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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

Governor Reynolds has appointed
George w. Eckles, of New Castle, u.s.
sistant inspector OF rifle practice, in
place of Earrie 4. Price of the Morn.
Ing News, who respectfully declined
tho proiiered honor, on account OF
other business.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30
Neshaminy Falls.

The great 81 excursion by the Pres.
byterians tomorrow. b. q o. r. r.,
Market street 7.50, Delaware avenue,
8 q. III.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

The First Presbyterian Chu4eh will
give a most delightful excugiion to Me-
shaminy Falls tomorrow, tho tickets
for which have been placed at 81.
They will be accompanied by the First
Regiment Band.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

A big lot of
$500 pantaloon pat
terms in our
$500 custom depart
ment reduced
$500 to SIS, Sc and
81. Trimmings,
makeup and fit guaran-
teed to be as good as
when sold for the high
er prices and we reduce
them because we have
too many single pat
terms and want to clean
them ont before stock
taking. Bargains in
suits, coats and vests
and anything you need
made to order. Have
you seen the serges and
homespuns we make to
order for $209 Several
shades, new goods and
new colorings-Begin-
ming next week we close
evening, except Satur-
days, at 6 o'clock.
Closed Monday, July
4th, all day, so come in
on Saturday and make
your selections. We
have had a big seas or
and all of us want a day
off.
JAS. L. MULLIN & Son
Tailors, 9th and Market
Clothiers, Wilmington
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

Don't forget the Walter Hartman
Quartette to-nig hit at Epworth NJ. L.
Church. Tickets, IS and Is cents.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

The Republican First District com.
mittee will hold sf0cial meeting
TO Morrow evening al their headquar'
k6rs. 40. SO MarieI sheet.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

MIR. Charles Simmons of 211 Wash.
ington street. has returned home from
tho White Mountains. feeling much
in health.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

speciai train via Panna L f.. July
Mt $40 a. III. Fl t5r i4Gnd trip. in.
ding q grand sail over Chesapeake
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30
WeBave Removed
DIED.

to No. West Second street. and SELL
ing boots and shoes at bottom prices
B. +. CHALFANT, Agt.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

Neshamlny FaIls to.mo,rou.. J

Tho Presbyterians go tomorrow. b
d o. r. r.. Market street 30, Della
ware avenue 8 a. m. 81.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

A clear up in the notion
department. reveals
A lot of Ladies' Ribbed
Summer Vests, in pink and
blue only, are reduced to s
cents each.
Ladies' Striped Lisle
Stockings, sizes 8 to 81, are
reduced from rs cents to 25
cents per pair.
Gentlemen's Lisle Stock
ings in solid colors we find
are not quite solid. If you
can remedy that defect you
can buy them for Is cents
instead of so.
Children's Gauze Shirts,
long and short sleeves.
16 to 2O-inch reduced from % to 1!
cents.
% to 2S-inch reduced from 81 to 90
cents.
80 to 3i-inch reduced from IS to q
cents.
These are all new, fresl.
goods and simply the result
OF an over-supply.
A small lot of gontlemen's
White Muslin Shirts slight
ly soilel.
Sl.00 ones for 75c.
75c ones for soc.
soc ones for SIC.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

with some fine Damasll
Jointless at 81 &c; worth 6lc.
Genuine Mexican Ham.
mocks, fourteen feet long
and the best and strongest
hammocks if you get the
genuine. Price Sl.335 each.
Ropes Zoe; spfeadefs, Zoe.
Sold separately or together,
as you wish.
Mosquito canopies, S1.25,
$3.50 aud So complete,
Bamboo and Rice Por.
tiers for double and single
doors, s1.75 to Sl0.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-30

Opening excursion, July Sd. Special
train from Penna.R. II. station at Will
mington at S.45 a. IN. Round trip rate
al
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Mery's WOOdpiie.

That witty Frenchman, Merry, was
careless in his use of money, and was
also inclined to be lazy. With char
acteristic originality he once at
tempted to utilize one failing as a
restraint upon the other His heroic
scheme was not entirely successful
but he accepted his experience phil
osophically, and enjoyed telling the
story. 1t happened that he had 1000
francs in 4Ofranc pieces.
Now" said he. eff [ am economi-
cal I can pass comfortable winter.
Butt am not economical; however, I
have an idea I think | can be care
full about using this money"
He unlocked large closet in his
room and had the things taken out
Then he went to dealer in tirewood,
and ordered two loads Of the largest,
heaviest blocks.
He had the blocks piled in the
closet. Then he took his 40-franc
pieces and dropped them in the cracks
of the woodpile. ''They are safe now"
he said. with smile of satisfaction
as he locked the door.
Whenever he wanted piece Of
money he had to pull out six or more
Of the great blocks of wood, and all
went well for time. One day he
was absorbed in writing, when beg
gar, who for some reason had been
allowed to come to his door, entered
and enlisted Mery's sympathies.
With his usual generosity, Merry
turned to the drawer where he kept
his money. 1t was empty. Then he
unlocked the closet.
TO be true to his resolution to force
himself to spend that money care
fully, he should have attacked the
woodpile himself: but his dislike for
hard work betrayed him into q mis-
take.
There are some gold-pieces in that
wood-pile," he said. Get one for
vourself, and while you are about it
t some for me, for | shall be want
= some pretty SOON" Then he
went back into the next room to
write
For a long time Merry heard the
man throwing the wood about.
Finally he went to the door, thinking
he must have found good many
gold-pieces by that time. He was
right, as he found out afterWard.
The rascal was flushed and breath
less with his exertions. When he
saw Merry he said: Il have only one
gold-piece," and made his escape i'm
mediately. Merry glanced at the
closet. The blocks were all in place.
"The idiot replied the wood" he
said, and went back to his writing.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07

die horses was also submitted and We
toed as not being the regular thing at all.
Finally, amid the half-concealed grins
of the bystanders, the little party
started. The trail led up the main val
ley for a couple of miles, then turned
into a narrow canyon and plunged into
the hills. The canyon was thickly
covered with brush and timber and
progress was slow. The trail was only
a stock path, and it wound in and out
through the chaparral in the most tor
tuous manner.
At last the lance-bearer announced
that a locality had been reached where
it might reasonably be expected to meet
with some hogs, and now strict silence
and great watchfulness were necessary
Not word was spoken, and care was
taken to make the least possible noise
in walking. Occasionally rustling in
the brush denoted the presence of some
hidden animal. It might have been a
hog or horse, but nothing was seen
for upward of an hour after entering the
canyon.
Finally lovely glade was reached.
carpeted with deep, rich growth OF
grass, brook rippling from the springs
which broke from low hill at one side
and encircled with n>amphitheater of
trees. \ more peaceful, beautiful spot
it would have been hard to find or even
to imagine.
AS the bold hunters advanced into the
glade there was a sound of squealing
and scurrying, and then a dozen or
more youthful porkers hurried from the
damp bog, where they had been roofing
into the deep grass at the opposite side
of the glade.
Come on!" shouted the lance bearer,
we've got 'em; We'll have some fresh
pig for supper"
All three hunters made dash toward
The tai! grass in which the pig had dis
appeared, and then
"Woof!"
The three enthus astic pigstickers
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Foolish Sheep.

A Colorado stockman says that
sheep raising is improbable for the
reason that no animal that walks on
four legs is as big fool as a sheep.
Most animals can be relied on to aid
the owner in saving their lives, but
sheep seem to set deliberately to
work to kill themselves. If caught
in a storm on the plains they will
drift before the wind, and die of
cold and exposure rather than go a
hundred yards to windWard to obtain
shelter in their corral. To drive
sheep against the wind is absolutely
impossible. I once lost over one
thousand head because l could not
drive them to a corral not a hundred
feet away. In the corral they are
still more foolish. If a storm comes
up they all move down wind" until
stopped by the fence. Then they will
climb over each others backs until
they are beaped up ten feet high. OF
course all those at the bottom are
smothered. Not one has sense enough
to seek shelter under the lee Of the
fence, as horse or dog would do.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Defies the Fire Fiend.

Recent foreign journals speak of a
most remarkable fire eXtinguishing
agent, the invention of gentleman
of Lucerne, Switzerland. This chemi-
cal compound is stated to be nine
times more effective than ordinary
water, and among it's other qualities
possesses the valuable faculty of rem
dering individuals virtually tlreproof.
A number of experiments have been
made to prove it's efficiency, and the
Insurance News, of Manchester, En-.
gland, says concerning the tests thas
the impunity with which the exhibit
ors approached masses of fame gave
them almost the appearance Of being
in their natural element. When the
hands are dipped in this solution,
burning materials may be manipula-
ted with perfect safety. The first
experiment was supposed to repre-
sent the upsetting of parat1ine lamp,
the oil flowing in a stream over the
table cloth and Immediately blazing
up in a furious flame. BY simply
passing the hands wet with the solu-
tion over the burning cloth, this
fame was speedily eXtinguished, al
though the table itself had caught
fire, and the exhibitor appeared to be
in no little danger.
In the next test a mass Of pitch
was ignited in a small pit and al
lowed to become thoroughly lighted,
the smoke and flames rising up in
volumes. The application of two
buckets of the solution had an almost
magical effect, the flames dying down
at once, while not only the fire but
even the heat arising therefrom en-
tirely disappeared, the pitch becom-
ing at once quite cold. The final eX-
pertinent, which was considered the
most efficient, as the fire was open
and unconfned in every direction,
consisted in extinguishing the flames
in wooden structure made of mass
of slaves saturated with paraffine oil.
When ignited, this combination gave
forth an enormous volume of heat.
TO extinguish this small hand en-
CINE holding about thirty gallons of
the agent was employed, and as re-
| suit of few strokes of the pump the
flames were wholly subdued.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Supervision of Mail Matter.

Uncle Sans mails are not more
sacred than the mails of Russia, as
far as Government espionage is con-
cerned. The rules of the postoffice
department empower inspectors to
open suspicious letters at discretion.
The public appears to be very much
astonished at this, but it is carried
to a greater extent than those who
know all about it suppose. in fact. !"
says a Government official, under
the rules of the postoffice department
almost any private letter can be
opened and read. This will surprise
some people, but it is, nevertheless,
true, and a reference to the private
instructions to postofffce inspectors,
which are in printed form, will con-
vince anybody Of it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Important in Baby-Feeding.

The following valuable suggestions
are gathered from society discus
sion reported in the Medical Advance:
DR.. Wesselh9ft-Av very important
thing is the way the milk goes down
into the child's stomach. The bottles
are so constructed that the milk goes
down too fast. Every child who sucks
at the breast has to work for what it
gets. One of the great troubles in
artificial feeding is that the milk is
cascaded into the stomach and i'm
mediately cascaded back again. Most
of the sick babies are made SO by
some prepared stuff being cascaded
into their stomachs in enormous
quantities. Quantity is a great ele-
ment in these disorders, and [ have
known toomuch food to make babies
sick, even where the food was per-
fectly fresh milk.
DR.. Bigler-I generally tell the
mother to put piece of pure, clean
sponge into the nipple, SO that the
child must work with its gums and
lips to draw the milk, and thus OBJ
viate the too rapid flow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Nicknames of European Nations.

Englishmen have accepted the
name of John Bull as suited to the
national character. A Scotsman is
Sandy; the Irishman derives his name
of Paddy from his national patron
saint: while an ancient nursery rhyme
records that Taffy is Welshman.
English sailors call the Frenchman,
in contempt, Johnny Crapaud; but in
France he is Jacques Bonhomme, or,
as bourgeois, Monsieur Prudhomme.
Cousin Michel is the name by which
the German is known to the CONT
mental nations. Mynheer Closh, an
abbreviation Of Nicholas, sums up
the Hollanders, who are often simply
known as the Mynheers. while the
Switzer rejoices in the name OF Colin
Tampon. We have all heard of the
Russian Bear and the Infidel Turk:
but these are hardly real nicllnames.
Don Whiskerandos is almost ma
tional nickname for the Spaniards,
dating from EliZabethan times.
Italians are known as Lazzaroni, and
Danes are called Danskers.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07

der of his body, while wicked-looking
tusks crossed each other on both sides
of his jaws.
For a second he stood eying the in
truders angrily. Then the frightened
piglets gave another squeal. as il they
saw the gridiron in the distance.
"Woof!" snorted the boar, then made
q sudden dash at the three men. He
only had to cover dozen feet Of space,
but at the sound of the second snort
the hunters made simultaneous and
altogether unprecedented break for the
nearest trees. Happily there was an
oak which sprang from hillside at an
angle Of about forty-fve degrees, and
up the trunk of this friendly tree the
men climbed in far less time than the
proverbial three shakes Of lambs tail.
Even the pursuing boar himself had not
time to untwist a single kink out OF his
caudal appendage while he was cover
ing the distance between his lair and
the foot of the tree. When he saw how
his disturbers had escaped him, how he
did snort and rave! The lance had
been dropped in the wild flight, and
this his boarship espied, and with many
q fierce grunt he quickly chewed it into
matchwood. Then he looked up at his
game in the tree, shook his head wicked
ly, CRASHED his tusks and occasionally
emitted another 'Woof!" that evinced
his anxiety to hold a closer interview.
But this anxiety was not reciprocated,
and the gallant hunters comforted them
selves as best they could and made up
their minds to remain where they were
until the boar became hungry or tired.
They had lcng and weary wait Of it.,
too, the only consolation being that the
man who had originated the expedition
had been caught in his own trap and
was. fguratively as well as literally, up
the same tree as his victims.
It was late in the afternoon before his
boarship was induced by the friendly
squeals of his harem to disappear in the
surrounding bush, and then three very
weary and very hungry men climbed
silently down from the tree and softly
stole away toward home.
By mutual agreement the leader of the
party was delegated to do the lying, and
he solemnly assured the waiting crowd
that not pig had been seen, and that
he had lost his lance in the sea while
clambering over the rocks along the
shore. So the tenderfeet and their be-
CUTLER escaped the ordeal that had been
prepared for them. But nobody had any
fresh pig for supper.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
in that direction, both tenderfeet be.

in that direction, both tenderfeet be-
came interested and finally it was re-
marked in a casual way that the young
wild hogs were first-rate eating, and
that it was comparatively easy matter
to get mess of them" The visitors
were eager for anything like sport and
finally, with much apparent difficulty,
the Spokesman Of the residents was in
ducei to promise days sport hunting
the wild hogs.
Two or three days passed away and
at last on Saturday night the visitors
were informed that if the next day
(Sundayr was pleasant the hunt should
be undertaken.
The sun rose clear and bright, and
after breakfast preparations were made
for the hunt. The men employed about
the ranch gathered around, and while
the talk about the hogs was going on
the writer detected the fact that for
some reason the expedition seemed q
source of considerable quiet mirth.
There was good deal Of sly rib-punch-
ing and snick ering, and very few min
uteS Sufficied TO convince him that the
hunting expedition Was only variation
of the snipe trick. However, it would
never do to funk in the presence of
such crowd, so the remarkably simple
preparations were quickly made and the
three hunters set out on foot. The sup
position that firearms were to be used
was negatived "Oh, no, we never use
anything but lances." SO guns and
pistols were left, and, singularly enough,
when the lances were searched for only
one could be found, and this, of course,
was taken possession of by the leader Of
the party. The proposition to take sad
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
5 the widest ami

fierce aud warlike as the widest ami
mails.
With a companion equally IMMERSED
in the peculiar sports OF the Old
timers" by whom fresh arrivals are
taught tn, ways Of the country, the
writer paid visit. once upon time,
to this island that has been nel-
toned Eight hours of misery, pure
and unauthorized, were consumed III
crossing the channel, from Santa Far
bara. The means of conveyance was
an ancient schooner, which had been
utilized so long for the transportation OF
sheep and wool that each rope, each
thread of each SAIL each splinterof each
plank was thoroughly saturated with the
decidedly unpleasant door that IS lnSep-
arabic from everything pertaining 70
the wooly quadlupeds. The CABIN was
sitting, the deck was damp, but be-
tween the two the latter was prefer
able: so, with a coil Of rope for a PHI
low. disposed within convenient distance
of the rail so that the urgent periods Of
communion with the Vastly deep might
not be delayed a second, eight horrible
hours were passed. Finally Prisoners
harbor was reached, and two weary,
pale-faced, woebegone, hollow-sto;a-
ached men scrambled UP the rude wharf
and thanked heaven they were once
more on solid ground. Their thanks,
however, were tempered by the knowl-
edge that their experience was certain
to be repeated before they could hope to
reach the point from which they had
started in the morning.
But sufficient unto the day is the evil
thereof. An hour 5 ride through lovely
canyon removed the traces of sea-sIeA-
ness, and when the great central valley
of the island was reached. with its pfet-
tily located anch house, surrounded by
garden ~ III. orchard, an appetite had
been e4is that required long con-
ference z table to satisfy.
seS.- passed agreeably enough,
and $50 pske evening while smoking
shs n a,sas nno FEATURES q
thyS xhand, one of the old residents re-
msssed that there were many Wild hogs
Ia the hills. This led the conversation
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
The Postage Stamp Craze.

Those who do not keep track of the
postage stamp collection craze can
hardly realize how the "fad" runs
away with a mans judgment. At a
recent sale of rare postage stamps in
London single British Guinea stamp
of 1856 brought $3.50, and was consid-
cred cheap at that price. Some Rus
sian stamps are so rare that they will
command almost any price, and at
tempts are frequently made to forge
them. The great collection of Phil
lippe Ferrari, of Paris, contains a
quarter of million of stamps, and is
thought to be worth about 81, 900, 600.
Mr.. Philbrick recently sold his col
lection to M. Ferrari for $50, 900; and
Sir David Cooper, the well-known
Australian collector, has sold his fine
collection to the same collector for
$500 The collection of the late
Duchess de Golima is said to have
cost nearly $500, 900, and the cost of
the 5000 volumes in which it is con-
tanned was about $4,000 At the
Paris mint there is remarkable col
lection, while the Rothschild cOllec-
ton in Paris is of almost priceless
value. Rare stamps sell at from 800
to 81, 900, and the collectors keep a
close watch on all the sales through
out the world in order to secure the
specimens they desire. Altogether
the craze represents a fictitious value
of millions of dollars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
HUNTING WILD HOGS.
AN EPISODE ON SANTA CRUZ
ISLAND.
How Two Tenderfeet Were Taken In
The Tables Turned and the Hunters
freed by an Angry Roar- Equals 'Snipe
Eagging."
A California Incident.

"Bagging snipe" has been the favorite
means OF beguiling tenderfeet in every
California town for many years, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. 1t would
seem as if this sell ought to have be-
come SO familiar by this time that no
one would be so foolish as to be taken
in by it. But nevertheless it affords q
regular source of amusement, and from
one end of the State to the other the
traveller IS sure to hear some sniping
expedition discussed with many q
smoker and giggle at the expense of the
poor devil who mayhap passed half the
night in some isolated spot, patiently
watching the sack, keeping the candle
burning or occasionally whistling in
order, as he has been solemnly assured,
to attract tie wary birds toward the
trap.
But who ever heard Of hunting wild
hogs as d meaEs Of assisting III con-
terring the necessary degree of indura-
ton upon the pedal extremities of some
fresh arrival on the coast?
1t was on Santa Cruz Island, that
lovely stretch Of mountain ana valley
off the Santa Barbara coast, that the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-07-07
Incidental to the Season.

There were several men on the
train coming eastward from the Salt
Lake region who told wonderful
stories of the heat Of the alkali
plains. | noticed a contemptuous
expression on the face of an old set
tier who was listening as if he didn't
wholly believe all he had heard and
finally he took a turn in the CONVEX
sation. Said he:
"Gentl'men, your talk is all child's
play. Heat. | give you my word of
honor that when my wife wants to
boil eggs she just puts them into
pan of cold water on the roof, and
in three minutes by the clock them
eggs are boiled"
There was silence for a moment;
then thin voice piped out.
"Where does she get the cold
water?"
Before this sumner could be dis
posed of. another man took a hand in
the confab.
me and my wife don't keer for
billed eggs-we prefer 'em baked.
When my wife sets the table for
breakfast she spreads out row of eggs
on the window sill, and in two jiffys
they're baked ready to eat. The
only trouble is they're likely to be
oyerdone."
There was d spell of thinking:
then a long, lean man with a cayed-
in chest said, in whistling kind of
voice:
That's why I'm leaving the coun-
try"
.On account Of the heat?" I sug-
gestcd.
eyes. Bein' mutually tender-heart-
ed. | don't like to live where baked
chickens walks around with the feath-
er5 on. That's all | have agin the
climate. [ never heard CT but one
place that was hotter.
That wound up the discussion, and
the last speaker remained champion
OF the crowd.