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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11


Special Correspondenceo t Gazette aud journal
MIppLETowN, Feb. lit is reported
that McComb Clayton, residing about
three miles south Of town, has dis
pnsedof his farm to Dir. II. b. Mcdowell
of this town.
The wheclbarrows, picks, shoves, &C.,
belonging to the O. a. NJ, Railroad Com
pany, which for some time past have
obstructed the public road leading into
Odessa, were seized upon constahle's
warrant yesterday, for the liquidation
of a debt, supposed to be with f. -.
Watkins of that town, The Italian
laborers have been discharged, but as
they had not received their wages they
declined 10 leave until some settlement
was made with them. This was par.
TALLY accomplished during the after
noon and the men left for Philadelphia.
Superintendent Halliday of the Della
ware Division, accompanied by his see
rotary, arrived in town yesterday and
| repaired Mt once to the residence of
William Taylor, president Of the O. 4
NJ. railroad Company, and in company
with that gentleman drove to Odessa,
1t is generally surmized that an effort Is
being made TO interest the r., w. a. b.
railroad Company in the scheme
MippLETowH, Feb. TO- Contractor u,
Capparilla, who las for some time been
stationed at Odessa, and with his assistant
bosses graded the proposed route for tho
o. Il NJ. railroad has disappeared, leaving
several creditors to mourn his departure
Mr.. Polk went to New York to secure til,
funds with which to pay the laborcrs ant
returned home on Saturday night,
The managers OF the road have abont
decided to discard the present proposef
route. and are considering the advisibilit,
of using the Appointments creek. which
is, however, a little more costly. 1t is re
ported thai tho Pennsylvania railroad will
assist them. Us il will open n way /,
valuable deposits of gravel, d most desira
bic ballast for their road beds Th
change in the attitude Of the railroad CON
pany has met with general commentator
and remarks of an encouraging nature arr
heard on all sides.
Armstrong and Sparks of the Middle
town Hotel have u curiosity in the shap
of II Jersey calf, which weighs but Il
pounds and not much larger than lamb
and has been pronounced by all who hay
seen it as the smallest calf ever seen il
this section.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

or course you've read some
Of James Whitcomb Riley's
poems-everybody has. They
do indeed talk from the
heart" Are you curious to
see how Mr.. Riley looks ?
Book News for February has,
a plate paper portrait of him
and there is also a delightful
sketch of the Hoosier poet by
Professor Ridpath.
Book News every month
Except December) has an
author portrait Of this char
acter-ft for framing. Seventy
Of them published before this
one Of Mr.. Riley.
Illustrations from current
Books (ele0en in the February
numDer are also regular
features of Book News.
But all this is incidental; the
Book News mission is broader,
much broader. Its steady aim
is to give you the news of the
whole Book world; not only
to name the new Books but
to give you such clues to their
spirit and worth that you can
kN07o whether or not you want
a closer acquaintance with
them.
Think Of having at COM
mand a book-wise friend al
ways ready to pluck out the
heart Of any Book for you
honest fearless, exact
The absurd part of Book
News is the prices cents a
copy, so cents a year.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11
Among the Cottons.

The Brandenburgs. In their
sphere and grade they reign
alonc-supreme. Most beauty
and quality for the money,
zoe. Time was when COM
petition existed in good Cot
ton prints at zoe. But that
was before the Saxon Arms
were claimed as the trade
mark for the Brandenburgs.
Two years ago this Cloth
came. Its advent made an
earthquake in the Cotton
goods market. But the ex-
element is over. Branden-
burgs control.
The Canton Cloths, more
strength and better printing
than you will find in any other
stuffs, at I2Hc. the yard. The
tlimsy rottenness Of many of
the cheaper prints shown this
season make it a satire to call
them Dress Goods-they are
rather a sort Of decorative
material. We avoid them.
The Bedford Cord, Silk
striped plaid Ginghams, 45c.,
are in richer variety daily, and
the choice Scotch plaids are
gay-they almost speak
Gaelic.
Was the strength of the
Surahs, I5c., ever questioned?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

Chances are that Mrs.
Humphrey Wards new book
will make a stir like that which
followed the appearance of
"Robert Elsmere." At any
rate no man or woman who
means to keep up with the
live discussions Of the day will
skip The History of David
Grieve." The New York
I>s6uVe says:
1t deals not only with those religious
problems which are being discussed
with increasing zest throughout the
civilized world, but it brings in question
those essentially modern views of the
influence of heredity and temperament
upon life which are doing so much 10
modify the old dogmatic conclusions, II
is emphatically novel of the period and
IS written with surprising strength and
fire, deeply interesting throughout and
very remarkable creation.
We have david Grieve"
in one neat cloth-bound vol
ume-good paper, clear type
at rs cents, by mail, SO
cents.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-02-11

NEW CASTLE, Feb l0.-Augustus A,
White and Miss Edith Stops. both Of this
city, were quietly married by the Rev. II.
l.. Hubbard at the Union NJ. Il. Church
parsonage last night. only few friends
of ihc contracting parties witnessed the
ceremony. Mr. White the groom, is a
barber with Charles Y. Wise.
Ihn lenape steam Fire Engine and
| HOOK and Ladder Company has elected
| officers as follows for the ensuing six
nnnihs President Peter q. Madden;
4 Vice president james 4. Rice; Recording
Secretary, j. II. Campbell; Financial see.
rotary, William Gmlfoi; Treasurer james
| T. 'lomnn; Chief Engineer, Richard Con
! way; Assistants, Joseph Taylor Patrick
4 Meiirath and John j thornley,; Directors,
| John :. l.enoir, Charles r. White, Matthew
| Sullivan, George Nurrison William Early,
| james J. Toner, Patrcl, McGrory, Joseph
! uuclcs and William Guilluil; Trustees,
George w. Diekerson c. G. White and
Patrick McGrory; Investigating Commit
| tee, 7. McGrory, j. ), leuoir and Matthew
1 sullivan.
There is much anxiety in maritime
4 circles respecting the steamship Napier,
CAPTAIN Saunders, which left Messina for
/ Philadelphia with cargo of fruit on
January 9TH. She was due in the river
last Wednesday, but up to this morning
no tidings Of her had been received at the
a'Atinn here.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29

,Snd taken unto itself many new no.
tons. We see it now plated and gath
cred in many fanciful ways, in long
Vatican folds in gathered capeS, in
short plated collars. and the eject is
not 50 ungracetul as one might suppose.
for the fur easily sdapts itself TO the
change and appears none the worse for
ii, either.
1t looks prettiest, perhaps in the
long military cape. falling free from
the collar. edged with other fur, gen
orally Russian sable or, perhaps, with
q close row OF Russian sable tails laid
around on the seal. not hanging be-
low il.
In the short fur rarments-the little
capes ana the Eton and Bolero jackets
however. other fur Is Just as popular.
One always finds tie mink. and there
are also the gray llrimmeT, the Persian
lamb or the MORO Persian Of course,
the military cape IS the latest, and often
forms the only outer garment, even on
cold days. Bntit Is very deceptive. and
while il looks warm and protecting,
hanging far below the hips. the wind
has Il quiet way Of working M under II
and sending little chills through the
person who was rash enough 70 come
out 81 clad
Much more sensible are the small
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29

white satin gown that had a black vel
vet bodice. The bodice was close fit
ting and low cut, and narrowed off at
the sides into straight bands that fell
over the skirt almost to the feet. The
white fringe that edged them brought
the trimming down to the bottom of
the dress, the fringe falling over white
chiffon cascades that were looped on
the skirt beneath.
The regal woman talked Co another,
but the second was more simply gowned.
Her toilet cost no less, / feel sure; it
only appeared simpler, less ostenta-
tious, because it was pure Empire, in
pale gold, with gold enkroideries; and
over, lovely lace drapery in white, en-
broidered in innumerable pale colors,
hung loosely, back and front. draped
just enough to make it fail softly. The
girl hooked beautiful; she, too, was
dark and the veil foated away from
the gold beneath whenever a tiny
breeze came in from the open window
where the two stood.
AS walked the other day through
most fashionable esta blishmeut, won
dered what the crowd of women at the
end were doing. There seemed to be
more excitement than was usual in that
great place. So | pushed my way
through and discovered that they were
buying, as fast as they could, dress
lengths of the loveliest fine French
cambria. in dainty colors. It didn't
matter that the day was bitterly cold
one; all that the women knew then was
that those goods were to be had at
wonderful bargain, and that this was
the time to get them.
And after watching them for some
time, and listening while they discussed
the designs that would probably be
fashionable next summer, felt SO in
terested and so sympathetic that I
bought one myself.
EVA A. SCHUBERT.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
FUR AND VELVET.

! by a big cameo. Then there IS a very
high belt of the same canoes, and one
catching up each short sleeve puff OF
she mousseline. Her hair is SO very
dark and her skin SO purely olive that
she is delighted with the thought of tho
result,
Now, have succeeded In getting you
interested and cannot / persuade you
to listen for a little space while dis
course upon several more bodices al
most IS pretty as the one this favOrito
daughter will wear?
Hearken, then. to this description Of
one in mauve velvet, close-6sting and
with Bolero formed above By gold and
mauve embroidery, from which falls .
deep aounce of lace, long in the front,
gradually shortening over the hips and
at the back until it is caught up with a
chou of ribbon and long streamerS. In
the front. also, there are cAouz where
the lace and embroidery join. Tho
short sleeves are full lace f1ounces fall
ing beneath embroidered epaulets.
Another one with loosely falling lace
effect IS Of serpent-green silk, shot with
rose. The low cut corsage is bordered
with pink feather trimming shading off
into green, and from this the lace
founcing falls. This time 1t is at the
back that the lace hangs long into
deep slender point. Butterflies of lace
are poised on the shoulders.
Two more are there-one Of pink ben
galinc, the other of yellow brOcade.
The bengaline has dull pink feather
trimming and steel passementeRie bands
for sdornment; the yellow brocede has
founcing of white chiffon across the
pointed bodice, and high crush belt of
the brocade.
But there's another subject we may
discuss even on Christmas day. and that
is fur. It's warm, comfortable sub
ject, and seems to suit the glowing fire
and family gathering, particularly that
most comfOrtab bic and popular form of
it-seaL Seal still reigns queen of all
furs: no other has conquered it, al
though its overthrow has often been
prophesied and threatened.
But though it is still supreme it has
assumed new guise. We see it no
longer In severity of form, in straight,
plain garment almost devoid Of shape.
1t has dropped the old conservatism
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29

Men may not mark them IN the crowded ways;
Tho noisy world forgets 20 blame OF praise
The poor in spirit, yet they pass along
Through silent paths and make them glad with
song;
Theirs is the kingdom where Love rrigas ss-
prerne
Ana faith scars higher than Tire poets dream
Wrapped In tb3 sunl.sh Of stsrosi day
Blessed are they.
G % knows the pa,ientsouis who DO Hts will;
The mOGrners who can suScr aud be sgAL
Waiting "a silence for Ills healing balm.
The meet whose hAads shall clasp tss vtetorE
palm.
The hungry ones whon lie alone cen feed.
The ucrciiul; tae pure "a tsCArt aud Geed.
THO peacem&Sers--yt tlgas z lr-r h.ga Gag,
BltEstd arc hey.
Father, we pray Thee that'Tay light may .hins
Upon the world through cVerY child q ThiRs.
Into the h4Untg % darkness zud Distress
They come NJ n ali the power " bic Ss-dasssi
When Thou hast Cgle1 them % Thy purer
sphere
The r. yranre Of heir hives shall lfng~r here:
,d thro' deaths silence We shall hear THss
say.
Blessed are tAeJ.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
az q sss go
PEBBLES.

MISS FLaKr-"Who is going to give
the b-ide away" Miss PERT could,
but / wouldn't be SO Inean''-Phila-
deIphia Record
SEE is very distant in her manner. "
Distant Why, her disposition is so
freezing that she is constantly taking
cold from,it. n-LYarmouthport Item.
PAr-'I hope yees live forever, and
guess yees stand good chance, as
Tonne is an Orishman." Father Tom
How do you make that out3" Pat
.sDid wees reverence niver hear OF
Tonne 0'Day?'-Smith, Gray q Co.'S
Monthly.
4 NEW sPEcRs-Circus Man Chunt-
ing for stray elephant)-'HaEe you
seen q strange animal around here?"
Jrishmau-"Be gorra, Oh have that;
there was an injur-rubber bull around
Sere puIlin' carrots wild his ajL"-Har-
yard Lampoon-
PARsoS-"I have heard. Mr.. Petit
john, that you would like TO attend my
church, but cannot afford to pay any
ching for pew?" Pettijohn-''Yes, sir;
my expenses are large and my income
Is small" Pacson-''But your wife
tells me that 1t costs you one dollar and
City cents so go fishing every Sunday"
Pettiiohn-"Well, that's all she knows
about it. 1t costs me at least two dol
iars."-Judge.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
YOUNG PEOPLES SOCIETIES.

TEE title Of a Christian Endeavor
paper published at Parnassus, Pa, is
The Mustard Seed.
New YORK stete now has 1872 chapters
OF the Brotherhood of st. Andrew;
Pennsylvania has 1872; Virginia, AZ;
Ohio, 80; Illinois. IS; New Jersey, 81.
THERE are now 1888 Christian En-
daavor societies officially enrolled. OF
these, SIS societies are IN foreign and
missionary land, 1.546 in the dominion
of Canada and 20, 772 In the United
States.
TRE latest statistics Of Christian En-
6eavor growth in Australia are as fol-
lows: Victoria, 300 societies, 5000 MEM
hers; South Australia, 50 societies, $50
menbsTS; New South Wales, 81 sooi-
cites, 1,65o members; Queensland 10 So
cieties; New Zealand, 10; Tasmania, 10.
The Golden Rule asks Endeavorers to
answer the following questions: What
social evils Of the day may Endesvorers
wisely attack and how? What work
might be done by a good citizenship
committee" In our societies? What
work, within your knowledge, have
Endesvorers already donein these lines?
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
Jed.s yyaxszn's Proverbs.

Nine men out of every ten think they
could be statesmen.
'Tain't necessary to ask about mans
moral character when you are looking
fer hand in the pollitixle field.
Money is what givs sparkle TO cam
panes.
POlhtishans consider buyiu' a vote "a
investment and not crime.
Candidates air seldom jumped on
when they air down.
Penshuns pays pollitishans.
'Twouldent be 50 bad. mebbe, cf a man
could git house and lot or farm fer
his vote.
It's mighty pore sort ov felier SIT
zen we've got that won't learn to rede
and rite.-Detroit Pree Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
PROVERBS OF TIE DAY.

EVIL thoughts always come from the
ecvA, no matter who thinks them.
NOTHING can have,a meaning until it
has been discovered to have an oppo-
site.
THE'ruan who will not give up his sin
In this life will have 10 keep it in the
next.
Ii won't help your own crop any to
look over the fence and count tho weeds
10 your neighbor's garden.
MEN whl skin one another alive In
trade who would starve rather than go
Into HOUSEKEEPING as business.
WHENEVER bird goes to fly, it looks
mp. but some men shut their eyes when
over they take al important step.
THE moment man finds out he has
been making fool of himself he has
learned something valuabIe.-RaIn's
Horn
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
ELECTRIC SPARKS.

WASHINGTON, it Is said. is to have an
pther storage battery railroad.
IT is said that the application Of
electricity TO agricultural work is one
o. the most promising fields now open
to the electrical engineer and manu-
tacturer.
ELECTRICITY, whercunretarded by at
mospheric influences, travels at the
rate Of sss, 900 miles assecOnd. Along a
wire it is, Of course, vastly slower; a
perceptible period of time Is occupied
by the electric current in sending tele-
grams over long distances.
IT is said that experiments are now
being tried in London, England, to ex-
tract aluminous from alkaline and
earthly alkaline aluminates, which, if
successful, VIII altogether supersede
the electrolytic processes now in vogue,
and produce the new at from fourteen
20 sixteen cents per pound.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
DO NOT CONFLICT.
Baseball and Football VIII Never Crowd
Each Other.

Each Other.
The armored knights of the gridiron
field have had their day. The reign OF
the baseball stretches over half the
year, but one-sixth is all that the foot
ball kicklers ask. With Thanksgiving
the last of the great college battles
ended, but there are enthusiasts who
keep up the sport ell winter long, de-
spite the fact that the mercury hugs the
bulb in vain efforts to get down out of
the cold. There have been some screeds
written in which the assertion has been
thoughtlessly made that football was
supplanting baseball and was likely to
become the national game. The truth
is the sports do not conflict. One is es-
sentiany sport that thrives in sunshine
and warm weather, while the other is the
chief of autumn and winter pastimes.
It would be misery to play football with
the temperature at summer heat The
eTertion might, indeed, prove dangerous
TO the PLAYERS. If kind Providence
bars out the scourFe next year the pes
siInists who have been shedding croco-
die tearJ over the decay of the diamond
blind to the truth and refusing &c see
the natural causes for the trouble-will
be permitted to hang their harps ON the
willow trees and cease their mournful
dirges, which cause only the ignorant
20 wonder at the whyfore of their sad,
sad lay.-Sporting Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
FOUND IN PRINT.

THE town OF Tcicle, m Washington,
has been renamed LeavenworGh.
4 PERSONAL in a Boston paper reads:
''Mr. Rowland, who had his face
slapped at the horse show in New York
che other night. is at the Vendome."
HERE is the college yell' of the
Central university, Kentucky: "Bracll-
ETY., haX, Kowax, Kowsx, Braci1ety,
1laX, Kovsx, KowaJ. Wo-oop Wo-oop;
Aullabaloo-C. T., c. O."
A BosToN schoOibov, who evidently
has bright future awaiting him, late
1y began an essay with these words:
''The world WIS formerly inhabited by
tnmortals, but they are now all dead "
SOME of the residants of new town
Ia Oklahoma desired to name it Upper
Rry; others wanted to call II Jerusalem.
After heated discussion. they came to
q compromise, and the town is known
sS Tpperusslem
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
Fortunes OF Stag. C.I.br,tt.s.

Jerome H. Eddy attempts to prove
that there may be something besides
fame in store for successful actors and
actresses by the following statistics:
Among the richest OF American actors
and actresses are Edwin Booth, worth
$3.50, eco; Joseph Jefferson, 81, 900, O00;
Stuart Robson. s4o0, 900; w II. Crane.
800 900; Denman Thompson, ESQ, 600;
Joseph Murphy, $500, 600; Roland Reed,
$3.50, OOc; Oliver Byron. sl50, 600: Edwin
Harrigan. Sl00. go: Clara Morris, $780,
coo: Fanny Davenport 900. 600; Lotta,
500. COO: Maggie Mitchell, $3.50, 0o0, and
Sol Smith Russell 1900 coo
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
IRAN he ChlLpREN.
Importance OF q Knowledge OF Domestic
Ecocoiny.

Importance OF q Knowledge OF Domestic
Ecocoiny.
Escape from the tolls Of perjury might
be offered to some, by furnishing a
more practical education to the chill
dlstrial training would enlarge tee re-
sources OF these boys and girls. aud
might pre-ent many of them IRON drop
ping down into the lowest grades OF
labor, where the struggle IS severest.
Especially would \ little practical
training in domestic economy be useful
10 the girls of this class Most of them
are destined to be wives and mothers,
and the question whether the house
hold shall live in pinching want or in
comparative comfort often depends on
the skill and thrift of the wife and
mother. Here, for example, Is a tsCle
with minute accounts Of the eXpeudi-
ture for I'VE weeks Of thirty families IN
London: and the exhibit IS a forcible IL
lustra;5ou OF the lack Of thrift which
accompanies poverty. One family,
with an income Of about I've dollars
week, made ssventy-tvo different pur-
chases of tea during the five weeks.
lnasmuch as this family never took
more than two meals CAV 81 horne, il
is evident that they never bought more
than single drawing OF tea ~ a time:
seventy-two purchases OF tea in thirly-
FIVE days Is two purchases day tSuD-
day inciudedl, and two extra ~ these
thirty families, it Is evident that quite
number went 10 tbs grocery every
day Of their Hves-no. few OF them
several times a day. This hand-to-
mouth existence Is at eumity with
thrift; it is scarcely possible that any
family should escape from poverty until
it learns wiser methods OF expenditure
That many of these helpless people are
pitifully ignorant of the alphabet Of
domestic economy is plain enough; Is it
not possible to give the girls, IN indus
trial schools, some practical instruction
in this most important ayt?-CentUry.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
FASHION FANCIES.

PTCsF is % be fashionable again, and
some CT the revivsls are gorgeous IN the
extreme.
BLACK. undressed kid slippers are en-
broi5ercd n briEat-cclored 21inez.ones
and gsrEetS-
OPRBA-CIoAEs ard long. loo@s wrars
are made OF plush and trimmed with
bands OF soft, fluffy. long tur.
SKIRTS cut open 81 one side. either 20
show Skirt underneath or With fans of
some sort set II, are among the popular
tSnclea
A NAETT.R OF very rich velvet = in
th-ee-q aarter-lerCth circle, S1a .
trimmed With very wide bands o. - g.,
i h-ga. rol4ed baes. i also cf sable
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-29
The First Tooth.

A Oonny young king rules the household st
home
withe hand like rose ieEf, as daint;ly furled
Yet I've noticed that since his young nsjesty's
come
An absolute monsrchy's dawned on our world
This faoe-there's no power within il 20 trace
This nose is too small for the nose OF king.
And about him there clings such a winsomo
young grace,
Yet he rules Us each one with a magical ring.
This majesty lately has purchased a pearl;
Obi such beauty and luster was ne er seen
before,
From the depths whence Pacifc's waves shin
ing unCurl
To the far midas strands and the rich Singa-
pore
His mother exhibits it day after day,
And proudly we echo the wonderful truth
That ne er such baby has ever held sway 49,
And no chIld ever owned such a beautiful
tooth
Ruth Ransy. in n. O Picayune