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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
THE TWO BURGLARS.
They Become Agitated When Informed
Of the Gravity of Their Crime

OF the Gravity oil Their Crime.
Edward G. Smith and William Wood,
the two burglars brought to this city by
Detective McVey, Thursday afternoon,
were resting uneasily in their cell when
seen about noon Friday. They wanted
to know when they would be given a
hearing and sent to New Castle Jail.
When asked il they realized the fact
that they would probably be tried on a
capital charge, namely, that of burglar
izing a house in the night and making
an assault with murderous intent, the
two men became much agitated and
said they did not know that such a law
existed in this State.
"What charge was against us on that
warrant" Ward asked of Smith, turn
ing to him in his cell.
"Why, the charge of burglary is all
heard read" answered Smith. Still the
men were uneasy on learning that they
may have to be tried for their life, and
were not inclined to talk much aftei
they had been apprised of this fact.
Burglars Woods and Harry" who
are confined in the police station cells
pending action in their case burGlariz
lIS tHt hOuaC VI lAODGlt ANO. ltut
Rodney street, on Saturday night
August LIST, made bold and nearly
successful attempt to break out early
Monday morning.
Some time during the night they sue
ceeded in getting two small pieces o
iron loose from grating. The piece
were somewhat the shape of wedge
and, after wrapping the heavy end
( with pieces of cloth torn from thei
clothing to deaden the effects of tn
+ blows, they used one as a chisel and tn
other as hammer. They succeeded i
making hole in the brick wall on til
King street side, about 25 by 30 inche
( square. They were through in on
l place to the last course of bricks, an
I had they had about a half hours NOR
I time before their discovery the bird
e would have flown. The extent of III
/ hole in the wall, made with crude tool
d they used, shows that they are artists I
real merit in their profession.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27
What is

Castoria Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children. 1t contains neither Opium Morphine nor
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregorc, Drops Soothing Syrups Castor Oil.
1t is Pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years. use by
Millions of Mothers CastOra destroys Worms alIays
feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd
DiarrhGa and Wind Collie Castoria relieves
teetlng troubles, cures constipation fatulency
Castoria assimates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Gas.
tOria is the Children's Panacea-the Mothers Friend
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-08-27

The oentaur Company, n Murray Street, Now York city
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
Valuable Accidental Discoynrv.

The apparent accident by which some
great scientific discoveries are made is
illustrated in the case of the remarkable
disclosure dental science made not long
since to one Of her most ardent aud in
genious votaries, DR.. George Washing
ton Weld. DR.. Weld found out that
the administration of the tincture of
iron, which is 50 universal a remedy
among medical men, and the ravages of
which on the teeth have been so widely
deplored, can be rendered practically
harmless by mixing it, not chemically,
but mechanically, with Vichy water. In
other words, wherever modern medicine
is known aud practiced, the medical
man who administers his tincture of iron
in vichy will be diminishing the amount
of work which his dental brother would
otherwise get by some thirty or forty
per cent, all owing to the discovery OF
dentist himself. DR.. Weld is tall, de-
bonair man of the world, and while he
has not, like Evans, of Paris, held the
jaws of half the crowned heads of
Europe, he can truthfully say that ne has
clamped the tongues of scores and scores
of the most prominent New Yorkers.-
Neu York Adoertiser.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
Bob-tailed Dogs of Alaska.

"Every dog in Alaska is bob. tailed"
remarked Mr.. Turner, returned trav-
eler, as he kicked over narrow tobog.
gan sled which had been hauled over
thousand of miles of frozen snow. "Ir
the immediate neighborhood of our Gang
on the Porcupine there were about $50
natives. Everyone had dogs enough to
drag him over the country, and every
dog was minus his tail. Owing to the
soft snow path must be beaten by snow.
shoes for the dogs, and they are driven
tandem to minimize the labor of sledging
They are hitched SO close together that
tails would be nuisance to the dog be.
hind, so they are eliminated.
at is terrible hardship on the dogs,
too, for the mosquitoes fly in clouds there
in the spring, driving every living ami
NAL before them. Even the black bears
must lie all day in the water with nothing
but their noses sticking out to keep the
mosquitoes from binding them. We
could not have lived without mosquito
netting, for they are so thick and blood.
thirsty that they will drive person fras
tic in five minutes time. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
8: august
Flower

For two years I suffered terribly
with stomach trouble, and was for
all that time under treatment by
physician. He finally after trying
everything, said stomach was about
worn out, and that l would have to
cease eating solid food for time at
least. | was so weak that I could
not work. Finally on the recon-
mendation of friend who had used
your preparations
A worn-out with beneficial re-
suits, I procured a
Stomach. bottle of August
Flower, and COM
menced using it. 1t seemed to do
ME good at once. I gained in
strength and flesh rapidly; my ap-
petite became good, and I suffered
no bad effects from what I ate.
feel now like new man, and con-
slider that August Flower has ell
tirely cured me of Dyspepsia in its
worst form. JAMES E. DEDER1cK,
Saugerties, New York.
w. B. Utsey, St. Georges, S. c.,
writes: I have used your August
Flower for Dyspepsia and find it an
excellent remedy. @
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
WOMEN s CLUBS.

All over our land women are finding
in their social and intellectual club vi
tally, stimulus, strength, and inspiration
which their grandmothcrs hungered for
and never found. The scholarly woman
finds IN her club the social companion
ship which she demands, and the appre-
cIatve working force which cannot be
reduced to any set terms. Women 8
clubs have taught women to know the n
selves, to understand the highest duties
OF motherhood, to feel the sacreduess of
home life, to see existing wrongs and to
apply neeIel remedies, to ate npt re-
forms on the broadcast basis, to value the
power of higher educ alton, to discuss
measures amicably and logically,t to value
social duties and business habits, to
think earnestly, and to express their
thoughts clearly.
In small towns and villages the club
has been special providence to many
weary mother, or to the woman Of few
early advantages and large aspirations.
In our great cities women's clubs have
been the first to institute social reforms
and to call public attention to crying
evils. Tney have controlled superficial
and selfish social customs until such Gus
toms have become obsolete. In home
government and the training of children
they long ago struck the keynote of
grand choral Of refor n, which will be-
come more and more harmonious as the
years roll by. Out of the selfish "eyo"
they have evolved the progressive "we."
They have strengthened two weak hands
with the combined power of twenty or
hundred; they have taken dull, uncut
gem of thought and polished it until it
has been fit for the purest setting in re.
fined gold; they have mastered great
difficulties, conquered absurd prejuiices
and solved difficult problems; and the
grandest work of all has been to teach
the women their own possibilities and the
glory of their own heritage CAicaJo
Herald.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
MAIDENS IN RUSSIA.

The daughter IS great pet in Russian
families because there are generally more
sons than daughters. Take the young
members of the imperial family as an
example, and we find twenty three
grand dukes and only seven grand Ouch
esses, and this may be stated to be about
the average proportion in most families.
The necessity for men in the rural dis
trlcts as assistants in the agricultural
labors of their fathers has given rise t. a
saying: "One son is no son, two sons
are half son, but three are q whole
son."
Notwithstanding the pride and salts
faction with which the birth of boy is
hailed, the little girl is the darling, the
object OF the tepderest affection and care
of parents and brothers, not to SPEAK of
other adoring relatives. Much is not ex-
pected OF her in the way of assistance to
the family; she is INDUCED as far as their
means and circumstances permit, and
she takes it quietly as her due, but it is
rarely that she does not voluntarily aad
tacitly contribute her share in helping
her mother. Her occupations are much
the same as those of all European girls,
but parish work in Russia existeth not
for her. She cannot have classes at
Sunday-school, as religion is taught by
priests Or deacons.
It would be thought quite extraordi-
nary and improper were young unnar-
ried girl to visit the sick or poor in
in towns, but in villages it is so 1etimes
done under the direction of mamma and
grandmamma. She is undoubtedly fond
of pleasures, likes to DO well dressed,
and generally adores dancing. Music is
not the Russian girls forte, nor is solo,
singing. Most of the Institutes, though
they thoroughly know the theory of
music, play like child of twelve. OF
course there are exceptions, but it is
seldom you find a girl able to play
quadrllle or polka off hand.
Girls marry very young in Russia, and
there are very few Of those most estima-
BILE individuals called old maids. There
are no colonies for the Russians to run
away to, and statistics show that the
births of boys much exceed those of
girls.
Long engagements are not approved
of; they seldom last longer than few
months, during which time the lancee is
the mistress of the house. Her girl
friends assemble to help to sew the dowry,
the sewing afternoon generally endingin :
dance after tea, when the bridegroom
drops IN with few bachelor friends.
Another wedding is thus often arranged,
and so on, little by little, till, like the
fifty -one cards in the game of "old
maids" they pair off and one, generally
of the sterner sex, is left forlorn. -Eny.
lish Magazine.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
FASHION NOTES.

Paniers aud fichus of lace trim dinner
toilets.
Velvet for peasants waists is worn with
full bodices.
Frlls of real lace trim the glace
striped silks.
LADIES' driving gloves are of kid faced
with dog-skiu.
Corded crepe is woven in stripes for
garden parties.
Black shoes, hose and gloves are worn
with red toilets.
Brussels net dotted with fine jets and
bordered with larger nail-heads is made
up over dull silk for evening dresses.
Nets for the hair are coming in fashion
again. These are of jeweled net, through
the meshes of which the hair shows to
advantage.
Huge leghorn hats, very wide as to
brim and fat as to crown, wired and
bent into many and divers shapes, are
much in vogue.
Velvet wraps in the styles of the
Charles III. and v caoes. richly trimmed,
are anong the most fashionable Of the
seasons NANTES.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
AMONG THE POULTRY.

A good fat duck makes nice tabl,
fowl.
Putting sand on board floors make
them easy to clean.
Fowls require and must have greer
feed during the winter.
Begin storing up the supply of food
for winter.
Begin in good season to get the fowl:
to roost in the house.
Two feet is plenty high for the roosts
for the larger breeds of fowls.
By care III feeding the eggs may bf
increased in size and richness.
Before the fall rains set in, store away
supply of dry dirt to use in the poultry
| houses.
Push the fowls intended for fall mar
ket SO as to have them ready early.
On All average the best results are Sc
cured by keeping about fifty hens to.
gether.
Late-hatched pullets will rarely lay
until spring; the best plan is to market
them.
Push the growth of the turkeys now
With the run of the stubblehelds they
should gain rapidly.
On the farm where the fowls can be
given good range poultry meat ought
to be grown at very low cost.
Unless the hens are laying more regu-
larly than is usual at this season it is not
necessary to feed literally those that are
to be wintered over.
Even when feeding to fatten it is not
a good plan to keep feed of any kind be-
fore the fowls all the time. Feed only
what they will eat up clean at each meal.
Give the turkeys good feed of whole
corn every night now just before they
are allowed to 90 to roost. 1t will help
to fatten them.
Geese if we'll cared for will lay three
times year and will lay about one dozen
eggs at each laying. They can be picked
regularly until cold weather sets in.
Nearly all the medium sized birds are
more active and easier to raise than that
of larger size, while the market prefers
a medium size.
1t is always best in fattening fowls of
any kind to commence and gradually in
crease the ration until they are given all
that they will eat up clean Of fattening
grains.
Allowing the droppings to remain I'M
der the roosts too long is one cause of
scaly legs. The safest plan is to clean
the poultry houses thoroughly aud regu-
larly.
If the potato vines are sprinkled with
paris green for the potato bug the young
turkeys should be kept away.
When raised for market alone ducks
can be kept with profit in very small
yards. By Matching them early end
pushing the growth only short time
will be required to make them ready for
market.-St. Louis Republic.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
WORDS OF WISDOM.

To know ones self is to distrust ones
self.
Life is double faced and double
edged.
Each life may have potentially OF
greatness.
To be misunderstood by those we love
IS bitterest of all.
Find a disinterested friend and yoy
have found jewel.
The greatest study Of all is that of the
changes of the mind.
Success has sometimes to be paid for,
after having been fairly earned.
One is lead to think that there is but
little that is constant nowadays save
mutability.
Every man has an ak to grind, and
looks upon every other man with an eye
to induce him to turn the handle.
Trials and tribulations are very essen
tial to making man great. You rarely
hear of great man who is bachelor.
Before doing wrong it might prove of
benefit to remember that your punish
ment will be a giant compared to your
pleasure.
After man reaches forty he is princi-
pally interested in getting rid of too
much stomach and keeping enough hair
on top of his head.
The old can't be young again, aud the
young will not learn by the wisdom and
experience of the old; so trouble will
continue to trouble.
The philosopher takes his fortune
much as he does his health-enjoys 1t
when it is good, cndures it when bad,
and seeks extreme remedies only at the
most urgent need.
Liberty in public and private life can
not exist without complete justice.
Liberty is not the right to do everything
we wish to do, but only the right to do
all which does not interfere with the
rights of others.
Those who are gone, you have. Those
who are departed, love you still, AMI
you love them always. Tney are not
really gone, those dear hearts ana true;
they are only gone into the next room.
You will presently get up and follow
them, and yonder door will close upon
you, and you will be no more seen.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
A Dinner in the Sixtee nth Century

A dinner was given in Move nber
1899, by Marcautonio Colonna, Grand
Constable of Naples, on his marriage
with the Princess Orsini Peretti, niece
of Plus ', at which several Cardinals
were present. On the plates were little
figures of boys holding shields, on which
were the arms of the guests-so that
they could find their places without
causing confusion-and cupids and an.
gels holding labels, with amorous mot
toes and nosegays.
The first course of the "Credenza'
was of twenty-one dishes, including sal
ads of radisnes, capers and kids feet,
heads of wild bears boiled in wine, with
their shouts silvered and artificial fire
issuing from them, gar1ished with herbs
and flowers; sailed buffalo tongues
boiled in wine, COCK pheasants on their
feet, as if alive, and holding perfumes
in their beaks, and roast peacocks served
with sauce made of pomeyranates aud
lemons, their beaks and feet gilt and
their beautiful necks and tails displayed.
In the first course of hot meats were
the most delicate birds-ortolans, pheis-
ants, woodcocks, larks, and :'tordl"
(feldfares); in the second, of twenty
dishes, calves heads with stuffing, roast
ed on the spit; bologna sausages, capons
stuffed with chestnuts, roast red-legged
cartridges in paper garulshed with sour
oranges, roast gray cartridges stuffed
in the Spanish fashion and sprinked
with rosewater. and sweet dish called
"bocchi di dame" Qadies' mouths) made
by the nuns.
The third course was of eighteen
dishes, among which were pheasants
stuffed with trufles, olives and fresh fen
mel, garnished with sour oranges and
fennel, roast sucking pigs, peacocks
larded with lampreys and stuffed with
truff1es, Indian pigeons, large trufles
surmounted by imperial crows, tender
crabs, eaten with salt AMI vinegar, with
a ducal coronet upon eacl, and Holsters
crowned with the papal tiara.
The second course of the "Credenza'
consisted of twelve dishes, among which
were entire truffles served in napkins,
and sweet fennel and thistles served with
butter in silver plates and garnished with
sour oranges and ginger.
After the dinner was handed round
sweetmeats from different parts of Italy,
such as preserved fruits from Genoa,
which is still renowned for them, ounce
cheese of Naples, "vasetti:' from b.
logna, ''persicata" (peach-cheese), also
from Genoa, little boxes (of conits)
from the Romagua, sticks of cinnamon
from Bergamo, and bon-bons from Fo-
ligno, and Portuguese marmadaIe.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24

President Lincoln's humor was Of thu
genuine sort, the sort which is associate
with habit of true seriousness. The
Now York Tribune credits Gen. Pal
mer with telling q story in point. He
was in Washington in 1865, and called
to see Mr.. Lincoln on q matter of bust
ness.
1 was shown into an ante-room, and
waited for some time Senators aud
others went in and out, and finally
WAS called. Mr.. Lincoln was being
shaved. was home folks" he said,
and he could shave before me- I said
"Mr. Lincoln, j. I had supposed at
the Chicago Convention that we were
to have this terrible war, l should never
have thought of going down to one
horse town a1d getting o one-horse
lawyer for President"
I didn't know just how he would take
it, but rather expected some answer
that could laugh at; but he brushed
the barber aside, and with solemn face
turned to me and said:
"Neither would I, Palmer. I don't
believe any great man with policy
could have saved the country. If |
have contributed to that end, it has
been because l have attended to the
duties of each day with the hope that
when tomorrow came should be equal
TO it's duties also"
Then he settled into his chair, and
the barber resumed his work. Youths
Communion.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24
Ho d's S rsa paEilla
1T WAS HUMAN KINDNESS
An incident in Which Il Boy, Doctor, and
Two Dogs Figured.

An Anciuent IN " mon u BOY, n DOCtOf, ant
Two Dogs Figured.
On F street, opposite the Ebbit
House, one day last week, fine GordoI
setter, apparently dazed by the loss O
his master, whom he was vainly looking
for, ran unde" he:dic, was caught by
the wheel aud his legs was broken, be
sides being pretty badly bruised al
over his body and having cut in the
mouth, which bied profuseIy.
He lay in the street unable to move
as the herdic passed on, bat boy about
l6 years old standing on the corner
with great big heart under his JACKIE
humping away, was ready for the
! emergency, and at once made rush fol-
the sufferer.
The boy had no interest whatever in
the dog. and had never seen him before,
but he probably had dog at home that
he loved, and was ready to do some
thing for this one.
! So he picked him up carefully in his
| arms, carried him over in front of Dr.
Stones Office, fixed him as comfortably
on the pavement as he could, and then
went in after the doctor.
The doctor is tender hearted himself,
and at once responded with arnica, ban
dages, ETC., aud, assisted by the boy,
went to work to fix up the setter.
The dog, although among strangers,
appeared to know what they were
about, and he submitted to their minis
trations with only now and then a little
whimper.
While they were at work friend Of
DIR. Stone came along followed by his
own dog, also o Gordon, and this dog
at once took great interest in the
stranger and after watching him and
the workers intently for q time he
licked the dog on the head and then
crouched down on his stomach and
knees as close to the sufferer as he
could get and cried like a baby, while
the doctor and the boy were completing
their work. 1t wasn't howl he put up
at all, but genuine low cYy of sym
pathy and pain, aud he didn't quit until
the strange dog was ready to be moved,
and then he got up and followed his
owner away.
When the bandaging was done and
tor wanted to know what was to be
done with the patient, and the boy said
he'd take him home and care for him
till he got vel, and keep him if the owner
never came for him. Then he picked
up the dog and hailed a herdic goins
down + street. The driver first re-
fused t., take the dog into the herdic,
but the boy told him herdc had hur.
the dog, and there would be row if a
herdlc didn't carry him home. The
driver consented at last, and the boy
laid the dog down carefully in the aisle
Of the vehicle, got in himself, and that
was tho last seen of them.
Taken all around it was one of those
pictures in which the humanity of man
and the inferior animal is put upon the
canvas with touch of tender tints
which makes nature greater than art
aud gives those who see it something
they will remember always WasAitg-
ION Star.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1891-10-24

4 arOMnu 2rh0 can ses.
She's the woman who gets well.
It's the woman who 1cOnt see and
won't believe who has to suffer.
And it's needless. There's
medicinc-a Legitimate medicine -
that's made to stop wor2an's suf-
fering and cure wOman'S ailments.
It's DR.. picrce's Fayoritc Prescrip-
ton. It's purely vegetable and
perfectly harmless "a powerful
general, as well as uterine, tonic
and nervinc, imparting vigor and
strength to the whole system. For
periodical pains, weak back, bearing
down sensations, nervous prostra-
ton, and all "female complaints"
it's a positive remedy. 1t improves
digestion, cnrichcs the blood, dispcls
aches and pains, melancholy and
nervousness, brings refreshing sleep,
and restores health and strength.
No other medicine for women is
guaranteed, as this is. If it fails to
give satisfaction, in any case, the
money paid for i, is refunded. You
pay only for the good you get. On
these terms it's the cheapest.
But more than that, it's the best.