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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

MrppLETowS, April ls.--h negro, name
unknown, came down on the train leaving
Philadelphia at lil6, Saturday night, and
falling asleep came by Wilmington, his
destination. Upon being appraised of the
fact, he became infatuated and furiously
attacked the conductor, grabbing him by
the throat, and but for the assistance rem
dercd by the passengers the conductor
would undoubtedly have been hurt. The
negro got decidedly the worst of it, as he
had badly lacerated countenance. He
was elected at this station and returned to
his home in Wilmington on the 3. ~ train.
All mruly crowd Of men and boys,
some Of them from Maryland, became in
toXicated saturday night and made the air
hideouS with their yells. Several fights
occurred, and complaints by the towns
people were lodged against them this
morning.
Appropriate Easter services were eele-
DRAFTED in all of the churches in this town
yesterday, and the floral decorations were
the hanClsomest ever seen here. The streets
were radiant with the handsome costumes
of the ladies'.
The farmers, taking advantage Of the
warm spell few weeksaso, began pushing
| their work, and many are through blowing
while others not SO fortunate have had .
serious inpedinent with which TO contend
in the subsequent bad weather. II is feared
| by many that the crop Of hay in this sec
ton will be decidedly short,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
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Special CorrespondOnce OF Gazette ana journal
MILFORD, April l9.--Slaughter Beach has
again changed hands, George and Ed.
Reynolds, the owners and proprietors,
having sold the property to David Roach
of Prime Hook Neck, for SO, 900. The new
proprietor took possession of the place yes
terday and will continue to run ii as q
summer resort
The 73d anniversary Of the organization
brated here in grand style on Tuesday
next, is looked forward TO with much in
terest by the members Of Crystal Fount
Lodge, No. ~. of this town, under whose
auspices the celebration will be held. The
programme for the days exercises has
been arranged and includes street
parade ut l3O p. m, a public meeting
in Dorsey Hall at 3 p. m, at which the
Rev. I. II. Terry, pastor Of st. Paul s NJ. y.
Church, Wilmington, will deliver the ad-
dress of the day; and. in the evening, a
secret meeting will be held. when Eden
degree staff will confer degrees. All the
lodges in the State have been invited, and
arc expected to attend. Eden lodge Of
Wilmington is expected 70 turn out loG
members accompanied by the First Regi-
ment Band 4 special train will be run
each way for the accommodation OF the
| visiting lodges.
The sturgeon fishers in the Delaware
bay, of the mouth of AIispillion river,
still continue to reap Il harvest. The biz
| fish fall an easy prey to their nets and the
| catch so lar has been a good one. The
second run Of fish viii soon be on and tht
| fishermen expect a big haul Milford is
the shipping point for the meat The fish
sell for s. and IS apiece. Cedar Beach is
the headquarters for several OF the fleets,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
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Special correarondence 81 Gasete and journal
MIpDLETowN, April 16.-The Guy Family
Minstrels gave very crcdtaaie exhibition
at the Opera House on Thursday evening.
Yesterday peiiIiF Gopa ffiaaS, di lii
copal Church at 1880 q. m. and 7.30 p. IN.
Special services will be held tomorrow
and the choir and church will render
special music.
The New York Cob Company, after q
conference with the board Of trade, have
decided to locate Il branch at this place.
The farmers have agreed to plant certain
amount ii the large cob corn.
The ladies of Middletown have collected
| S5537 for the Russian famine fund and
| sent it to Drexel & Co, Philadelphia.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

Five hundred volunteers aided the police
Of San Antonio, Texas on Monday night
in patrolling the streets to protect the city
from the incendiaries who have been oper-
ating so successfully there. In spite Of
these precautions one fire was started.
Much excitement exists, and it is thought
that if the 'firo.bugs' are caught they will
be lynohed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

The Rev. Father Nolan will preach at
81. Johns Church, Hockcssin, on Sunday
evening next. The Rev Father Farley.
pastor, will preach at the morning service
The new parsonage erected for the pastor
was occupied by Father Farley for the
first time last sunday. He will now reside
permanently there. On Saturday evening
an entertainment, eutitled The uickory
Farm" under the auspices of st. Johns
Church, will be held in the Odd Fellows
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

Tile catch Of shad is becoming much
better, and the fishermen are feeling hap
pier over the brighter prospects. Tie
wholesale price remains firm al Is cents.
Monday evening Captain Kelly purchased
MP the riyer and brought to Delaware City,
LOCO shad.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

MILFORD, April 20,-IIarry Pleasanton,
one of the sturgeon fishers in the Della
ware bay off the Mspillion river, caught Il
lobster yesterday that weighed over six
pounds. IL is the largest one ever caught
above the Delaware Breakwater. Captain
Sadler purchased it and sent it to his wife
at Delaware City.
A sturgeon Weighing $40 pounds was
caught in the Delaware bay on Monday
by William Potter. The fish was the
largest ever caught in Delaware waters.
being 10 feet 6 inches long. 1t required
three men over 90 minutes to safely land
the big fish in the boat.
Miss Maggie Ross gave delightful even
ing party at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. J. Ross, on North Fourth
street last evening. There were present
about a score Of her Young friends and a
very enjoyable time was spent by all in
music, games and conversation. Refresh
ments were served and the party Dispersed
at an early hour,
Personal Frank Farrow of PHILADELPHIA
has been visiting in Milford as the guest
of Frank l.. Grier-Mis4 Cora Barber is
visiting relatives in Philadelphia-'Thc
Rev. II. Il. Bnnstein left yesterday for
Princess Anne, Md, where lie is in attend
ance at the sessions of the New Castle
| Presbytery-The Revs. j. a. b. Wilson
and Ralph I. Coursey visited the Rev.
| Robert Watt yesterday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

secretary Tracy has recovered from his
recent illness and was at the navy depart
ment Tuesday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

Tuesday Deputy-shesff Charles SIM
mons sold BIZ property 81 Frederick If.
Johnson; Nllite Clay Creek hundred 70
acres and building, Is William j. Hill
yard for $500.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21

DELAWARE 6itY, April ao--A disturb.
anee was nadeuii the street III the lower
end Of town oil Monday evening, caused
by twQ meri6crs Of the Bowen family.
resulting in the arrest Of tile as4ailant,
aiateh1 Bower. latah was under he
Influence Of ii4nor and meeting WIT
BoNcn he struck rim. A few blows were
exchanged, when HE parties were parted
and Constable steenan stepped III ana
arresttd slatch fowcsi. A hearing was
had before the mayor, who adindgtd the
prisoner guilty. Of assault and battery, and
sentenced him e paY &T.aq line and costs.
ihe 1notnt was forthcoming ami Bowen
| was released from custody Bowen, hav-
| ing hepn put under d S30H bond tolteepthc
peace for 4 previous offence his hondsnan
| aptan john Lang surrendered him Il
Constable CLARK, p be returned bel0rt
| Squire sutton of st, Georges who com
! United him to New Castle jail. He wa.
taken there by Constable Clark yesterday
! afternoon.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-04-21
TILE "RdSTLERS' MEAN war
a Belief That They Have At
tackled u. S. Troops.
THE SITUATION IS ALARMING
A Dangerous Outlook for the
Cattlemen.
The "Rustiers' Have Cut the Wires and
No Reliable Information Can he OBJ
tanned from tho Seat of War--Cnttle-
men Ordered to Leave the Country.

BUFFALO. WYOMING, April l8.-There
are no new developments in the cattle
mems war. Yesterday the sheriff de-
manded the prisoners from the command
ing officers at Fort Mckinney. but Colonel
Van Horn refused to give them up.
The bodies of Champion and Ray were
brought into town and viewed at the un-
dertakers. The sight OF the bodies caused
themost intense feeling, The community
has shown itself to be remarkable for its
patience and order, and no trouble is
Feared unless it is obvious that justice is to
be defeated.
The prisoners appear neither sorry nor
worried about their crimes. The only
dangerous idea that the people hayeis that
the invaders have so much wealth at their
command and so many friends at court
that they will escape punishment.
The special guard house resembles o
hotel or a summer resort. The prisoners
sun themselves upon the piazza board al
the "canteen" restaurant and are escorted
20 and from their meals by 4 tile OF guards
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-09
Mems Suits.


$4.75.
$50 mems fine Cashmere
suits worth $12 at $3.50.
100 mems fine frock or
sack WOrsted suits worth
SIS at 1915.
Is mems extra fine CASH
mere and Worsted suits
worth $3.50 at 1895.
An excellent variety of
mems suits at $12, SIS. and
SIS, worth your attention.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-09

y or Will enable you to carry out
L.OO one of our Extra Long Storm
Kings, regular blizzard protector.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22

handy for Benjamin, too, but some
how as it got out what they wuz used
for, he got sorter out of patience with
'em, and some he threw in the pigpen
and some he put in the stove. He cal
kerlated folks would know his business
better by them flags then if he adver-
tised in the Shawmy News. for some
folks never read advertisements, and
anybody with eyes could see them a
wavin' and flutterin' without wearin'
specs.
Howsumever. they did dretful sight
of good and hain't had much call to
tear up old shirts to use for petticoat
government. / amt no lilin' for hen
pecked government There is a vast
difference, between the tew; as much so
as in the tropics of the Arctic ocean
compared to the frigidness of Africa.
1t is jest like slight of hand perform
ance, rulin' our other halves, and the
more slight you do it, the better for
both parties. Fussi1' and frettin' amt
never goin' to cure any bad habit and
it's an excellent idee when lookin' I'D
faults of our partners to take day, or
even a week, and mediate on our own.
/ have taken notice for considerable of
a spell that women are more apt to find
fault then the men folks, and l arriv to
this conclusion some time ago, that it
amt because they don't have Jest as
much TO complain of, but simply that
they are not, as roole, as fond of talk
in'.-Aunt Huldah, in Home.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22

ion so wide that one hesitates to speak
with decision 1t is only fair to jour-
nalists. however, TO say that as class
they are as honest as any other class of
business men. Indeed, they are so
much in the eye of the public that they
could hardly afford to be otherwise.
Their sins are too readily converted
into weapons by their enemies for it to
be safe for them TO be wicked above all
men. as is sometimes charged upon
them.
Certainly the tremendous influence Of
the journalist of to-day is hardly to be
overrated- This is the age of the news
paper, and even art and literature hard
ly hold their own against the press,
albeit they are permanent, and the
newspaper is transient. The newspa-
per, however, has the power of con-
slant renewal-and against that which
is forever new what can strive?-Boston
Courier.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22


-Enterprising propTletors OF large
farms would do well 10 look into fhe
subject Of electric power 10 perform
their farm work. Some interesting ex-
periments have been made IN this di-
rectlon by the State Agricultural and
Mechanical College Of Alabama az Au-
burn, Ala. and the electric plant IS
now running successfully. The power
IS put 20 various uses, such as ginning.
pressing cotton. cutting up feed STUFF.
threshing grain etc This plant IS The
first Of its kind ever established -Elec-
fricai Age
1t is now announced that The entire
line for the electrical railway between
Chicago ard S. Louis has been survey
ed the right Of way secured for fully
60 per cent Of The property over which
the line passes. terminal facilities OBJ
tatEeG IN both cities. AID sites parck2s-
&c fer 10th Of the power houses Only
two generating stations ~ill De en-
ployed- and these vii BE located 3.
points midway between the esater and
ends Of ne line, one being al ne nouta
Of a coal pii arsc the ctbEr n close pYox-
unity 10 &c abundant supply C water
power.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
FIGHTING MOSQUITOES.
How to Deal With Those Insufferable
Pests.

How to Deal With Those Insuferable
Pests.
There are very few people who at
tempt to deal with mos9 uitoes as they
do with other insects. Sufferance
seems to be the general rule. In many
places IN the mountains this insect dis
appears early In July, but in lowlands
near the seashore, he takes up his quar-
ters for the season. There appears to
be no remedy quite SO effectual for this
pest as the odor of pennyroyaL Tho
essential oil sold in the drug stores is
hardly so effectual as the fresh herb it
self. A bouquet of these fragrant herbs
will usually drive away this trouble
some pest When mosquitoes attack a
community in force, they are best exor-
cised by smudge, or smoldering fire
of pine beughs or fragrant wood,
smothered to give forth thick smoke
This smoke is not especially disagree
able to people in the open air, but its
effect in driving away mosquitoes is
remarkable.
The best antidote for the bite of 8
mosquito is undoubtedly ammonia,
"CuhCHCo WIN AltOiC "dJtT OI sdAs
and water. Some people go so far as
to press the poison out of the bite with
some small metal instrument like the
point OF watch key, before
applying the antidote. This prevents
the painful swelling that sometimes oc-
ours As in other cases Zone mans
meat is another mans poison" and ths
same remedy will not apply to all indi-
viduals. Some find camphor most eff
cacious and salt and water will not
avail. Ammonia, however, seems to bs
generally successful as a neutralizer of
the mosquito poison Where there ara
large quantities of mosquitoes and no
reason for their appearance is apparent,
it is well to look about the premises for
something which attracts them. An
uncovered barrel of rain-water will
bring them in hordes, and damp places
and stagnaut pools are spots where
they delight to congregate-
There are great many objections to
mosquito bars, the chief of which is the
sense of suffocation which their use en-
genders. They keep out mosquitoes,
but they also keep out the pure, fresh
air. 1t is better to endure the presence
of the pests or TO use other remedies
against them than to keep out the fresh
air by the use of nets at the windows
and doors, or in canopy over the beds
n, Y. Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
The Opal.

The cause of the opal being deemed an
unlucky gem is due to the nature of the
stone itself. The irridescence Of the
opal is caused by innumerable minute
cracks, which reflect the light from a
thousand surfaces and so induce the
play of color 1t sometimes happens
that, from no known reason, the cracks
enlarge and the stone splits into num-
Der of pieces. A valua BILE opal has thus
been known to become utterly worth
less in a short time, and of beautiful
gem only a thimbieful of fragments
remains Such accidents as this have
proba bly, given rise to the idea that the
opal is unlucky to own, and the super
stition growing, the idea became fixed
that this gem brought misfortune to its
possessor.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
THE MODERN JOURNALIST.
A Boston Estimate of Newspapers and
Their Editors.

A Boston Estimate of Newspapers and
Their Editors.
Whether it be for good or for evil, the
press to-day has the ear of the people.
The influence of even the pulpit is, for
the time being at least, immensely in
ferior to that of the Journal. Men may
not consciously take their opinions
from the newspapers, but they are
willing to accept the editorial phrasing
of their belief and when once you have
persuaded a man to let you shape his
ideas for him, you must be dull indeed
if you cannot modify them. The gen.
eral reader of newspapers does not so
much wish to be instructed as to be
saved the trouble of thinking. He de-
lights in the journal which is so much
of his opinion that he can read with
the feeling that the editor is quite of
his mind. He resents any implication
of not having himself thought out all
that is presented to him, and the editor
who effects most is the man who, while
keeping a little in advance of public
sentiment, contrives always to make
his readers feel that he is with or even
little behind them.
1t also follows that man of original
and strongly marked genius is hardly
likely TO succeed brilliantly in journal
ism. The keen imagination runs too far
ahead of the popular conception; it is
quickly out of sight of the average read
er of the newspaper and quite beyond his
comprehension The young man who
eo,,1 4ha
STRINGS of the divine affiatus, the
swelling of the tide of poetic or magma
tive genius, had better turn its impet-
uosity into other channels than those
the Newspaper office affords The
wheels of this machine must be turned
with the regularity of tread-miil, and
there is more call for the qualities of
the patient turn-spit than for those OF
the soul infamed with the fever OF
original genius
Journalism in these modern days de-
rnands peculiar powers and IL has devel-
oped them IN accordance TO that law Of
supply and demand which works as
surely IN the intellectual world as in
the physical The journalist. like the
poet. must indeed be born. but once this
necessary ceremony IS over the times
take hold Of him and make Of him some
thing the like whereof the world has
never seen before He mist have the
ouickness of the electric spark the
adapta bility OF water. the STAYING power
OF steal He must b. able alike 10 ~
mem Der everything and 70 forget every
thing at will: ne must have the lexibil-
ity of Damascus blade or the stiffness
Of fence rail according 70 the occasion
aud shove all he must be able 70 give
70 the most ordinary platitudes the air
Of profoundest wisdom That ne must
De able to forecast the future goes with
out saving, but If the future when i
becomes the present give the lie 70 his
predictions, he must have the skill 20
prove that events are wrong and rot
the prophecy
When il comes 70 the question of
prineiole there Is difference Q! oDin-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22
BETRAYED BY THE CAMERA.
Photographs Reveal Unsupported Blem
ishes and Traits OF CharRcfer

Photographs heyeaI unsupported blem.
ishes and Traits Of Character.
1t is we'll known that the photo
graphic camera is keener in distinguish
ing things than the human eye. The
case is well known of the photographer
who took picture of woman who APP
peared to be in good health and whose
skin seemed perfectly normal TO the
eyes of those who met her. But in the
Photographic negative there were lot
of queer spots or freckles upon the face
which the Photographer could not ac-
count for; they were not due to any,
thing in the process of taking the pict-
ure, and they did not appear to be in
the sitter's face, but in twenty-four
hours the woman came down with
smallpox, and it turned out that the
camera had detected the spots in the
skin, which no eye could as yet per-
ceive. Well the case is one in which,
so to speak, the camera has detected
kind of moral spotting on a human
face
A person whose parents on both sides
had been very bad in various ways, and
who, under the laws of heredity, was
thoroughly entitled to be bad, too, was,
on the contrary, very exemplary and
thoroughly well behaved. Further
more, this person was handsome and
noble of feature and gentle and winning
in facial expression. All who saw the
face were at once prepossessed by it.
But whenever this person was photo
graphed something cruel and criminal
was sure to be revealed in the picture.
If one had been an expert in criminal
neurology, if there is any such science,
he might have said, when asked to give
an opinion of the character of the sub
ject from the photograph, This person
is forger or embezzler on large scale,
with a strong tendency toward ceun-
terfeiting and perceptible leaning in
the direction of homicide" All the
vices of the persons ancestors seemed
to be revealed in the photograph.
Perhaps this supernatural sensitive
ness of the chemically prepared plate
accounts for the fact that photograph
can almost always be depended upon TO
bring out the worst that there is in one.
Of course there is something vicious in
everybody's ancestry, since everyb ody's
ancestry takes in the entire population
of great country if You go back far
enough. The viciousness that there is
in you is latent in your disposition. ow-
ing to favoring circumstances and in
fiuences, but it is not latent in the
chemically prepared plate, which has
no moral side to make allowances with;
it spies out the traces of the stifed
hankerings and perceives otherwise in
visible evidences of completely sup
pressed besetting sins, and these it
candidly reports on the Photographic
print. We say that the photograph is
truthful, but it isn't If it reports a
person liar and murderer who is
nothing of the kind. but who has in his
face some ordinary unperceived lines
which are there because some of his an
cestors were bad, it is false thing
Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-22

"A number of lighting plants have
been Installed in Lowell, in which Sec
ondary batteries are stored directly
from the trolley wire An ingenious
regulator automatically controls the
rate of charge and discharge BY cutting
resistance in and out 1t Is stated that
So cells are used
"A German socialist paper the Vor-
warts, draws attention TO ore of the
latest employmentS OF electricity Il
states that an electrical firm 10 Berlin
has received orders from ST Petersburg,
Russia, to submit samples of micro
phones, intended 10 be fixed in the
walls of cells IN prisons, in order TO re-
peat everything spoken by the prisoner
Ia any part OF the room
The experiment of using electricity
in place Of steam on 3 standard gauge
railway Is about TO be made AZ Ellwood.
Pa. on the Beaver and Ellwood rail-
road, from Ellwood 10 Eilwood june
ton. three miles from Pitts burgh. where
connection Is made with the Pennsyl-
vanIa lines. The electric cars viii be
run over the same road and rats used
Sy The present steam lima