Evening journal., 1893-12-07

saw lhc cHVW oWo PER approaching Oh
the same track and using the same wire.
This is funuyl" was his mental
observation He walked to the platform
aud stepped of on the snow Looking
upward a smile frightened his face as he
said:
"see here, Mr.. Motorman, it's no won
dor on have lost your current for the
trolley isn't touching the wire
The motorman and conductor eX-
changed glances of commiseration, the
trolley was adjusted and the car moved
on out Of the way of the sweeper.
An Ideal Camping Ground.
Fine at any season of the year is
the upper fifteen miles of Chesa
peake bay This includes the famous
canvasback region below Havre de
Grace, the mouths of the Susquebanna,
the Bush, the Gunpowder the Elk, and
the Sassafras rivers There is good
shooting here all winter long and excel
lent white perch fishing in midsummer,
says the New York Sum- The eastern
coast Of the bay rises into picturesque
bluffs, usually with scant border of sandy
beach at their feet. Campers on these
bluffs command a marvellous view north
ward to the head Of the bay, where the
Susquehanna and several smaller
streams meet the tidal waters with
mighty floods of fresh waters from the
/ interior.
The beach below the cliffs is strewn
with thousands of cords of driftwood
from the far Pennsylvania forests, while
the country almost to the verge of the
bluffs is rich farming region. An in
exhaustible supply of fuel that costs
nothing, cheap provisions within easy
reach, and abundant game make this
region an ideal place for camping.
The Cause Of Their nIirth.
A young commercial college student
whose home is out of town caused much
amusement for the passengers on the
& 0 train which left Market street
station at 05 o'clock on recent after
noon. He was playing the gallant
TO a number Of young girls,
also students. One of them pin
ned to the back Of his blue overcoat
an envelope, on which, in bold charac-
ters was printed
Frog in Your Throat. Ten Cents"
After this there was continual
giggle around him The passengers saw
the joke and laughed Totally uncon-
scious of the trick, the young man
cracked stale jokes, and the girls glad to
have the opportunity, relieved their
feelings with peals of laughter The
young man was in clover and high favor,
and as happy as clam at high water.
10 is probable that he continued in this
state until he reached home. for. when
last seen, he was creating a laugh in a
car on the Baltimore accommodation
with which the Market street train con-
meets at the w. a. N. junction.
Fish Market Hours Have Changed.
What have you on sale to day?
asked an EVENING JOURNAL reporter OF
one of the leading merchants in Whining
tons Billingsgate this morning.
white fish, black fish, halibut and
founders. Smelts will soon be on,
think.
How is businessg"
Like everything else, brother-dull
One of the most astonishing things in
the Wilmington fish market is the change
In hours When l first began busines.
here, which is not 50 long ago, trade be
gan between 8 and o'clock in the morn
ing. There were a number of old Gus
toners and lovers Of Fl who seemed "a
run h race TO see which could get there
earliest in the morning All that is
done away with Trade does not begin
much before s o'clock, and but few OF
The dealers open before that time The
people have found that there is an
abundance OF fish TO be mad in the morn
ing, no matter what time they come &c
market"
Work Of "A Bright Wilmington BOY.
A book, "City Government of Phila
delphia' which was prepared by member
OF the senior class in the Wharton
School OF Finance aud Economy, Univer
sity Of Pennsy ylvania, has inst been pub
lished One of the students In this
class, Howard d. Ross, a son Of ex
Councilman Daniel Ross, the we'll known
Market street merchant, of this city,
contributes an interesting article on the
Bureau of Police
Two Thousand for Widow Carnagy.
The Grand Lodge Of Delaware. An
cent Order United Workmen, has, through
A n Sutton recorder Of Protection