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Evening journal., 1891-07-27
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Plenty Of Peaches Big Shipment on
saturda, a,-The Ex- Governor gsai Rest,
Special Correspondence EVENING JoURSAL.
MIDDLETowN. July ~ The Annual
Benefit Society, one Of those get-rich.
quick concerns of which there was q
large council here, has closed up i5s
affairs entirely. The preliminary exemi.
nation Of the books by ExpertAccountant
Meyer Goldsmith shows q deficit in the
benefit. In addition the accountant finds
that large sum Of money, more than
$25, GOO has been charged of for ex-
penses. This amount the expert saws
does not Include salaries, Office expenses
or commissions to subordinates, etc
which will equal nearly $50 900 more.
AS nearly one-half of the benefit fund
has been charged of for expenses, each
member will receive about fifty per
cent.
Watermelons are plentiful.
The electric road will come sooner or
later,
About 800 baskets Of peaches were
shipped from here on Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs George Wilson visited
the Camden camp yesterday.
William Taylor and family are spend
ing the summer months at Rehoboth.
Miss Lizzie Parker is sojourning at
Rehoboth.
Frederick Crouch is spending his vaca.
tion at Rehoboth.
Ex-Governor B T. Biggs, w. F. Brady
and John S Crouch lett on Saturday
morning for Cresson Springs, Pa, where
they will stay two weeks for rest and
recreation.
A change in the time table Of the Della.
ware Division went into effect this morn
ing The only change Of Importance was
made In the time Of trains arriving here
at II. as and 7.4S. The former is now due
at H. So and the latter at Sc
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

QUAY stands blubbering like BOBBY
bully at school threatening to whip a
lot Of little boys If they do not stop call
ing him names But still he only threat
ems. he does not resign.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

ONE Of the characteristics of the
people Of the present day is feeling OF
unrest .-Lewes Pilot.
The unrest OF the day is not so bad
It is unrest at night which breaks a
fellow ali nm.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

SENATOR QUAY promptly denies that
he intends to resign. When grave
charges were made against his personal
honor be simply sawed wood"
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THE spirited and ready Seaford News
may sdoif our dts) hat to Griffenburg Of
the Sussex Republican" but 1t should
wear thick, heavy, serviceable boot
on It's right foot.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

Thomas Naudaip, the negro park guard
who was recently appointed by the Po-
lice nmission, wss the negro who
pulled the window down at the polls at
Eighth and Orange streets, during the
late city election. For further informa-
tion apply TO Inspector McCloskey.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

THE ex- confederate soldier In ken
tucky who has received pension should
bs very loyal to this administration.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

''LET US place Philadelphia and Viii
mington in bag, suggests the Newark
Ledger Who win hold the bag II Quay
resignsf
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ITEMS OF INTEREST

POET Go his practical friend)-"Is
there anything more beautiful than to
see those magnificent swans float upon
the lakes silver surface2 How I would
love to be like them. What Go
around with ones stomach on that cold
water al the day Not for me, thank
you. "-lidbits.
II READ your spring poem, Binks
8 That wasn't spring poem. 1T must
have been. IL gave me those tired feel
'ngs right off New York Sun.
BoILs and Pimples and other affections
arising from impure blood may appear at
this season, Wheu the blood is heated.
Hoods Sarsar arilla removes the cause of
these troubles by purifying, vitalizing
and enriching the blood. and at the same
time 1t gives strength to the whole
system.
PHYsIcIAN--"I'll give him something
that II get him on his feet, and then we'll
increase his appetite, aud he'll be all
right. Economical Wife 'Gtt him on
his feet, doctor; butter never mind the
other -Harpers Bazaar.
LOOK here, said the wrathfu Young
lawyer, Il thought you swore to give q
verdict in accordance with the factsP'
Wall, answered the juryman, thought
fully pulling his beard, .'the facts cidn't
turn out as expected EN- TO. Indian
apolis Journal.
FIRST TRAMP-"Do you know Labor
day is approaching?' Second Tramp
ls itF Let's go over to Jersey and hide
in the woods. truth.
ST. PETER What can | do for you,
MissY' Summer Girl-"Can | come inf'
st Peter-Pm afraid not Gabriel is on
bis good behavior now; but you can sit
down here by me New York Herald.
CoRA-'I don't think you should fear
regard ng the genuineness of Mr.. Simp-
sons love. BE has often praised you to
me. " Dora-"oh, that's just the reason
doubt him. He praised me to you to
make you jealous New York Herald.
HAS that young man proposed yet?''
asked the fond father. Yes, pa" she
answered. Did you accept him9h mo.
pa; because you see. he didn't propose to
me. -Harper's Bazaar.
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The administration organs are as
anxious to resign Quay as to kill Blaine
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wANAmAKER's. 's.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday July 27, 1891.
TIE zVeathey to-day IS Esksly
to be clear.
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PENNIES AND SMALL CHANGE oAM
Be HAD an TEE UOUKTKxG RO0M ON
KHm EvES1Ma JOwRM@L
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The street railway lines Of this city
carried between 20, 900 and $4,000 pas
sengsrs yesterday. At a Scent fare
the proceeds amounted to about 81, 200.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

Judging from The erratic way in which
the City Hall clock struck last night, 1T
must have been In charge OF Electrician
2 Pierson. For seven a m It's truck twelve
times; for eight, one time.
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governor he can doubtless use the mill
tis ss posse comitatus to assist him.
The state, by supplying cheap labor
to the mining company. became the real
competitor with the strikers and rendered
their case hopeless There was no element
Of fair competition in the premises
The laborers furnished by the state had
no choice or will in the matter, but
were compelled to go aud the state had
the advantage OF lawful authority and
the power to supply the labor at any
price without regard to It's value and
without real competition from other
labor. This may not have justified the
striking miners In driving the convicts
away and resisting the authorities IN
their efforts to protect the company in
employing them, but it gave them strong
provocation for such course. aud IL was
this only effective way they had of msk-
Ing protest against manifest wrong.
They Are Too Good to BE Rsspe sable.
Dover Index.
What do the decent respectable Repub-
licans Of New Castle county think OF
themselves when they come to consider
that they are being used by such men
as Bach and Mabaffy for the mere pur-
pose Of getting offices and putting money
into their pockets. We should think
that the respectable Republicans of New
Castle county woud not only shrink from
personal association with such men but
would decline to accept their miserable
and corrupt leadership.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

Why take the time and trol
BILE make Bed Clothing whe
neatly made Sheets and Pillo
Cases can be had at sue
prices ?
Muslin, bleached-
Pillow Cases, 1Sc.
Bolster Cases, Bic.
Sheets. 2x2i yards, SOC each.
Sheets, 24x23 yards, 65c each.
Heavy Muslin, bleached-
Pillow Cases, zoe.
Bolster Cases, 36c.
Sheets, 2x2l yards, 62c each.
Sheets. 21x2i yards, 75c each.
Muslin, unbleached-
Sheets, 2gx23 yards, 5Sc.
Southwest of centre.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

II READ your spring poem, Binks
That wasn't spring poem. 1T must
have been. IL gave me those tired feel
ings right off New York Sun.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27
rhey Are Too Good to Be Rssps table
POLITICAL NOTES.

The idea Is slowly gaining ground that
Mr.. Blaine Is fully a match for the
doctors. Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

Made to order Sack Suits at
$40 5o-among them good
blues and grays. Better at
S22.5o and $25-a saving of
$40 on the average merchant
tailor prices. 10 colors of Clay
Serges at $50.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
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BAL TIM0RE & OIL TO-
V;x RAILROAD.

Schedule in effect June Is. 1891.
TRAINS LEAVE DELAWARE Ay. DEPOT.
EAST BOUND.
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HAS that young man proposed yet?''
asked the fond father. Yes, pa, she
answered. Did you accept him9" mo,
pa; because you see. he didn't propose to
me. '-Harper's Bazar.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

ST. PETER What can do for you,
MissY Summer Girl-"Can come INF"
st Peter-lm afraid not Gabriel is on
hi' geod behavior now; but you can sit
down here by me New York Herald.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

FIRST TRAMP-"Do you know Labor
day is approaching?' Second Tramp
ls itf Let's go over to Jersey and hide
in the woods. truth.
Evening journal., 1891-07-27

%. e %. ID 90 q. siS sio Sc III Il 5as. ~.
). 4 40. s o. 6 Ss, 645 '74l,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14

alone that the law Of temperance can be
enforced. Seek not to enforce upon your
brother by Legislative enactments that
virtue which he can POSSESS only by the
dictates of his own conscience and the en-
ergy of his own free will
DAN VOORHEES,.
sThe Holy Scripture and the history
of the church are alike without warrant
for the Prohibitionist. And looking to
the history of civilization from the days
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to the pres
emit hour, where can nation be found of
strength and progress whose people
could not be trusted to regulate their
personal daily habits Tor themselves 2
Where has the greatest lawmakers been
found? Where have the discovery of
science been most brilliant? Where
has literature gathered its richest re-
nown? Where have the principles OF
Liberties most prevailed WheTo has
war achieved its grandest results for the
freedom of mankind Never in all the
wide range of human history have any
of these things happened to people SO
weak i'll self-control, so infirm in their
virtues that in matters of mere appetite
and tastes they had to be placed under
legal restraint"
HON. HENRY wATTERsON.
"And then there is the Universal Rem
ovator and Social, Moral and Political
Cure-all, the Teetotal Prohibition Porous
Plaster, which will stick to you like a
brother, and which is expected to convert
every drinking saloon into temple of
worship, and to re-people the world with
race Of red-nosed angels. am against
each and all of these quack remedies, and
against the man who is i'm favor of any
one Of them, and more particularly
against him If he claims to be Demo-
crat. They are the vaporings of mock
sentiment and the bastards of paternal Ii
centiousness. They strike at the root OF
our constitutional system. which was con-
csived in the right OF man togovern him
self, and brought forth to meet the evil
that mankind is governed too much.o
HERBERT SPENCER.
"From the times when they tried to fix
the value of money down to our own
day, when they have but just abandoned
the attempt to fix the price of corn,
statesmen have been undertaking all
kinds of things, from regulating the cut
of boot-tops up to preparing the people
for heaven. and have been constantly
falling, or producing widely different re-
suits from those intended. Nevertheless
such inexhaustible faith have men, that,
although they see this, and although
they are daily hearing of imbecilities in
public departments, yet government
needs but to announce another plausible
project, and men straightway hurrah
and throw up their caps, in full expectaa
ton of getting all that is promised"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14
were convicted appears i'm the follow
ing taken from the Warden's official
report:
TWO YEARS ENDING JuNn 30TH.

-
1t will be seen that in Kansas, a i'm
Iowa, the number of convictions have
increased under Prohibition, and that
the character of the crimes has at least
lost nething in seriousness. The number
or crimes growing out of sexual reia-
tons was over sixSy-six per cent. greater
in the two years ending June 3Oth, 1886.
than In the two years prior to June s0th,
1880. The number of murders, assaults
ETC., was more than forty-three per cent.
greater, while the crimes against proper
ty increased fifteen per cent.
Up to July first Prohibition law had
been in force In all the counties Of Kan
sas except Atchison, Leavenworth.
Shawnee, and Wyandotte. These four
counties had population of liz, 23o, and
in the two years prior to the dates0am-
ed sent ninety-five convicts to the State
penltentiary. The six counties of Bour-
bon, Harvey, Lyons, Miami, Montgom-
cry and Winson had q population of 49,
685, and in them Prohibition has been
enforced. From these counties, with
1874 less population than the four first
named, Ill convicts were returned du-
ring the same period. According to the
and Leayenworth possessed population
of 1883. Prior to July /, 1856, they
had disregarded the prohibitory law, and
during the two years preceding that
date they sent forty weight convicts to the
State penitentiary. the four Prohibit
ton counties of Summer, Montgomery,
Shawnee and Edwards, having an equal
population, and under Prohibition sent
enced eighty-three men to hard labor In
the penitentiary. In the city of Topeka
1853 arrests were made by the police i'm
1880. The Prohibition law was passed in
1881, and the number of arrests grew to
1853 in that year and to 966 In 1882, and
further increased to LOLA i'm 1886. The
records for 1856 are mutilated. but for
about three-fourths of the year 033 ar
rests were made. At Leavenworth the
saloons were not closed until April 1,
1887, and the police records show 500 ar
rests for April, May and June of this
year, against $50 for the same months
of 1856.
In view of these facts, 1t was well said
by the warden of the Kansas State pris-
on, Hon. w. G. Jones, that 1t was clearly
demonstrated "that Prohibition liz nell
ther wise nor an effective way to pro-
mote temperance or prevent crime"
1t is the almost unanimous testimony
of all those whose lives have been spent
in the observation and guardianship Of
convicts that criminals are not, as rule,
addicted to drink, but rather that pro-
fessional criminals shun it, as In the FIRST
place depriving them OF the GOODNESS,
nerve and self-contFol necessary to the
accomplishment of their purpose, and in
the second place because indulgence in
drink would lead to discovery.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14

Prior to July 4, 1884, the laws regula-
ting the sale of liquors were not widely
enforced in Iowa. On that date the pres
emit stringent statutes went into effect.
Since then they have been enforced with
all the blindness of fanatical zeal. The
result as shown by the above table, is a
growth in the number of criminals sem
fenced from ], 470 in 1882 and 1897 in 1888
to 1,645 in 1886, with corresponding in
crease in the cost to the StateaOf criminal
prosecutions.
Not only has the percentage of crime
increased under Prohibition, but the
character of offenses have become more
degraded and serious. During the two
years and a half prior to the date the law
took effect S1S persons were sentenced TO
the penitentiary. Within the same peri
cd since the enforcement of the law, 9l7
convicts have been consigned to those
institutions. Under Prohibition the
auditors account shows an increase of
over 6 per cent. in the number of crimes
growing Tut OF the relations of the sexes,
while crimes against property, such as
theft, burglary, fraud, ETC., have become
nearly per cent. more frequent. The
total number of murders, assaults, etc,
under the last two years and half prior
to the enactment of the law and the first
two years and half of Prohibition are
practically the same. being 431 and 427
respectively.
The following table shows the nature
of the crimes for which convictions were
obtained. The table is compiled from
the Auditors report, as officially pub
lished by the Prohibition Secretary of
State:
FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 80.
IISS2I I8SSI ISS4I 1885 INA
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14
THE RECORD OF CRIME.
HOW AFFECTED BY PROHIBITION.
Large Increase I'm the Number Of Com.
victions in Iowa and Kansas.
OFFICIAL FIGURES

It has been the promise and the boast
of the champions of Prohibition that, un-
der the beneficent workings oftheir idea,
human nature would change and crime
disappear. An examination Of the facts
shows the falsify of such promises and
the emptiness of the boast. The reports
of the Auditors of all the counties in
Iowa for each year up to September 80,
1886, rendered authoritative by the seal
of the Secretary and state, himselfa Pro-
hibitionist, show that the number OF con-
victions in that State has not only not
decreased under Prohibition, but there
has been an actual and serious increase
in crime. They demonstrate by the hard
logic of fact that the existence or nom
existence of saloons has no influence
whatever upon the volume of offenses.
The footing of the official reports for the
entire State are as follows:
FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 80.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14

Early Protection Only win Frsyenf
Early Extinction OF the Hus-
Husbands Horror.
The buffalo has become in the last few
years almost extinct whales have been
harriad until both sperm and right whales
are too few for profitable whakng voyages.
The disputed question whether the United
States can make Behring Sea closed water
sea may, as il turns out, save from speedy
extinction another animal, the fur aeal lie
was reported sometime ago that to avoid the
ugly question of closed seas Secretary Bay
ard had proposed to Russia, England and
Germany to agree that their people while
using Behring Sea for navigation should not
kill fur seal there. To this proposition il
now turns out broader ons has been sag
gested. namely, thas thsss and other powers
seals all over the world.
This animal was once very abundant i'm
many places. 1t is now found only on tho
Alaska coast, ON the Russian islands In
Behring Sea and ON the Lobos islands, bs-
longing to Buenos .Ayrss and vigilantly
guarded by that Government. Hunting for
seal rOokeries was early in the present Gem
fury favorite venture among New Eng
land seamen and some Of the most impor-
tant discoveries Of seal rookerias were made
by them. But they very quickly sxtsr-
minated the valuable animals, though the
first discoveries made large fortunes. From
the South Shetland Islands OF Cape Horn,
5000, 600 skins were taken in two years and
that closed out the rooksry. An American
sealing schooner got the first year loo
slxins the second year two veasoIs OF the
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14
Polk county, in which is the city of De.

Polk county, in which is the city of Des
Moines, has population of OF $4,000. 1t
is Prohibition stronghold. In 1882. with
sixty saloons, there were twenty-six con-
yictions for crime. I'm 1886, under Prohi-
bition, ninety-One persons were convict
ed. Twenty-four of these were for infrac-
ton of the prohibitory law. The remain
ing sixty-seven, more than two and a
halt times as many as in 1882, were for
miscellaneous crimes. The cost Of GRIM
inal prosecution to the people was less
than So, 900 in 1882. In 1885 it has doubled.
East of Des Moines and IN the same
State, lies Scott county. Its chief city is
Davenport. Its population is $4,000.
Its people, believing in liberty of action,
and pinning no faith to either the cause
or the promise of Prohibition, have re-
fused to accept the tyranny of the blue
law of their State. In their city and in
their homes Prohibition has been ignor-
ed. During 1886 there were only four
teen convictions for crime in this county,
or one for every 1900 of population, as
against one for every $50 of population
in Polk county, independent of convic-
tons under the Prohibitory statE5e
The entire cost of criminal prosecutions
for the year was fraction over $40, 000
or one-sixth as much as in the Prohibi-
ton county of Polk. In the counties of
Allamakee, Clayton, Clinton, Carroll,
Dubuque, Des Moines, Jackson, johnson,
Pottawatomie and Scott, the Prohibitory
law had not been enforced up to Septem-
Der 80, 1885. These counties contain q
population of $685. 900. In them there
were 173 convictions, during the year
ending on the date named. The
total cost of criminal prosecutions in
these counties for the period mentioned
was less than SIS, 900. The fourteen coun-
ties of Black-Hawk, Buchanan, Cass,
Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Dallas, FREE
mont, Harrison, Henry, Jones, Linn,
Louisa, Polk and Wappello also possesses
population of 305, 900. Tn them vigor-
GUS efforts had been made to enforce Pro-
hibition. The reports OF the Auditors
for the year ending September 30, 1886,
show ZIG convictions for crime i'm these
counties, exclusive of the convictions
| under the Prohibitory statute. The cost
of prosecution in these counties ex-
ceeded $l25, 900.
In Kansas, where Prohibition has been
enforced with unrelenting tyranny, the
increase in the number oil conyieES has
been steady and alarming. The official
reports of the Warden OF the State PEN
itentiary show that ON June 80, 1880,
prior to Prohibition, there were in that
institution $50 conyicts. Two years later,
and before Prohibition had been en-
forced, the number was 6S7, and this was
swelled after the enforcement Of the Pro
an sss L law ,s e Ees e is ~
number Der 81 conyicts IA RI a5jnitentiar rg
was more than 26 per cent. greater IN
| 1886, after five years OF Prohibition, than
| in 1880, before the enactment of the Pro
| hibiEion statute. The number Of con-
victs sentenced to the penitentiaTy dur
| ing the two years ending juno 30, 1886,
was 74s, as against 606 in the two years
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14
Nothing no Worry Aboat.

Miss Clara Ito Featherly, who is maxi
ing an evening call Poor little Bobby
swallowed penny to-day. and we've all
been so much worried about it.
Featherly somewhat at q loss for words
of eneouragement(Oh I-er-w0aldu't
worry, Miss Clara; penny il not much.
H09per's Bazaar.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14

Prohibition the temperance cause has
suffered. This all great temperance re-
Mathews, the Coughs, the Murphys, the
Washingtonians. are never found parties
in street wrangles over Prohibition"
ROGER q. MILLS.
81 oppose the adoption of Prohibition
because 1t violates fundamental prin-
ciple of free government. Our free insti-
tutions stand upon the foundation prin-
ciple that man iscapabie self-goyen ment;
that he is endowed by his Creator with
the intelligence and virtue to govern
himself in all that pertains to himself !;
that, when associated together, the socie-
ty is capable OF organizing and admins
well-being of the whole, that our gov
eminent was created to secure personal,
civil, political and religious liberty; to
secure these ends, written constitutions
were made, distributing and localizing
the power of government and reserving
to the individual beyond the interior
ence Of all government natiOnal, State
or local absolute control Of all conduct
which involves himself
SENATOR COKE, OF TEXAS.
tProhibitionists assume that the citi-
zen is incapable OF personal self-govern-
ment In respect to the use of alcohol, and
would put guard over his mouth to see
that none enters. Their theory is at war
with the theory of our government.
| They are sapping and mining the very
foundations of our free institutions in
| denying the power of the citizen to gov
| ern himself and his appetite, for upon
the existence OF this power depends the
stability OF our government. z
John QUINCY ADAMS
.Forget not. I pray you, the right Of
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-05-14

THE great secret Of successful farming
is to keep the soil increasing In fertility,
BY the plentiful applic ation Of manure.