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

NOTiCE-wE INSURE DWELLINGS,
IN household furniture, stock of mer
:handlse, manufactures barns and con
lents, In the best and strongest companies
It the lowest rates. Plate glass insurei
against accidental breakage. HAWKINS
s. CO., III Market street au1-tf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

THOR SALE cHEAP-A HORSE. TWO
n sets OF harness, two grocery wagons
and Jump seat carriage. for want OF use
Apply TO HURLoCK BROS, Sixth and
Poplar streets s<otl
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

KIDNEYS, Htart. Lungs.
Hismethod theonly one know IN that cures by
combining the Allopathic, homeopathic L
Eclectic systems of medicine, where all
nres. WASTING WEAKNESS, Errors OF
Youth. LOST VIGoR, IMPLEMENTS to mar
rage, want of development, etc His supe-
Pior knowledge enables him to check these
diseases Immediately, saving great suffering
send DC stamps for book TRUTH and
sworn testimonials Hours, daily from 0
A, Nj. to 3 Pm. Evenings from 10 O. We'd
nesday and Saturday Evenings, from 6 TO 10
+. nj. Sundays till II noon. Don't be hum
plugged by quacks their fraudulent guaran
tees, free consultations and cheap poisonous
drugs; they are worthless & ruin thousands
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09
MEDICAL.
Dr.G.F.THEEL

kSSMorth Fourth
SSC St., below Green
Philad'a, acknowledged
by the press and public
as the leading and reli-
able specialist in discas-
s. OF both sexes; SKIN
DISEASES Blood Poi
SON. DISCHARGE, IN
PLANTATIONS, BLADDER,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

The Phoenix house at Twelfth and
King streets. was next inspected and
everything found in first class order.
This company has a No, / Clapp *
Jones engine hose cart, 1000 feet of
good hose and 300 feet of medium hose
The three horses are new but are rapid
~ being trained.
Two tests were given. In the first of
which the horses were hitched up by
two men III IL seconds, and in the Sec
ond in IL seconds. The house is q
three-stofy building with n tower, in
which is a bell and electric striker. The
parlor on the second floor is hand
solnely furnished. and The company
also possesses a fair library.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

INoR sALE-A COLLECTION OF WELL
G made dearborns, wagons and Carl
ages at fair prices VIM. Hammond, 2no
and French streets. ~ nronf
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

TOR sALE-A GOOD HOUSE. STABLE
Il and an acre of land. above Eisemere
nesrthe d & o junction, Christians Hun
dred. w. l.. DERICKSON. sa-otd-ltw
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

DoR sALE-A HOUSE; NO. s4s MADI
IL son street; also house and lot, Fourth
and Dupont streets. Little money re
quired. Apply OF this office. a'%-u
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

w FURNISHED FoR
wv hotels, restaurants and private
families at short notice. Apply at The
WILMINGTON INFELLIGENCE OFFICE
m-25 tt No. 903 Orange Street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

The house of the Weecacoe Company,
at second and jackson streets was
the last visited. This company has
fine new house, hose cart, 800 feet
OF good hose, 1000 feet of medium,
third class Clapp d Jones engine,
and four fine horses. With one man
the horses were hitehed up In ~
seconds, and two mon in 81 seconds,
The house is three stories high. with
parlor and other rooms on the second
hoor. and large ball room. which is
greatly In demand during the winter
season, on the third floor.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-09-09

MARRIED MAN TC
w work on farm. Reference requir
cd. Apply to Il. b. WHITE. Silverbrook
Del. aug2S-tf
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
An Electric Coxswain.

An entirely new feature was introduced in
an eight-oar shell race rowed last week on
the Passaic river. As is well known, it is
the custom for the coxswain to instruct the
rowers of racing boat and to ineite them
by earnest adjurations to redouble their
efforts to push the nose of their craft firSt to
the winning buoy. In doing this damaging
hint of the tactics employed is often given
to the competing boat, and such hint has
often been the means OF wrestling the vic
tory from the boat of the too vociterous
coxswain. 1t occurred to an electrician,
who was also an ardent oarsman, that this
danger might be avoided by the exercise Of
a little ingenuity, so he made his arrange
ments before the day of the race, and when
the boat in which he rowed came of the
winner the rest of the competitors won
dered at the unwonted silence of the victori-
Gus coxswain. This was explained by an
examination Of the boat. A code of electric
signals had been predetermined on by which
the coxswain, on pressing a button, could
communicate with each man of the crew.
Under each seat, except that of No. and
No. s, who we're near enough to the cox
swain to be spoken to in a very low tone OF
voice, was "buzz," and the pressure of the
bnttoa controlled by the coxswain, by it's
longer or shorter duration, conveyed to the
occupant of each seat the necessary injunc-
ton.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
Balloon Telegraph and Telephone.

The French are devoting great attention
to the use of balloons for telegraphic and
telephone purposes on land and at sea.
Some French officers who recently made
balloon ascent from a man-of-war stated
that they had no difficulty in making out
with the aid of telescopes not only the move
ments of all the vessels visible to their ex-
tended horizon, but that they could even
discern their nationalities and the courses
they were steering. ALI this information
they transmitted to their ship below by
means of telephone, the wires of which
were strung alongside the rope that held the
balloon captive. The observers stated that
no building or ship for 20 to 25 miles round
could escape the notice of the ballOonist
and they also reported that they could see
vertically downward toward the bottom Of
the sea to a depth of nearly 100 feet, the
water, from a great height, appearing trans
parent Such means of observation would
manifestly be of the utmost value in time Of
war. For instance, in case OF fleet lying
on blockade duty, or intending to attack
fortified place, the observer, looking down
upon the coast, can discover batteries, the
number and caliber of the guns, the sea
force ensconced behind points of land ready
to dash out to the attack, and the torpedo
operators maneuvering their deadly
weapons. In approaching coast the OBJ
server aloft can act as pilot, indicating the
route, 80 as to avoid Submarine mines and
other submarine distractions.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
Underground Wires in China.

1t is well known among electricians that
the telegraph wires IN China are run under
ground, and it has been remarked as singu-
lar that what it has been found most difficult
to even partially accomplish in this country
by means of stringent municipal enact
ments, has been done years ago in the land
Of the willy Mongolian. There are no bury
ing grounds in China, and the bodies of the
dead are laid in yards or gardens or any con-
venient place, so that in some thickly popu-
lated districts they are resting beneath
every few rods of earth. When the tele-
graph company that had the task of putting
up the first poles went to work, the workmen
would be embarrassed every now and again
by the onslaughts OF wrathful Cinnamon,
who would rush furiously upon certain
poles and chop them to the ground, warning
the workmen with menacing signs that they
would put them up again at their peril.
This form Of opposition at last became so
serious that the work was Suspended and an
explanation was demanded from the author
which were cut down had cast shadow
some time during the day on the graves Of
revered ancestors of Cinnamon, and the in
suit could be wiped out in no other way but
by summarily removing the poles. 1t was
found that this superstition was too sacred
among Chinese to be overcome by persua-
sion or bribery, and at length, the telegraph
company as matter of economy and self
protection, laid their wires beneath the sur.
face, where they have been ever since.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

venlently are put at it. As the jobbers also
want to handle rapidly there is an army OF
trucks and a pandemonium of sounds and
confusion. There are lighters loaded with
freight cars bearing the signs of all the
trunk lines in the country alongside the pier,
and into these cars the big punches of fruit
are hustled and packed on end.
AN ANIMATED SCENE.
The truckmen howl and the 'longshore-
men howl and the bosses on deck and below
howl in unison. Everybody howls and
everybody is on the dead jump. If there
were any banana peelings on that banana
dock there would be score of broken legs
every day. But the fruit is green-as green
as grass. You couldn't peel it with a
butcher knife, and, as for eating it, you
might as well eat raw sweet potatoes. 1t
is so green that it turns everything else
green. The decks are green, the wharf is
green, the whole aspect is green. And
when you look down the open matches
and see ana smell that mass of green stuff
packed down to the keel you feel an almost
sickening sensation. 1t turns the stomach
green.
think the banana is largely cultivated
taste with Northern people. know it was
a long time after had first tasted one be-
fore l could truthfully say 1 enjoyed it.
But ifthe beginner could start in with sight
Of these big green punches and get sniff
of that sickly green smell that comes up
from the banana ships hold he would never
go any further. Yet no simple diet goes
farther than banana and milk. In summer
it is most healthful, nutritious and agree
able If I lived in banana country and
had COW should do no work to speak of,
and if 1 starved to death it would be because
Iwould be too lazy to milk the COW.
CHARLES THEODORE MURRAY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
HE DREW A PARALLEL.
How Bill Nye Treated a Member Of
His Staff Who Got Impertinent.
THAT TELL THE STORY.
The Trouble Was All About an Entertain
ment With Ice Cream.
l MODEL OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
rcoRREspoSpExcE OF THE DISPATCH. ]

CORRESPONDENCE OF THE pIsPATcH.1
BUNCoMBE COUNTY, N. c., Sept. TO-
Riding on the Richmond and Danville
Railroad the other day for an hour or SO, I
was slightly startled on seeing the some
what faded features of Mr.. Corundum j.
Meltz, former fellow townsman of mine,
who used to help me run the paper at home,
up to the time the foreman took it in part
payment of his salary. Mr.. Meltz now
lives in North Carolina, and is editing the
much obliged column of Tarheel exchange.
The much obliged column is that depart
ment which acknowledges the receipt of a
rutabaga in the form of kangaroo and
then takes the rutabaga in payment tor
same.
He says that, on the whole, he has done
better here than he did in Wyoming, and
really lives higher. Last week six speci-
mems of deformed fruit and a sack of hulled
coEn came into his department. Besides
this, he 'was shown" stalk of corn over 9
feet inches in height and pair of twin
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

will have started on their missions. Ishall
lead you through the gate and show you
the way home"
"Can L not take the Fairy with me2"
asked Raymond.
The old King shook his head and re-
piled:
''No, no, she is my most beautiful dream
and cannot spare her.
'But saved your life," pleaded Ray
mond, land will you not grant me this
one request?" &.
The King looked thoughtful for mo-
ment, and then said:
az certainly owe you debt of gratitude,
, and you shall have your wish. Throw this
silver veil about you, and you shall reach
home in safety"
Raymond threw the veil across his
shoulders, and taking the Fairy by the
hand, left the beautiful land of dreams
When they reached the little cottage it had
become a splendid palace, where Raymond
and the Fairy lived ever after; and every
night the King of Dreamland sends them
the most beautiful dreams. PAYsIE.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
WRITTEN FOR THE prsPArcH.l

RAYMOND was a very queer boy; at least,
no said his schoolmates and his friends in
the village where he lived; and he was GER
tainly different from other children OF his
own age, never caring to join the lads in
their sports; but enjoying rather quiet walks
in the field, and sitting alone by the brook
watching the waves, and the fish which
never seemed to fear him. Perhaps, this
was because when Raymond was very
Young his mother had died, and since that
time he had lived alone with his father in
small house not far from the village. As
RAYMOND grew older he became more quiet,
seldom speaking to any one, and having but
few acouaintances But he was not un-
happy, nor did he feel the need of company;
for when he walked in the forest the birds
sang of distant lands which they had
visited, and when he rested by the brook,
the waves would murmur wonderful stories
of the farmland hidden beneath them
One night RAYMOND fell asleep under an
old willow near his home, and he dreamed
that be saw large swing, made OF golden
rome. and fastened to the stars On the
swing sat a beautiful fairy, who, every time
she swung past Raymond, smiled and threw
a red rose at him. When Raymond awoke,
he found a large quantity of sweet, fragrant
flowers at his side. For many nights the
bov had the same dream, and upon awaken
ing always found the roses. Finally he
thought:
"The fairy must live somewhere, and
when am older L shall go in search of
her
And when not long after the father sud-
denly died, leaving his son entirely friend
less, Raymond left his home, and went in
quest of the fairy he had seen in his dreams.
He had gone but short distance into the
forest, when he heard loud groans and cries
Of distress as if some one were in great
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

Here all was wondrous fair. In the gardens
were countless fountains of crystal water
PLAYING in the sunshine, trees and flowers
filling the air with sweet perfume, and
children carrying beautiful flowers, books
and TOYS, which they would that night give
as dreams to good people.
As they were passing along shady
avenue RAYMOND suddenly paused and gave
cry of delight.
'ewhat is it9" inquired the old man.
''There is my Fairy" said Raymond,
pointing to graceful little creature swing
ing in golden swing, and having In her
hand bunch of red roses. "Let US 60 to
her"
eyes," said the King, ''you have often
seen this beautiful Fairy in your dreams,
and now you may talk with her, while l
visit another part of my realm and see that
all is in order"
As Raymond approached, the Fairy
waved her hand in greeting, and with her
fair face glowing with pleasure, she said:
"Ah, Raymond, you have come to find
me. 1 have been watching long time tor
you. Come and sit here beside me, and all
day long we shall swing between heaven
and earth" !"
RAYMOND needed no second invitation,
and soon he, with the fairy, was swinging
high in the air. In the distance could be
seen high mountains, broad seas, busy cities
and quiet villages. From time to time the
fairy would point out places where she had
visited and carried her beautiful dream to
deserving people The day passed all too
quickly for the boy Shadows began to fall
and darkness spread over the earth; but it
was not dark in dreamland. Every flower
was shining light, and all places were as
bright as MONDAY. Many of the dreams
were preparing for their nightly visits, and
some had already gone, but Raymond and
the fairy were still swinging when the King
approached and said:
IL am sorry, my young friend, that we
can no longer allow you to remain here.
1t is now night, and soon all my dreams
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

the entrance, with maximum width of 224
feet. 1t will cover one acre of ground. The
palace will be 80 feet in height, sur
mounted by three towers running up 80 feet
or more Great efforts are being made to
make the interior decorations equal to any
thing of the kind yet seen in the country.
A highly-decorated gallery, 500 feet in
length, will extend around the interior of
the palace. Various cities and localities in
this and adjoining States have been asked
to erect booths containing exhibit represent
ing their agricultural and industrial inter-
ests. In the construction of the palace
there will be used 210 tons of hay, 100000
feet of lumber, 15 tons of decorating mate
rials and eight tons of roofing paper. The The
means of 250 electric lights.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
May Be Prevented by the Use Of
Electrical Communication.
HOW A COLLEGE CREW WON ARACE.
Uses Of the Balloon and Telephone in
Engagements at Sea.
THE UNDERGROUND WIRES OF CHINA
ACCIDENTS
low A COLLEGE CREW WON ARACE.
THE UNDERGROUND WIRES OF CHINA
WRITTEN FOR THE DrsPArcH.1

FOR THE DISPAICH.I
The recent agitation Of railway employees
IN England for shorter hours has led to the
appointment by the Legislature of COM
mittee to inquire into the hours of railway
servants. That overwork for engine drivers,
nremen and conductors can be entirely
aDol1shed is doubtful, but there is no ques-
tlon that thu existing conditions can be
greatly m1tigated by Improvements IN the
apparatus for the working of the trains.
Although it is to be desired in the interest
OF safety to shorten the hours of railway
employees, 1t is fallacy to ascribe to ex-
cess1Ve hours any great proportions Of acct-
dents. The inquiries of the British Board Of
Trade prove that only few accidents can
really be ascribed to overwork; also that
accidents have happened with men quite
fresh to their work.
1t has been frequently shown, however
that signal men and engine drivers are not
30 much overworked as overtaxed, and that
this overtaxing of the men is the primary
cause of accidents. The ear of the engine
driver is always listening keenly for certain
sounds, his eye is strained to catch the first
glimpse of each signal and to see that all is
right with the train, ana his mind is con-
tinually exercised whether any of the sig.
mails may not be delivering false message,
only to lead him and his passengers forward
to destruction. The case is worse with the
same meutal exertiOn as the engine driver,
but in addition he has in some cases to suffer
no mean strain on his muscular power.
In order to remedy this state of things it
fs now proposed to call in the aid of cleo
tricity. As matters stand at present when
once train has left its starting point it can
rarely be communicated with until it reaches
the next stopping place. Were a system
provided for rapid and direct communica-
ton between the station master and the
engine driver, greater regularity of service
could be secured and delays or break-downs
would be quickly reported. Thus the sta
tion masters would be enabled to adapt the
service to these changed conditions, and il
excessive hours could not thereby be totally
abolished, they could at least be reduced to
minimum. A system might be adopted by
the railway companies for providing teIe.
phonic communication between the station
masters and the trains on the line, which
would be more generally useful than the
present train telegraph, and if a thoroughly
practical apparatus of this kind could be
adopted, the outcry against railway over
work might be soon thing Of the past
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13
Transmission of Power.

Gisbert Kapp, in recently revised work,
laws down some useful maxims in connec-
tion with the transmission of power. He
holds that it pays to transmit cheap water
power by wire rope if the distance is less
than q mile and electrically if the distance is
a mile or more This applies to all powers. It
paws to transmit cheap steam power if the
amount of energy required at the receiving
station does not exceed ten horse power. If
the distance is less than a mile wire rope
transmission should be adopted, but for
distances of one, two and three miles the
transmission should be done electrically.
Beyond this limit a small local steam or gas
engine is recommended by Mr. Kapp to be
preferable,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-13

Much Less of the Fake Article Used Now
adays Than Formerly.
If you want to be fashionable your hair
must be fluffy, and if nature has not kindly
provided you with wavy hair you must call
art to her assistance and have it at any
cost-even of losing all your hair, as you
certainly will do by washing it every week,
as many women do now, to coax that care
less look which the prevailing style requires,
says the New York Monthly Journal The
more artless, careless way you can arrange
your hair the more a Ia mode you will be-
Very young girls have short bang all
around their heads, which they curl loosely
and fasten down with gold OF shell fillets
To some this exaggerated hirsute halo is ex-
ceedingly becoming, but only a round,
pretty and youthful face should affect it,
The Russian" bang still firmly holds its
ground, curled, of course-the straight bang
has long been thing of the past The hair
must be waved on the sides and drawn up
into knot, a coil, or else braided, but it
cannot be smoothly brushed. The low coils
at the back of the neck are not so much
favored:
1t must be admitted that less fake hair is
worn than in the days of chignons, but
what is worn Is better worn and more de-
ceptive than ever before, adds the New
York Sun. The fancy for fuffiness and the
art attained by the hairdresser is producing
it in straight hair do away with the neces-
sity of abundant trcsses. But beware of the
loosely coiled knot of hair with its escap-
ing curls. Don't set your affections upon
its perfumed prettiness, for ten to one if it
isn't store hair. And that little curl that
always falls so softly against the white neck
you long to caress might come off in your
hand without shears and without agony to
the head it adorns. Fake bangs have pretty
well gone out, for with careful cutting and
curling most hair can be trained into a
pretty bang. But there are some tresses
that will be perversely straight on warm
days, and the naturally curly hair of some
girl who can't afford to go to the seashore
Sometimes adorns the straight-haired girl
who can go.