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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

Z The nnth1f q insomnia e. wolfefui-
pess i ii niue case cut Of ten dys-
reptiq 5tomach. Good digestion gives
sound sleep, indigestion intefieres
with IL. The brain and stomaehsym-
pnflhzns. One Of Tho prominent symp-
toms Of weak state of the gastric
organs Is u disturbance of the great
nerve entrepot, the brain. Inyigornte
the stomach, and you restore equili-
blum 10 the great centre. A most re-
liable melicine for tho purpose Is Hos
letters stomach BitteiN which IL far
preferable to mineral sedativeS and
powerful narcotics which, though they
may for n time exert a soporific inAu-
ellce upon the brain, soon cease to act,
and Invariably injure the tone OF tho
stomach. The Bitters, on the contrary,
restore activity TO the operations OF
that all-impoltant organ, and their
beileiicient influence Is reflected in
sound sleep and a tranquil state OF the
nervous system. A wholesome impetus
Is likewise given to the action OF the
liver and bowels by its use.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

A public entertainment, under tho
auspices of the Mutual Improvement
Society of Wesley NJ. J.. Church, was
given on Saturday evening A pleasant
hour was spent by all who were
present. The society intends holding
these entertainments every Saturday
evening. Admission free. All arc in
Yitcd
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

There will he a lecture in Institute
Hall on Wednesday evening, tho 11th
under The auspices OF the Journeymen
Morocco Shayers' Association. Sub
iect, 81 abor from u Political Stand
point The lecturer, I. B. Mcclure
of New York. is known TO be thorough
ly convereant with the subject
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

Ladies' warm-llnod, button shoes
from $3.50 to 800; warm-lined lace
shoes, from Si.25 to 20 cents; warm
lined slippers, from 70c. to Soc, at
Babcock's, Market street, east side
east side, above Second.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09
VDUDLIC7 SALE THE SUBSCRIBED,
K having sold his farm will sell at pub
lie sale. near lilac crDOs. OH the road lead
ing FROM Stanton 10 Newark. on
FRIDAY, MARCH "a. 1891
at ono o'clock p, IN.

One good sorrel horse Charley, large
size, suitable for all purposes af cy.eilent
DRIFT horse and cant be hitched wrong
fearless OF steam; 3gond cows MI will he
N profit hy day OF sale; very tlne Jersey
helfer, coming 2 years cid; shoat pigs
30 pair fine chlcxe,is, Brabam aud Ply
mouth Rocks; 8 turkey hens / gobbler. 10
colonies OF bees, In good conditionil jump
sent carriage, market dearborn, buggy,
/ dugonf, these wagons nre all In good
ordcr;1 harvest bed, good basket sleigh,
one 1-horse mower, bradley mako, good
as new; horse rake, wheelbarrow, corn
shelter, root cutter, hay cutter. l Bisseli
pillow, pair twin hnrrows, cultiNator with
corn coverer attachments one 1-horse
roller. grindatone, saddler's horse, flour
chest, large chest, y broad axes, lot OF car
ponters' tools grain cradle, moving
scythe. forks, rakcs, shovels, Iron post
spade, maui aud wedges, hoes, double aud
single trees, 9 sets curriaye harness. set
plow hnrness, good straps OF bells, cow
chains, . hay knives, ! hedge clipper. .
hedge knives. lot OF doors, window sash.
4 pair venetian blinds, with hinges and
| stay backs, al conplate and good us new;
lot of berry crates and boxes. all in good
order; . ladders 2step ladders, rails and
posts cider barrels, cider vinegar by the
gallon, years old; potatoes by the bushel,
| pork by the pound hay and straw by the
| ION corn fodder by the bundle 3 acres of
| wheat, more or less, Dairy iiStures-chnrn
| and horse pans, buclScts. butter tubs,
rcfaits ttilu NeiElis. ftuhSSiipiu itnu NAtSiiuH
furniture-2 pair bodstepds, stands l
dough tray. window shades l good cook
stove and fixtures No. Q Wilmipgton;i bbl.
copper kettle bench table and many other
| articles too tedious 10 mention,
Conditions of sala-All sums OF SO and
under cash; all over that amount credit
of months will be given by the purchas-
er giving banlSable note with approved
endorser. II paid when due. no Interest;
if not paid when due. interest from date.
. per cent, or all credit nIlnp for Cash.
| BENJAMIN FOOTE.
William, I Tanlr Aunt no. rntnn IN. 1 9
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

EX-AUDrToR James IL, Boyee was
thought to he very good kind OF a
state Auditor until that ruggedly
honest old Republican Senator from
New Castle county, John Filling. got
hold OF hin and stirred him UP. Boyce
couldn't stand the razAiiug and now
lie is numbered with the auditors that
have been weighed in the balances
and found wanting.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

We have speedy and positive cure
for catarrh. diphtheria. canler mouth
and headache, in Sf1IIOH'S CATARRH
REMEDY. A nasal Injector free with
each bottle. Use til you desire health
and sweet breath. Price soc. N. b.
Danforth, wholesale and retail agent
Second and Market ST.. Wilmington
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

PHILADELPHIA. Monday. March. 0. 1891.
Little Linens. Where shall
We start. -Four items hap.
hazard, and all money savers:
Mems printed Helnstitched Hand
kerchiets. All linen. 12Ic, Is and
zoe. II 90 TO 25c eaeh they would't
I've out of the way.
Women's hand Embroidered and
Scalloped Linen Haudkerchiers.
All white. Have been 50 to II. Is,
now 40c to sl,50.
Bohemian Linen Napkins, 22 inches
square, 81 Il dozen.
The Monte Bath towel 10 from zoe
Southwest OF centre.
New Spring Derbies En-.
glish, KnoX's, our own,at 81,
$3.50 So, and the old favor.
lite Bertiel (our own lnake) at
$3.50.
Thirteenth and Market streets corner.
We have come by nearly
800 volumes of a fine edition
of Robert Browning's works
which shall 60 at about one
third the former price:
12 mo- brown cloth,
Dramas, vols in /, G0o.
Dramatis Personae, 6Oc.
Parleyinga, i0r,
10 mo. russGt cloth, 40c each.
BalausttCn's Adventure,
Red Cotton Night-cap Country.
! he I'm Album.
JoGoseria.
Parleyings. 49,
| These volumes of Elmer.
sons works, little classic edi.
tons, red edges shall go mt SOC
each, they We're published al
$1,50 the volume. ...
| Nature Addresses and Lectures.
representative Men.
English Traits.
Lecture and Biographical Sketches
Mlseellanies.
Three other bargains: .
Familiar Talks in some of Shakes
PEARS Comedies. By Eli2abetl
IGtimer. Thick II mo. Sold ut -
now 45c.
a Hrief Handbook of English Au
thors. BY Oscar Fay Adams. SOLE
at 81, now SOC.
American Authors, 3Oa.
Thirteenth street entrance.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

".ill signs except pimples and
blotches. These never fail to indicate
an impure condition of the blood,
which may be thoroughly cieansed and
renewed by The use of Ayers sar-
sapaiiIIa. The most efIieacious and
economical of blood purifiers.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

One Satin Drocatel Parlor Suite. 2
Walnut Chamber Suites, handsome Mar
bile top table one lo-fect Extension Table.
Sihchoarll, Refrigerator. Bureaus, Stands,
Victor Cook STOVES, Nos. ! aud s, Tub,
Buckets. Glass and Queenswarc and
many other articles The above goods
must be positively sold as the subscriber
intends leaving the city.
W. T. CAUSE.
Drake HiShdeld and Co., Aucts.
mh7.stwt-dt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

NEITHER William l.. Wier nor Patrick
Neary ever heard of pat" alias
JCln OBlien, the boss of the Balti-
more Democratic reporters, being in
Delaware last election, because they
say so. That eettles it.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

A large ice box, nearly new, can be
bought cheap; suitable for meat on
fish. Inquire OF j. w. Carey, 403 King
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

DUnLIC sALE-WILL BE SOLD AT
Nc. ZOO 1atn0ll 81, on THURSDAY.
MARCH, 18th 1891, ut 10 O'Clock, parton
suit, bed room suit 'grnin, Brussels,
and stair cnrpcts 81 airs bedding, tables,
china, glass ana q, rHswnre, nEd Il
large lot vi NIL kinds OF household goods.
l.. W. st!dhSn & Son. Aucts
nl7-ts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

Cough candy at Fcrguson's, L. I'd.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-03-09

Ssi;i4 & iAe sI+& II t45'ls.H " nsr|ss
any senail,le man hciisvx Tint the i'rcs.
cut tax collection laws compel coiipc-
tors to collect noll taxes. In the face OF
the plain Wording OF tho law itsclf.
Section Of that law requires collec-
tors in the city of Wilmington to post
notices in five or moro public places in
each ward, showing the business and
place OF residence OF such collector,
and OF his readiness to receive taxes.
There is nothing here that looks Ike
compelling u collector to go after any
person to make or even to ask them to
pay their taxes.
Then again, in January, he is to.give
public potice for ten days stating the
time and place where he will attond
for the collection OF taxes. Nothing
yet said about calling on anybody for
taxes.
After this hc makes his return to the
Levy Court, stating that for three days
he attended five hours each day for the
reception of taxes. After that the Levy
Court is compelled TO allow delin-
quents to the collectors, who shall not
be placed on the assessment again for
twelve months.
What else? All, here IL is, the little
proviso works the fine point, listen to
it: Provided. that the provisions Of
this section shall apply only to persons
assessed and liable to pay poll tax"
But this is not all. Just read section
,: THAT tho notices required to lie
given in section OF this act 10y the
collector aforesaid, shall be deemed
and taken to be sufficient demand
upon taXables for the payment of
taxes standing against them" But
we need quote no further. The attempt
must be abortive TO make any intclli-
gent person believe that the law ever
intended that the collector should col
leet poll taxes only as he saw proper.
/
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
Raising Water in London Docks.

In lieu Of mourning the immense ex-
pense of excavating the London docks to
accommodate the increased size given to
modern ships, large pumping engines
have now been set up, and the water in
the docks is raised by this means. Some
idea of the demands upon these engines
can be had from the size Of the docks,
one of which has an area Of nearly ten
acres, the pumps which raise the water
having a capacity of G85 tons per minute
and raising the water level FIVE feet IN
one a half hours.
Centrifugal pumps of superb work
manship are employed, driven direct by
compound tandem engines, and thepower
Of these pumps is evident from the fact
that the inlet orifces to the main pumps
are ffty-four inches in diameter, and,
when worked together, the three pumps
have a capacity to raise $1,000, 600 gal
Ions of water in five hours. against an
average head of ten feet. The pumps
are arranged to be worked separately
and Independently or together. as de-
sired, and the engines are supplied with
steam at a hundred pounds pressure BY
powerful boilers.-New York Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
The Big Kimberley Mine.

No pen can adequately describe the
appearance of the Kimberley mine. 1t is
the largest hole made by man, and in the
shortest space Of time, fer the incentive
to work was there-the d almond. a
spectator standing on the edge looks
down and sees men at work looking like
ants in size, and during the blasting
hours he can in perfect safety witness
the explosion of thousands Of pounds of
dynamite and note the rending of masses
of blue and rock, which would fall far
below him.
AS an honor to the late Chinese Cor
don" when he visited the mines, the
writer saw the Kimberley mine illumin-
ated at night with thousands of impro-
yised lamps, assisted with colored fires
and displays of fireworks. The weird
effect produced was grand, for the eye
could not properly measur distance at
night, and the twinkling lamps but
served to heighten the effect. -Engineer-
ing Magazine.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

a hundred against pae Au4sff9a 49,
Shelby walked up to him.
"'How many times viii you take
that he asked.
e.Oh, it's you; Well, I'll take it az
often as you want to play it. young
mani
".All right, make it e2o,o0o to $4,000,
There's my money
The size of the wager sort of stag
gered Mitchell, but he took it with a
grim joke about the dampness of the
route to America for walking.
".What odds will you give now
against Ahmud Khan? queried Tom
again when the bets were noted.
give to one, thousands or hundreds,
just one bet. don't want to tie up any
more money at long odds; its wasting
chances lean do better 0 n some of the
others.
"sAll right, there's another thou
You'll have a bad Monday I'm afraid
Mitchell.
.'I1l have a better one than you, my
young buck. But say, who owns Ahmud
Khan? He's entered from the Lurline
stable. | don't know yer american
strings, you know.
IL see you don't, responded Tom, j
own him, and you'd better go get some
information about u American strings
before you make your odds next tine
'sWell. the race came off, and a beauty
it was. The fayorite, a horse named
Marquis O L~ockhaYen, was backed to a
standstill, and when they got away went
straight to the lead. Ahmud Khan
didn't show till the half. then he came
out of the pack slowly, but steadily adj
yanced till at the three-quarters he was
on the Marquis flank. At the mile he
had crept up to his withers, and when
the finish was about 100 yards off, TOMS
little darky gave him the whip and he
came under the wire a winner by a
length.
"Old Mitchell was broke fiat. He
couldn' make good at Tattersall's, where
they settle, and Tom went to his rescue.
The old fellow was sore, but it was a
case of necessity, and-well, he took
Toms coin and gave Tom the girl, that's
all. There goes the bugle. Come ous
well be late. Chicago Times
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

No man has a right TO marry I'LL, IN
every human probability, assured that
he can support a family in his own sta
ton. Mere love or i%mprovident matches
seldom turn out we'll; poverty comes,
and there is so much self reproach on
either side that gall is added to its bit
terness; their tempers are soured, and
they O O wish themselves unmarried.
But when trials assail an attached, a
reasonable pair, sorrow unites them
closer; the man, feeling how much de-
ponds on him, never flags in his exertion,
and often recoyers the lost step; if not,
there is still consolation in his wife's I'M
varying love-in her sweet. noiseless
sacrifices. In these uncertain times
there are few commercial men who
have not met with reverses, and they
will often say:
Had it not been for those at home /
should have blown my brains out;
could not have stood it
Wife and children! They are a beacon
to us in u troubled sea; we renew the
struggle when ready to sink beneath the
wave, and at last are saved. At the
worst. when all is black-when friends
are cool OF reproachful-when the cruel
est doubts assail us-there IS still one
who respects and loves US; at home we
are still dear.-New York Ledger.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
The Grea.head Underground sy.tcul.

The Greathead Underground system.
The cars are supplied with longitudinal
seats, lighted by electricity and luxuri-
ously cushioned, the passengers facing
n another. The locomotive is an electric
motor, picking up its electricity from a
central rail through which the electric
current is conducted by a copper wire;
and inasmuch as, for each track, there is
a separate tunnel only a trifie larger than
the train (Which fills almost the whole OF
the annular space, except only at sta
tions), each train acts Us q piston. driving
out, from station to station, the air
through which the preceding train
passed.
The stations are connected with the
open air and are moi more than three
quarters of a mile apart; any foul air
which gathers in the tunnel is thus ex-
PEELED by each passing train. Indeed,
the air in the tunnel is Of a more equable
temperature, and is kept more constantly
moved and frestened, than the air on the
surface; and frequently on dark and
murky days it has been noticed that the
air and atmosphere, strange as it may
appear, are far more pleasant in the tun-
mel than on the street surface.-Si.non
Sferne in Forum,
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

The distinction IS now said to belong
to Bombay of possessing the greatest
piece of solid masonry construction that
the world has ever seen in modern times.
1t appears that for years past the water
supply of Bombay depended upon works
known to be defective, involving the
possibility Of a water anime in that
great eastern seaport, and in view of
this a consultation Of eminent engineers
was held, under the direction Of the
government, with the result that a large
dam was determined o., to inclose the
watershed Of the valley which drains
into the sea south Of Bombay.
This gigantic structure, designed and
accomplished by the superior engineer
ing skill of T. c. Glover, is two miles
long, lis feet in height, and 103 feet
wide at the base, with a roadway on
the top 81 feet wide, the %stonework
alone costing $2,000,0 600. The lake
of water which this dam imprisons is
some eight square miles in area, and
sixty miles of pipe perform the service.
Twelve thousand Hindoos were special
" trained by Engineer Glover for en-
ployment on this dam.-New York Sun.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
How TO BE Healthy and Hairy


4 new prophet has arisen. His claims
to attention are imperative from the fact
that he guarantees his followers exernp-
ton from two Of the greatest Affections
to which fashionable flesh is heir-dys-
pepsia and badness. The name of the
prophet is Khorf. q Russian, and he
bears his credentials writ large on his
person.
Though he has already passed the
span allotted to humanity by the
Psalmist, he is as agile as a Young opos-
sum and as well matched as Absalom.
His rules Of longevity are refreahingly
simple. Eschey all drugs, never shave,
live in the open air as much as possible,
and wear as little clothes as you can
these al. the cardinal doctrines Of by
giene according to Khorf. So shall YOU
become healthy, happy and hairy; for
in the view Of the new prophet the nat
ural condition Of the human being is to
be all hairy like Esau, or all downy like
Stanlev's p~vglnies. Above all. YOU must
''walk rhythmicaily." for DR.. Khorf
maintains that we digest with U legs
and not with our stomach. Meat, spirits,
mineral Yates. and theaters are all ia
booed in the Khorian systeln. Personally,
he never wears a hat. and takes his meals
in the open air. Nodoubt. if this hirsute
sage's mode Of life were compulsorily
enforced on the entire population we
should all be speaking Sinian in L couple
of generations. If ever there is a car
or an emperor who is an ardent Darwin
ian, the temptation to try the experiment
will probably prove irresist e.-London
Glnha
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
nhnnt- Sounds at Sea.

a Philadelphia correspondent confirms
the statement about distant sounds TO
cused byship sails. He states that many
wears ago the late Admiral Goldsborough
told him that when he was subordinate
officer he heard the late Commodore
Levy, who was executive officer of the
United States ship -, tell his captain
one Sunday morning that he was sure
they were off Rio Janeiro, because he
heard the sounds of the church bells.
AS they must have been nearly 100 miles
from the harbor, the captain sarcasticai-
ly asked Levy whether he could not see
the rosebushes in front Of the houses.
to which Levy quickly responded, ~
cannot see the roses, sir, but a fee
their thorns."-Detroit Free Press.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
What He Feared.

While was in England, says one
woman, II was told of an American who
on his first trip on an English railway
quite held his breath at the rapid run
ming. When his nervousness rather
overcame him he approached the guard.
81 say, guard, he ventured, this is
pretty fast travelling for safety, isn't it:
"'Oh, no, sir replied the guard; we
never run off the line here, sir
But said the Yankee quickly, re-
senting the patronage, it is not the line.
I'm afraid Of running off your c~onfound-
ed little island. New York Times.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
A E TIE.

High in the blue the swallowss swim like moths;
Bronzed brarables lean Ger chalky cliffs; be-
low
The stream beneath the mill wheel whirls and
froths,
Then wounded writhes along the meadow
slow.
White roads with finty margins rise and fall
Red houses look from out their orchards
green;
The garrulous magpies to each other call,
And, scant of grass, the tethered oxen CLEAN.
A silyery sound Of horse bells shakes the air,
Now ain with coming night. The aeacias
stand
Etched on the orange sky, where shadows rare
Guard, as mute sentinels, the enchanted land
Through which the sun sinks to the unseen sea,
Behind the wooded heights of Normandy
John Hogben in London Spectator.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
Aynrn Slv iscz.

MANY stories told OF the crafty fox are
doubtless incidents of the imagination.
But a recent writer tells an anecdote
which, though taxing belief, he says is
youched for by an eye witness OF the
affair. Some fishermen on the west coast
of Ireland were in the habit of going to
n small island, a few hundred yards
from the mainland, in quest of bait.
The island was inhabited by large
numbers of rabbits. and could be reached
at low tide by wading, the water there
being only a few inches deep. One
morning they went in their boat quite
early, it being high tide, and on landing
saw a dead fox lying on the beach. The
fur of the animal was all b~edragSled,
and he seemed to have been drowned.
One of the men, reMarking that his II
was worth something, pitched him INTO
the boat. Procuring their bait they re-
turned to the mainland, and the mar
who had possessed himself OF the fox
seized him by the tail and flung aim on
shore.
As o as the animal struck the beach
he picked himself up with considerable
agility for a dead fox and shot off like a
fash up among the cliffs, while the men
stood staring at each other in mute as
Punishment. The men concluded that
he had crossed owe to the island during
the night, when the tide was low, IN
search Of rabbits, and finding in the
morning that he was cut off from the
mainland counterfeited death, with the
expectation of thereby procuring a pass
age to the shore in a boat, an expecta-
ton which was fully realized .-Boston
Courier
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30
10 You Cough?

Don't decay. Take Kemp's Balsam, the
best cough cure. L. VIII cure your coughs
and colds. II will cure sore throat or a
tickling in the throat. IL will cure pains in
the chest. II will cure Influenza and bron-
chitis and all diseases pertaining to the
.nugs because II ia a pure balsam. Hold it
to the Light and s.e how clear and thick it
is. Yon Will see the excellent effect after
taking the first dose. Large bottles SOC
aud 81.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1891-10-30

Mrs. {. NJ. Weber, who IS spoken Of
for a prominent place in the National
Conservatory Of Music, is from Boston,
where she was a pupil Of Alexander
Guilmette. She also studied for some
time with Carlotta Patti in Paris, Her
voice is a clear, high soprano. and has
already won for her great applause in
Washington. which now ranks as one Of
the great musical centers Of the world.
1t was through the long continued exer-
tons Of Washington musicians that the
Fifty-frst congress was induced to vote
an appropriation for the conservatory.