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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
The Frientlsl,ip,s Trin.

Friendship fire company Of this city il
b3laily Engaged II making preparations FOR
III Yislt g friendship iire company Of
Harrisburg. The visitors will start oil
their journey III the morning on May 2sth
and soon after their arrival at their dcsti.
nation they viii participate IN il biz ID
rade, which will prceede the dcdeeation Of
their hosts new engine house That even
ing they Will lie banqueted ana the next
day they will be taken On an exenrsion 10
GettYsbllrs. They Will return May 18th
and be welcomed home by Washington
| tire c0inpanN.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
STREET RAILWAY NEWS.
improvements In Progress by the vii
mlngton City Railway Company.

mihEtoh tity uaiiWhy company.
Arrangements are being made by the
officials of the Wilmington City Pas
senger Railway Company to afford
better street car facilities at the p, W.
u b. railroad station, and in order to do
this better system of tracks will be
established in order to facilitate the
arrival and departure of cars and
shorten the waits at the station.
The work of building the Front street
electric line is progressing rapidly and
the company propose to have the poles
up and the line in full running order in
few months. The track but recently
laid will be relaid and the entire track
wired.
The branch lire on Ninth street is
nearly completed and the East Eighth
street extension is progressing rapidly.
The Maryland avenue line will also be
extended soon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
M4RsHdL's ORDER ISSUED.
The Route OF the Parade on Memoirs
DnV

Chief Marshal 81 the Memorial Dav
parade Blackburn and Ills AIDS FRIDAY
evening issued the following order.
liEADQt ARTERS CHIEF MARSHAL
Wilmington, beI-, May 18TH, isl2.
General order M. q.
/. 'lhe following route has boon adopted Tor
Memorial Day parade Form On Fourth street
right resting Qa Walnut: nahltcrmaYeh ~
Fourth TO Murket. IL Ninth, to u at, 10 bold
ware avenue, % soldiers Monument, counter
march on Delaware avenue d Eleventh. 10
Market, % Tenth, 10 Sing, when tho column
will mnss and DO addressed BY his exGellenGy,
Governor Reynolds ana others. liy order of
VII BLACKBURN [ met Marshal
4. ]. Wo0nNAN, Ehlef 81 staff.
liy reason Of tile interference sc street
car travel the addresses viii be delivered
from the eastern entrance TO the court
house.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
EmIlryn Jomrnniists.

The Wilmington Literary Press Club
held a meeting in the Clayton House
parlors Saturday evening Arrange.
ments have been made for the holding
Of the semi-annnnl convention Of the
Eastern Amateur Press Association in
the Y, VI. 9. A. Hall, this city, May
Both. Tie candidates for the presidency
are Edwin j. Ilardcastleof Wilmington
ana John Moody Of New York.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
SPORTING NOTES.

Az the athletic games OF the Columbian
Athletic Club in Washington, ID. q, Sutur.
day evening, Woolery Of the ". a. c., de.
ieated McPhillips Of the l.. A. S. g.
Thomas n Jeiferis, formerly Of this
city, now OF Louisville, KY, won the 100
mile bicycle race at Memphis, Tenn, in 6
hours 81 minutes. This low becomes the
American lO0.inile record.
--7-==---s.--.-s--.-
The James Bradford Company imported
Saturday 255 cases of glass from Antwerp
per the steamship Illinois.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

The following property transfers we're
recorded Friday: Charles Yettar to Peter
Elmer, two lots on King street above
Fourth and two lots southeast corner Of
Fourth and Union; No. SO West Second
street, from Edward I. Stroud to ". i,
west Of Harrison, Moses 4. FARRELL to Mary
Moreland; lot on Ninth street, between
Monroe and Adams, A. S. Reed to Gaddie
@. Fogg.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

knights Of tic Golden Eagle Hall
Campany's stock is selling fast, and it is
thought that by next spring, when the
erection 81 the hall will begin, all OF the
stock will be taken. The halt will be Il
tiyt-stored structure, 3Sx76 feet, will be
built at the southeast corner Of Seventh
an Market streets, and viii cost about
100000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Dennis 4; Shields, the chief engineer
elect d Wilmington fire department
James NJ. Dickersan the first assistant
enginecr.eect. and Alexander Il. Ciond.
the second assistant engineer-eleet. ~
reared before the Mayor Friday and
took the oath Of Office. They SKILL enter
upon the duties Of their two years term
Immediately after midnight Of sunday
next.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Ex-Cliief Of the Fire Department Robin
son on saturday received two dozen hand
some photographs Of himself, in fun mi
form, the gift Of a friend.
mass meeting " Sunday.school
workers Will be held in West Church NAV
22d, at r. M, which will be addressed BY
Miss Lucia +; kimball, national superiIi-
WUnan's Christian Temperance Union.
Miss kimball will address conference OF
Sunday-school teachers MAY 23d, al n,
M, in Grace Sunday-school Chapel.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Alexander lirpcher England received
MS naturalization PAPERS i'll the United
States court Friday.
The 10Th yearly meeting Of Progressive
Friends will bc held At Eongw0od three
days beginning May 9Th Tie following
are expected % address the meeting and
participate in the discussion Jenkin
Lloyd tones Of Chicago, Abbie Mortar
piaa OF Boston, Charles u. b. Mills oi
Syracuse, N. i, he Res H. A. Mason OF
Brooklyn, and 4. a, Hinci,ley of Flor
ence, Mass, Tie subjects laid over from
last year ar'i Foreign Immigration and
"Ha-trictiye Suffrage
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
- -T--
Parade On Memorial IJay.

4 meeting of Tie memorial day com
miitec was held in du ront Post room,
saturday evening, 10 make further
preparations for the parade IN May SOth.
Fhe procession, which forms 80 east
Fourth street, will move promptly at
go o'clock. Mounts will ht furnished
fer Governor Reynolds aud his staff,
Who prefer u ride horseback rather than
IN open barouches, All societies who
desire q participate ARE requested by
Chief blackburn to notify him as sooil
;ls possible. Tho societies viii ihen 10
assi5ned to proper positions III the
parade.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

burglars Friday stole $40 and key
10 the cellar door from Charles Salfnerfs
-four and feed store at the southeast corner
of Tenth and Shipley streets.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Every Disagreement, from common
blotch or eruption to the worst Scrofula
will disappear It ipvigorates the liver,
cleanses, purifies, and enriches the blood
as nothing else can, and promotes oil tho
bodily functions. For oil forms of Scrof-
ula, Skin ond Scalp Diseases, Salt-rheum,
letter, Erysipelas, Eczema, Boils, Car,
buncles, and kindred ailments, nothing
can equnl it The sarsaparillas claim to
do good in March, April, and May. The
Discovery" at all seasons and in ali
cases, it's guaranteed to benefit or cure.
or You hnvS1rour money back.
Nothing Wso offered by the dealer.
Though it's probably better for him, oal,
b" just % goedp for lolA
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Naturalization papers were granted by
and John Murphy, both Of Ireland.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

When Baby was sick, -ro gave her caatorla.
When she was Child she cried for castoria,
When she became Miss, she chung to Castorla,
When she had Children. sho gave them Castoria,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19
Three New coiored i,i,hops.

The General Conference OF the African
Methodist Episcopal Church, Saturday
afternoon elected three bishops--the
1ev.B. f. Lee, D. D., Of the Ohio Con
ference, the Rev. NJ i. Salter, d. D., of
the North Carolina Conference, and the
Rev. james A. Handy, ID. d. Of the Bal
timore Conference. Several ballots had
to be taken before tho choice was made
and the election was held amid great
excitement. The salary of the office is
$4,000 per annum.
About so Delawareans will participate in
the knights of the Golden Eagle parade at
Atlantic City, June 22d, the day preceding
the opening Of the annual session of the
Supreme Council
For the week ended at noon Saturday
compared with Is for lie correspondina
week last year; seven births and six mar.
riages were reported.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-05-19

Driprn ont
all impure
ties of the
blood, no mat
ter of what
name or ma
ture, or from
W h q & cause
arising, by DR..
Pierce's Cold
en- NJ edical
Discovery.
Clear your
So
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
PRICE ONE CENT


And what of that little nondescript
known as the tomboyl What becomes
of the romping. hovtlenish girl who
much prefers the sos sty of the naughti-
est boys to the nice. we'll behaved
daughters of respectable neighbors. and
who cannot endure the quiet games
with the aforementioned cherubs and
their meek dolls. who have such tire
some fashion of forever smiling up in.o
ones face.
Does she still continue to enjoy mas
culine sports when she has arrived ut
years of discretion? Is she still inclined
to torn frocks, ,iisheveled locks and an
adherence of all those things girls hold
most deare AS far as our observation
goes we would most fatty say no, quite
the reverse. The greatest tomboy we
ever knew turned out to be the most
demure creature attwenty that we could
imagine.
She took to fancy work and hospital
visiting with vigor that seemed must
be meant to atone for all those years
when she could not be induced, save un-
der the threat of being kept in the house,
to take up q needle and struggle with
the unhappy bit of patchwork that never
seemed to progress beyond most un-
slightly square that had been used 10
wipe away the tears from very dirty
little face bent over the obnoxious bit of
ladyhke employment, and the hospitals
served to make up for the adherence Of
those childish days of anything that
savored of respectable self sacrifice.
NJ A.
where the most charming women havo
been evolved from the rude little TOM
boy girl; therefore, mothers, do not de-
spair if the small daughter shows q
decided penchant for tops and marbles
rather than dolls and sewing g.-Philadel
phia Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
ENIGMA.

WANTED the sweep OF the Wild. wet weather.
The winds long lash and the rains free fall.
The toss of the trees as they swayed together.
The measureless gray that was over them all:
Whose rear speaks more than language
spoken.
wordless and wonderful. cry on cry,
The sob OF an earth that Is vexed and broken.
The answering sob OF a broken sky.
What should they tell us9 We see them ever.
The trees, and the sky, and the stretch of the
land:
But they give us q word Of their secret never;
They tell no story we understand.
Yet haply the ghosflike birch ont yonder
Knows much in silent and placid way;
The rain might tell what the gray clouds pom
der,
The winds repeat what the violcts say,
Why weeps the rainf Do you. know its sor-
row?
Do You know why the wind Is so sad, SO sali9
Have you stood in q rift fwixt . day and q
morrow,
Seen their hands meet and their eyes grow
glad2
Is the trees pride strong at its tops abase-
Is the white rose more of saint than the
red?
What thinks the star as It sees through tho
easement
A young girl lying, beautiful, dead?
Barry Pain,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

Mr.. Nicholson has issued an appeal to
landowners and country folk generally
not to kill off every bird of prey, but,
instead of mailing the skin of an owl or
a hawk on barn door because it bears
an evil name in the poultry yard, and is
in the black books of the gamekeeper,
to preserve it, within limits, at least as
sedulously as the partridges and pheas-
ants in whose interests it is destroyed.
The barn owl (Aluco fammeus) is unde-
niably the farmers friend and by no
means the sportsman's enemy. From
observations made during the nesting
time it has been calculated that it will
bring to its callow young mouse about
once every twelve or fifteen minutes,
and as many as twenty good sized rats,
perfectly fresh, have been counted in a
single nest. A nest containing five
owlets was placed under hencoop,
and no less than twenty-four rats, large
and small. brought there by the parent
birds, were found lying outside the coop
the following morning. - Edinburgh
Scotsman
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
A Joker Among Birds.

The bluejay is the most persistent
practical joker in the feathered king
dom. He will conceal himself in q
clump of leaves near the spot where
small birds are accustomed to gather,
and when they are enjoying themselves
in their own fashion will suddenly
frighten them almost to death by
screaming out like hawk. OF course
they scatter in every direction, and when
they do so the mischievous rascal gives
vent to a cackle that sounds very much
like laugh. If he confined his pranks
to such jokes as this, however, he would
not be such O bad neighbor to birds
smaller than himself, but when he
amuses himself by breaking the eggs in
their nests and tearing the young to
pieces with his bill he becomes pesti-
lent nuisance, and they often combine
their forces to drive him out Of the
neighborhood. They do not always
succeed, for he is as full Of fight as of
mischief, but severe conflict teaches
him that they, too, have their rights, and
this induces him to mend his Manners
Toronto Mail.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
A Phenomenon ON wheels.

The young man had been especially
saucy on the subject of his prowess as a
bicycler, and he bet money that he could
make a showing which would startle
somebody. Arrangements being com
pleted, he started off on a twenty-five
mile trip through the country. Nobody
knew exactly what happened, but sew
eral hours later conglomeration of
young man and bicycle was slowly
brought into town on a hay wagon. In
the evening friend called and found
him in bed, done up in splints and ban
dages.
"Hellor' he exclaimed, whats the
natter
"Took that bicycle ride today,
groaned the phenomenon.
s'Did you break the recordT
'sNo," and here he added some unin-
telligible word, "but broke everything
else"
1t cost twenty seven dollars to repair
the wheel. The other doctor hasn't sent
in his bill yet.-Detroit Free Press,
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

If you desire to travel on foot through
two kingdoms, two duchies and three
principalities in the short space of five
hours and ten minutes you have no need
to transplant yourself to fairyland or
put ON a pair of seven league boots. The
feat can be accomplished in the Father
land without any great exertion. You
select as your starting point the village
of Steinbach, in the Bavarian district of
Oberfranken, a station on the Gera-
Saalfeld-Lichtenfels railway; from here
you proceed in half an hour to Lichten-
tame (Saxe-Meiningen), and an hour
and half later you arrive at Reuschen-
gesess (Reuss o. l.).
The next halting place, Gleima
(Schwarzburg RudolstadD can be
reached in ten minutes, and half an
hours walk takes you to Altengesess
(Reuss y. l.). From here you march on
to Drognitz (Prussia) in an hour and a
half, and in an equal space of time you
reach the final stage of your journey,
Saalthal (Saxe-Altenbourg. )-Deutsche
VerkehrSZeitung
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

There is small reptile out west
known as the fence lizard, which
catches and eats a great many grass
hoppers. The species is very common
in the infested regions. Skunks are
most active enemies of the insect and
have been known to ascend trees for the
purpose of catching them. For obvious
reasons it will hardly be practicable to
encourage these particular mammals,
but no such objections would apply to
toads, which are apt to swarm wherever
the choppers" are, gobbling the latter
greedily.
Many planters in California employ
fiocks of turkeys for the purpose of free
ing their orchards and vineyards of
grasshoppers. One turkey will destroy
an almost incredible number in a single
day. Incidentally the birds are fattened
at the cheapest possible rate. They are
so fond of such food that sometimes
they devour too many and die Of indi-
gestion. Washington Star.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
ANNAPOLIS
PRAIRIE FlREMEn.

Theis Engine IL . Freshly Slaughtered
Cow Dragged over the Line OF Plane.
Whoever heard of killing q horse or
an OK as the first step to be taken toward
putting out prairie fires What dweller
in the Dakotas has not heard of its For
it is frequently done by the settlers of
the new northwest. where prairie fires
are greatly 6<e4ded menace to life and
property.
Every dweNer of the great northwest
is more or less familiar with prairie fires.
They have often at nightfall seen their
lurid lights in the distant horizon, or by
day their huge volumes OF smoke rising
and bending with the clouds, and many
are even familiar with the consuming
march of the flames themselves. Prob
ably the first intimation the settler re-
ceives of an approaching fire comes from
the falling of burned particles Of grass
that have been carried long distances by
strong air currents,
Later on smoke may be seen on the
distant horizon, which increases in vol
ume and blackness until the whole sky
may be darkened, or if the night be
coming on the flames will light up the
whole landscape and their glow will be
reflected above. The wise Dakotan has
his farm or ranch protected by fire.
breaks. These are usually made by
plowing two strips few burrows wide
and several rods apart and burning the
grass between.
There is but little likelihood of put
ting out q Dakota prairie fire during the
day, as the wind, which Is almost in
variably blowing, and which the fire
seems to greatly increase In force, never
lulls until the coming of night. Then,
though there Is no dewfall in that re-
gion, the fire burns less fiercely and may
be at times entirely extinguished. The
most successful method of putting out
a fire. and one frequently employed, is
to kill horse or COW and, splitting the
carcass, drag it along the fire line and
over the flames, which are thus ex-
tinguished.
This is done by attaching long wire
ropes to two limbs of the carcass, to
each of which is hitched q horse, ON
which is an experienced rider. One of
these horsemen rides on either side of
LiiC AluC VI hACs anu D1
they draw the body of the dead animal
directly over the flames. Sometimes a
fresh hide, weighted down with pieces
Of iron fastened to it, is used instead of
the carcass of an animal By this method
a line of fire twenty miles in length may
be extinguished in one night. Men on
foot usually follow after the horsemen
and put out any fire that may remain
after they have passed.
The scene presented by such com
| pany of fire fighters Is extremely weird
and one which beholder Is not likely
to forget. Fortunate it is il those in
terested complete their work before the
coming of dawn, for if they do not the
rising of the wind may send the fire
leaping over the area of country they
have labored to save, and blackened
plains and smoldering heaps that mark
the sites of former ranches and home
steads will tell the oft told story of the
Dakota prairie 1ire.-Chicago Herald.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

The Erythrina indica, beautiful
flower of the basil family, which grows
wild in India, is supposed to be under a
curse, and although the bloom is per-
lection itself, both in odor and in color,
no true Hindoe would touch it for all
the world. They tell You that it orig
inally grew in the Garden Of India. in
the center of heaven, where it was
hourly worshiped by all the denizens OF
that blessed abode. Krishna stole il
and brought it to earth, but all who
worshiped at its shrine after that event
died before they could leave the spot
On this account indica is summed as II
it were poisonous serpent.-St. Louis
Republic.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18
The Daughter Speaks.

A lady, apparently of great wealth,
had been for more than an hour impos-
ing upon the unceasing endeayors of a
patient saleswoman TO fit with a ready
made costume the daughter Of the ''shop-
per-" child of about eight years. The
hope of adding one more sale to her
days list buoyed the dropping spirits Of
the saleswoman and made her indefati-
gable in her efforts to please, but her
hope was invain, for her customer final
ly said, well, / viii not decide now,
but viii return this afternoon" where.
upon her child quickly remarked, "Why,
mamma, we won't have time to come
back here and the nine other stores
where you've promised the same thing
today. New York Recorder.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

was residing in Paris as representa-
tive of a London firm. An English girl,
who accompanied my wife to the French
capital as upper servant, was married
soon after our arrival there 10 yeung
French artisan, who almost immediate
ly disappeared. He had been knocked
down by a runaway team and wounded
in the head. He was conveyed to hos
pital, and when he recovered his past
life was blank to him. He could not
even remember his name. He drifted
about, living upon charity, until strong
enough to work, when he secured EN-
ployment, and by industry and economy
acquired snug little sum of money.
One day his wife met him and threw
herself into his arms. He did not re-
member her, but seemed delighted TO
meet one who knew him and tell him of
his past life. He came home with her,
and both my wife and myself identified
him. He did not yet realize his rela-
tionship to the young woman, but asked
If she was not his sister. thought the
young wife's heart would break. be-
lieved the fellow was shamming and
spoke to him pretty sharply. He then
told his story and referred me TO the
hospital physician, who certified to its
truth. He was perfectly sane, but could
not recall a single instance in his life
prior to the time he was run down in
the streets. He accepted his wife, re-
sumed his name and they are very
happy together, but the first twenty five
years of his life are still blank to him.
Interview in st. Louis Globe-Demo-
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

A professional swimmer named Tay-
lor attempted to swim from Folkestone
to Dover with his hands and feet tied, a
somewhat difficult performance, seeing
that the distance he sought to cover is
six miles. This novel attempt natural
ly attracted a good number of specta-
tors. He started at o'clock in the
morning, but made very slow progress
for two miles, after covering which he
began to show signs of fatigue, and
shortly after he was taken out of the
Sea in an exhausted condition. London
sss4 ps4a
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-08-18

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