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for my lady friends, of whom I soon
had many, and other little social atten-
tions. But in spite of every thing, I
| saved $50 in the first year.
Don't your clothes cost you an awful
lot of money!" asked the reporter, after
he had verified the figures and concluded
| that the dude must be strictly temper
ate animal
Every little, now. The man who is
careful can get three suits year and
| always appear to have new ones. Rota-
ton in Office is the grand secret of hav-
ing your things look nice. No garment
should be worn more than three days at
stretch without rest to let the fiber
draw back to its place. With three suits
new every year, which cost me S12O, and
one overcoat, a light and heavy one
alternately, l can use an old suit for bad
weather, combine the new ones by wear
ing coat and vest of this with trousers
OF that, and so give people the impress
sion that have no end of a wardrobe.
Clothes, he continued, meditatively,
after lighting a cigarette, CLOTHES re-
quire deal of care. When you take
them off at night they should be brushed
and hung up. Always hang them up
out of the dust. Then the moment You
discover spot clean it out with little
alcohol and ammonia in equal parts.
That will remove almost any thing with
out touching the color of the fabric.
Then trousers too are to be treated with
some consideration. They must be worn
20 10
at the knees, and not more than three
days each time. They should be pressed
occasionally by tailor, but a trousers
stretcher is an abomination and a men
ace to the sweetest creations of an
artists fancy. Constant and careful
brushing is needed for felt hats, while
silk tiles should be brushed with stiff
brush and smoothed with a piece of
'silkoline' manufactured for the pur-
pose. Shoes should be rotated just the
same way as clothes, and oiled OCCASION
ally. This system will keep your shoes
In good repair, make them last longer,
and prevent you from having corns,
bunions, and other troublesome develop
ments on your feet"
''But lots of fellows don't make as
much money as you do, and yet they
dress well.''
81 know it. I'm extravaganza itself
compared with Tommy -. If you can
get him to talk he will put you up to
more economical wrinkles in a minute
than l could in week. What's that?
No, thanks-neverin indulge Goodnight" /"
and the reporter went on a still hunt
for Tommy -.
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PuNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

-He-''Well, you know, judge others
by myself" She-"But isn't that
rather low standard of judgment?"-
Boston Transcript.
-Adoring ''Masher'@"O, how I wish
I were that book you clasp so lovingly"
She-'How l wish you were, so that I
could shut you upp'-N. Y. Ledger.
81 am quite surprised, Mr.. Meeker,
to account for your wife's knowledge
of parliamentary law" "She? Great
Caesar! Hasn't she been speaker of the
house for the last fifteen years." Rich
mond Dispatch.
The foresighted maiden.-Urgent
suitor-"With any sort of management
we could certainly keep alive on $500
year" She-"Yes, dear, but / would
sooner be comfortably dead. Life.
-Dashaway (at the table. sarcastical-
ly) 81 think that Brown-Sequard's
elixir might be applied with great effect
to this chicken" Mrs. Slimdiet (the
landladyl-''Yes, and it might be APP
piled to your account. IN. Y. Sun.
Wife Ito husband at the end Of
''spat' 1.-THE fools amt all dead yet. +"
Husband-"They amt eh?" Wife
'No, or I would have the amount Of your
insurance policy before this. Boston
Courier.
-Sisterly sweetness Minnie ''Mr.
Binx actually proposed to me last night.
never was SO surprised in all my life.
Mamie ''You needn't have been. His
sole ambition is to be thought eccentric.
-Terre Haute Express
Patient Ito unsuccessful physician)
doctor, you are not experimenting
on me, are you?" Physician-'C Certainly
not, sir" 'Well, then, doctor, won t
you please experiment on me a httle?n
Time.
Tommy Ito the bashful young man
calling on sister)-"Hello, Mr.. Blush.
You amt caught yet, are you2'' Mr..
Blush-"Caught Why, what do you
mean, my little man?'' Tommy-''Noth-
ing. only sister said the fool-killer would
catch you one Of these days. ."-Kearney
Enterprise.
Getting Even. - Miss Clinsher =
eyes, Maude, your family tree can not
boast of the lofty branches that charact-
erize ours. Your grandfather lived near
mine six months and" Miss pincher
Gnterruptingly) II believe grand
father did reside near the old Taunton
Jail about that length Of time" Miss
C.-''Whatl do you insiuuate2" Miss p.
-"Not at all, dearest. I merely corro-
bOrated your last statement = ~Tlvelxe's
Magazine.
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sToRIEs OF DIAMONDS.
Riches Gained and Lost by Persons Dea
ing In Precious Gems.

Riches Gained and Lost by Persons Deal
ing in Precious Gems.
Volumes have been written on ro-
mances connected with diamonds and
on the fortunes made and lost by per-
sons dealing in them.
The ''Sancy," now in Russia, is worth
100000. Charles the Bold once owned
this gigantic brilliant and lost it while
on the battlefield.
A Swiss soldier found it and sold it to
priest for two francs, or less than half
dollar. After awhile the gem found
its way into the collection of King
Anthony of Portugal, who sold it to De
Sancy of France in 1889, for 100, 600
liyres,
De Sancy sent the jewel to Henry
III, who wanted to raise money on it.
He employed trusted messenger to
carry it, and this man on being attacked
by highwaYmen and fatally injured swal-
lowed the jewel.
The faithful servants body was opened
and the great diamond found. 1t was
again lost, but discovered by means of
information impaired in an anonymous
note.
The ''Onslow," great Prussian stone,
was originally used an eye ie the idol
Serringham in the temple of Brahma
1t did duty in this manner for $50 years,
but in 1860 it aroused the cupidity of
French soldier, who professed conver.
sion to Buddhism, worked his way into
the confidence Of the priests and gained
access to the temple.
On the first opportunity he gouged
out the 1913 carats eye and ran off with
it to Madras. While he was making
good his escape the priests discovered
the loss, which they attributed to Brah-
mas vengeance for the admission of an
alien.
The soldier received $4,000 for the
stolen treasure from a sea captain, who,
on reaching England, sold it to Jew
for S60,o90. Catharine II. gave the Jew
S495, 600 md an annuity of $40, 600 for it,
and the aensible Hebrew forthwith re-
newcd his youth and drew the annuity
for many years.-Pall Mall Budget.
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A Chicago Tailor's Suggestions.

II man will be honest with me when
he comes into my place to order suit
of clothes will guarantee to please him
or give him the clothes. If man says
to me, 81 am poor but / want always to
look respectable" l can fix him. To
such a man / would say: Get a eutaway
coat with vest and trousers of the same
goods. Let the material be dark and
plain. Then he has suit which will
pass the critical eye whether he is on
the Board of Trade, in dry goods store
as clerk, or the central figure at ban
quet. Ifheisa man of means then would
suggest that he have his dress suits, of
course, his business suits, fatigue and so
on. If mans circumstances, however,
are so stinted that he can have but one
suit of clothes he should never think of
getting any goods that are pronounced in
style. The fashion in mems wear is like
that of the world, 'it passeth away"
and know of nothing more pitiful and
at the same time ludicrous than TO see a
suit of clothes which was once the height
of fashion struggling to keep up tbs
mans appearance, Chicago Tribune.
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MOTHERS HANDS.
such beautiful. beautiful handsl

Hueh beautiful, beautiful handsl
They we're not white nor small
And YOU, know, would scarcely think
That they were fair at all
rye looked on hands whose form and hue
sculptor's dream might be;
Yet we're these aged, wrinkled hands
More beautiful to me.
SHch beautiful, beautiful hands!
Though hearts were weary and sad,
These patient hands kept toiling on
That children might be glad.
/ almost weep as looking back
To childhood's distant day.
think how her hands rested not,
When mine were at their play.
But oh beyond this shadoW-land,
Where all is bright and fair,
know full well those dear old hands
The palms Of victory bear
Where crystal streams, through endless time
Flow over golden sands;
And while the old grow young again
I'll clasp my mothers hands
B. G. Carter, in brakes Magazine.
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The MORPHINE HABIT.
A Druggist Tells About the Only Case o
Reformation known to Him.

Druggist Tells About the Only Case of
Reformation Known to Him.
Speaking of the Jamaica ginger
habit, which was mentioned some time
since, reminds me of most wonderful
incident in our line of business re-
marked leading druggist yesterday.
ut was one of the few thorough ref
ormat1ons that ever knew In the case
of a reformed morphine and cocaine
eater. Many stop for awhile, but they
always come back again. The excep-
tion that / speak Of is one of the most
attractive and well-to-do women in this
city. She used to take as high as four.
teen grains of cocaine day, when it
was worth seventy-five cents a grain,
and to take in connection with it as
much as sixteen grains of morphine a
day."
''The ordinary dose for medicinal pur-
poses is quarter of a grain, but you
have learned from De Quincey how the
dose grows with the habit and how Gus
tom sustains the system against it for a
while. / have, for weeks at a time,
sold her, and seen her take fourteen
grains of cocaine and sixteen of NOR
phine day. She bought under the
prescription of physician, and / had
no option but to fill it.
'She gradually went down to what
appeared the last point, physically and
morally, and then, of a sudden, disap-
peared for a few weeks-that is, did
not see her. Then she returned for
ordinary purchases and told me that she
had stopped her habit entirely 1t is
two years now since she has taken either
drug, and she appears to be both a
healthy and happy woman.
Il repeat that it is the only case of
thorough reformation that l have ever
known. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
Corn husks are utilized in Austria
IN the manufacture Of paper. The
I'LL II. II
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Educating the Horse.

The man who undertakes to educate a
horse labors under some disadvantages
that do not arise in the education of a
child. A tutor is commonly supposed to
be the superior of his pupil physically,
mentally and morally, and generally
has the immense advantage of using a
language common to both. The teacher
of the horse knows nothing of his Ian
guage, if he bas one, while he has to
deal with an animal far surprising him
in physical power and whose special
senses are all more efficient than his
own. The ear of horse catches sounds
too faint or too distant to be heard by a
man; his eye enables him to gallop on a
trick that his rider could hardly see on
his hands and knees, or to travel safely
in the darkness of night. His taste and
smell direct him unerringly in the
choice of herbage or in the rejection of
water from contaminated vessel.
while his sensitive muscle is the oracle
he appeals to as superior to all his other
powerful senses in deciding upon the
danger or safety of any suspected object.
--Horseman.
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Eyes. said SmipgiDs. who was in .

Yes, said Smiggins, who was in q
reminiscent mood, Il had very narrow
escape earlier in life" "Indeed?" said
his wife. "A narrow escape; was kid
naped." sis it possible!" "But po-
hceman rescued" 20, dearl There
isn't day passes nowadays that there
doesn't something turn up to reflect on
sh police. Merchant Traveller
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Corn husks are utilized in Austria
in the manufacture Of paper. The
ausks are boile d with an alkaH in tnbu-
lar boilers. The glutinous matter is
pressed out from the abers.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12

The Democratic party, kept in
power by the 1rish vote, and the free
traders OF England have Joined In q
common cause to defeat the Mckinley
Tariff bill. Wha; the Democrats do
in opposing tariff finds u hearty re-
sponse With English free traders. Still
two-thirds of tie Irishmen, who left
Great Britain on account of the op.
preston of England, stand mantully
by the Democratic party. II is not
surprising that a leading English
Statesman declared that the only good
use lrishmen were to England WINS
when they went to the United States
and voted for the Democratic ticket
and free trade.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
The Clungor OF an Alarm Bell

Close by, in the stiffness Of the night.
could scarcely stsrtle tie ordinary indi.
vidual more than do trifling noiles the
nervous invalid. But once the nerves
are braced and tho system invigoIated
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, this
abnormal tensitiveness is succeeded by a
tranquility not 10 be disturbed by trivial
causes. Impaired digestion is fertile
cause OF nerve weakness and unnatural
mental gloom, and vi!orous renewal Of
the action OF the stomach Ia one of the
surest means of invigorating and quiet
ing the nerves. Insomnia, or sleepless
ness, form ol nervous disease, is un.
questiopahly beaehtted by sadatives,
when 1t is prolonged, or of frequent oc,
currence. but its permanent removal /.
more encctuallg achieved with the Bit
;ers. This medicine is also sigbally ell
cscious for malaria, rheumatism, consti
patton. liver complaint and torpidity o
the kidneys and bladder.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12

THE rapacity OF the free traders has
driven Mr.. McAleer from the canvass
in Rundall's district, Philadelphia.
He had The most votes, the most dele
gates and the party; but tho free
traders had the machinery 10 defeat
Mr.. MeAleer, and sooner than mako a
fight against such organized fraud he
withdraws from the contest, and ex-
Mayor Waugh is brought forth to take
his place. 1t is said that the new can
didsto will be acceptable to the Gent
ner, or free trade, wing Of the party,
hut that fact alono will not be very
strong recommendation to the Randall
men. This little fight In Randall's
district is opening the way for the
election OF Republican candidate,
who would be more flt successor for
the lamented Randall than any Demo.
crat that can be elected.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
An Impressive Ceremony

kadcsh Commandcry, No. 25, A. 1. O.
knights of Malta, held special conyo-
cation at their council chamber, No. lO1
East Ninth street, last Saturday evening,
for the purpose OF conlerr,ng degrees
and preparing a number OF Sir Knights
itr the reception OF the solemn and i'm.
prestiys degree OF the Red Gross aud
sepulchre. The attendance was large
ani the greatest interest manifested III
the proceedings. The order of the Red
Cross aud Sepu,care Will be conferred
next Saturday night, and as there are
about 56 suprliart knights awaiting this
degree, the encampment room In the
Odd Fellows Hall, Third and King
streets, has been secured for tie pur pose.
II is expected that Supreae Comm nder
Pierce and other prominent members oi
the order from Phlladelphis viii! be pres
ent to assist with the oerem ouIes. Every
sir KNIGHT who Is eligible TO receive this
degree la earnestly requested TO be pres
ent, as It may be some time before
another opportunity is afforded OF re-
ceiylng It,
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12

TUE Levy Court of New Castle
County, during the year ending March
15ih, travelled 20, 457 miles, an aver.
age of 1850 miles apiece. The cost to
the county at six cents a mile was
81, ,e2S. Joseph Roberts Of Appoquini.
mink is the greatest traveller, having
., 47S miles TO his credit. Mr.. Shall.
cross of St. Georges follows with 3,2G2
miles, and Mr.. Rothwell Of Black bird
with 3,013 miles. The lowest of the
eleven 10 MIR. Hickman of Wilmington
with 1,04S miles, followed by Mr..
Killgore OF Chrisiiana with 1866
miles. and Mr.. Grubb of Brandy vino
with 1899 miles. Pretty tall travelling
that.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
Ono uundrod Lota

Q. .. Fleming, Of Florida. d IN the
city and hes arranged for public sale
Of hIs property on Saturday, 2ita inst
II ID divided into one hundred building
lots fronting on Kenneit road, uiant
avenua, Union, Thirteenth and Four
teenth streets, beautifully situated and
convenient to Delaware avenue shd
Eighth street cars. These lots are Just
outaide Of the city and therefore not sub-
ject to city taxes. Tie Kennett roal 10
destined to be Wilmiugton's finest
avenue. and this sale affords rare
chance to tecurc lots for houses and Tor
safe aud profitable Investment
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
MONDAY. MAY Ia. 1880.
An Arbitrary Ordinance.

The city ordinance requiring the
placing Of signal lamps on the streets
wherever there are improvements In
progress and building material placed,
Is q good one in principle, but one
that bears very hard upon builders,
and In that respect needs important
notifications. II is a very easy thing
sor the Street and Sewer Department
TO enact ordinances, and very easy
thing TOR the Municipal Court TO en-
force them and collect fines from q
class Of people who are among the
most enterprlsing and the least in.
clined TO be law breakers In our city.
The placing of red signal lamp
wherever there are distractions upor
the streets at night Is but q small
matter compared 10 the responsibility
OF keeping Il burning all night. Tho
builder 10 required to do this OF bt
mulcted into fine of ten dollars ant
costs for every time u policeman or Q
Citizen may discover that the lamp he:
gone out, or when II has been smashed
to pieces by vicious boys and drunk en-
men, or stolen by thieves, If informed
on.
As builders In these days of clo-e
competition take contracts In which
there are very small margins of profit
1t Is not only great annoyance. but a
great pecuniary loss TO them, 10 be
hauled before the municipal court q
few times and fined tor something
they cannot help. 1t is q dead oper
and shut game with the court, AMI
builders being responsible gentlemen
the fines and costs are sure Ii n lumI
Is found not burning, 20 matter if Ii
every hour during the night, that II
evidence enough for conviction. No
evidence that the builder placed the
lamp in position in the evening, filed
it with oil, lit 1t and employed person
20 see that II was kept burning all
night avails anything before the court,
the carpenter, mason, plasterer, brick
layer or contractor, who took the per-
nit out, 10 authorize him 10 use The
streets, has to face the music and pay
The fine.
We do not blame the . Municipal
Court for enforcing the ordinance, ior
indeed all ordinances should be strictly
enforced, but we most unhesitstingly
declare that this lamp regulation or
dinance is too arbitrary and bears tot
hard upon most industrious class 0
our citizens, and ii its strict enforce
ment is persisted In II will drive som,
of our leading contractors and enter
prising builders away from the city Il
some other place where they will no
be liable to have the greater part o
the profits of job OF work swep
away by arbitrary ordinances
We believe these signal lamps are
necessity and should be kept burnin!
at night wherever there are building
distractions on the streets. They pre-
vent accidents, save lives, and sav
the city from loss by damages, bu
there should be some system by whic
the responsibility for keeping til
lamps lit should be shifted to othe
shoulders, besides the builders.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12

Made Flowers for trim
ming by handful or armful.
Southeast Of centre.
Heliotrope Handkerchiefs
have plenty Of likers: they
chime in so perfectly with
some Of the favorite dress
goods. Four patterns, hello.
trope border and centre, 2oc.
Another Handkerchief
newness is of sheer linen
with hemstitched and tape
borders. 6 styles. Ia3c.
southw est OF centre.
Only the finest cotton
carefully worked gets into
the lovely Brandenburgs.
Lumpy, knotty thread might
do In Oriental limitations (it
is apt to be the Oriental
way to have them) but a
smooth. perfect surface is
one of the chlefest Branden-
burg graces. On such a
cotton the art printer can do
his daintiest work. Not
even the rarest Sateens
outdo the Brandenburgs in
beauty Vt printing. Hardly
the stuff you expect to get
at 20c a yardl
A large number of ex-
quisite new patterns and
colorings have been recent
ly added; among them black
figures on white grounds
Tor the first time.
Northwest OF centre.
A new Lawn Mower
the Wan a m a k er. We
wouldn't have that name on
them il there were any
guesswurk about the ma.
chimes. Note the modest
prices:
10 inches $500
IL inches $3.50
IA inches 5000
I6 inches $3.50
lS inches $500
Nothing slighted. As good
a Mower as we know oil.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
A Cloud Eurst,

GEBENvILLB, Pa, May IL There wa.
4 cloud burst here on Saturday evening,
aud In n few minutes East Main street
wss flooded with water two feet deep,
Considerable damage was done to the
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio and
the Erie aud Pittsburg Railroads. A
heavy wind storm noar Fredonia, Kan
SOS, on Friday afternoon, destroyed j.
Anderson's bsru and other property aud
killed Mrs. Frank G.idden and Henry
Weltz. Mr.. Gllidon aud child were
dangerously injured.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
WANANIAKER'a.
PHILADELPHIA. Monday. May ls, lset


PHrLAnELrHiA. Monday. May IL, 1891.
Ready-made Clothing is
on trial here, especially In
Mems Suits with Prince AL
bert frock coats, cutaways,
and sacks Of worsteds, neat
ribbed stuffs and Clay
weaves, and cloth.faced
goods. The prices range
from $IS to $50 the suit
There are Trousers here at
S. of fine fancy cassimeres
which you can have in lieu
of those to match the co is.
You make $3.50 on e ch
pair you buy.
Near Thirteenth and Market streets cor
! ner.
Eighteen big tables heaped
with nothing but untrimmed
,, Hats and Bonnets. That's
E a fair measure for all our
4 Millinery doings. NJ or {
kinds, more Of a kind thar
= ever before. And the thick
. est places are not OF tn,
,, styles that nobody wants
/ For women there ale littl'
"a . mountains Of the big
ID atraight-rim Leghorns, Mil
Is y ans, and Neepolitan Strip:
xt For children a dozen shape
that 60 as "Saiiofe," an
ub for everybody a myriad
.e styles with every bulge
%95 ID brim or dent or twist tn,
the season has suggested.
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
LIuuor Seized.

sr. ALBASs, N. j., May 12.-ofilcert
on Friday night seized 200 gallons ol
liquor lin An establishments here, which,
under former proprietor, has been su =
eeseively raided and finally adjudaed q
nuisance" The liquor was recently
shipped there by a Boston firm, and the
case apparently comes directly within thu
recent United states Supreme Court de-
cisIoD,
Daily Republican., 1890-05-12
q. u. 0sslosl.

Coal and wood, four and feed. Lehigh
coal, schuylkill coal, Lee coal. All
grades of spring and winter wheat -four
Minnesota -four, Hungarian flour. Lea's
-four, In barrels or half barrels. All
kinds OF mill feed at mill prlceA Oak or
pine kindlins wood In blocks or split.
Careful drivers aud 2S40 lbe. to the ton
guaranteed. Oiiioc, yard aud warehouse,
Sl7 West Front street. Telephone 500.
1D-NH