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Evening journal., 1893-01-26
ADJUSTMENTS
Duoss aud Hoss. -

The Grand Opera House tonight win
be occupied by William Collier. who viii
make bis initial appearance at toe head
of great company iu hoss and Hoss.
O farce pisce There is on idea running
through the piece that may be- called 81
plot but not too much plot There Us g.
story as follows Judge Willie Hoss.
country iurs of quiet tastes but gallant
nature, lends his son his trunk and the
young man discovers I'm it a letter writ
ten by his supposedly highly moral father
To- ana actress. Ioss the elder. above all
things breads his WIFE, and the son. by
threatening TO divuige ali TO his mother,
forces the father TO receive beneath the
family roof, motley aggregation Of
noisy theatrical people, and lawyer
named Charlie Hoss The Kangaroo
dance by Miss Louise Allen which
created q furor in "Dr Bnl' last season,
Is a feature Collier viii sing some Of
his latest songs and parodies. and Sulli-
van win introduce his inimitable paro-
dies
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nerole nnilrnnd Mon.

Every time a wreck train goes out on
one of the branching lines and comes
back with load of splinters and junk
tho "boys' at the junction have some
thing to talk about for week They
never become excited over smashup
and a list of injured, but when it hap
pens the old fellows rereminiscent for a
day or two the youngsters who pull
out every second day in close cabs and
on top Of icy freight cars are unusually
thoughtful.
There is something soldierly in the
quiet heroism Of railroad men who have
known danger and expect to die some
day under a heap Of box cars. You re-
alize this when you get next to them and
find what kind of men they are under
the plaid jackets and coal dust. And
you like them better when you know
them well.-Chicago News-Record.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
one.lar soclnl oInl. nnIded.

CHEsruR, JAM 26-The arrest OF
three members of the Washington Lit.
erary Association has staggered The
social clubs of Chester 10 is charged
that under the guiso of clubs, drinking
and gambling is indulged iu. The eX-
posure Of the Washington Club was
brought about by the discovery that
Eva Grayson, the 1G yearold daughter
OF Benjamin Grayson. of PA Kerln
street. had been frequenting the rooms
for two weeks past. while her parents
thought her at work in Lewis q Co. 's
mill Yesterday Dave Cline. Rafe Cromp
tom and Harry Hollis were arrested
Crompton and Cline were charged with
gambling and Hollis with q graver crime
Eva testified that she had been taken
into the club rooms and ruined by Hollis
Warrants are out for other members Of
the club
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
o1a.todons and nrnlo rooted Hors.

Science knows Of the mastodon onlyas
can extinct fossil proboscidian pachy-
dern, closely allied to the elephant Of
modern fauna" Who knows, however,
but that these "supposed-to-be-extinct"
creatures may be as plentiful in the
Gland Of the midnight sun" as mule foot
ed hogs seem to be in Arkansas. Mis-
souri, and the Indian Territory? Three
weeks ago 1 would have been much more
surprised had ] met real live mule foot
ed hog than l would have been to have
met a whole herd of the aforesaid fossil
proboscidian pachyderms." Since that
time everything has changed. The hun
dreds Of letters sent in by kindly dis
posed friends are convincing proof that
mule footed hogs are more plentiful in
the south than office seekers in Washing.
ton.-St. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Mrs. Pierce wants one Third.

VAST CHESTER, Jan. 2G -Joshua n.
Pierce died some months ago and he loft
au estate valued at $50, 0O0 Before his
death DE induced his wife 90 sign ana
agreement NOT TO contest las wAI, with
the understanding that she aud her child
should get one third of what he left
After the document was signed Mr
Pierce gave away several houses. valued
at $1,000 TO $4,000 each. This lessened
the widows share considerably, though
by the disposal of the houses tho two
children by former wife were benefited.
She alleges She viii oudeavor Go secure
q third of The value of the hou as prs
sentod by Mr. Pierce TO the children by
his hrst wife,
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
IInI.aihrnnI.nrn..

John Ahearn yesterday sued the Phil
adelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore
railroad company, says the phladelphia
Record alleging that on October 20. when
he was o. passenger ON train from
Cenlrevilie Md to Philadelphia DO was
necessary for him 90 change cars at Will
mmEion. Before doing SO his ticket had
been taken up by conductor After
Nr Ahoarn left Wilmington another
conductor demanded his ticket or fare
which Mr. Ahegm refused 90 give. and
he was arrested upon reaching philadel
phio. Hence ne claims damages.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
a Raynrd Legion nnlI.

A ball and reception will be given by
the Bayard Legion in German Hall to-
morrow night for the purpose of raising
a portion of tho fund needed for the
clubs trip to Washington during the in
auguration OF president-elect Cleveland.
Alberts orchestra viii furnish the
music and the following officers have
been elected for the OCCASION S z
Ringer. grand conductor Il. M Lowe.
A0oi mauager; William Rossiter.
Charles Dettling, w. f. Long, John
Salmon and Edward Gipp. assistant
floor managers.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

GOVERNOR FLowER. OF New York.
has announced that be ail send a mes
sage to the Legislature, recommending
that the responsibility for the improve
ment Of the roads be Fixed upon the
several counties In some states the
counties have not only assumed that re-
sponsibility but have gone to work them.
selves to make better roads. In several
Of the Southern and Western states there
is an appropriation from the state to
cover about one-third the cost Of all
macadamized roads built in the several
counties. This agitation Tor better
roads is universal among all classes.
except the farmer class That is
strange, for the farmer class will
derive immediate and inestimable beue-
it, It is Disappointing 70 witness the
fatuity OF the farmers ia suffering them
selves to be led of by demagogues Of
various degrees Of Stiffness into vagaries
about taxation silver, land banks and
other nonsensical schemes while the bad
roads are present with them an the time
10 keep them poor
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Dun Eyed scientists.

Mrs. Hayman-Who are those gentle
mon runnin into our barn to get out o
tn rain?
Daughter-Thcy are q party Of scien-
fists who are staying at the hotel.
They've been out on some expedition or
other.
Mrs. Hayman-I don't see where their
eyes was las night. Anyone might n
known from tn new moon it was goin
TO rain. 1t was tipped up so it couldn't
hold water if it tried. - New York
Weekly.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Ana un Wont A,rar Sadly.

GLOW do you sound the g in the
word 'gerrymander? inquired the man
who had climbed three flights Of stairs
to see the answer-tO-queries editor.
Hard" answered the editor, "as in
GET"
"Thcre goes every cent I won on New
York" roioined the caller, turning away
wi,n heavy sigh.
And u moment later the melancholy
plick piack of his weary feet was heard
ON tine stairway, growing fainter and
fainter as he went down and ont to face
q cold and unfriendly world again.
Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Hunting with q whip.

Tho following tall story comes from
Nliddlctown. Conn; While q resident
of that town was driving along a coun-
try road at the edge of wood his dog
flushed q couple Of partridges The
birds burst out of tho brush with a
whir, flying side by side, and as they
were passing over the hunters head he
made a vicious cut with his whip at
them. and according TO the legend the
whip hit one of the birds and broke its
nock.-p Philadelphia Ledger.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Members of tho orand lodge rendered
D nAnnnot % Tho NnIlnnnl nnfel.


banquet az the National Hotel.
Special Correspondence Evening journal
MnnLFTowN, Jam 90 -rhe members
of the Grand Lodge Knights of pythias
of Wilmington came 20 Middletowu last
might and installed the officers of Damon
lodge No. l2 os follows. IT, c. Harry
Lightcap; G. o.. William Francis; ". c..
b. W llawkns P Johl p Mcintyre:
M of EX. D.. B Lee Mof n a. Ellis. U.s.
R. of g., James e. Joils Mat A
Author S Sparks g., IS. A.
Foitner, o. g. George W. Price Rep
Joseph q. Jois trustees, George W
Price. George d. pnder and j Frank
McWhorter. Members of the Grand
Lodge were supIgme representative.
William simmons and James D. Tucker:
grand chancellor, s. H Marshall.
grand vice-chancel.or w. T Lincoln.
a. M of r., Lemuel Marr G. NJ no a
r. II Williams, q. l. g., John y Scott
p. q c. w A. Mu,lm r. Cs. a.
%, Turner William Wiswen, Joseph
Cash and r. B Wallace
After the installment Of officers they
proceeded 20 the National Hotel where
covers were spread for seventy-fve after
which ihe WILMINGTON members left ON
the B. go train for home
Several of the largest fruit growers
OF this sectionaiter examining their trees
look for a larger peach crop than ever
The recent cold weather they say. has
not injured them. They say the bud
seems 90 be an right and the wood is
not IN the best order.
Louis nj. Barnard has accepted a posi-
ton as salesman with r Hukin.
c. }. Freeman editor of the New Erie.
is confined TO the house with the inter
mittent fever
John N. Naudain and family Of Balti.
more are visiting relatives i'm town
Howard Tuner of Still Pond. Nd is
stopping with friends iu town Tor a few
days
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

Lord Duiferin. the British Ambassador
in Paris, has informed the French
government that "the increase Of troops
in Egypt does not indicate any modifca-
tion in England's policy" There Is
little doubt of that, and probably the
Khedive himself viii come to a realiza
tion Of the fact when the ships move
upon Alexandria and begin to batter it
down with shot and blow it up with
shell. Lord Dufferin seems to be a
grim humorist.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
WHOM Sore Throats voro Expensive.

"When I first went into the show busi-
ness said a wealthy retired circus man.
cone OF my chief attractions was a pair
of grancs Gira1es were q novelty in
those days, and these proved to be a great
card but before I had them 70 month
they were both taken with sore throats
Doyo1 realize whatitmclus fora giraffe
90 have sore thr0at It pretty nearly
banuupted provide for their cure "
New York sun.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
PoOR TRusTEEs MEgTINe.
Contracts for ihe Next Quarter Awarded
Yesterday.

Contracts for the Next Quarter Awarded
Yesterday.
The Trustees of the Poor of Nsw
Castle county met at the almshouse at
Fanhmst yesterday afternoon and
awarded contracts for supplies for the
next quarter as oliows Gasoline TO
tine Atlantic Refining Company. at l9
cents gallon tobacco 90 j L. Frenoh
% cents pound printing, 90 the News
Publishing Company; drugs y II. Du.
worth; mutton, John vs.. Carey 40 S
cents a pound for eight-rbbed fore
quarters pork, TO Hart q Brother. at f9
cents o. pound for shouliers beef. 30 W
3D. Wilkins. mt q l-l0 cents pound
bread, 60 the Spicer Baking Company. at
Marshallton. 8 cents pound. shoes
to E *. Crawford. at 93 cents "a pair.
dry goods W. b. Sharp d Co. groceries
TO C H. simmons.
Allowances for outside relief were an
proved as follows: Bundywine hundred
su5.90. Wilmington f9sS 40. Clristiaua
S32 90; Mil Greek, 9l4 as: White Cay
Creek SlOS iG ked Lion. S91.19. sd
Georges s2is.9l; Pencacer. Sll3 Us:
APPOINTMENTS. @ls0 CD. Blaekbird
hundred $1,000. Iolnl outside relief.
s2.t08j3.
The report of superintendent showed
that l29 persons had been admitted.
forty discharged twelve had died during
the last quarter The present number
of inmates, 1920. divided as follows.
White women, 81, colorel women. ls.
white children. li. coiuod children. 5.
white men. 1885 col0red meu. 1s
Deaths during thc mouth.5
a committee was appointed to eo t0
Dover neNl Thursday ON tho matter of
appointing coroner physician
Disbursements ass reported By the
secretary lor the cuueut yoAr amounted
To- SOB go.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

AT last we are getting at the uncheer-
fol truth to find that the United States
Treasury faces a deficit The Cleveland
administration left surplus Of Sf2O
000,0a0 it finds a deficit Of from ten TO
fifty millions. One Of the most sirnid
cant facts developed by the recent inves
LEGATIONS is that $4,000. 600 worth OF
public building contracts have not beon
let. Another is that the execution Of
the contracts for river and harbor i'm.
provements. made last year will
require $1,000 600 more than
the estimate Of Secretary Foster
Secretary Foster says he did not have the
data from which this revised estimate
has been made. He does not say he did
not want them, and that he did not try
70 get them, because that is unnecessary.
There is no use. however. in bothering
about Foster or Harrison or ia spending
any time trying TO fix the blame, for
Poster and Harrison will both 20 out Of
Office and the probability is that they
vii go into oblivion, while the party to
which they belong goes to pieces. It
lived till it deeayed at the top
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
yonderiand's King.

And well named. too. is the cleverest
of an c0njurors, Kellar The programme
furnished by this man of mystery Is one
never TO bee forgotten Kellar this season
produces, among other novel feat res
bis latest invention called "Caglostro.
a startling demonstration of what a man
can do Were kellar TO claim the assis
tauce Of supernatural beings, the Won
ders he performs with "Cagiostro'
would be considered by most people as
ample proof But kellor dissvows any
other help than that furnished by his
fertile brain and nimble fingers And in
"Cagliostro' these working forces are so
cleverly blended that they form the most
startling combination of marvellous mys
terry ever seen on any stage. Astarte,
that mysterious maiden, who apparently
proves chat the law discovered by Sir Isaac
Newton can be successfully dehed is
still seen together with numberless other
startling and original feats. kellar viii
be as the Grand Opera House tomorrow
nirlt
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

The weather today is likely
to be clear.
I8c Ginghams.
No matter what the price
you won't get better quality
Ginghams this year than these
at I8c-they're not made.
Nor better styles.
From choosing the cotton to
putting it through the loom
"Best" has been the watch
word every step.
And the Ginghams are of
the best-never before sold
under 4oc.
The new Anderson Cling
hams and all the merry Cotton
Dress Goods train are romp-
ing into line close by.
Northeast Of centre.
Black Dress GOods-twO of
the extra tempting lots:
Black Silk and-wool Bengaline in Is
pleasing desigus-wiggles, waves.
figures and stripes Regular 50
goods at 81, and warrntaed not to
slip. Width 22i in.
Three qualities Sebastopol, good SER
viceable. honest goods and hand
some. Have been 75c, 81, $L10.
now Csc, Zoe, Soc
Northwest OF centre.
Dress Robe Patterns, rich
est Of the season, drop from
SIS TO $40, from $45 to SIS
and from $50 to So,
Across the aisle is the con-
servatory of Challis. A bower
of loveliness. Breath and
beauty of the meadows at their
best caught in a film of sea
foam.
All-wool Challis, so and 6oc.
Javanaise or Bayadere, 85c.
Southwest Of centre
IOHN WANAMAKER
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
undesirable Emierants.
New York Times.

New orl, Times.
Whatever action may be taken with
respect to the restriction Of Immigration
generally, the government should take
measures for the strict enforcement here
after of existing laws designed to prevent
the admission of pauper lunatics and inn
beetles and other helpless persons those
condition can easily be determined by
brief inspection.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

TIE man who enclosed a basement
furnace in beautifully fitted case OF
soft resinous pine and wondered why and
how his house caught fire and burned
down lives at Norristown. Pa, If be has
not been sent to the insane asylum.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
NEMsPAPER OPINION.
Tne chIel-en. came nomo.

The Chickens Came Home.
Philadelphia Times.
The populists in the Kansas Legisla-
ture had abundant precedent in the con-
duct of the Republicans in the last Con
gress for the way in which they seated
enough contestants 10 give them an ass
sured control It was lawiess, but SO
was successful The Democrats took no
part ia this application of the Reed sys-
tenn They had merely TO sit still and
wait, and they have prodted by the re-
suit. The Populist votes have gone to
the Democratic candidate and
John Martin has been elected
United States Senator AS the Re-
publieaus abandoned their idea of
bolt and offered, though too late, to take
part Boa the ballo ting there remains no
opportunity for "a contest, aud as the
Democrats are now practically assured
of the control of the new Senate, there
is no question of Judge Martins receiv-
ing the seat to which he has been
elected He has been one IF
the leading Democrats of Kansas
for many years, having been three times
the candidate of his party for governor
He was especially active in the last cam
paign in the fusion movement that
wrested Kansas from the Republicans
and his election to the senate is politi-
ally fitting. while there is no reason 60
doubt ms personal qualifications for the
hn nor
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

THE United States Senate may be an
elegant asylum for tired millionaires or a
luxurious berth Of respectable leisure for
ward politician, but our fathers did not
project the most august body Of legisla-
tors In the world for those purposes.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

Contraction of the iron used in con-
structiug the great Eihel tower makes
that famous structure eight inches
shorter in winter than it is during the
hot summer months.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

Some argue that light, the astron-
omer's only basis Of search in the un-
fathomable regions Of space, expands
and decomposes i'm its progress, and that
at best it gives as only very imperfect
data upon which to base calculations.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

Placer county. New. lays claim TO a
valuable specimen OF petrided vegeta-
tion. It consists Of two pieces Of rock
which are believed TO have been water
melons. as they have the exact shape
and anpearauce of that lruit
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

SENATOR SHERMAN Is not making
much haste In repeating the silver pur-
chase bill, but the people are thinking,
deeply, that the millions Of dollars wrung
out Of them annually TO keep the silver
states true to the Republican party, is an
injustice and a robbery too grievous not
TO be avenged.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
DIED.

BROOKS-On the Goth instant Loretta
Brooks. daughter of Rebecca and Samuel 4.
Brooks, aged year and 30 days.
Relatives and friends Of the family are re-
specuully invited 90 attend the funeral from
the residence of her grandfather, VIZ Kirk
wood street. sunday Afternoon at . o'clock.
lnterment at Rivcrview.
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To IN. rrinhe.t nlhd.r.

Arctioneer w. A. Hutin sold under
The hammer this morning the three
story brick house, No. 400 West Sixth
street, TO Charles Ncgendank, No. 1885
Van Duren street, for 50 200 The
household effects were also sold There
was a good attendance and the bidding
WIS lively.
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II ~ Il II -

Physical Direstor Hoffman lectured
last night TO his class In physical i'm
strnction ON How to aid the Injured
One of his auditors suffered from a
sprained knee and Furnished the lecturer
a practical illustration.
The local branch has been notified
that the Chicago organization IS prepared
70 furnish an members accommodation
during the Worlds Fair al low rates
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

WE should be sorry to suspect: we
would not be guilty Of asserting that the
bulk Of the members the rank and Gle
Of the Republican party were not honest,
Intelligent snd patriotic citizens. AS a
class they are all that we could desire.
10 The Northern and Western states i'm
nediately after the war, The Republican
party contained practically al the sir.
tao, the culture a1d-tho learning there
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
rAe WOOL TARlFE FaAuo.
A Practical Demonstration From Farm
er's Personal Experience.

CT n NAHNWHA AaA NNAAhiANNs
The following letter was written to the
editor Of the Philadelphia Times
"Ihe Times lately contained o clip
ping headed Give the markets q
chanc., suggesting that the present Is "a
good time 90 knock the taIiI un potatoes
10 is all right as far as &c goes. We can
DO without potatoes, but not without
clothing with the weather go zero aud
below as DO has been for he last month.
I can show You a suit of Clothes with mo-
wool BOO 3D. for which paid S - from one
of the cheapest houses in Altoona. The
suit of coat pants and vest weighs four
pounds and five ounces nearly $3 per
pound
81 kept six ewes last winter, and 10
runs this way
Six sheep, eight pounds of wool. equal
fort -eight pounds, ut lN lNpents.........s q H.
Five lamns August ], w0rth....,........ 10 O0
Hay and grain ior SIS months........... ls 90
siie
"This would pay for the suit of
clothes and leave So l2 ! count their
keep for Six months at very low figure
Leaving ont six months pasture, shear
ing and marketing wool as am offset
for manure, aud trouble of feeding. etc
and they are counted good sheep
$50 you see 10 takes over sixty three
pounds of wool 90 pay for suit OF
clothes (Nith NO wool Ina iO tina. weighs
four pounds and five ouces. Us this
fair protection TO the poorl
Williamsburg Pa, January 28
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Recelved Goods on Talse Pretenoea.

Detectives Witsil and McVey arrested
Edward d. Woods, colored in Christiana
hundred, near jackson Inn, for receiving
goods on false pretences. He was
brought to this city and locked in the
City Hail. The trouble was with Mrs.
Barker, q storekeeper. and will likely be
settled without the aid Of the law.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
EEror mell--WIlh InaIan Corn.

The Delaware College Agricultural
Experiment. Station bulletin for De
cembcr contains full particulars of the
field tests upon Indian corn. They com
prise examinations of the claims made
by seedsmen of The Mastodon variety.
The result Of The removal of corn tas-
sells while they are ia an undeyeloped
state Is fully olt,inel
Evening journal., 1893-01-26

The relative ratios Of tho lower case
letters in ordinary work is; 2. Tx, ]. q. Y,
9; b, VI. Q; g. p. W. y, 10. c. f. u, IN, -;
q, /. %: n. r, 80; a. l. n. o. s. 40. {, %. c.
go. Total. 532.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
Chrnninlr for .Innnnrr.

The Association Chronicle. tho organ
of the Young Mems Christian Assocla-
tiou, for January has appeared 10 con-
tains articles concerning the gymnasium
classes and notes relative 10 the progress
OF the association.
Evening journal., 1893-01-26
rHunsDAY. JANUARY aa. $50.

Possibly it is not true. that a fully in
sured, thoroughly FIRE proof building is
quicker and surer 70 burn than any
other building, but It seems so.