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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1891-06-01


Where arc you going, my pretty nader,
! m going TO Grinscll's, kind sir, TO trade.n
why do you go there, my pretty InaidY'
His stock is very large Sir. . she said.
But how are his prices, my pretty maid?n
They're lower than any one else has made"
Can ! go with you. my pretty maid"
PLEASED with your company, sir, she said.
So then these two, the lad and the maid.
Went hurrying oil to trade;
And when the lad went home he said
I've found the very best bargain maid"
Furniture,
Carpets,
Bedding,
s toves,
Oil Cloths,
Baby Carriages,
Mirrors.
Hanging Lamps,
Standing Lamps,
Window Shades,
Clocks,
Pictures,
Refrigerators,
Ice Chests.
A few Of our bargains are
Chamber Suites. 7
pieces, $500 up.
sideboards, $3.50 &"
Lounges, S4.50 "
Bedsteads, $500 &"
Bed Springs, S1.25 "
Baby Carriages, $3.50 d"
Brussels Carpetper
yard, 65 cts. L"
Ingram Carpet, 25 cts. "
Floor Oil Cloth, % cts. "
Weekly and monthly pay.
ments or 5 per cent. off for
cash. All goods marked in
plain figures.
THOS. GRINsELL,
S. E. Cor. End and Orange SITS.
Open Tuesday evening
until 8 o'clock Saturday
Evenings until 10 o'clock
ma.mon. tue. wed, sat.
, 1891-01-29

Danger, danger everywhere, and no
one knows how much. 1t seems as
though the most ordinary actions of
our lives were fraught with peril. The
latest thing that the ignorant public
must be warned against is the innocent
looking street car strap. 1t is filed
with very venom. 1t is a spreader of
disease, a means of contagion. One of
our most eminent local scientists has
said SO.
Here are his words: II have been
examining street car straps under the
microscope lately, and l find them
filed with thousands of bacteria that
might easily spread disease. These
straps are clutched daily by thousands
Mg4eqRlless and 1t may be readily imag-
easily transmitted skin diseases. l
haven't any doubt that the street car
strap is frequently the transmitter of
such diseases. 1t therefore behooves
street car passengers to be careful about
Selling hold of these straps. 1 believe
them to be excessively dangerous"
Who will not say that this is another
reason for the street railroad company
to put on more cars during the busy
parts of the day, and thus do away
with the necessity of balancing ones self
in crowded cars by means of these same
fatal straps2-Buffalo Express.
, 1891-01-29
AWAKE WHEN NEEDED.

lively Work BY = stupid Looking Man
When Every Second Counted.
We had come down from a Virginia
watering place in the mountains to a
small railroad station on the banks of
Cheat river. The tracks could be seen
for about half a mile either way, and
the roadbed ran within sir feet of the
bank. There was nothing to see but a
plain building, a water tank and a man
seated on a box with his back to the
building and sound asleep. We sat
down on a rock on the opposite side of
the track for a smoke, and had been
quiet for two or three minutes when
the sleeping man suddenly sprang to
his feet with a yell.
We hadn't heard the slightest noise
TO alarm him, neither had any of us
given him a start, but as he sprang
down the track and looked up and
down we heard that queer noise which
the rails give out when the train is APP
preaching.
There was a switch there running
alongside the platform, but the rusty
rails showed that it was seldom used.
The lever to throw it was a hundred
feet above us. At the lower end a tie
was placed across the rails.
As we looked up the track we saw
two runaway freight cars coming down
at a wild pace. AS we looked down
the track we saw the day express COM
ing around a curve. We did not stir a
foot, but the man who had slept in the
sun ran to the bar and threw it over.
Then he ran to the end of the switch
and slowed the tie around d~iagonally.
He did not have time to move thirty
feet before the cars ran upon the switch
with an awful CHATTER, travelled its
length in two seconds, and as the
wheels struck the tie the a r toppled
over to the left and made one long jump
into the river, splashing water fifty feet
high as they struck. They were float
ing away as the express pulled in.
Whats the matterf' asked the con-
ductor.
"Oh, nothing; | just switched those
cars into the river, " replied the man.
Never a passenger on that train knew
what had happened. The mans quick
wit had saved an awful calamity, yet
he was the stupidest looking man you
ever saw holding a position Detroit
Free Press.
, 1891-01-29

There was once a simple minded
Irish farmer out west, who along
toward Thanksgiving time was visited
by a neighbor, a newly arrived Ger
man, who wanted to buy a turkey.
The German could not speak English,
but had managed to learn to pro-
nounce the word turkey" or some
thing like it.
"Ter-r-r-keyl Ter-r-r-rkeyl" he ex-
claimed to the Irishman, showing his
pocketbook at the same time.
"An' is it a toorkey that ye want to
buyT said the Irishman. Sure, an
why didn't ye say sol But yer amer
shall have the turkey"
And then he called to his wife.
Mora" said he, bring the gintle-
man a toorkey from the hinneryl"
"a toorkey, is it9" said Nora, brush
Ing up to her husband and speaking
below her breath. "An' how will ye
sell him a toorkey, ye spalpeen, whin
ye know well there's niver the loikes
of a toorkey an the placer
whist, Nora, said Pat, give him
the ould goose; can't ye see that not a
blissed word of English does the gin
tleman shpake2 Sure, he'll niver know
the difference l"-Youth's Companion.
, 1891-01-29

Not long ago 1 mailed several letters,
with circulars inclosed, and put what /
supposed was sufficient postage on. To
my annoyance l was notified mex
morning that the whole batch was held
for postage. l went round to the post
office, and was informed that each en-
velope and its contents weighed just
enough to turn the scale, and that l
must in consequence pay the extra post
age. At my request one of the letters
was weighed on the official scales, and
instead of being over it turned out to
be a fraction under weight.
But my triumph was short lived, for
l vas informed that the weight when
mailed was what had to be charged on,
and the letter weighed more the pre-
ceding night than then. The explana-
ton as to the loss in weight was that
the letter had been copied and mailed
damp, subsequently giving off quite an
appreciable weight by evaporation.
Now 1 insist on letters being copied as
early in the day as possible, and on
every package being weighed in the of
fee. l don't mind paying for damp
ness, but l hate to have valuable mail
matter held On a mere technicality.-
Interview in st. Louis Globe-Democrat
, 1891-01-29

There is only one time during a busy
lay" said the philosopher, when a man
'eally enjoys complete rest. The busy mer-
:hant, lawyer or editor wastes no time
over his lunch, and is thinking all the time
ae eats of what work he has to attend to
when he returns to his office. But let that
Iame man get into the barber's chair, and
he turmoil in his brain ceases instantly.
Il is as II the passing OF the brush over his
ace drew a curtain between him and his
oil. His eyelids close slowly, and a de-
icious feeling of complete Indifference to
ARE replaces his former anxious thoughts.
Every succeeding IN increases his
ceiling Of ease and rest, and when the bay
.um sets the nerves in the skin tingling he
'eels like a new man. His work during
;he next hour seems lighter than at n
other time, and the refreshing effect passes
od slowly. | would rather go without
lunch than miss my half hour in the bar
oer's chair. NEW York Sun.
, 1891-01-29
THE WOMAN AND THE TELEGRAM.
The Terrible Emergency which Obliged
Her to Use the Lightning Fluid.

The Terrible Emergency which Obliged
Her to Use the Lightning Fluid.
The waysO of lovely woman" when
she calls to her aid the telegraph serv-
ice, together with a glimpse into a dis
ordered household, were both shown at
the T~wenty-third street telegraph sta
ton, near Fifth avenue, one afternoon.
1t was close upon 4 o'clock when a
young woman, tall, we'll dressed and
considerably agitatec appeared there,
and seizing a blanR wrote rapidly for
a moment before she stepped over to
the man in charge.
Won't you hurry that along as fast
a possible, pleaseT she said, pushing
the dispatch through.
1t was addressed to an office in Mas
sau street, near Wall. The operator,
used TO this request, took the message
and began the usual annexation.
'Twenty-sir cents" he said, still
iabbing at it with his pencil.
How soon will it gor asked the
sender.
AT once
1t ought TO get there before half
past Ar she hazarded with a rising in
Election
1t ought, ~ assented the operator,
But will it, do you think r she per,
sisted.
If there is no delay at the other
end"
She paused in the act of putting
down the money.
Il wonder II a messenger would be
quicker, " she said half to herself.
The operator waited.
'IH be back in n minute, ~ she went
on, and hurried to the messenger desk.
What is your shortest time to Nassau
street, near Waltz she burst out,
breathlessly.
I'VE have done it in twenty five min
utes. Fffty-siH," called the manager,
in anticipation OF "A quick service.
"Oh, / don't believe he could get
there so soon as that, " objected the
young woman, as n boy presented him
self.
In thirty he could, " said the man
ager.
ITO would he gof' persisted the
questioner.
by crosstown car, elevated train
and a run up Wall to Nassau"
Still she hesitated. A glance at the
clock decided her. ats on the stroke
OF 4 =" she said, "and the message must
be delivered before half-past 1 think
the telegraph is quicker, " and now in
frantic haste she returned to the opera
tor. He was busy with a message, and
two more precious minutes were lost.
Send that dispatch Just as fast as
you can, " she said when her turn came ;
''and do put OF it to deliver at once,
can't your
I'm rush it., " said the operator.
ooh, dol" urged the young woman.
You see how important it is" and for
the first time she unknit her pretty
brows, The operator INDUCED, too, in
a fieeting smile. The dispatch read
Don't bring Mr.. - home to dinner.
Cook just left in a tantrum New
York Times.
, 1891-01-29

The Chaumiere" in Moscow is GER
tainly the most luxurious and elegant
ly appointed restaurant in Europe.
The large dining hall is a huge winter
garden with feathery and blooming mi
o as a background for the exquisite
ly served tables. In the middle of this
unique restaurant garden is a great
marble fountain, wherein trout and
other d~elicately favored members of
the flnny tribe swim in deep, clear
water, When "A guest orders a fish for
MS ulilher 10 s--thwitb conducted
by the head butler to this owe SGGs
rum and is requested to select the fab
most likely TO tempt his fancy.
A long handled silk net is then given
to him, and he can, II he pleases, catch
his fish with sportsmanlike zest and
deNterity, a feat which materially adds
to his enjoyment and general apprecia-
ton of the dinner he is about to eat.
Russians, who are very fond Of flowers,
do not relish a repast when the table is
not one mass of fragrant blossoms, and
nowhere else in Europe does one see
such gorgeous table decorations as
in st. Petersburg or Moscow. Thou
sands Of rubles are often spent for rare
orchids to adorn the table of some
wealthy Boyard, and at the dinner given
some time ago by Prince Nariskine to
the diplomatic corps at st. Petersburg
the flowers in the dining hall cost over
90, 900 rubles. City Times.
, 1891-01-29

A trainman, who, 1 am inclined to
think, is a fabricator of great ability,
remarked the other day, as we pulled
didn't know what a teatf TaAog:
ing car was.
Then he went on: mo, you don't.
Why, you ought to have u on the
old smoker that used to be on the -
road.
I'VE had a smoker then. After the
train had run twenty miles you could
not see a foot. 1 don't mean a human
foot, but a foot ahead of you. I've
seen the smoke of twenty-five old pipes
wrestle with the lamps and put them
out.
See that watch charm2' he said,
showing a brownish substance carved
into a heart. 1 replied in the afirma-
tive. II cut that off the roof of the
old smoker 1 was telling you about.
That brown stuff is condensed tobacco
smoke, and the old veteran was GOV,
cred an inch thick with it.
Talk about smokersl" and he blew
a cloud of smoke into the air and
chuckled over his fairy tale.-Albany
Argus.
, 1891-01-29
HOE sal,InI Impsr.onate. . ohnrrel.r

l simply try to be the character l am
playing; 10 think with his brain, to
feel with his feelings, to cry with him
and to laugh with him, to let my breast
be anguished by his emotions, to love
with his love and to hate with his hate.
Then, having thus hewn my creation
u Of the block of marble provided
me by the dramatist, / clothe him with
his proper clothes and endue him with
his proper voice, his tricks of gesture,
his walk-in short, his outward and
bodily appearance, as distinct from,
though doubtless depending upon, his
inward and spiritual f~ashioning.
When this is completed to my salts
faction, when l have my man shaped,
both in his inner and outer being, as I
would have him, l am ready to place
him before my public, and they help
me to his further completion. -Salviui
in Century.
, 1891-01-29

-
A very amusing II indiscreet co1ec-
ton of souvenirs has been published in
Paris. The author is Baron Du Case,
who was formerly aid-de-camp to Je-
rome Napoleon, eI-king of Westphalia-
The dethroned monarch, as is well
known, became what is Familiarity
termed hard up when he retired into
private life, and the Baron Du Case,
who entered his service about the time
that jerome wns appointed governor
of the Hotel des Invalides, describes the
efforts made by the fallen king to make
both ends meet.
Jerome was made governor of the
French Chelsea hospital by Prince
Louis Napoleon, and was allowed
FL, 800 a year. To this was added an
other annual sum of FL, 600, which
Princess Mathilde, who had married
Prince Demidoff, gave her father by
order of the car.
When Louis Napoleon become en-
peror of the French he made old Prince
Jerome a marshal. This brought the
eI-king in a handsome salary, which
released Princess Mathilde from her
engagements to her father. The en-
peror further allowed Uncle Jerome"
as he was called, a sum of ESQ, 900
In monthly installments, and always,
according to Baron Du Case, half
of the monthly sum was shared with
the present Prince Jerome Bonaparte,
usually called prince Napoleon" the
Princess Mathilde receiving nothing.
When Prince Napoleon did not dine
with his parent the latter ordered din
ner in a restaurant and a box for the
theatre afterward, whereupon the son
stormed and spoke about extravaganza.
Pail Mall Gazette.
, 1891-01-29

II so you will ask for tickets via
WABASH LINE.
WHY Because in the fret place it is
to many of the principal cities of the East
the
SHORT LINE, and because on all
trains there are, free to all, new and ele-
giant
RECLINING CHAIRS and. from
points in the Rocky Mountain region. on
all through trains,
THROUGH PULLMANS, and, 10 cap
tho climax Of luxury, all trains are fed on
DINING CARS.
G. NJ. HAMPsoR,
Commercial Agent Denver, Col.
1927 Seventeenth Street.
, 1891-01-29
with OH with oil,

Fontenelle preferred his asparagus
dressed with oil; but his friend the
Able Terrasson liked it with butter.
The latter coming to dine with him
one day, Fontenelle unselfishly ordered
that half the asparagus should be
dressed his way and the other half Ter
rasson's. Just before sitting down to
table the able was struck down by
apoplexy, whereupon Fontenelle rushed
out of the room and shouted to his
cook:
"An with oil All of 1t with oilf"-
All the Year Round.
, 1891-01-29

Mr.. William T. Pnce, a justice of the
peace, at Richmond, Neb, was confined
to his bed last winter with a severe attack
Of lumbago; but athorough application OF
Chamberlain's Pain Balm enabled him to
yet up and go to work. Mr.. Price saws:
The remedy cannot be recommended
too highly" Let anyone troubled with
rheumatism, neuralgia or lame back give
It a trial and they will be of the same
opinion. SO cent bottles for sale by A.
+ Roadel.
, 1891-01-29
The Dog who Went to the Poorhou.

The Dog Who Went to the h
A family in Salem, Mass, owned a
dog which had become quite old and
troublesome. He was cross, and would
take the best place in the room, andno
one could make him leave it willingly.
AT last grandma, much troubled, said,
''Sir, this dog is so troublesome we
must send him away"
The dog got up and looked at her in
sorrow and went out of the oom In a
few days they heard that this dog,
whom everybody knew, had gone to
the poorhouse, where the towns poor
people were taken care of; and stranger
still, on Saturdays, when many of the
inmates went to see friends, this dog
also went home to see "'Sir' and
"Ma'am," stayed awhile and then went
back again and lived there ever after.
Wide Awake.
, 1891-01-29

A. E. Roeiel. druggist, desires to Iu-
form the public that he is agent for the
mos: successful preparation that has yet
been produced for coughs, colds and
Group. 1t will loosen and relieve a severe
cJld IN less time than any other treat
ment The article referred to is Cham
berlaIn's Cough Remedy. 1t is a medI.
cine that has woe fame and popularity on
its merits and one that can always be de-
pended upon Il is the only known
remedy that will prevent o 1t must
be tried to be appreciated. 1t is put up
in so cent and'Sl bottles. For sale By A.
F. Roedel
, 1891-01-29

One OF the recent improvements in pho
,ographic telescopes is an object glass, one
II whose lenses is so formed hi when one
tide Of it is turned upward the visual rays
are brought to a proper focus and you nave
1 telescope for seeing with, and when the
other side Of the lens is turned outward
The actinic rays ere brought to a focus and
he telescope is in proper shape for taking
photographs.-Chicago Herald.
, 1891-01-29
Is Consumption Incurabier

Read the following: Mr.. @. a. Nor
ris, Newark, Ark, says: Was down
with abcess of lungs, and friends and
physicians pronounced me an incurable
consumptive. Began taking DR.. Kings
New Discovery for CONSUMPTION, am now
on nv third bottle. aud able to oversee
the work on my farm. 1t is the finest
medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur. Ohio, says:
Had 1t not been for DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption l would have
lied of lung troubles. Was given up by
doctors. Am now in best of health"
Try 1t: Sample bottles atiR B. Dsvid's,
druggist.
, 1891-01-29

An exquisite figure of speech was
used by a shining light in an i%mpromptu
address the other evening.
You may think you can do it," he
said, with al impressive gesture, re-
ferring to q certain line of policy, ''but
you will soon find you have an ele-
plant that you will not be able to &C
complish."
The remainder of the speech was lost
in a burst of applause Nebraska State
journal.
, 1891-01-29

De Dude (buying a camel sa-ay,
NAH good man, this cane won't do.
The handle is too big fob nah mouth.
Dealer-It's the exact size worn by
the Prince of Wales, sir.
De Dude-Awi Wait a bit. III go
to a surgeons and see if l can have
nah mouth stwetched.-Good News
, 1891-01-29
TWENTY DOLLAR GOLD PIECES.

Mr, John Curtis of Peoria, Ill. writes:
Used INT box of Usage Pills previous to
my second confinement; they worked like
a charm. Would pay 500 for a box
rather than do without them, as they
have proved a Godsend to me-" Write
Usage Medicine company, Wichita, Kas.,
FOR particulars. and their book to wives
mailed free. Sold by druggists Sold by
W. N. Hunt, Cheyenne.
, 1891-01-29

The Egyptian papyrus is an aquatic
plant, having a stem from three to six
feet high, Its soft, smooth flower stem
afforded the most ancient material
from which paper was prepared. Its
Towering stems and leaves are twisted
into ropes, and the roots. which are
sweet. are used as food
, 1891-01-29

Travellers may learn a lesson from
Mr.. G. d. Cone, a prominent attorney
OF Parker, Dakota, who says. Il never
leave home without taking a bottle of
Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera, and
Diarrhea Remedy with me. and on many
occasions have ran with it to the relief of
some sufferer and have never known it to
fail" For sale By A. T. Roedel.
, 1891-01-29
FEW REASONS

Why you should try the celebrated Dr. II.
Wagner's methods OF cure:
l. "Dr. H Wagner Is a natural physician"
Q. 8. FowLER,
The Great P~hrenologist.
2 You are wonderfully proficient in your
knowledge OF diseases and medicines"
DIR. ]. Matthew.
g. Few can excel you as a doctor"
T. THE afnicted lind ready relief in your
presence" DR. II STNfNs
D. y H. Wagner is a regular graduate
nom Bellevue Hospital, New York City; has
had very extensive hospital practice and is
posted on all branche OF his be
loved science especially on chronic diseases" 20
o. ID H Wagner has immortalized himself
py his wonderful discovery OF specific RENE
dies for private and sexual diseases."-Vir
gtnia City Chronicle.
Thousands OF inyalids flock to see him"
san Francisco Chronicle.
g. The doctors long experience as a spe-
ciAlist should render him very successfuLl6-
Rocky Mountain News.
, 1891-01-29

Charles-Tm a victim of insomnia
Can't sleep anywhere or in any place.
What on earth shall I dor
Jack-Get a place on the police
force.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
, 1891-01-29
ARNICArEu EUREKA CREAM

is the finest and most effectual lotion for
chapped hands. rough and sore SKIN. es-
pecially prepared for this climate and
pleasos everybody. Try it. Twenty FIVE
cent bottles. Druggists.
, 1891-01-29

I'm admit Emmeline de Corridor is a
popular actress, but she's no artist"
And yet she draws good houses, you'll
ldmitp"-American Grocer.
, 1891-01-29

Ed AdpD as receiriHg
fresh oysters and CLAIMS in
the sheH direct from " e.U
York ecery other day. at
ms rest 0HrdnE 0u SIG
feenth street. Supplying
OF families a specially.
, 1891-01-29

A hotel where you can get solid and
substantial value for the money expended
is the Occidental Good table board %
cents per meal, or 81 per week.
Board and room 81 per day.
The Occidental has good rooms and is
well ard comfortably furnished through.
out. Visitors to the city will find tbe
Occidental a good stopping place. 1909
Themes street.
, 1891-01-29

We have some very desirable lots in
sill parts of the city hat we will sell as
cheap as can be had and on the most fav-
orable terms, monthly payments if de-
sired; Call and get prices before buying
elsewhere. RINER & JOHNSON,
1921 Ferguson st.
, 1891-01-29

New mattresses. 81. so; new woven
wire springs, $2.75; second hand heating
and cook stoves at lowest prices. Every
thing delivered free. Corner TEenty-6rst
and Thomes. +. Bohnsted. Manager.
, 1891-01-29
ICE

Delivered to any part of the city
and in any quantity by the cheyenne
Transfer Company, Sixteenth and Eddy
streets.
, 1891-01-29

ne largest stock OF fine brandies, old
WHISTLES, choice hqueurs and superfne
cigars At GEORGE MAsten's well known
house, corner Sixteenth and Ferguson
, 1891-01-29
PLAIN FACTS Plainly SPOKEN.

At one time a discussion OF the secret vice
was entirely avoided by the profession. and
medical works. OF but a few years ago would
hardly mention IL.
To-day the physician is OF a different opin-
lon; he Is aware that IL is his duty-disagree-
able as II may be-to handle this matter with
out gloves, and speak plainly about 1t and
intelligent parents and guardians Will thank
him for doing so.
, 1891-01-29

4 axe your pictures TO
TtsrnbuH and hare modern
frames ma ade.
, 1891-01-29
CHRONIC COMPLAINTS REQUIRE
TIME FOR LURE.

Persons at a distance who wish to be treated
oy DR.. Wagner need not feel be
cause OF inability to visit him. II they will
write to the Doctor he will send them a list OF
questions which enables him to send medi-
cines, counsel and advice to thousands he has
never seen. He has patients in every city,
town and station throughout Colorado, as well
as All over the United States. See his address
In his observation-disclosures Tribune.