The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-03-22

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WraaINs, W. Va, March 10, 1892
This is an age Of progress, an age of
wonders, and 1t seems there Is no end
OF mans ingenuity In framing schemes
to make money. For instance host
of trashy story papers, little 10Xl2
sheets, publish REFUSES SO simple that
a child can explain them and offer q
prize OF $3.50 to the one who gives the
first correct answer; 800 to the next.
$50 to the next; and to the next 20 cor
rect guessers $40 each, and to the next
10 guessers o. each. and to the last
guesser $50. In all 300 to the 80 SOL
vers of the rebus. But before any can
compete for the prizes they must send
Accents to the publisher. The adver-
tisement is kept In column for two
months, in the meantime, about 5000
guessers enter the lists, contributing
1880. When the affair is over the
publisher pockets profit OF $500, for
his paper is paid for by the hundreds
of clap-trap advertisers.
OF late leading journals have adopt
ed this plan of making money. One
offers $4,000 to be given those who arc
lucky enough to como the nearest to
the popular vote in the several States
for President and Vice-President. An
other offers larger sum.t those who
will name the nominees of both par
ties before the conventions have as.
sembled for this coming campaign.
They require you to get them sub.
scribers at 81 each, and you have a
guess for every dollar you send. The
income thus raised is wonderful. Well,
the Louisiana Lottery is dead and PEG.
pie will have something In its place,
and so we go.
Much amusement can be had by con.
ming over the u. s, postal guide for
1902 In 1t you will find post Offices
with names derived from nearly every
thing animate and inanimate. In the
| list are two Muds and but one Muddy,
| one Turnip and one Iurnip Hole. one
Root and one Treetop, one Hook and
three Staples, eight Lanes ana only
one Outlet, ten Days and no Night, six
| Brights, two Dulls. and seven Sharps,
two Hogs with only one Hogback, one
Duck and four brakes. three Horse
| head, one Horseneck one Hor5epen
and three Horse Shoes,
| Then we find Duke, 10 Mobiles. 10
Kings and Queens 10 Empires and s
Bishops, l School and School House.
But | won't weary you and close the
list with a few Lamed after some OF
our late Presidents. 20 fIarrisofs rs
Clerelands q Arthurs, 26 Garfields, 8
| Hayes. "a Grants and "a I.incolns. !
| find also 20 BlaiEes aud only one Quay.
| The time has now arrived when tile
slick tongued candidate will be abroad
| in the land the old tietions about be-
ing compelled, persuaded, prevailed
| upon, or In some way by outside pres.
sure, made candidate, will no doubt
| lie repeated many times. Tho facts
| are, as rule, that man wants Office
| tor tho collaterals thereof, and the
glory attached thereto. 1t is not often
that friends go to sec candidate or
| that leading citizens speak to him
about the race, he assumes the Jack
sonian responsibility and generally
makes up his mind Of his own FREQ will
ard accord, with malice atOrethought,
for the other fellow, SHES his castor in
iie ring rays some organ five dollars
for announcing his name to the dear
people and then with regular photo
graphic gallery smile begins to shake
hands with everybody.
A young man well-known In the
next county below us Eayette got
drunk, went into al unoccupied shan
ty. built fire aud went to sleep with
his feet to the fire. During the night
he got his feet into the fire and burned
them so severely that amputation be-
came necessary. suppress his name
on account OF his family.
Hinton's City Council refused to
grant licenses to sell Intoxicating IL
quors. This is glorious news to our
people, and we hope they never will
gran; another license as long as Hin.
ton exists.
Qua prospects for good fruit sea.
son is fair. Our farmers are busy
M In NtT 70,
The Chesapeake 4 Ohio Railway Co.
have borrowed $40, 600 coo, and mong
other things intend purchasing Al
locomotives, 100 passenger cars and
double track tho road from here to
clifton Forge. distance OF s. miles,
and arch and bridge every stream or
the route with stone and iron.
AS said ut the start this san age OF
progress. w. b. w.