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Evening journal., 1893-05-01
we WRITE FOR THE PuBLlc.

WE WRITE FOR THE PUBLIC.
In condemning some untrue state
ments the Dover Sentinel made in de.
fense Of an infamous letter written by
Fred Bach, which the Sentinel does not
endorse, and perhaps has not read, we
referred incidentally, to the French
phrases and the Chinese iargon used by
the Sentinel. In apology for not cor
recting its mistatements, made we hope,
in ignorance not in malice, the Sentinel
says:
We would not say one word in reply.
but when, in the same issue Of the
JOURNAL the editor makes il point to
display nearly half column of Billings
gate to exhaust his pent up emotions.
and characterizes communication from
a Wilmington correspondent TO the
Philadelphia Press as rot and slush, E"
we simply make the plain, truthful, un-
varaished statement that the JOURNAL
Is Inconsistent and doesn't command
the confidence of its readers
Now, it was the false statements in
defence of Bach's libelous letter, that
caused our notice Of the Sentinel. Its
phraseology was bad but its defence of
an indefensible letter, that we feel as
sured the editor would not have put his
own name to, is worse But as It is.
he practically confesses that his state.
ments were untrue or that he did not
know what he was writing about. He
cannot reaiirm; he is unwilling to cor
rect his statements
Phraseology Is Of little Importance
compared with facts and an editors repu
tation for using them
In regard to our remarks about the
Philadelphia Press's correspondence we
did not use, Blllingsgate. That is the
vile language of a London fshwoman
The words rot and slush. as used. are
American slang but good English for all
that
Our advice to the Sentinel is stick to
the English language, to facts and pre-
serve an amiable temper In doing those
three things he will follow the EVENING
JOURNAL which certainly must com.
mand the confidence Of its readers. since
1t has more readers, than any other
paper in Wilmington ever had, and
prints more papers than any other paper
ever printed or sold in Delaware.
In deprecating the space we have
devoted to this matter, the editor re.
ferred to, makes the common mistake of
thinking we are giving him too much at.
tention We are scarcely thinking of
him at all. He is right in shrinking
from so much attention. We would he
wrong in giving him any.
When the immortal Burns wrote;
On "ad some power thegiftie gle us
To see oursels as others see usi
II wad frae monte blunder free us.
And foolish notion
ne was not thinking Of the louise on her
bonnet, but oi tie vain woman herself
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
An Easy Way to Keep Insects on Trees.

To trap various insects in the open
air, half fill wide necked bottles with
sirup or sweetened water, adding enough
arsenic to make the liquid poisonous.
After a rainstorm the bottles should be
emptied and refilled, as before mentioned.
Hang the bottle ON the branches of the
trees and among the bushes, etc. This
is a ready and simple method Of trapping
all insects that prey on sweets, conse-
quently keeping the trees free from many
noxious pests that prey annually on shade
and fruit trees.---Cor. Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

has raised about her, totters and
falls, but not in ruins. for il is again
and again rebuilt. to be finally crushed
to atoms and utter ruin. The whole
play is so adroitly constructed, the literary
quality is so rich, the artistic
skill so great in comparison with much
Of the ephemeral trash thrust upon a
much abused public that even super
sensitive moral nature may not
snid at the atmosphere into
which Dumas has taken us, as be
picks mp from his basket of peaches the
specked fruit and points to the black
SPOTS which deface and cheaper it. "The
Crust Of Society" will be seen at the
Grand Opera House tonight.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Poverty and Clothes.

One marked difference between the
very poor in the English cities and the
corresponding class IN American towns
is that the latter buy their clothing of
tailors and manufacturers. and therefore
get it new, while the English poor, and
particularly the English women of low
estate prefer the castoff finery Of 'the
quality" that is sold at the secondhand
shops. The result is that the American,
laborer and his wife make a better ap-
pearance in their cheap but simple and
suitable garments than the London nav
Wy or hawker. with a shiny, III fitting
broadcloth, and his wife in garish hat
with broken feathers and unfashionable
not TO say bedraggled, skirts. New York
sun.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Artificial SrapIe Sugar.

Decoctions or extracts Of the wood or
bark Of trees are frequently used for
flavoring sirups or sugars. Different
extracts differ in taste. The hickory
tree, it is said, yields an extract that will
impart the flavor Of the maple and
Daily's method of producing artificial
maple sirup of sugar is as follows:
Make an extract of hickory bark or
wood by allowing water to percolate
through the same. The bark or wood
may be ground, or sawdust therefrom
used. Hot water may be used. OF the
material boiled in water. The strength
Of the extract may be increased by in
crease of the quantity Of the wood or
bark. To one gallon of hot or boiling
sugar sirup add, say, three tablespoon
fuls Of the hickory extract. 1t is said
the effect Of the extract is to produce a
flavor that renders the sirup indistin-
guishable from genuine maple sugar. If
the sirup is boiled down, a sugar re-
sembing maple sugar in taste is pro-
duced.-London Public Opinion.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

THE man who came here lecturing for
the price Of "A silver Offering" objects to
the liberality Of the EVENING JOURNAL
toward all religion-the statement that
we believe any religion is better than no
religion being particularly offensive
That man may 60 his way. The last
man Of that sort who came here reviling
10 respectable body Of Christians was
arrested in Pittsburg. We shall not as
slst any man in reviling any body Of
Christians Of any sect, Of any church. at
|any time for any purpose.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
rhe pate For the nrlllenninm.

Charles 7. Russell Of Allegheny, Pa,
announces that the millennium will
surely arrive in October of 1914. Weare
now in the Tapping time" between the
hay of the gospel and the grass of the
millennium era. This 'lapping time"
began in October Of 1874 and will last
40 years. During this period the king
doms of the world will be overthrown by
the anarchists, nihilists, socialists and
nationalists. At the same time the He
brews viii all be gathered in PALESTINE
Chicago Herald.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
wANAmAKER's.
phIladelphia. Monday. Maz ]. lsaa.
The weather to-day is likely
to be cloudy.

Solid truth concerning your
boy.
-~ .s- 1t may, and should, surprise
you. The larger your compre-
hension of what follows the
greater will be your surprise.
First-You'll find I25 Suits
Boys Clothes CA to IS years),
Double-breasted Blouse and
Short Trousers, that are made
of solid, all-wool, very neat,
fancy Cassimeres. The finish
is smooth, the trimmings are
good, the style is excellent,
the trade value So a Suit. The
price of this lot is three dol
lars and seventy-hve cents a
Suit.
Second-We hold aquantity
of just-made superior Suits at
$S. But we have duplicated
them at decline. Therefore
they go to five dollars.
Third-Two lots at $3.50
and So, under same conditions
as the foregoing, are reduced
to six dollars.
The truth about your boy is
that you can provide his Spring
Suit to-day for several dollars
less than you could yesterday
or any previous day this Spring
These great bargains pre-
sent our Boys Clothing store
to you. And it's a friendly
place to all charged with the
responsibility of clothing boys.
What a picture your small
boy will make as you send him
out of a Summer afternoon
with a freshly laundered Sailor
Suit, s. to SIS, 3 to 9 years.
Our elegant stock of them
big enough to dress all the
midshipmites of the Squadron
of, Peace. And the Refers
the trade on them blows gale.
3 to 10 years, $3.50 to So.
Faith and fortune 90 hand
in hand. The Boys Clothing
has your confidence, hence its
success, great and growing.
If a social scientist should
want to discuss the potency of
ten dollars he would need to
test its power on our Mems
Suits. A constant study in
our Clothing business is how
to raise the power of ten dol
lars in Mems Clothing.
Witness the Mems Suits at
ten dollars.
Witness the Mems Light
Overcoats at ten dollars.
Market street.
JOHN WANAMAKER.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

In 1915 Cesar Rodney Of Delaware
|slgned the Declaration Of Independence.
In 1898 the General Assembly Of Della
|ware voted to deprive the people OF
Wilmington of the right to govern them.
Selves Morning News.
Ia 1875 the negroes. lately cannibals In
africa, were slaves Iu 1898 they were
gnorant and venal voters paid to put
'7ulgar, greedy men in office. Il became
!. question Of Wiley negroes-bought, OF
III white men Of the Cesar Rodney
lass and race ruling in one Of the states
III the thirteen colonies. The Anglo.
1;axons won.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
ADJUSTMENTS.

AT the Grand opera House This Evening.
In The Crust Of Society, the sym
pathy Of the audience is almost to the
last with the adventures. whose efforts
to reform and TO rise above the social
cloud, which has obscured her life seem to
be worthy of success. But when she has
almost touched the goal, when she seems
to have placed her feet on solid moral
ground, her innate spirit Of wickeoness
and deceit crops out, and the fabric Of
confidence and pity, which the spectator
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
A MOTHERS DEFENSE.

Dead! my wayward bOy-my own
Not the laws. but mino-the good
Gods free gift 20 me alone.
Sanctihcd by motherhood
"Bad,n you say; well, who Is not?
"Brutal!'-"with heart of stone"
And "red handed" All, the hot
Blood upon your ownl
come not with downward eyes
To plead for him shamedly;
God did not apologize
When ho gave the boy TO mo. (
Simply, I make ready now
For his verdict. You prepare
You have killed us hoth-and how
VIII you face us there?
James Whitcomb Riley.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

In 1890 the reciprocity oracles declared
bat the fearful balance Of $50. 1000 600
, $75, 900. 600 to Brazil was intolerable
he reciprocity clause was put in the bill
, cure that calamity. After the first
pm year OF the treaty, Brazil bought the
tremendous increase Of $17l, 627 more
pods Of us than before and flooded us
|ith &35, 40S, 600 more Of her goods. So
pat instead of the adverse balance Of
|6o, 40, 349 in 1891 we had S1O4 341, 7s1
1893 Ii balance Of so, OOO. 600 was
Fsastrous a balance Of $1O4, OOO. 600
bust be calamitous Whatever OF how.
yer that may be, the reciprocity oracles
no put the reciprocity clause in the
|ckinley prosperity bill should rise to
kplain. Instead a smaller adverse trade
fade balance with Brazil we have, after
be passage Of the Mckinley prosperity
1t, $50, 900, 900 more. Having been
'lacted for the purpose Of accomplishing
Pecihc purposes we wish to know why
recisely the contrary things occur
|obody explains. The advocates Of the
/ tciproclty humbug are silent The man
|ho proposed it is dead and the man who
y II into his panaeea for poverty
S legislative cinch on prosperity-is
:sfaated. Alas why cannot Mr.. Har-
|son, the cheap coat on the cheap man
<atesman, the steak for breakfast pro.
'oter, and the man who proposed not to
'4Ish pensions in an apothecary's scales
.fer 800, 600 pensions were already
sRnte0, should be able TO explain this
rllurs Of the bill which be signed
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

lie was writing for all ages-and theDover
man. We are writing for the public and
using him as a target merely Whether we
wing him or not is Of no consequence, so
long as the public sees the flash of the
gun, hears the report and beholds the
feathers fy He is not a game bird
His voice is not sweet--.it is not English
even land his carcass would be worthless
as food.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

The meteorological ph nomena for five
lays have been more disastrous than in.
eresting. The town of Cisco, Texas.
vas literally wiped out by tornado on
friday night. Thirty dead bodies
ave been taken from the ruins, ten or
|welve persons we're missing, and of the
100 or more injured forty, at least, will
ie The loss is estimated at over So.
100 600. A house on Blevin's ranch,
|ndian Territory, was destroyed by a
|ornado and six persons were killed.
Il Wheeling, West Va, terrific elec-
|rical rain storm disabled the wires and
PIT the city in total darkness. Alton,
|l, had hail storm Immense Jumps
4 hail were picked up there one Of
Fhich measured ia inches in circum
|erence. In the other parts Of the west
Findows were broken, roofs were shat
bred and new railroad tracks were
Eashed away. While from Wyoming the
everest snow storm Of the winter is
fid to have been raging for six
lays, resulting in heavy losses Of
Rttle and other dreadful casualties.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

IT is urged, we hope unjustly and
Without foundation In fact, that the
present police department is not being
conducted in strictly un partisan
banner There are no charges and no
|pecifc complaints, except that some par
ocular favorites Of particular people
ave been disappointed in getting jobs
hat is not serious matter OF course
|here will be disappointments There
Fill be a great many brave and able
bodied men in the city who are not on
md cannot get on the police force. That
/ Inevitable because there are not enough
Places to 60 around But the depart
|nent win make grievous error If il
|alls into the same pit that 1t has just
Deen dug out of. The sober, quiet
Foters Of blth parties are opposed to a
partisan police force. The policemen
re appointed to keep order; we, the peo-
pie, will attend to politics
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

TIE steamships leaving New York for
Europe on Saturday did not carry dol.
lar OF gold Small offerings of specie
continue to come from all Tarts Of the
country. What's the meaning Of thisi
Bias the firm policy of this administra-
tion prevented, what the timid policy OF
the Harrison administration was pro
-motlng2
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
The shnmrocIr.

Those who believe that one Of the 10
lost tribes of Israel settled in Ireland lay
stress on the fact that ''shamrakh" is the
Arabic word for trefoil, which, under
the name OF shamrock, has been made
the national bloom Of Ireland.-Phila-
dolphia Ledger.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
To Settle Fourth ward troubles.

The City Executive Committee will
meet this evening at No. 419 Market
street to settle the difficulties
in the Fourth ward encountered few
nights ago. The committee viii decide
which organization in that ward IS to be
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

AFTER that iiot in the Fifth ward in
1890 the Morning News was hilarious
and made a great deal of fun over the
political victory won by a mob Of drunken
negroes over the election officers. II saw
fun in the forced fight Of the two Car.
penters. There is not so much fun in
the situation now.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

The sum aud substance Of the defen g
of Hahn and Hershock and the claim
that they should not be relieved of police
duty seems to be the statement that
Hershock was not at the Fifth ward
polls "at the time that the riot took
place That is a sort of defense that
might prevail with jury in a Republi-
can court empaneled ito find for the
defendant It is the sort Of defense
which was set up for Mitchell and others
II Is reasserted by those who ought TO
know that both men were there and that
they had opportunities to stop and pre-.
vent riotng and did not use their oppor-
tunities, exercise their authority or do
their duty. Now the question is not the
technical one, whether these two
men should be retained on
the force which is to be
non partisan, because one Of them was
not on the spot at the particular time
when ten or a dozen officers were
urgently needed. 1t is too often the case
that policeman is not near when
fight or robbery occurs. II is fire.
quently the case that he is not where he
ought to have been. The question is
were they there, at any time, to prevent
disorder it was their duty to stop and
prevents Would they have interfered
to stop disorder II they had been there9
We are informed that these men were at
the polls on the election day referred to
and at the very time the riot oc
curred and that they did not make any
effort TO preserve the peace. If that is
the case they are properly dismissed.
The act creating the present Board Of
Police Commissioners was procured, first
to put out Mayor Wiley aud Commits.
sioner Jester; aud, second to keep of
men who are dishonest and men who
viii not do their duty.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

eagerly. He preserved the pen he did 1t
with as relic he ought to have
some Of the knowledge he had then to
use in explanation of It.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

A CONFERENCE Of delegates from the
various local miners organizations in
Ohio was held in Columbus on Saturday,
as result Of which 90, 600 miners are
expected to strike today in support Of
their demand for increased wages. The
strike was ordered against the advice
Of the national and state officers of the
Mine Workers Union, and in face Of the
fact that the Pennsylvania miners had
Just effected an smicable agreement with
the operators IL is pitifuland depress.
ing to contemplate the sorrow, poverty
and despair that will come to the families
Of these men, probably so, 1000 or 100 600
souls all told, on the advice Of leaders as
poor as ignorant and as helpless as any
other men in the lot. 1t is likely that the
men could get better wages. The coal
they dig is protected 70 cents ton for
their benefit thousands Of them were inn
ported here under promise of high wages
TO dig it But a strike is doubtful ex-
pedient, an awful cure for any wrong,
any injustice. no matter how grievous
Il usually exaggerates and aggravates
the poverty and suffering of the families
of the strikers 1t rarely cures what
could not have been cured by wise for.
bearance and persistent negotiation.
In this case the action has been taken
against the advice of the men who are
presumed TO be the wisest men in the
order and probably at the behest of the
men who earn salaries as walking dele
gates, "who think with their feet
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

recognized or effect compromise be-
tween the two sides. namely, the sup
porters Of James A. Magee and John
Megney.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

Try the Acme Steam Laundry, No 100
West Seventh street. All work gusrani
teed first class.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Churches as Places Of Refuge In War.

Churches as Places of Refuge In War.
Our ancestors transacted a good deal
of business Of one kind or another in and
about their churches. To begin with,
the churches of old England in turbulent
times were regarded as places of safe
custody for public and private property.
In the border land of England and Scot
land the idea was carried out still more
completely, and churches. or at least
their towers, became regular fortresses
and not infrequently We're objects of of
fenses and defense. We may note in
rural England that in the cases Of an
cient churches the towers are often not
merely disproportionate in size to the
rest of the church, but are carefully and
strongly built, evidently with an object.
Even in peaceful Surrey and Sussex
the belfries are veritable strong rooms
with barred windows and massive doors
and often contain massive treasure
chest. Hither, at the first alarm, money
and valuables were hurried, for beyond
the security Of thick walls and bars and
bolts there was an egis of sanctity
which in a superstitious age protected
the building from the most ruthless of
foes. The fortresslike construction Of
many of the border land churches is an
interesting study to antiquarians.-Lon-
don Standard.
The morning call., 1893-10-11
THE BOERS' REPUBLIC.
A Description of That PARKWAY
African State.


DR.. J. w. Mathews, F.R.GS., of Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa. who is travel
ing through the country and visiting with
friends in this city, in response to their re-
quest lectured in Metropolitan Temple
last night, on the Past, Present and
Future of Transvaal."
The lecturer did not confine himself so
much to description of the marvelously
rich gold fields of this new Ell Dorado, but
spoke at length of the history OF the Beers,
their customs, manner OF living, their
form of government, etc.
johannesburg, the commercial empo-
rum of the republic, he described as a
beautifully built city. containing not even
one frame house, nothing but brick and
stone being used.
The South African republic, which con-
tains about $4,000 square miles, has a
white population; of oBlv 10000 people. of
whom $4,000 are foreigners and $4,000
Beers.
The country at present furnishes one
fourth of the gold output of the world, and
the ore exists in almost inexhaus;ible
quantities, but all the desirable claims are
taken. and 1t is no place for a man without
money.
The owners of agricultural land are very
willing to part with il, and it will produce
bountifIl crops OF almost every product
known to tropical and temperate climes.
The morning call., 1893-10-11
GIRLS ARE HIRED.
Wool -Sorters Go Out on
a Strike.
Their Places Are Immediately Filled
With Women Who Do the
Work Well.

A small strike took place in one of tbe
wool houses on Townsend street on Mon
day. Atnoon the wool-sorters EMPLOYED
by Whitney & Webster walked out of the
mill, and informed the foreman that thew
would not resume work until their wages
were raised TO So so day.
Up to March / all wool-sorters were
paid by the piece, at the rate of twenty-five
cents hundred pounds. but at that time
the condition of the market would not
warrant the proprietors in paying that
amount, and wages were placed at So
day. When the men had worked by the
piece they frequently made as much as So
day, and were sometimes through by 3
O'Clock ia the afternoon, and the new ar
| rangement was not by any means to their
| taste.
The sorters in several Of the mills struck
| at that time and the result was that in a
number of places girls were hired and they
| soon became expert at the work, and that
was the beginning of girls working as
Wo0l-sOrterS on this coast.
| However, in Whitney & Webster's mill
an agreement was finally reached whereby
| the men returned to their places at the re-
duced wages. and everything has been
quiet until Monday.
The men took advantage of the fact that
McLenneh mill mas recently lost all Its
Chinese wOol-sorters. owing to the order
for the deportation of some of them and
the frightening OF the remainder, and the
propretors gathered up all the idle sorters
in town, and the strikers no doubt thought
that the owners would be immediately
forced to terms on account of the scarcity
of labor.
But Whitney & Webster did as the other
mill did in the spring, and yesterday
morning found girls at the benches in the
mill, and the strikers are at present fgur-
ing where they get off.
There are about twenty Employed In the
mill, and the hiring of girls by the firm
makes four of the large mills in that part
of the city where women are EMPLOYED
The morning call., 1893-10-11

Pills, tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious
granules; mild and gentle in their
action, but thorough and effective
no pain, no gripping. One little Pei
let for laxative It three for ca
thartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indigestion,
Bilious Attacks, and all derange-
ments of the liver, stomach, and
bowels are promptly relieved and
permanently cured.
They're the smallest, easiest, and
best to take and the cheapest pill
you can buy, for they're guaranteed
to give satisfaction, or your money
is returned. You pay only for the
good you get.
Can you ask more or better proof
of the superiority of the little pills