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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

Mexico, Sept. 1.-The Anglo-Ameri-
can says that prominent gentleman of
this city, who is well known in the
Anglo-AmcFican colon, has received
the following dispatch in cipher: Pres
ident Balmaceda is aboard the Cordelia,
and expects to disembark in San Fran
cisco. However, if he be pushed by the
insurgent war ships, he may land in
Mexico. If he does not extend all possi-
be courtesies."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

DULUTH, Mimi, Sept. 4. : Reports
have reached here that George H.
Sturth, well known land explorer, and
two companians have been drowned in
Vermillion lake, near Tower. They
were crossing the lake in canoe which
upset. No confirmation of the report
has been received.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

party for It's alleged corrupt practices
and admonished the Democratic party
TO stick to state issues. Mr.. Iilden
appeared subsequently and made short
speech. Chairman Kerr, Of the state
committee, also made few remarks,
when the convention adjourned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

ST. CATHAENEs, Ont, Sept. "A
Lady in this city, whose relatives reside
IN England near those of the man Birch
all, who was executed in Woodstock
last fall, has received q letter stating
that Birchall's wife was quietly married,
at place called Red Bank, within six
weeks after her arrival home frola
Canada.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4.-City Treas
urer w. Redwood Wright, contrary to
expectation, did not arrest any of the
mercantile appraisers yesterday. al
though three OF them. Messrs. Crawford,
Hunter and Houseman, invited him to
begin criminal prosecution. There is
little doubt, however, that the warrants
have been prepared.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4.-For the past
two or three days there has been some
talk of Stephen B. Elkins being chosen
secretary OF war. Elkins has strong
hacker in Blaine, with whom he is in.
terested in large mining concerns in
West Virginia. Another of his back
ers is his father-in-law, ex-senator
Davis, of West Virginia, who, although
a Democrat, is on friendly terms with
Blaine and Harrison
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

QUEBEC, Sept. 4.-When the steamer
Colina arrived here from Glasgow a
young man named White was found
slowed away in the hold, lying between
two bales of hay. For thirteen days he
had had nothing to subsist on but the
hay, not even drop of water, and was
greatly emaciated, and had lost his
reason. Doctors say he will never re.
cover his right mind.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

ALLENTowN, Pa, Sept. A. = Harry
-Getz, of this city, who escaped from the
house of refuge, Philadelphia, by
climbing over the wall in company with
George Martin, of York, and Edward
Auerbach, of Philadelphia, was ar
rested at his home here and returned to
the institution yesterday. Another of
the boys has been locatad and he will
be captured.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

YOUNGSTOWN, O., Sept. 4.-The de-
falcation of Township Treasurer David
Douglass now reaches $1,000 Late
last night he was arrested on the charge
of embezzlement. The shock to Doug
lass young wife has been SO severe that
it is feared that she will not live. No
young man in the city was more popular
than the defaulter,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

New YoRK, Sept. 4. = "Pittsburs
Phil won from $4,000 to $l25, 600 on
his colt King Cadmus. Mt Sheepshead
Bay yesterday. This is the largest win
ming made on tho American turf in n
number Of years. He had 81, 600 on the
horse in Washington and Baltimore, at
long odds, together with big bets here.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
Buokwheat Damaged by Frost,

NEW RIcHLAND, Wis, Sept. 4.-The
hardest frost of the season is reported
from different sections of this state and
Minnesota. Corn and buckwheat in low
places were seriously damaged. In Pot
ter county these crops were totally de-
stroyed. Threshing had already COM
menced. All reports place the yield be-
Yond the most optimistic estimates.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

CAMDEN, N. j., Sept. 4.-One hun
dred and twenty-three friends of Gen
eral William j. Sewell sat down to a
banquet in Morgans hall last night to
welcome him home on his return from
Europe. Hon. \. G. Cattell, of Cam
den, presided, and many prominent pol
iticians, Democrats and Republicans,
were present.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
Jerseys Republican Convention.

TRENTON, Sept 4.-President Joseph
II. Gaskill, of the New Jersey state
league of Republican clubs, announces
'hat he will call meeting of the execu-
We committee for next Monday is this
Guy. The committee will consider plans
for holding state convention, which,
it is very probable, will take place in
Trenton about October l.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
AN ARMY REVIEWED.
Francis Joseph and William In
spect the Troops.
TESTING THE sMoKELEss POWDER

Advocates of the Old Powder Urge
That the Smoke Is Advantageous
During a Battle in That 1t Con-
ceals Those Firing-A Grand Re-
view on Monday.
VIENNA, Sept. 4.-Emperor William
of Germany, accompanied by Chancel-
lor Won Caprivi, at Horn yesterday met
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria,
who was accompanied by the King Of
Saxony, and the entire party, sur
rounded by brilliant military suites and
escorts of cavalry, proceeded on horse
back to the headquarters of the Aus
trian army at Gopfritz, engaged in the
maneuvres.
The country around Gopfritz has been
expressly selected for the military move
ments owing to its suitability for fur
nishing a good test of the advantages or
disadvantages of the new small bore
rifle and of the smokeless powder used
in connection with it. The advocates Of
the smokeless powder claim that in
fantry and artillery concealed in wooded
places'can, using the new powder, pour
destructive fire upon an enemy without
the latter being able clearly to make out
the whereabouts of their opponents, and
thus prevent an effective return of the
fire.
Advantages of the Old Powder.
The advocates of the old powder hold
that while the claim of the smokeless
powder men may have some foundation
in fact there is no doubt that the clouds
of white smoke ,aised by the old powder
have the effect of somewhat concealing
those firing. The country about the
Austrian headquarters is exceedingly
hilly and thiclly wooded and plentifully
intersected with rivers and brooks, thus
giving little hope for cavalry operations,
but, on the other hand affording un-
limited cover for infantry, who, in the
present instance, were supposed to be
threatened by an invisible enemy, whose
position was not revealed by the smoke
Of their artillery or rifle fire.
The general idea of the Austrian mil
itary operations is that the force dis
played is to arrest the progress of an
enemy advancing from the direction OF
Bohemia upon Vienna.
A Grand Review on Monday.
In addition to the attention being
given the smokeless powder and new
small bore rifle features of the maneu-
ftT5 COhSluerhDIe Interest Is lnanhIeSVeu
in the telephone and bicycle corps OF
the Austrian army, which, upon this
occasion, participate for the first time
upon 80 large scale in the maneuvers.
1t is expected that millions of cartridges
will be fired before these maneuvers
terminate on Monday next.
The conclusion of the Austrian ma
neuvers will be signalized on Monday
by grand review on the heights OF
Gopfritz before the emperor of Ger
many and the emperor of Austria OF
both forces engaged in these interesting
onarati Ina
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
Turkeys Grand Vizier Dismissed.

CoNsTANTINoPLE, Sept. 4.-The an
nouncement is made that the sultan has
dismissed from office the grand vizier
and president of the council, Kiamil
Pasha. 1t is thought probable that
Dievdet Pasha, governor of the Island
of Crete, will be kiamil Pasha's sue
cpsgOr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. 4.-The Lake
Erie and Western conductors and brake
mans strike, which was begun last
Tuesday, has been declared oil by the
strikers, and all the men are again at
work, and trains are being started from
all noints
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

NEWPORT, R. l., Sept. 4.-Ex-Con-
gresham Scott, of Pennsylvania, who
arrived here Wednesday afternoon for
his health, is much improved, and his
friends are very much pleased at tho
shange for the better.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

D. r. Nusgraye, who was thought to
have been burnci to death in Terre Haute
few weeks ago, is reported alive in Chi
cago, and tho burned remains foun. at tho
time were those of skeleton which hs
and Charles Trout had secured in ulder TO
swiudle the insurance companies. Trout
made q full confession.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
New York's prohibition Nominee.

:. ALBANY, Sept. 4.-The state prohib-
ltlon convention, after adopting the
usual orthodox prohibition platform,
nominated ). w. Bruce, of Canastota,
for governor. and an entire state ticket.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

Local rains during the afternoon OF
evening; cooler, except stationary on
the coasts; winds shifting to easterly;
cooler tomorrow.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
KID GLOVE BARGAINS.

4buton Kids, 80 cts pair only few dozens left Un
dressed Kids, Musquetare, SO cents pair black and col
ors, all sizes. 4-Button Kids Tans only real fine glove
70 cts. pair Shook Kids, Tans and Blacks 70 cts d
pair; excellent glove for the price.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

Wounded in n Journalistic Duel.
PARIS, Sept. An. Dhubert, editor OF
Gil Bias, was wounded in the face in a
duel with NJ. Laurent, editor of The
Journal Du Jour, yesterday.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04

2Tnch All-woo Habit Cloth In all coors 25 yard
36nch All wool CheyOts, in all colors 25 cents yard
36nch Atwood Habit Cloth in all coOfs. yard
50nch Al wool Habit Cloth in all eolors 20 cents yard
52neh Awoo French Habit Cloth in all cous
45Ineh Atwood French Habit Cloth in all coors 5OO yard
52nch Atwood French Habit Cloth in all eolors
36-nch Hafwool Henrettas. all cUlors
36.nch Atwood Henrettas, all cOlOrs
2S-nch Allwool Henrettas, all colors var
46ncl Allwool Heneas, all colOrs rs
46-neh Atwood Henrettas, all colOrs 81 90 yard.
42-nch Silk Warp Henriettas, all colors 81 25
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04


lot of good style Dark Prints at cts yard, which
Is considerably less than cost price.
Good Bleached Crash 16 inches wide only cts. D
yard.
Is yards Hill Bleached Muslin for $1.00.
Is yards Appleton A. Brown Muslin for $100
H. Alwool Blankets, large size 1915
90 doz Damask doylies, 16x16, at so cts a doz
90 doz. Damask Napkins at $1.00 doz.
52.inch Turkey Red Damask at 20 cts yard.
58-inch Turkey Red Damask at 81 cts. yard.
50inch Cream Damask at 25 cts a yard.
60inch Cream Damask at so cts. a yard
54.inch Cream Damask at 374 cts yard.
66-inch Cream Damask at rs cts yard Never
sold less than S100 yard
Huck Towels, 10 inches wide, AZ inches long, only
123 cts each
Huck Towels, "a inches wide, Al inches long, only
25 cts each.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
Crosby 4 Hill.
GREAT REDUCTION SALE.
SIS 5000 WORTH
Dry Goods

To be closed out without delay. splendid opportunity
to excellent bargains We compelled to make
for immense stock of Fall Goods arriv
ing daily, including ForeignsGoods of impora
ton well large lines of domestic fabrics In order
therefore to close out all surplus stock and odds and ends
in the various departments right away have made large
reductions Please make note of our
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-04
CUT PRICES,

Then come and examine Goods We determined
that nowhere shall better value be found in all kinds Of
useful and desirable Dry Goods than at counters
We buy for cash and sell for cash. Our aim is con-
santy to give the most and the best for the money but
at present offering
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THE WHEEL KING.
4 4 ZIMMERMAN, The GREAT ANA
TEuR 0lcyctE RIDER.

- Has Wen nsrs Prizes 1Aas Ysar
! EAaa Asy Osher Rsasr ~ sAe wsssa.
Ras orsss yvs..iags and M vvsaass.
Hal Rseora-Brsskinx viessrsss.
Arthur A. Zimmerman. Of Freehold. N.
J.. who Is . member OF the New York
Athletic Club has, by his many and won
derful achievements on the wheel during
the past season. proven himself to be the
greatest all-around amateur bicycle rider
Ia America, II not In the world.
His performances have been pheno-
r1enai. He has proven himself a wonder
and has startled not only bicycle riders,
but the whole world of amateur athletics,
by his many and record breakinR VIC
tories.
There is not another rider in the world
who has in ono year won so many prices
Seven thousand dollars is the aggregate
value OF the prizes he has won during the
past year. They consist of gold wat ches,
diamonds. bicycles a silver water pitcher
and miscellaneous other things, all Of
which he can show.
He made his fret appearance in compe-
tition about three years ago. Since then
he has competed in about 16O races. In
fully ono hundred Of these he has won first
prlEe. Twenty-Five times he has won
second prize. snd ten times third, Leaving
o0ly twenty-five in which no failed 70 win
place.
During the season lust closed he rode
% less than ssvsnty-nine races. Fifty
fND times did he win tirst prize. tan times
second. and three times third. In four
teen races only did he fail to secure .
place. In but eight of these was he
squareiy beaten. In Eve of tho six scratch
races In which he was beaten he either
fell or suffered an accident.
In one OF the six handicaps in which b
was defeated he fell, and In nearly all q
the remaining seven he was 30 severely
penalixad that to have won It would hav1
been necessary to have Smashed al rse-
0rda
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A CHRISTMAS oLEe.


Come, haste, let ~ soek Il,
The dear Christmas holly
Rs crimson lights glsam brightly forth fsqA
sss II reach out its bonnie ussn boaoDls .
IN o6ef1ng-
4 rars Yulstids sift - ~ ffssnAs 70 ssatswi
DO sssk II. - childrsn,
The dear Christmas ho1ly-
9eek Il frat for the homA ahrins with swift,
loving hands;
Bring its sheen and it, glow to the place
made most sacred
BY tears and by joys throughout Kingdoms and
lands.
Go seek 1t, ye yeomen,
The brave Christmas holly
Make a forest of emerald and red in tho kirk
Bring the rarest of sprays for the altar-and
tot
Come, worshipers, all-be ye Christian or Turk.
Go seek 1t, ye skeptic,
The dear Christmas holly
As you clasp this bright emblem Of Yuletids
Your scorn Of the truth and your grim spec
ulations,
And Of the deep Joy OF the Yuletide partake.
So gather it, good folk.
The dear Christmas holly
Let it glow from the altar, and shine at the
May the glory and love Of the Christ child
surround US
A shown the light down from his star in the
east.
Good Housekeeping.
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THE MIsTLEroE.

&oough Of IL Growing In This CoaAtsy
for All Esstal Purposes.
There Is mistletoe growing in our own
country quite good enough to answer al
the festal purposes Of the mistletoe de-
scended from that which the old Druids
in their white robes cut with q golden
sickle just after the new Of the moon,
and distributed for charms against al
evil to their believing tribes, says
writer in Harper's Bazaar. It is not, in
deed, the true and ancient mistletoe, but
1t takes botanist, and q good one, to
tell you why not; and it is quite a. in
teresting in its appearance, with the
long, olivelike leaves and tho singular
translucent berry with q CLEAN Of green
In its whiteness, something between q
moonstone and pale cats eye quartz in
tint. It grows anywhere in the Virginia
ATTITUDES, abounds upon the mesquite in
Texas, and is usually to be found in the
Washington flower market through the
Christmas holidays.
The plant is certainly beautiful and
curious; but except for its parasitical
origin and growth, which gave it a sort
of mystery to the unlearned and prim-
tive mind, it is difficult to see why it
ever attained such eminence as it had,
although it is true that the Druids gave
it veneration only when found growing
on the oak, which was sacred to the sun
the Druidical worship and that Of the
old Persians having much in common;
but it held with them, for whatever
reason, an important part in the great
rites Of the winter solstice, corresponding
to our Christmas festivities. One of the
old northern myths makes the dart which
killed the beautiful Bladder out Of the
mistletoe, which alone Of all nature had
not been bound to do him harm, possibly
rs showing that there is nothing in the
universe without significance, and with
Him there is no great nor small"
Nowadays the strange plant is found
less often on the oak than on the apple
tree, where it kills ont whole orchards,
being all but indestructible itself, and
living just as long as there is any sap in
the tree it has chosen; in some regions it
has indeed become moro profitable to
raise and sell than the apples would be.
In England and in tho Wild state II il
most often sown BY the miss1thruah;
buti Il 3 raised arttAdally By crushing
tAe berries On . bough, 70 which tAsir
e1ntinous matter adhaees and whses
they generate; others mako . slit with .
pennife on the undertake Of branch,
30 that it may not be observed by the
birds and there insert the seed, and
something Of weird and mysterious
character is seen in species of intelli-
gence manifested by it, since, in what.
ever direction the seed is pointed, the
radical will turn toward the surface and
fasten itself in such manner az to draw
the most nutriment it can, and it has
even been successfully grated upon
another mistletoe. That it should still
have part in our Christmas keeping is
owing to the fact that we always have a
tenderness toward the customs of our IN.
cestors.-Boston Herald.
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Honesty in Christmas Giving.

Honesty in Christmas Giving.
The extent to which mon and women
ordinarily honest and truthful grow dis
honest and untruthful at this season OF
the year is lamentable. As the fact IL
largely due to thoughtlessness it is well
worth while TO mention the matter with
. warning intent.
If you give present at Christmas you
do 50 by way Of protesting affection OF
regard for the person to whom you make
the gift. IF you feel no such affection
or regard, but make the present from a
sense Of social obligation or with q view
to some possible advantage to be got
from fattery, you are u hypocrite.
If by reason of vainglory or shame
facedness. or what not. you give more
costly presents than you can afford you
are a dishonest pretender, a sham, and
are acting in the spirit of the flunky
who pretends TO be my lord.
In all such giving there is not grace,
but shame. 1t is utterly out of time
with the spirit of the holiday season;
the spirit of good will and gladness and
true friendship.
The value of a Christmas gift lies In
the testimony it gives of the affection
that prompts it. If that testimony be
false the gift is forsworn. II that test.
Mopy be true it matters not at all what
its form may be.
If you can afford rich gift and are
moved by affection to make it, all il
we'll. But if your means be small and
your affection great the expression may
be made as effective as in the other case.
There was poor little to.1dler once. the
son Of laundress, who on Christmas
morning spent his solitary penny for a
clay pipe, and toiled through the snow to
give il, with radiant face, TO ono To-
whom he had conceived IN affection u
was very common clay PIPE, and he 70
whom Il was given posaessed caFvsu
meerschaums with costly amber stezns
But this Was = him the most precious d
them III. because 81 tho smoke wreathl
that rose from Il - saw the lore ot {
little child reelected.
That vas . true Chxistmas sift, han
eatly made in the spirit q Christmas
New York Evening World.
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Tho Manhattan A. c. officials on Decem.
Der l, completed the work OF figuring up
the receipts OF the Yale-Princeton foot ball
game. They found that there Is an aggre-
gate OF s38 go In sight. As the colleges
get forty per cent. the share OF each will
be 81. $50. while the Manhattan Athletic
Club will take the remaining twenty per
cent, amounting to about 5000 1t IL
estimated that outstanding accounts with
railroad companies OF over 81. 900 will swell
the total receipts TO a round $4,000.
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A Mans Christmas Story.

Now that Christmas stories are the
proper thing The Man proposes to tell
one on himself which is too good to be
lost. The Man has a young lady friend
who is fan collector. She had rather
have a new fan than block of gas steal
stock. As The Man was passing a "a
nous jewelry house few days before
Christmas, he spied q particularly lovely
fan in the window, and, thinking to
gladden. the heart Of his friend, he en-
tered the place and told polite clerk to
wrap up the fan. Instantly the clerk
was dissolved in smiles, and two ladies
who stood near looked spprovingly at
The Man, rs if to say: "What q nice
young man! So thoughtful of his
friends, and 80 iberalr' But . climax
was rapidly approaching. In his mas
culine ignorance of such matters The
Man had thought the price of the fan
might possibly be ten dollars-certainly
It would be no more. And 30. Is the
smiling clerk handed him the parcel, he
inserted his hand deep into his trousers
pocket and, with all the assurance in
life, said:
"How much:'
''Sixty dollars!'
"Er-I beg pardon gasped The
Man, while the cold dew of horror came
out on his forehead.
''Sixty dollars"
The Man made desperate grasp for
his presence of mind, and got it.
please put it right back, and do be
careful not to break it. Thank you"
The two ladies looked indignant, and
rs The Man fed into the street he heard
one of them say to her companion:
Just like man!"-St. Louis Rspub-
lie.
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May be Captain.

The Yale foot bali team this year failed
to follow Its usual custom OF electing .
captain inn iediately after the Thanks
giving Day game. Tho reported reason
for this 10 the fact that the giant Hedel-
finger has annouaeed that he viii pg6bahly
take another yss1 Ia tho law es1oca. Il
that evsnt - uill UNNECESSARILY y eAoeea
enufnAn.