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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

At Mondays session of the Board of
Education the committee on accounts re-
ported having examined the payroll of
teachers and officers of the board for the
month and found them correct.
PAYMENT FOR rnE NEW SCHOOL LOT.
A communication was received from
Philippe. Churchman, stating that he had
examined the title Of the properly pur-
chased for the location of grammar
school y the northwestern part Of the
city and found it to be clear. Di. Morgan
moved that u check be drawn i'll favor Of
Mr.. ChurGhman for $1,000, the purchase
money of the property.
There was some doubt as to who was the
proper person to receive the check. MIR.
Smith desired to know whether Mr.
Churchman was counsel for the board or
the former owners Of the property. Joseph
Pyle thought that ii MIR. Ihiirchmau WAS
counsel for the heirs of the property he
should not have been engaged by the board
in this case.
Dr, Morgan stated that the desire of the
committe was To practice economy, and AS
Mr.. Chnrchman had made frequent
searches of the property, it would be II
saving OF 300 to the board in securing his
services.
John Pyle stated that it would be better
for the board to have expended 500 than
to have made n move that might subse-
quently lead To litigation.
). X. smith thought it was penny wise
and pound foollsh' for the board to secure
the services Of an attorney who was inter
esled IN the property, even II the sum of
SlUO was to he saved temporarily, lie was
SLOW to believe however, that there was
any complications in the matter
On motion of Mr.. smith, the check was
ordered drawn in favor Of the president of
the board, who will see that the money is
paid into the proper hands.
TEEAsUEERs MONTHLY REPORT
The treasurer submitted the following
report
CR
Balnnco on hand March 3lst for cur
rent expenses. Observation-Disclosures. $231 -.
New buildings ..,.....5............. II DgI .p9
Appropriations from Council -. ~, O,jIDlt
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

Sarsa p ariIla
Cures
and like 1t very much. ! recommend it 70
my friends every chance get"
n. b. BE sure TO get HOOPS.

Hoods Pills are the best after-dlnner Pillsi
hrsist digestion cure headache.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

Mayor Reybold of Delaware City is in
town
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

BRlnnco on hand March 3lst for cur-
rent expenses. Observation-Disclosures. S23, 175. ~
New buildings .,.....,,........... 1901 Hl
Appropriations from Council -. ", hjiDl6
Interest Tor april. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. IS.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-11

At Mondays session of the Board of
Education the committee on accounts re-
ported having examined the payroll Of
teachers and officers of the board for the
month and found them correct
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06

GIN want when she goes to housekeeping.
Lastly comes the supper room with doll
walters in attendance, and large table
beautifully laid with lace and satin and
set with china, silver flowers, and all the
pretty cakes and bon bons ever eaten at a
wedding.
In the drawing room the wedding is go
ing on. The doll bride is in a white dress
with train and veil, and the bride
groom is in evening dress. Near them
stand two bridesmaids and the maid-of-
honor, all tiny dolls with baskets OF
flowers. They stand in front of clergy
man in a black gown. Near by
stand two couples, the parents OF
the bride and groom. The guests are
mostly lady dolls, all dressed in the
height of fashion, in gay silks and laces,
and they all stand. 1t is easy to make
dolls stand by means of wire standards,
which can be bent into shape. These are
secured to the floor by stout mating
tacks, and 20 up under the dolls clothes
and can, if need be, be tied to the body.
1t is hard to say which is the most en-
joyable, the getting ready or the show it
self
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
WHAT MAKES 1T RAIN?
The Reason of Mans Failure as a Rain
maker-The Secret of the Summer
Thunder Shower.

The Reason of Mans Failure as a Rain :
maker-The Secret of the Summer
Thunder Shower.
[By Professor William Morris Davis of Har-
ward University
A year or so ago some very curious re-
ports appeared in the paper about gov
eminent expedition that went down to
Texas with supplies of dynamite, racka-
rock and other explosives, to make it
rain. There was great deal of exag-
gerated nonsense printed about this ex-
edition; for, if the truth be told, there
is not the least reason to think that a
single rain storm was caused by all the
blasting that the air suffered.
We may truly regret that it is impossi-
BILE to water the ground by rain artif-
cially called from the sky. If we only
could call forth rain from the supplies of
yapor stored in the atmosphere, vast re-
gions now desert would be transformed
into populous countries. Unhappily
however, there is no ground for believing
that rain can be induced to fall by any
artificial means that we can now apply.
The natural processes of rain making
involve the movement of great volumes
of the atmosphere, whose weight must be
thousands of tons; the train Makers dc
not appreciate this. 1t would require an
enormous force to set the air masses in
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
SWIMMERS AND SWIMMING.
Curious Customs and Appliances in Tropic
and Arctic Seas
lBy Walter Hough.l


lBy Walter Hough.l
One OF the most venturesome sports
practiced by any people is the surf-bo
swimming of the Sandwich Islands.
Nearly everyone has experienced the
delights of surf bathing, with its exhiler-
ating rush and battle with the tonic
waves; this pleasure is keenly enjoyed by
the Hawaiians, who pursue it with singu-
lar abandon.
The surf-board is plank of light wood
twelve 70 fourteen feet long, with one
end rounded; the edges are also rounded,
but the other end of the board is left
square. A piece of cloth is usually bound
around this end, perhaps for the support
OF the foot while swimming or rather
being projected like cannon ball by the
wave
A crowd of natives will swim out, tow
ing their boards, diving under and dodg
ing the heavy rollers coming in, until
they are quite distance from land.
Every third wave is larger than the 9TH
ers, and on the broad back of this huge
breaker the natives ride in like the wind.
Sometimes they stand erect on the boards,
but they usually crouch, or lie down, and
keep balance with dextrous stroke OF the
foot or hand. or by swaying the body.
This sport is not without mishap, but the
natives are such tswater Dogs that the
accidents rarely terminate fatally.
Captain Cook says that he saw with
horror one of these surf-boards dashed
into pieces, but an instant after man
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For Our Y outh.

brought up and back, delivering the blow
backward and downward with the instep
and toes; this assists both fotation and
progress.
Fancy strokes, such as ssoyerhand''
and ''side and side,'' come later.
IL is necessary to caution young swim
mers not to battle at nightfall when the
air begins to be chilly, or when the air is
markedly cooler than the water, or when
overheated, and, lastly, not to stay in too
long.
These rules do not apply to those sum-
mer resort bathers who deck themselves
IN gorgeous bathing suits. and then don t
go into the water at all.
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had quilted it. To be compelled to leave
the board and dive back under the wave
is considered very disgraceful; and, be-
sides, the oiled. polished and highly
valued board, which has required whole
tree trunk for its manufacture, is lost.
Both sexes engage in this extraordinary
sport, and the chiefs enjoy it as much as
their subjects.
The Sandwich islanders skill in swim
ming is the result of long practice. IL
would be good thing if our boys could
have the same advantages in learning this
manly and useful art, as these athletic
natives, who teach their children to
swim as soon as, or even before, they can
walk.
In other parts of the world sport loving
people have invented various helps in
swimming. The Labrador Eskimo make
small paddles which are held in the hand
by swimmers, who, it Is presumed. dig
the water '.dog- fashion, a bath in ice
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a good dogs nature were turned towards
sheep. The little dog grew to love sheep,
to play With sheep, and above all to watch
over sheep and protect them.
No hungry stranger could approach one
of these big, wandering hocks in the vast
and lonely plain and help himself to
lamb without being noticed. No! At the
first sign of stranger the dog barks.
Then a remarkable sight is to be SEEM
The oldest and strongest ram of the flock
advances to the dogs side. All the other
rams come forward and take their places
near by facing the foe. The ewes and the
lambs huddle closely together behind
their defenders.
The dog does the talking for the whole
party and gives all the orders, acting the
part of commanding general, but the
rams with their big, cruel horns and
strong heads do the fighting.
Sometimes, when the owners have sheds
near enough, the dog drives the flock out
to pasture and brings them back in the
evening. No matter how large the flock
may be. he knows if even one sheep is
missing and ne gets out and hunts for it
until found.
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losing his head for nearly the first time
in his life.
"Ah. see, and you've been shootin
at the crows for me over there-though'
1 heard gun or so-thanky, everyone.
The crows are the pest of my melon
patch. Now, boys, I've got few fine
early fellows that are just aching to be
eaten. Suppose you peal few-and take
| them back with you across the river.
The current will carry them down for you
and cool them in the bargain"
| The Squire began to thread the tangle
of vines, STOPPING here and there over q
| big dark green melon, entirely oblivious
apparently of the shame facedness and
nakedness of his young callers.
Hold tight, Dancy, and slip her in
easy-that's real leampbellite-the best
melon that grows,o he said, cutting q
glossy green melon longer than your
arm.
| The boys following his heels were very
red and very silent, and more than 9
trife shaky-so shaky indeed that Joe
Briefly himself dropped a perfectly gor-
geous rattlesnake melon and broke it in
ten pieces. Then of course they all tried
to pick it up and eat it, the squire him
self making one of the group. But
somehow the luscious red heart seemed
to stick in their threats. Joe chokec
over it manfully-then all at once stood
up very straight, looked full in the
SQUIRE face and said:
esquire, / feel meaner'n sheep-killin
dawg. How did you know we were
here?''
The Squire laughed outright. ooh, ,!
he said, II was fishing from my cano,
over across the river-and ] haven't for
got what it means to be boy if l am fifty
years DID,
went up Blue Noses path to the house
and left the boys to slip down into tn,
old Cumberland and cross in peace t,
their melon feast.
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cold water must be great luxury to the
Eskimo during their brief but compare
lively hot summer.
1t may be suggested to our inventors
that they set about devising some an
piiance that viii make swimming easier
and swifter.
An English officer is said to have made
ingenious and efficient swimming boards.
TO be held in the hands, but they do NOT
seem to have come very largely into use
as yet.
The idea OF using bladders is very old.
Richelieu's little wanton boys on blad-
ders'' is familiar phrase. When l was
a boy someone told me that the way to
learn to swim was to tie bladder to the
back before venturing into the water.
The advice was never followed, bnt / re-
member going to the rescue of boy who
tied bladders to his feet.
Along the Tigris and Euphrates the ma
tives still follow the very ancient method
decreasing rivers by swimming upon the
inflated skins OF animals, held under the
arm.
English lads get buoyancy by means Of
bundles of bull rushes and cork floats.
No doubt the harness and strap have
been used ever since people began to
swim. The Dyak mother. more careful
of her baby than the Polynesian mother.
ties band under its arms and prevents
its sinking by holding the ends while the
child paddles about in great glee
It is remarkable how long some of the
Polynesian natives can remain in the
water without i'll effects. This is due
largely, no doubt to the equality of the
temperature Of the air and water. The
oiling of the body with cocoanut oil NAV
have something to do with it.
In long distance swimming great feat;
have been performed doubt, however
II any modern Leander of the sporting
world would care to undertake twelve.
mile swim as did an Eskimo | call Il
mind, who leaped from ship, wild witt
desire to return to his native paradise O
desolation-
The best way to learn to swim is tt
practice floating first. keeping the lungl
inflated, holding the head back, allowing
the water to fill the ears and then striking
the open palms against the water and ex.
perimenting on the push 1t gives. Afte
a little while one gains confidence iron
the floating of the body and can strik,
out. / found it much easier to learn K
swim by using short, clawing strokes
which help fiotation and progress at tn,
same time This was called sswimmins
dog fashion,
After this sdog- paddle'' stroke i.
learned, 1t is easy TO make the full arm
strokes by bringing the hands together
with the arms straight forward, then sep.
arating the hands rapidly. curving The
hands under and bringing them to thu
first position with tie least resistance
possible. At the same time the feet are
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06

On these vast pastures there are i'm
mense focks which are often LETT for sew
eral days a time with only a dog to
take care of them. But well he knows
how to do it, for he has been trained for
the business.
When s'CoIly'' was only day old he
was taken away from his own mother and
given to a Big, motheriy sheep. She let
the little blind puppy share the dinner of
her own baby lamb. His little bed was
in q warm, soft nest made of the sheared
fleece of sheep.
He was never allowed 10 taste OF meat.
He was not permitted to associate with
other dogs or with children. His only as
sociates were sheep Consequently all
the strong friendship. all the loyalty, all
The protecting instinct which belongs to
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bering through the bushes to the level Of
the watermelon patch. ssNoW, Sweet
Betsy, give Mr.. Blue Nose your best re-
CARDS. -
''Sweet Betsy went off with the roar
OF young cannon. Long before the
echoes died away the river valley rang
likewise with dolorous bowling as Blue
Nose ran yelping up the homeward path.
Look at i'm. Jes' look at i'm, - joe
shouted, ciapping his hands on his gleam-
ing white sides. sHThe ole dog give such
jump he pulled up the stake and has
gone home with it a-gallopping behind
him. Now you, Bill and Tom and jim,
cut off all the ripe ones you find. and as
soon as we get dozen We'll all begin to
tote and fling in.
'tI-wish l had my shirt" Dancy said
with a little shame faced shiver, as he
came out of the water. Joe eyed him
with laugh, saying:
tits tother side of the river, my son.
You best buckle to and help tote the
millyions and let's US get away from
yere right quick. AS soon as Blue Nose
gets home his master'll be comm down
yere to see what's to pay. So, Waite in (,
sonny
/ Joe paused here, seeing Bill Jenet look
ing apprehensively over his shoulder, and
the next second he dropped his gun and
held up warning hand.
| His quick ear had caught the sound OF
heavy footsteps coming in from the river
through the bushes, a very little way
above where they had made their land
ing.
"Down-all of ye-an' lay fatter'n
lizards, he whispered loudly. at once
four white figures fell face downward
upon the crab grass that came up in be-
| tween the melon hills.
Joe himself did not move. Instead he
stood surprised, stark and staring in the
middle of the melon patch-for it was
Squire Jenkins who was climbing the
! bank, and he was smiling in the clum-
siest, best natured way possible.
"Howdy, howdy, howdy, boys! Don't
hide-glad to see ye-every one,'' he
called as he topped the rise. tBeen
swimming, Ell? This is one of the days
for 1T. / feel like it myself, old as / am
Eyes, sir, we've been swimmin' an
huntin' too-all day" Joe stammered
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
THE soUtRE's REVENGE.
a River Bend Story, by Martha McCnllot
Williams.

a River Bend Story, by Martha McCnlloch
Williams.
The following conversation took place
one day in late July among lot of Ten
nessee schoolboys:
"Roys, know sumpin' you all don t. !"
"What is it?''
esquire Jenkins has got ripe water
millyons.'
[ ''Shucksl Your foolin'. Watermill-
yons amt never ripe about here fore
August court day-the first Monday"
81 know that, but Squire Jinkins wuz
at our house yistiddy and l heard him tell
pa he'd have load to send to town to-
morrer-two weeks earlier than anybody
else.''
"Well, then, he's mean ole stingy
gizzard to be sellin' 'em when nobody
amt had taste of one sence last fall. j"
'tLe' save him the trouble. -
The boys looked at one another in
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and in the other doll lady's maid in
her white cap and apron. The beds
should be piled with dolls wraps and
bonnets and coats and hats. There
should be chairs and table and mirrors,
combs and brushes and toilet things.
The drawing room will have the piano
and some chairs, but the chief thing is to
have pictures on the curtain walls, strips
of white lace to indicate windows. and
cornices of tiny vines, mantel banked
with flowers, and an arch OF flowers, under
which the bridal party will stand.
Have man doll sitting at the
piano. Then there is the room
to display the presents. These
presents are shown on tables-furniJure
dishes, imitation silverware, which is
now made for dolls and put in fancy
cases; fans, parasols, jewelry, dolls
lamps, bookcases, vases-all the bright.
pretty things happy young doll bride
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
A DOLLS WEDDING.
How Children May Give Parlor Enter
tainment.
[Bx Annie Isabel Willis

by Annie Isabel Willisl
Children like to get up fairs and enter
tainments, and one of the prettiest things
they can do is to give "dolls' we'd
ding"
Where there are many children staying
at summer resort they can club their
dolls and toys together. So can the chill
dren OF school, or even half dozeu
little girls anywhere. And of course any
one little girl can give dolls wedding as
feature of a private party of her own.
Still it is very interesting to get up
little parlor entertainment in company
with others for some charity and to sell
tickets, and have ali the grown up people
come in full dress and enjoy the pretty
show.
The tickets should be sent up in the
form of wedding invitations, written on
the door they can be handed back as SOU
venirs. The price should be about five
cents.
In the first place, make a very large
platform by laying boards on carpenters
horses. 1t must be low enough for little
children to see comfortable, and must
stand SO that people can walk all around
it. RM
Partition this platform off into the
rooms of great mansion. You can do
this by mailing laths at the corners of
the rooms and hanging portieres plainly
across Then curtains can be made
of any dark pretty stuff. You do not
have outside walls because people could
not then look into the rooms. Carpet the
platforms with some pleasing smooth
fabric.
RI furnish the rooms nj couraa avary
girl contributes her doll furniture, and
you all contribute of your pocket money
to buy anything lacking.
There may be an entrance hall, with a
hat rack, an umbrella stand, chairs and
tissue paper palms in small vases as jardi-
niers.
The next two rooms can be arranged
as dressing rooms. There will be a
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
what Is a Guarantee

It is this. II you have a cough or cold,
a tickling in the throat, which keeps you
constantly coughing, OF if you are
afflicted with any chest, throat or lung
trouble, whooping cough, etc., and you
use Billiards. Horehound Syrup as di-
rected, giving it a fair trial, and no bene-
fit is experienced, we authorize out adj
verified agent to refund your money on
return of bottle. 1t never fails to give
satisfaction. 1t promptly relieves bron-
chitis. Sold by q. @. NJ. ]. Drug Dept. 1
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
HOW DOGS ARE TRAINED.
Taking Care OF Whole Flock of Sheep
Alone.
by Helen Evertson smith.l


In South America, in the region of the
great pasture plains, dogs are trained to
be shepherds. l do not mean that dog
goes out with the herdsmen and helps
watch the flock. I mean that the dog
goes out alone and that he takes the en-
tire care of the sheep without anyone's
direction. In South America there are
vast plains where for miles and miles
there is little vegetation save the short
grain on which sheep feed. There are
no habitations for men.
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Whether on pleasure bent, or business,
take on every trip bottle of Syrup OF
Figs, as it acts most pleasantly and ef-
fectually on the kidneys, liver and
bowels, preventing fevers, headache and
other forms of sickness. For sale in Soc.
and 81 bottles by all leading druggists.
Manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-06
A Unanimous Verdict,

Everything taken into consideration, ID
is unanimously agreed that the Chicago,
Union Pacific and Northwestern is the
popular line. Salt Lake to Chicago only
AS hours.
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Investigate the plan Of the Security
Trust and Invt. Co. An institution in
corporated under the laws Of Utah.
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I<aCes.

Pin Ecru Laces, reduced from tOc. to 5.
Gin. Ecru Laces, reduced from 121zc- to 7Sc,
ain. Ecru Laces, reduced from 15c. to 1Oc.
7-in Ecru Laces, reduced from 80. to 15c.
ain. Black Chantilly Laces, reduced from 30c.
to zoe.
sin. Black Chantilly Laces, reduced from doc.
to 25c.
Sin. Black Chantiny Laces, reduced from soc.
to SOC.
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Wash Goods.

At DC. LADIES' Calico Basques, with rufie around
bottom and sleeves, at zoe.
AT 40c.-Ladies' Dark Indigo Norfolk Waists
with full sleeves, perfect ftting 65c-, reduced
for this sale to 40c.
At 75c.-Black and White Striped Lawn Waists.
full sleeves, with ruffie round bottom, former
price S1.25, now TO-
At 75c-Ladies' White Lawn Waists, with plated
back fall sleeves, was S1.00. now 75c.
At 90c.-Ladies' fine White India Lawn Waists,
tucked front and back with full sleeves and double
Cascade ruffie, was 81 %, now 90c.
At S3OO-Ladies' Silk Waists good quality
India Silk; former price, IS, reduced for This sale
to $500.
At S4-Ladies' Silk Waists in extra good quality
Wash Silk made in the newest style, perfect
fitting former price 80 reduced for this sale to A