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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
ooNrRA oToR NELSON a BsooNDs.
Fifteen Italians Left In the Lurchr as
Well as Several Teamsters.


John Nelson, sub-contractor who
has been at work on Lowering avenue,
between Harrison and Broome streets,
completing a sewer contract, is among
the missing. He has absconded, it is
said, leaving behind 15 Italians who are
clamoring for months pay; while
several teamsters are also sadly In need
of their money. Nelson left the city
Saturday last, and since that time
nothing has been heard of him.
County Constable Harry r. Smith
Tuesday levied upon all the tools OF
the missing contractor and 1000 perches
Of stone, which will be sold at con.
stables sale to help pay the debts OF
Nelson. The latter was about 30 years
old, with dark moustache and dark hair,
and generally looked upon as q "hustler'
in pushing paving contracts to com
pletion. His whereabouts are com
olote mystery,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

Enst EnrInas tor ana P.. M. q q.

The first of the 10 new p. W. g. B. rail-
road ''flvers' that are expected to revolu
tionize speed in railroad travel was given
run from Wilmington to Philadelphia,
Monday, and exceeded the expectations of
the engineer in point of speed and general
behavior. The engine was built IN the
Altoona shops, and is gigantic piece of
machinery with drivers six and one-half
feet in diameter, and Is one of 10 that are
to be put on the fast lines between Phila-
delphia snd WashinRton.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
4 zEi;snIsrEsDENr APPOINTED.
fhoH}idep A. Lelsen is the New Engineer
nHd superintendent of the Parks.


& s special meeting of the Park
Commlsaion the following commission
ArS We're present: President William M.
G&nby William Canby, George IL.
NatAS, George w. Bush, Mayor Short
(, lide0, Dennis j. Mention, j. Taylor
h u i{s6 and Francis N. Buck.
The purpose of the special meeting
WILD 10 elect a general superintendent
AAd SeDgineer The applicants were
Ypillinm a. KINNEY, civil engineer;
Edward Tatnall, the present superinten-
dafat. and Theodore A. Leisen, assistant
&ARineer of sewers. Mr.. Leisen was
\ unanimously elected.
THE petition of the Street and Sewer
department asking for permission tc
haul dirt from Eighteenth street across
\ she boulevard stretch of the park was
granted. 1t is needed to pass over tha'
bart Of the park in order to reach tht
bridge and fill in the southern approach
. to.the bridge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

The Kent Iron and Hardware Company
of Wilmington has advertised the farming
belonging to A. Ricards, Greenwood. to
be sold beginning Saturday, July 18th.
The business failure of A. Ricards was an.
nounced about one month ago and the
goods will be sold to pay the Indebtedness.
The Kent Iron and Hardware Company is
the first creditor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

COLUMBUS, o., July 22-william Napier,
wife and two children were badly poisoned
yesterday by eating cabbage bought in the
market. Examination shows that paris
green had been put on the cabbage by the
grower to kill the destructive insects. 1t
Is believed all will recover.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

The seventh annual excursion of the
George Washington Fishing Club will
take place Wednesday, August 9th.
This years trip will be to Bombay
Hook, and as usual, pleasant time is
axpected.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27

The North Milford School Board has
elected teachers for the ensuing scholastic
year, as follows: Principal, D S. Ellis;
assistants, Joseph s. Brady Miss May
Fonlk and Mrs. Eta Titus.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
SEVEN CASES ON THEDOCKEI
All, Arising From the Great
Townsend Muddle.
|Aa EXCITING SCENE IN COURT
Plaintiff Draws a Revolver on
Old Man Riley.

Die Squire at Townsend sunmariiy piS-
missed the Case Before tho Arrival OF
2tiip Lawyers. and Now the Scene OF
l.Action 10 Changed to the BiacRhird
,kqnire's Court.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
YESTERDAP'S LOCAL MARKET.
The Wholesale and Retail Price Vegeta-
bles and Fruit at the Curb-stone and
King Street Markets.


bles and Fruit at the Curb-stone and
King Street Markets. g.
John G. Wilson, commission mer-
chant, southwest corner Fourth and
King streets furnishes the following
quotations on yesterdays wholesale and
retail market;
WHOLESALE.
Peaches, 25 cents to 81 per basket,
according to grade; large EARLY Reeves
from Kent county, Del, and Caroline
county, Md, bring 70 cents, which is
the ruling high price; extras bring 81.
There are not as many peaches In the
market as on yesterday. About 40O
baskets came by freight this morning
and about 150 by wagon.
Apples, these are plenty, mostly from
the neighboring hundreds; good hand
picked apples, 80 to 40 cents per basket
for the best; common grades run from
90 to 25 cents per basket.
Melons, is to 20 cents, according to
size. The supply is short. They are
all from Georgia and the south.
Cantaloupes, there are few from
Kent county and some from Maryland
Average So to $3.50 per barrel. A few
Jersey canLalOupeS lebCn pl per Dashot
Mountain cherries from Kent anc
Sussex, 5a6 cents per quart.
Wilson blackberries have been shor
crop and bring from 10 to 10 cents pc
quart; Early Harvest, 7aS cents.
Huckleberries, high bush, 7a8 cents
and low bush, 5a6 cents per quart.
Peas, so cents per basket; corn tn
same; tomatoes, % cents per basket
potatoes, Jerseys, 30a40 cents per basket
There is good supply of tomatoe
and potatoes to-day. Egg plants sell a
81 per basket and are scarce.
| RETAIL PRICES.
Peaches, 90 to 40 cents per half peck
apples, 10a15 cents; melons, 20a40 cent
apiece; cantaloupes, 5a10 cents; noun
tain cherries, s cents per quart; Wilso
biackberries, 12a15 cents per quar-
EARLY Harvest, 10 cents; huckleberries
high bush, 10 cents; low bush, 8 cent:
peas, 30 cents per half peck; corn, l
cents per half dozen; tomatoes, 10a1
cents per half peck; potatoes, 10 cent
per half peck; egg plants, 10a1a cent
apiece.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

FOREVER.

Two little streamlets leaped and flowed
And sang their songs together;
They felt alike the summer rays,
And bore the stormy weather.
The self same blossoms decked them both
In colors rich and rare,
And in each stream the song birds wooed
Their bright reflections there.
And on, and on, and on they danced,
Each leaping toward the river,
And then they met to kiss and part
Forever and forever,
Two human lives, two kindred hearts,
BY destiny's decree,
Met in the spring of life, to learn
Its deepest mystery.
They dreamed their morning dreams Of hope
Through fair, unclouded weather
They opened loves bewitching book,
And read it through together;
They saw in one another's eyes
A deep, unspoken bliss,
And from each others lips they took
Loves everready kiss.
And then the fate that brushes all
The sweetest pleasures here,
Turned hopes glad music to sigh,
Its glory to tear,
1t stepped between them; ali, it mocked
The love it could not kill;
II babe them in its fury live,
And love and suffer still.
They tried with outstretched hands to span
Fate's wide, unyielding Never"
The voice of destiny replied
Forever and forever"
Mine is no wild, imagined theme,
No idle fancy fight,
1t lives through daylight's busy hours,
And haunts the silent night.
The wall of sorrow fills the air,
1t rests, ii ceases never
1t wrings some soul, 1t breaks some heart
For yer and forever
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

A happy and vigorous old lady in
New Hampshire gives these rules for
the secret of the success of eighty
years living on this planet, which
brings so much care and worry to many
Of her sisters: II never allow myself
to fret over things | cannot holp. | take
a nap, and sometimes two, every day
of my life. never take my washing.
ironing or baking to bod with me, and
| try to oil all tho various wheels Of
busy lifo with an implicit belief that
there is brain aud heart to this great
universe, and that can trust them
both"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

"a man who has never been in a
wreck wouldn't believe how long it takes
for the cars to get through piling up"
said another. After the first crash
there is a rebound clear to the back Of
the train. and then the whole thing takes
another lunge, something gives way, and
maybe three or four more cars telescope.
Then there's another jerk backward and
another lnnge, and it seems as if ths
cracking and grooming and tumbling
keep ON for five minutes When man
is mixed up with the trucks under the
whole stack it seems like an hour"
Make il an hour and half, said an
ex-brakeman as he scratched his nose
with the only clawlike fager remaining
at tho end OF twisted and shriyeled
stump of hand The crowd knew how
he had been dug out with derrick and
laughed at the joke.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

There are many odd and curious spe-
cimens of botanical rarities in the Gov
eminent Botanical gardens at Washing.
ton. None, however. attracts more at
tention than the remarkable oriental
oddly, the barber plant" 1t was not
given its odd name, as some might sup
pose, because its leaves arc like razors
or Its sap like lather. Neither will its
inner bark make splendid towels, Gas is
said of the vegetable cloth" tree, or
its seeds make razor homes. 1t is simply
called the barber plant because the juices
OF either the leaves or fruit applied to
the face prevent the beard from grow
ing. Mr. Davis says that this does not
apply to cases where the beard has
taken root, but that it may be applied
with perfect safety by boys who desire
to keep the hair on heir faces from get
ting n start.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

ly replaced. He drew it out and there
IN the aperture, found small tin box
Taking it out, he hurried back to find
Jameson, his wife and Jennie up and
dressed, waiting for him.
The miller took the box eagerly and
opened it with scarcely steady hands.
There were the fifty dollars, and under
them the money Of which he had thought
Dick had robbed him.
Lad" he said turning to his en-
ploye, i've been thinkin' i'll Of YOU for
the last few days, an ask your pardon
Ii can ever do you good turn call on
me-"
Il take your word, sir" said Dick,
cheerfully, going straight to Jennie and
taking her hand. 81 want your consent
to my marrying Jennie some day when
| have proved myself able to take care of
her. We love each other, and hope.
sir, you'll not forget what love was to
yourself once.''
mo, | don't lad" said the miller,
with tender glance towards his wife
"but mill hand gets but poor wages,
and you'll have to wait while"
As for that" said Dick, II think
you'll have to look for another mill
hand, Mr.. Jameson, for have another
offer, and intend taking it, wasn't
brought up to labor and was at college
when my father died, leaving me, in-
stead of the thousands expected, moth
ing but my empty, unframed hands.
left the college and fate led me hither.
II have shown no talent as miller, |
have won tho sweetest girl in the world
to love me, Now friend of my fathers
offers me the post of book keeper in his
bank at salary on which Jennie aud |
can live, | know | didn't take your
money, sir, and I'll forgive you for
saspecting that did II you'll give mo
Jennie
What do you say, daughter p asked
the old man wistfully.
IL love him, father" she whispered
''rheu I'll only say, God bless you
both p said the miller.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

The sweetest meat is nearest he bone,
but the sweetest music is not nearest
the trombone
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20
SAVE MON Y.

EOio LOUIS JOHNSON'S Shoe Shop and
" save from 20 10 30 per cent. Look AT
the following prices
Men Shoes half solcd heelcd, sewed, 81 90
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

The winter girl who is describe as
dressed TO kill would doubles, be elias
sifed as a form Of Stay belle.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

Labor may be burden and chas-
tisement, but it is also an honor and a
glory. Without it nothing can be ao-
complished.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

A three-year-old girl was taught to
close her evening prayer, during tho
temporary absence of her father, with
"and please watch over my papa" It
sounded very sweet, but the mothers
amusement may be imagined when she
added land you better keep an eye on
mamma too
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20
y OBI PR1 N 7 | N G.
sUoHA
LARGE POSTERS, HANDBILLs
CARDS, BLANKS,
BILL-HEADS,
Together with every other description OF
PLAIN AND FANCY PRINTING,
Executed with neatness and dispatch.

Yearly advertisers will be allowed TO
change four times during the year without
charge. Advertisements should he marked
with time and space they are to occupy.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20
DR.. HARTLEY'S

GREAT REMEDY is the most complete and
satisfactory home treatment for Catarfh. II
removes all offensive odors from the breath,
restores the senses Of smell, taste ADD hearing,
Immediately relieves headache and prevents
consumption, cold in the head and ,rippe.-
Sold by Thomas b Campbell, Rockville, Md.
July Aug 7.y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

There is no wealth like unto knowl-
edge, for thieves cannot steal il.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

1t is not waste to buy somebody a
bunch Of flowers, box Of candy or a
new book when it is going TO bring
smile to her face and happiness to her
heart.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

Whats the matter with the baby p
asked lady Of little girl, whose baby
brother she had understood to be ailing.
"Oh, nothin much, was the answer.
"IIe's only hatchin' teeth"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

Fatbcr-Does that young man mean
business
Daughter--I guess he docs, father
lie is getting so familiar now that be
wears the same necktie twice in suo-
cession
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1893-01-20

II thought you did not ike William
son p
Neither | DO
"Well, he tells me you sent his boy
a Christmas gift q
Eyes, found one of the most mad
dening hand organs you ever listened to
and sent it up."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28
Fond Of Stories.

Baby Gertrude is very fond Of her
Aunt Emma One reason for her devo-
ton is that her aunt tells her great
variety of long and interesting stories,
by which the little maiden is vastly
entertained. Aunt Emma is patient,
and tells one tale after another in re-
Spouse to her niece's demands, but
other members of the family come to
her rescue, and the little girl has
learned that she must not ask for too
many stories at time. One day she
had been entertained so long that she
knew very well that it would be I'M
reasonable to tease for more stories
She took her favorite doll, Evelina,
and left the room where her Aunt
Emma was sitting. Some time passed.
Then Aunt Emma saw the door pushed
open. A small hand thrust Evelina
into the room, and set her up against
the wall. The hand was withdrawn,
the door left slightly ajar, and little
voice called through the crack:
Aunt Emma, Evelina would be rery
much pleased if you would tell her a
story"
Needless to say that one of Aunt
Emma's best stories was at once re-
lated for Evelina's benefit, and that
her thoughtful little mother was not
obliged to listen to it through the
crack of the door, but was graciously
invited in.-Youth's Companion.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28

ened man, and at the same time have
the Italian near at hand as q valuable
collaboration in the development of the
new language. Two months from the
time of writing he received reply
stating that the Florentine had sue
cumbed to the ravagss of consumption.
He died at the home of his brother at
Florence.
The physician in question is a gentle
man well known in medical circles of
this city and Philadelphia. For the
present he desires that his name be not
made public He calls the new system
of language Cosmolangue, which is ex-
pressed in the new language by the
word Msouamila.
Cosmolangue, as basic principle,
aims to strip human speech of its
myriad superfluities, retaining only
those elements which are absolutely
necessary to clearness and accuracy in
the expression of thought That the
principle has been successfully ap-
piled there is no doubt in the minds
of the half dozen persons in the world
VINO nave lldNc q otuoy "a Was nhA1o
lingual conceit.
AS a means of oral and written COM
munication Cosmoiangue has long
been out of the knickerbockers of the
DRY and every day goes strutting proud
" about the home of its sponsor In the
long pants" of demonstrated fact.
The family consists of himself, wife
| and three children. ranging from four
to eight years of age. They all speak
Cosmolangue, or, as they invariably
call it among themselves, Misollamila.
1t is remarkable how fluently they all
can talk the picturesque tongue when
they feel in loquacious mood. and
with only about six hundred words as
their joint vocabulary. The children
| haven't near that number, but this
| fact does not prevent them al times
| from being vcritable little chatter
! boxes. Six hundred is the number OF
| common words which the doctor has
| constructed, but he has some two OF
! three hundred more that he uses in
/ his graver moments of conversation
with his wife. and which he employs
/ in his translations. But with the six
/ hundred he can tell the little folks
stories and they can ask more ques,
/ tons than could be answered with al
! the languages ever spoken a reaI
/ jollv time OF it they have generally
/ chattering in the diatonic scale.
When gathered about the evening
lamp the doctor frequently makes d
running translation of the contents o.
the evening paper. with his wife as ar
attentive listener. Proper names. FOL
which there are no equivalent IN Cos
nclangue. have. of course. to be giver
in English. The writer has witnessed
the scenes here described, aud, al
! though then not understanding {
word. was charmed with the meloclous
! tones oithe conversation. Cosnolangue
I Is much softer and pleasanter 20 the
ear than the purest Tuscan falling
/ from the lips of a refined Roman It
( has all the dulcet qualities OF the
/ tongue OF Aristo. and none OF it's asper-
tiles,
The doctor has almost completed a
/ translation of the Book of Matthew.
! EA LaA AL>a>. sA~ pihiA L. A..aAla-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28

dicted to philology myself. and don't
believe that am any the worse for 1t.
"A philologist!' exclaimed the guide,
as his eyes lit up with sudden glow.
! "Ah, understand" he said. presently,
with a tinge of melancholy in his
voice; 'philology is with you diver
sion: with me it is a ruling passion.
We have a proverb at Florence which
saws: Non c'e fortuna per gil nomini di
lettere there is no happiness for men
of letters. How well l know its
truth
Come and take calazione with me"
said the American, land tell me some
thing of your life and work. l am
deeply interested in the subject that Is
| dear to you"
They went to the Cafe Biffi, in the
| Galleria Vittoria Emanuele, and over
the deieuner that followed tho in
! dirent philomath unfolded to his host
| an idea for universal language which
| he had conceived a few weeks before.
He had given it only few hours OF
systematic thought, sufficient, how
ever, as he said to confirm his faith in
! its feasibility. In a nutshell, his idea
was to construct language from
| the diatonic scale, or the seven
vocal sounds of music, namely, do. re,
me. "a. sol. Ia. 81. In committing the
words to writing or print he would
make use of none of the established
texts. but employ the music staff, Plac-
| ing each sound where it belongs, &C
! cordinr to the universal system govern
ing the music score. With pencil and
paper, he Illustrated his idea, writing
/ ont the coniugation of the verb to
make. which. for example, would be
"A. Then ne pointed ont the advan-
tages of a language constructed upon
! this plan. 1t would contain only seven
| sounds. its written form would be one
already in use among civilized peoples,
and il could be written with the rapid
ity of shorthand; in fact, photography
would be its only written form, and a
photography that could be acquired in
| half an hour. The doctor was greatly
| impressed with the altogether new and
unique notion. To his mind 1t sug-
! EcSltO pOOiiC-S>S l'p>Hi pAAANlS'. aAib ~
| advised the Italian, whose name was
! Silvio Peducchi. to pursue the develop
ment of IL After leaving Milan and
continuing his travels in Italy, he
wrote to Peducchi. again urging him
! by all means not to permit the idea to
perish.
On return of post the doctor was sur
prised with bulky package of manu-
script, embodying lengthy exposition
! OF the proposed new language. and a
vocabulary % some two hundred com
mon words which Peducchi had formed
from the seven PARTICLES Of the diatonic
scale. He said he had accomplished
the entire work in a single night.
Inclosed was letter. written in ltal-
ian. of which the following is trans
| lation:
CARO- AMIGO: l send you in the &C.
companying documents the last but
shattered nope of blighted life. After
returning to my miserable lodging
from the pleasant cafe where we had
calazione, | felt kindled within me the
fire of a new anbition-inspired BIZ the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28
THE WORK-A-OAY WORLD.

FLORIDA oranges are being shipped
30 Europe, where hitherto the Italian
fruit has reigned supreme
UNTIL 1859 no pig iron was manufac-
tured in Pittsburgh. In 1892 total Of
i.7T5. 2s7 gross tons was produced there.
LAST year Escanaba, Mich, shipped
s.0I2, 1877 tons of iron ore. This year
shipments viii not exceed 1000, 900
tons.
AMERICAN and French cloakmakcrs
ere destroying the business for the
balance of the world and particularly
England.
Two MILLION boxes of oranges, each
containing from one to two hundred
oranges, have been shipped from Cali
fornia To the east this season, and the
fruit is unusually fine.
THERE are at least six plate-glass
manufacturing companies In the Unit
ID States, who have an annual product
Of nearly twelve million feet. This
exceeds the entire production of Eu-
rope fifteen years ago.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-11-28

ried to perfect fruition. With extreme
gratitude and highest esteem, am,
sir, yours very sincerely. with warm
grasp of the hand,
SILvIo PEDUCCH1.
P. ST you deem me worthy. I
should be exceedingly grateful for tho
receipt from. you Of such sum as you
might be pleased to send.
Here was plight for physician
travelling for his health. Charged by
q dying man to undertake the develop
ment of a new universal language! He
sent Peducchi hundred-lire note,
thanked him for the documents, but
made no promises. A month later he
sailed for New York. During the voy-
age he studied the curious documents
with which Peducchi had supplied him.
The more he studied the tirmer be-
came his conviction that the mort
bund philomath was not altogether a
dreamer.
A month after his arrival from Italy
he wrote to Peducchi, offering to Sc.
cure him a lucrative position if he
would come to New York. The doctor
had a two-fold object in making this
offer-to aid talented and disheart