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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

Go to Beecher's, 3l5 Market, for pho
togrophs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

LNXECUTORS' SALE. WILL BE SOLD
IL at public snle, in Brandywine Hun
bred, near Parry's Hotel, on the road lead
ing from Eight Square school house TO
BrundywnC creek. ON
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

LNOR pENT-yERY d ESIRA BILE
II second story rooms with hot and cold
water and bath. Good location w Eighth
street, Address p. q, box d51. Wilmington.
Delaware. Tl1-St'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

DUHLlC SALE OF HOUSEHOLD &
L Kitchen furniture at 18th and Bran
dYwine streets. on THURSDAY Fob. IL
1871, at O'Clock y, m, consisting of Bed
steads, Reds Bed Covering, Chairs, Tit
bles, Som, Pictures, etc. sale positive.
2 ilne Oil Paintings. L., W. sIlDH AM
4 SON. flO-ts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

L'NECEToRS SALE OF REAL Es-
IL tatc-Will be sold at public sale ut
The Court House, on Market street above
Tenth, Wilmington, Del,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

I.7oR RENT-TWo STORY DRiCk
II housr, Sn.sl2 East sixth St, front
yard. Apply TO Geo. +. uartmnn, NJ.
All East Third street tl.Itt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

NvASTED-FIRsT CLASS TIN AND
w Sheet Iron Workers. Apply to
james +. W ooI & Co., Front and Orange
stroots. fIlJG
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

LNDR SAi.E-A GREAT BARGAIN
II t,nrinS the uext ten days the three
story brick dwelling. No. 4ul West sill
street Nith tNrlNc rooms IN complete
order " til all m darn .prOyemrnts.
ill-At EOa c. MAhIS Il son.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11
State of the rhsrmorn,

State of the Thermometer
at the REPUBLICAN Office to-day, In tho
shade:
Z o'clock. 10 o'clock: IL o'clock
2S 33 81
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-11

wv general houscw oriS. one having
only becn in tlIis country Tut shOrt
time preferred. Apply to the y. w. Cor.
Of itll aud Poplar street. JAMES g..
STAFFORD mat
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THINNESS SAVED HIM.

Philadelphia Unhurt by a Train of
Cars Passing Over Him.
Usually when a man has been run over
by an engine and train of five cars the
Coroner sits on what is left of him. With
the exception of the Coroner's inquest that
Is what happened to Jacob Kahn. Never
theless, he is none the worse for his re-
markable experience. Nature made Kahn
a very thin man, and to this fact he owes
his life. In fact so impressed has he be-
come with the virtue of slenderness that his
friends have had hard time to dissuade
him from adopting systematic measures to
reduce his already frali anatomy still more.
Hahn is about % years old, and is jour
neyman baker at 1925 North Second street.
He lives over a barber-shop en- Second
street, above Thompson. He is not very
tall, but his thinness is a standing joke in
the nelghborhood Being good-natured, 1t
never angered him. and he was won't to
laugh and reply that some day they might
envy him Tor being slender. About
o'clock he was talking to some acquaintance
at Second street and Germantown avenue,
when shifting engine drawing five heavy
freight cars came along. Just as it was al
most opposite to him Kahn stepped right
between the tracks. A dozen people sho uted
and screamed and screamed and Kahn saw
his danger. i.
Whether he suddenly realized that his re-
saving his life. or whether it was merely
fright is not known, but he fell fiat on his
face as the engine came up and passed over
him. The engineer could not stop, and
went right on, while the people stood trans
fixed with horror. The five ears passed
over him. A policeman ana q big crowd
ran iuto the street to gather up the mangled
corpse. Imagine their surprise when Kahn
jumped up apparently unhurt, brushing the
dust from his new trousers. He had hugged
the ground SO closely that only the box
OF the engine had touched him. This had
wrought damage, not to himself, but TO his
new trousers. The redhot furnace had
burned an Immense hole in them. He was
ignorant of this fact until some one told him.
Then he was much worried, and tried to
twist his head around to ge. a rear view of
himself and gaze on tile wreck. There
were no cuts or bruises on him, and the
crowd gaZed at him in mute establishment.
They could hardly believe their eyes, and
the policeman who had prepared to summon
the patrol wagon gaZed at Kahn in most
reproachful manner.-Phiiadelph special
to Globe-Democrat.
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THE MYSTERIOUS EMERALD.
Story of Valuable Gem Picked Up b


Story of a Valuable Gem Picked Up by
Boston Lady.
There is the theme for a romance in the
experience of Boston lady in the matter
of finding ring about year since.
She came across the Common and just as
she was about to leave it by the B0ylston-
street gate her eyes caught the glitter Of a
gem on the pavement and STOPPING she took
up one of the most superb emerald rings ever
seen in this part of the globe Ii is not
ssary to describe it too accurately here
since in answer to her advertisements
there has been more than one attempt by
pretenders to get it fraudulently: but it is
sufficient to say that it is literally such ring
as might be the gilt OF king. IL Is the sort
of jewel which figures in rOmances of the
Disraeli sort, where no expense is spared,
and it was naturally worth sum OF money
which 10 ordinary mortals is something is
something pretty big in any light and really
tremendous to have locked up in single
ring.
The lady took the jewel to all the leading
dealers in gems in the neighb0rhood, and
they all agreed in saying they had never
seen ii, but that il was impossible that
ring of SO much value should long want for
an owner. The jewel has been advertised
in all the papers, and the finder has kept
careful lookout Tor advertisements in her
turn. The police and the dealers in gems
are fully informed about it, aud yet for
more than year the ring has been in her
possession without sign of its owner APP
pearlng to claim 1t. 1t is true that there
have been a number of applications for it,
but no one who has come to claim it has
been able to come anywhere near a correct
description of the ring. and what its history
was before it landed in the dust Of Bpylston
street is still mystery.
Since the ring is of so great value, 1t
would be supposed that the owner would
endeavor to find it for its pecuniary worth,
even if there be 10 sentimental value at
tached to il, but nothing of this sort seems
to have happened. Some day the mystery
may be solved, but at present there is no
clew to prevent the romancer fromsweaviDg
about the jewel any web of fancy which
his brain can spin.-Boslon Courier.
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A NOTED PHILANTHROPIST.

The Gifts of Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson,
Who Has Been Declared Insane.
Mrs. Elizabeth Thompson, the noted
philanthropist, who has just been declared
insane, is Vermonter. She was born in
Rutland OH February q, 1921, and was the
daughter of Samuel Rowell, poor farmer.
When she was 9 years old she went as
maid of-all-work 10 a neighbours family, re-
ceiying as wages Is cents week. Her edu-
cation was self-acquired. She grew to be
such remarkably handsome and intelli-
gent woman that while on a visit to Boston
in 1913 she so impressed Thomas Thompson,
millionaire Of that city. that he sought
her hand. They were married early in
1914, and, until his death, in 1863, they
spent much Of their income for charitable
purposes.
The use of the entire income of the vast
estate was then left to Mrs. Thompson.
She gave large sums to aid the cause of
temperance. She has given 100000 to pro-
vide business pursuits for heads of fami-
lies, hundreds OF whom are now rich
through her bounty. She gave $4,000 to a
Congress commission to investigate yellow
fever. She founded the town.of Longmont,
at the base of the Rocky Mountains, and
gave $40 acres OF land with $500 To each
colonist in Saline County, Kansas.
Mrs. Thompson was one of the large st
contributors TO purchase the Vassar Col
lege telescope, and she gave 10 the Concord
School of Philosophy the building in which
the summer meetings are held. She sug-
gested and carried out with her own money
song service for the poor in many of the
big cities of the country. She bought
Francis u. Carpenters painting The Sign-
ing of the Emancipation Proclamation by
Lincoln in the Presence of His Cabinet"
and presented 1t to Congress. In conse-
quence OF this the freedom of the House
was given her, a right no other woman, not
even tie Presidents wife, possessed. In
1888 she gave $1,000 to the American Asso-
cation for the Advancement of Science.
Two years later she gave the Trustees OF
the last-uamed association SIS. coo for scen-
tifc research in its broadcast sense. This is
now kncan as the Elizabeth Thompson
Science Fund" and is controlled by the In
lernatonal Scientific Congress. -Rutland
(Vt.) special to n. Y. Sun.
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FISHING FOR SOULS.
Anaiogies Drawn From Minister'S Va
Twf.x

Anaiogies Drawn From q Minister'S Va
cation Trip.
hey. j. Q. A. Henry, pastor OF the First
Baptist Church on Eddy street, who has
just returned from his annual vacation,
preached last night to his congregation on
the subject, 81 go a-fshing." The sermon
was designed to draw analosies between
his experiences during his trip In the catch
ing OF fish and the fishing for souls.
In the first place. the speaker said, one
must seek his trout, and in certain places.
In the same way sinners must be sought
after, and the Christian desiring to save
souls must descend to where they are to be
found, must visit the wretched, the degraded
ana the sick. In the second place to catch
trout one mast fish in his old clothes. On
TINS point the speaker severely scored what
he called 'kid-goved and lavendered
Christianity" To save souls, he said, one
must go among the people, anu be one OF
them. feel with them, and act with them,
aad take part in their daily work. and SYM
pathies. Lastly the speaker said it was
easier to catch the small fish than the large
ones. In the same way Ii was less difficult
to convert the young than the old. The
hardest souls to reach for conversion were
men and women in middle age, who were in
the iull prime of life and occupied with the
affairs of the world
In conclusion he said that there was no
pleasure like that of the successful sports
man landing his game, and stated that this
Joy was as nothing compared with the bliss
IN store for him who was the successful
saver of a human soul.
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BRAIN SURGERY.
y Remarkable Operation Saves the Life
of a Boy.

y Remarkable Operation Saves the Life
of Boy.
The parents of Rudolph Binder of Amber
are jubilant over the successful operation
performed upon their little son by DR..
Shelly of Amber and Drs. Ernest la Place
and Anders Of this city, by which his life
is saved.
On May 18th the lad, who is only 10 years
old, was given foil to play with. He was
having a good time all by himself, when
suddenly he saw some of his comrades
farther down the road and he started on
run toward them. AS he was descending
the hill he lost his balance, and as he fell
- point of the foil ran under the left eye
and entered his head nearly four inches.
The eye was not wounded, but the lads
right side was paralyZed.
DR.. Shelly telegraphed for Drs. la Place
and AGders. For two weeks medical and
hygienic treatment was kept up, but the
boy was gradually sinking. After cOnSuta-
ton it was decided to make an operation.
This was considered very delicate under
taking, as there was not another case of this
kind on record. DR.. la Place was chosen TO
make the operation. and Drs. Shelly and
AnderS assisted him. The boy was put I'M
der an anasthetic. DR.. la Place trephined
at the temporal fossa and found cot of
blood. The clot was hard TO remove, and
an instrument somewhat resembling mini
ature eSg-Deater was USED. W 0en the clot
was being removed hemorrhage set in. 1t
was found that the clot had become fastened
to the cavernous sinus, which had been rup-
tuTed by the foil, and removing the clot
caused the flow from the sinus to break out
again. 1t happened that the operation was
nearly over, and the hemorrhage was soon
stopped by placing i0doform gauze between
the brain and skull.
About four days after the operation the
boy began to show consciousness. His
eyes contracted and no noticed sounds.
When asked the number Of certain articles
he w0nld hold up the fingers of his hands.
Two weeks after the operation, while his
wound was being dressed, the boy spoke
for the first time. The dressing must have
been aggraVating to him, for he used very
fOrcible language. His memory has come
gradually back, and he now remembers the
most insignificant fact
lie can articulate, but as one side of bis
tongue is partially paralyzed his speech is
indistinct He has yoracious appetite,
and cannot get enough to eat. Two weeks
ago DR.. Ia Place made another operation,
after which ne closed up the hole made by
the first operation. The first operation
lasted one and three-quarter hours and the
second one hour. The lad is now practi-
cally well, and he is under electric treat
ment 20 cure the paralysis.-Philadelph
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alleged, with 500 of the old mans cash,
and Elwood Farrell of Broadway and Me-
Farrell was engaged to be married to the
girl in September. but Brown, after two
weeks courtship won the girl by promising
to settle all his wealth upon her. The bride
was Miss Mary Foster of Mount Ephraim.
At first she objected to marrying Brown,
but when he offered 10 take care of her fam
lily and deed $4,000 worth of property TO
her Miss Fosters heart melted and the cere-
mony was performed 10y Rev. c. II. Schwarz-
bach of the Liberty Park Presbyterian
Church. This was on June goth, but soon
had no money of his own, the property be-
ing held in trust for his children. This
made the child wife angry and quarrels
were frequent. She had evidently repented
loyed.-Philadelphia Times.
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CAST UP BY THE WAVES
The Body of An Old Man Found
Near Mussel Rock.

T. A. Dubois of Clay and Leavenworlh
streets, and E. Loeb Of 8 Geary street, re-
ported to the Coroner yesterday evening
that about l o'clock in the afternoon they
had found the dead body of man lying on
the ocean beach near Mussel Rock. The de-
ceased was apparently about 20 years OF age,
dressed In dark blue diagonal cutaway coat
ana vest, grey trousers and high boots. He
mad scrubby grey beard. The body APP
peared to have been in the water about two
days. Before the Morgue wagon was sent
9ut 70 bring the body to the Morgue, Ii:
Wessl1ng Of 1913 Geary street and F. Fercel
Oh 1870 OFarrell, also reported to the Morgue
tnat they had found the above body about
O'Clock, and after pulling it high up on the
peacn. mad secured it as best they could
with ropes Of seaweed.
accompanied by Loeb, the Deputy Cor
oner, attempted to reach the rock, but was
unable to get nearer than two miles of ii,
owing to the high tide, and he returned
ABOUT 10 o'clock in the evening. Another
attempt to secure the body will be made to-
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-03
The sharpest Newsbox ON Record.

There are good many ways of earning an
honest living by the sweat of somebody
else's brow. The other evening the usual
crowd of genteel and semi genteel sporting
people occupied the sidewalk in front of the
White Elephant pool-room, while the rest
of the public walked around by way of the
narrow curb or the street
"Y-o-owl Wea-o-owp
A succession of sharp yelps and prolonged
howls broke on the tympanum, and a six
year-old newsboy came bounding from car
platform, his papers flying right and left in
the mud.
how he did sob and Yell
And how the sympathetic crowd gathered
round him and swore at the railway COM
pany, and went down into their individual
pockets and fished up stray dimes and quar-
tiers and half-dollars!
And how that dirty little fraud scooped
'em all in and ran off round the corner with
two or three dollars in this same hard-earned
silver!
Smartp He beat the whole pool-room
crowd.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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a self-Consti.uted Protector.

You may have seen the old man, for he
haunts Central Park every day and prow,s
about with apparently one object When
ever be sees man. woman or child break
ing any Of the Park Commissions rules he
cautions them.
:" Don't 60 on the grass" he will say to
child who happens to wandering from the
pathway.
"Get outer there" he will shout at
Young fellow he sees lounging beneath
shady tree. If not obeyed he shakes a
heavy bent wood stick threateningly and
moves on mumbling
1t is said that the old man has constituted
himself protector of the park and is doing
good work that every cit zen ought to do.
Yet everybody declares that he is crazy
N. y. Commercial
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THE oRANG 0UTANG's COUSIN.

Travellers Description of His Odd
Habits and Peculiarities.
L only once saw specimen of the SIAM
ang in captivity. says the writer, at the
house of Malay chief at Sirdang. 1t was
about 8 feet high, but the stretch of its arms
was over 8 feet A sad-looking, depressed
creature it seemed as 1t moved awkwardly
about the floor, tripping itself up with its
own arms, but once among the rafters of
the roof 1t moved with the agility OF n spider.
OF its gigantic relative, the orang-utaD, /
am able to give but few particulars. But
l may at least observe that 1t is rather ludi-
crous to any one who has a smattering of
the Malay tongue to see him so frequently
styled orang utang, which signifies literally
"a man in debt" utang being in Malay
debt, while ''utan" is forest or jungle.
But always found this name Incompetent
sible to the Deli Malays, whose name FOR
the animal is ''mowas." The Samaritan
species appears TO be totally different in
its habits frum that of Borneo, which APP
proaches human dwellings and even
plumbers gardens. In Deli, at-all events,
it inhabits only the densest rattan
swamps, OF such nature that any attempt
at observation of its habits would be mpos-
sible, and it makes off instantly a: the APP
preach OF man. 1t is certain, however, that
1t attainS an enormous size, fully equaling
the much-debated African gorilla. Those
specimens which have reached Europe alive
are mere pygmies | have seen skins In the
possession of natives QBataks) whose orig
ibal owners must have been something ter
rble to behold. One, indeed, could not have
been less than six feet high and two across
the shoulders, though the arms and legs
had not been preserved. The hair on this
skin was eighteen inches long.
| also saw at BaIak house a skull of
mowas. evidently a very old specimen,
whose teeth and jaws were no whit inferior
in strength to those OF a tiger. L tried to
buy the skull, but the owner would not part
with IL, and told long story as to how it
came into his possession. From his want of
front teeth and his defective Malay he was
almost unintelligible, but made out that it
had been slain by his father or grandfather
after a desperate encounter; and, indeed
the deep cuts in the bone must have been
done by strong arm and heavy weapon.
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A WouId-Be Leksr snuelohed.

"Been a deacon in church for fifteen
years." echoed the passenger In the chcck
suit. That's long time. dare. say you
have passed the contribution basket through
the congregation great many times.''
Hundreds of times" replied the passen-
ger in the black alpaca.
''And suppose-hal ha l-you have found
great many-eh whats this?"
The deacon, with an intensely weary look
on his face, had drawn from his pocket and
was holding out for inspection Of the man in
the check suit time-stained card, on which
was printed in large letters the following
inscription:
Never found in the contribution q
button OF any sort or kind in my life. Star
Savings
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A TOE BROKEN BY A WAVE.
DR.. Maisone's Strange Accident Will
Rafhipp.

DR.. Maisone's Strange Accident While
Bathing.
Mrs. j. III. Maisone of New York, wife of
Dr. j. Ii. Maisone, while in bathing with her
husband atAtlantic City was knocked down
by large wave and carried out by the un-
dertow. She was rapidly carried beyond
her depth. Her husband went TO her assist
ance. He had almost overtaken her when a
large wave broke Immediately over him,
breaking the big toe on the right foot.
DR.. Maisone in the excitement of the mo-
ment felt no pain from the injured member,
and succeeded in bringing his wife safely
to shore. When he attempted to walk he
sank to the ground and almost tainted from
pain. He was removed by bystanders to
Der was set by DIR. Wright. Dr. Wright
said that but one similar case Is known to the
profession. 1t occurred at Cape May
PHILADELPHIA Record
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Raided an Officer,

Tim Murphy is big, hurley fellow with
bumps over each ear which indicate e5m-
bativeness. He also has one on the top of
his pate which tells Of hard experience with
a policeman's club. Last night he made
raid on Officer O'Connor on Third street.
and but for the timely arrival of Officer
Hayden would have ''paralyzed" the arm
of the law in that locality AS 1t was the
officers star, No. 224, was grabbed from its
place and thrown into the air beyond all re-
covery. The two officers succeeded in bat
him to his senses. Battery and vulgar Ian
guage are the charges he will have to face
to-day in the Police Court. His scalp
wounds were smoothed over and their rag
ged edges clipped at the City Receiving Hos
pital
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STOLE HIS SHOES.
A Dealer Finds His Own Goods For Sale
In Another Shnr.

A Dealer Finds His Own Goods For Sale
in Another Shop.
Fred Quinn, who keeps a small shoe-store
at 1926 Howard street. has for the last
three weeks been missing shoes from his
establishment. lie had in his employ
man named Albert Cyford, and suspected
him of the thefts. Quinn thought that his
empoye stole the shoes and sold them to
different dealers on Sixth aud on Howard
streets. He inves tigated and found some of
his own shUes in window for sale. His
inquiries resulted in discovering that til Q
shoes had been purchased at low price
from man who answered the description
of Oxford. Yesterday afternoon Quinn had
Cyford arrested and charged at the South
ern Police Station with petty larceny.
When searched, half dozen pawn-tickets
from shops in Tacoma and this city, for
jewelry. clothing and shoes, were found on
him. He is considered an alI-round thief
and has been identified as petty-larcenist
convicted in the Police Court about six
months since
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CHRISTIAN SALE.

1T Upholds- the Weak and Strengthens
the Strong.
The Salt of the Earth-Chrstiani
was the subject Of Rev. DR.. EastOn's sermon
to the congregation of Calvary Presbyterian
Church last night He told how easily the
man who has no faith in the 'stren 9Th
given from high" falls into folly and sin,
and declared that misfortune Is a crucible
that melts weak hearts and makes strong
hearts stronger and better. The work Of
the church is to originate, possess and con-
troll opinion. Sturdy individualism is the
want OF the age. Men and women are in
demand who are willing to disseminate the
salt which Christ has given them, regardless
OF the attitude of the world.