii recon-
slider his hasty VOW about the lin bill.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05
advances

New-York ranks to-day both at home and
abroad as the best policed city in the world.
Roth London and Paris, which formerly en-
joyed pre- commence in this particular branch
OF public service can no longer lay any claim
thereto. For New-Y York with a force that is far
inferior numerically to those Of the French
and British capitals, is able 10 show an annual
record that is absolutely unapproachable IN
Europe The results thus achieved are due TO
the superior class OF the raw material selected
for the composition of " our finest and 10 the
marvellous organization of the Mulberry st.
Department. description of which is published
in tO-days TRIBUNE.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

English Judges are deharrcd. not only by ancient
legal etiquette but also by law from personally
receiving or opening parcels. either when or
of the bench. In the case Of the Queen versus
Dr. Anderson which figures IN the aw reports
of December asst thc Lord Chief Justice IS
recorded as having informed the court that the
defendant had sent "a brown paper parcel addressed
70 him. Ic added hat he had doubt that
the parcel contained the BALKAN Chapel records.
which tle defendant lad been ordered 10 sur
render: but that ue could not under any ciTcum-
stances receive OF ppen parcels. and would there
forc hand the package 10 the clerk of The CONT
i'm order that rs contents might be publicly
examined at thc conclusion of the trial. Of
course thc object ~ ths venerable and antiQuated
regulation was TO place rhc Judges above any
suspicion If receiving presents destined 70 in
hucucc ther decisions. But It must certainly
entail much Inconvenience On them IN rher daily
Ufc since one s. NOT permitted 70 open with his
own hands evcn an innocent box of cigars pur-
chased on ms way iome rom he courts at tho
tobacconlsts round the corner, and sent Dy thu
latter 20 ms house
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

Considering simply the condition and re-
il may reasonably be assumed that Mr. Bocut's
refusal of the Commi>SiOncrship is public
misfortune The State Engineer is not Iccos-
nizcd primarily as a politician, but aS man
Of knowledge skill and energy in his pro
fess.on, with wide experience in the public
service and sound views of the obligations
which official station imposes Naturally the
people would prefer TO keep him where he is
if there was abundant material OF rlc first
quality fIom which 10 select a successor 10 Mr.
Coleman; but. unhappily. there is reason to
fear that the Mayors second choice may be in
teror to his first, though We welcome the as
,uIance of good intentions which his offer OF
he place to Nh Bogart supplies
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

Staten Island seems destined 10 become the
home Of all the outdoor sports Of our New-Io
athletes The advantages which it offers arc
many and varied and numerous sporting asso-
,iations have established their headquarters
there. One Of the most successful and com
plete OF these outdoor associations IS the staten
Island Athletic Club, which possesses probably
a more elaborate equipment than any other
similar club in the country. Besides heauti-
fll clubhouse and large grounds il is furnished
with tennis courts, lacrosse, football. cricket
and baseball fields, lighthouses, swimming
baths, stables racing tracks, and last, but not
least, a ladies' clubhouse and gymnasium.
Under the circumstances, the fine record made
by the association during The last year, which
we publish to-day will create less surprise than
admiral on.
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

Southwari thc star Of the oysterman takes It's
way Tire oy,temm complains that the game
which Ac loves to hunt s not what 10 used to be-
IN the pleasant waters ot the Chesapeake and
tAat hc IS determined to seek 10 in the future
down by Ncw-Orcons. This is bad Tor Mary
land, hut let her not despair She still can boast
of the canvas-bacll duck, the peachhlow vase
and terrapln
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

and hre-b boats, and far greater loss of prop
crty, and perhaps also a loss of life, would
have cLNed
New-York tribune., 1890-01-05

The fire which broke ont yesterday morning
on board the French mail steamship La Cham
pagne at the very moment when she was cast
ing loose the hawSers preparatory to sailing for
Havrc. is stated to have been due 10 the Spon-
taneouS combustion OF the cotton which formed
part OF the cargo That is nothing new with
cotton as every shipper knows" exclaimed Mr..
West. the superintendent Of the pier. In
less cotton is perfectly dry. heat is generated
and combustion cnsueS' lf this be re case
the patrons Of the great transatlantic lines have
surely a right 20 demand that no cargo Of cot
ton shall he shipped on board vessels devoted
10 the passenger service Had the fire broken
out but an hour later La Champagne would
have been obliged 10 fight the flames without
the assistance of the metropolitan freeing gnes