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Evening journal., 1893-05-01
How one Case was Lost.

An old New Hampshire man tells me
this story Of a lawyer who prevented
Mr.. Pierce from winning one case. The
latter had fairly opened his plea and
was beginning towax eloquently pathet-
ic when the opposing counsel spoke up,
just loud enough to be heard 10y the jury
and the members Of the bar, "Oh, Frank
is beginning 10 pump for water againr
Itis needless TO say that he got no water
from the jurymen's eyes ON that plea
and lost the case. se.-Boston Globe.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Vow nfntelr nlsngreelnc.

Beside the highway that leads from
Brdgton to Norway are two burial plots
upon opposite sides Of the road. Here
are inferred tho Woodsum brothers, and
Of course every one who passes that way
is anxious to know why there is this divi.
sion. The stage driver can tell you. The
Woodsum brothers could never agree
They disagreed in religion, politics an
every conceivable point that could be
brought up between them. Oh, their
disagreements in story form, as told by
the neighbors, would make a tale o.
priclly interest. OF course they couldn'-
agree TO repose their bones upon the same
side of the road, and hence these two
graveyards, the stones glaring across at
each other through rain, snow and sun
shine.-Lewiston journal.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Tnn strnin ON thn Ern.

There is no reason why a muscle or
muscles of the eye should not be tagged
out Just as the muscles elsewhere do
Let one bear a weight all day long, does
he not attribute his consequent head
ache TO the heavy burden he has borne?
It seems without elaborate thinking we
could conceive of the results following
upon prolonged use of the eye. Nature
has done all she could to protect and
prolong the usefulness Of the eye. No
earthly architect ever yet planned "A
structure that would not yield, crumble
and fall, and the house human. SO ex-
quisitely uplifted in curious and mys-
terious ways, falls and returns TO dust
more rapidly and surely than need be.
for the reason that we do not realize
how much one part is sustained or over
thrown 10y another. One tiny muscle is
potent enough to disturb the whole econ
omy, especially if intercurrent diseases
exist in addition TO "eye strain. "-Phila-
dclphia Record.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
nird. Tint Lar Four rcrs.

2 The spotted sandpiper and lilldeer
plover, and presume most of the other
snipeand plover, lay four eggs at a clutch.
The eggs are arranged in the nest or on
the bare ground with their small ends
together, and as they are pvriform in
shape they join in to perfection. The
eggs Of the snipe and plover groups are
proporhonately exceeding large for the
size Of the bird and the saving of space
by this arrangement undoubtedly an
swers a purpose. DIR. Morris Gibbs in
Science.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
AntlnnItr on ncl rorndlnr.

Tho art Of bell founding is undoubted-
iy Of great antiquity The Saxons arc
.snown to have used bells in their
hurches. although probably but small
ones, for tho Venerable Bede, writing at
tho end Of the seventh century, alludes
to them in terms which seem to show
That they were not unfamiliar things.
The towers Of the Saxon period have
aeifrics of considerable dimensions in
i1ost cases, and at Crowland abbey, in
south Linsolnshire. there was a famous
zeal of seven bells many years before
ho Norman conquest.
The monks at that time and for long
,fter were the chief practitioners Of the
wt of ben founding-which indeed is one
Il tho many things those well abused
men have handed down tous. Their bells
we're rarely without inscriptions, often
very bad Latin, containing perhaps
some obscure joke. the point Of which is
quite lost. More often they We're Of a re-
ligious nature, sometimes we fear, not
unmixod with a dash Of superstition, as
when the bell declares that its sound
drives away the demons Of the air who
caused pestilence and famine, lightning
and thunderstorms.
AS a rule, unfortunately they put no
dates on their bells, defect which has
been in some measure overcome by the
researches Of many enthusiastic campa-
nologists. but which is likely to keep the
early history Of bells shrouded in dark
ness for long time TO come. e.-Gentle-
mans Magazine.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
ANntnd Lnnhon Mission.

The other Sunday night at the Char
rington mission, which is held in a long,
narrowroom, double galleried all around
the coughing from the fog was more
like Fourth Of July with conglomerate
irecrackers, church bells and cannonad-
ing than one would conceive as possible
issuing from n merely human assembly.
just a word about this Charrington
mission, which is a feature of tho east
nd. Frederick Charrington belongs to
. wealthy family of brewers. About II
ears ago he began 20 do sort of street
missionary work in East London, near
his fathers brewery. His father threat
ened-to disinherit him, but finally left
him "a share, though not a full share, in
the business. Once, on being taunted
on the street with wearing the blue rib
bon-"What does it cost you to wear
that ribbony-he was able to reply,
"A hundred thousand dollars"
He sold ont his interest in the brewery
TO his brothers and built in Mile End
road, the prolongation Of Whitechapel,
the Great Assembly hall. which had been
projected but never begun by Keith
Falconer. Every Sunday night 5000 or
more people gather at the evangelistic
service Of the mission, and its fellowship
society, with the constant religious, edu-
cational and entertainment work center
ing at the Great Assembly hall, makes il
power for good in district which con
tains a number of powers for evil.-Lon
don Cor. Hartford Courant.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Arhiln.nnhlc Yonnr.ter.

A youthful correspondent writes as
follows: "The reason why elephants Is
so smart is because they is like women
Elephants is afraid Of miccs and so Is
women Women is smarter than men
and as ELEPHANTS is Ike women, some
elephants must lee smarter than some
men" Sucl logic c.nrot be overcome
No 0o1bt ths-e are a good many
elepha-cs smarter than some men,
New York Tribune.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
A Monster OK.

The Mcmillan musee Of Omaha owns
the largest specimen Of the bovine race
now in existence. This gigantic OK was
bred by G. W. Curtis Of Cass county,
Ia. At last accounts he weighed $40
pounds. stood feet inches in height
and measured 10 feet II inches in girth.
st. Louis Republic.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
nnnrlnr m Anclrnt ncllrlnn.

In ancient religion dancing came TO be
one of the chief acts of worship Reii-
gious processions went with song and
dance to the Egyptian temples, aud Plato
said that an dancing ought TO be thus
an act Of rcigiou .-Pnpulo. Science
Months
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

A tiny stream in northern Delaware
near the Pennsylvania line has long
b,rne the name of Bogy Run. snd the
glimmeiior remnant Of an almost for
gotten tradition current among children
justifss she name by peopling The valley
Of the stream with evil spirits. The
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

tradition was evidently not invented TO
fit the name, for the local pronunciation
II the latter is boogy, and most Of tie
local residents use it with no thought Of
it's being a corruption Of bogy.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

New people New machinery at the
Acme Steam Laundry. No. 100 Yves
Seventh street
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Delicate Dish.

Those admirable economists, the Chi
nese, eat the chrysalides of silkworms
after the silk his been wound OF thom.
frying them il butter OF lard. adding
the yolk of an c,s or two and seasoning
with Pepper. sals and vinegar -London
Tablet
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

Thos Ferry's Carpet Cleaning Works.
Eleventh and Jackson streets Estab
lished 1878. Telephone Csc Orders by
mail or otherwise
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

Send Yonr Carpets 70 the Electric Cnrre
Cleaning and Upholstery Works. 4Oa Orang,
81. Telephone 5o5. Bader a Conway.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Make Your Domestic Surroundings Attractive.
For your Home nothing is too gOOd

All the money that spent for furniture well spent if
you buy at the right place We will only give YOU the
benefit OF buying on CREDIT but will give you more
good furniture for your money than any other house in Will
mington or elsewhere We would be pleased have you
call whether you wish to purchase All goods
in plain figures Read these prices they are but index
figures to we-stocked departments:
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

All we ask Is trial our work will
please you. Acme Steam aundry, No.
100 West Seventh street.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

w ILMINGTON AMI NOnl BERN RAIL
" ROAD. Time-table in effect Nov. 27,be2.
Trains leave Wilmington, French street sta
tion, for B. q o. Junction, MOntcha anin, Guyer-
court, 6ranOgue, Cossart, Chadcs' Ford juno
tion, PocopsOn, West Chester, kil4Oi eville,
MortQnVile, Coatesville, Waynesburg Jel &
ton, Springfield, Joanna, BirdsbOro, ReadiIg
and intermediate stations, daily, except SUI
day, y, g a N, $50 p m; Sunday only, se q. ID.
y. g q, junction, Montchanin. Guyencourtl
GranOgue Gossart, Chadd's Ford Junction,
POcCpsOn, West .hesler, Emhreeville, Nor
tonyille, COatesville, Waynesburg JuncltQn,
Sprinrheld and intermediate stations, daily
except sunday; > 30 p N; Sunday, 90 p no;
COatesville. West Chester and interniodiat
stations, daily except Sunday, 80 n m, 5Opm.
Sunday only, at l2 a. M, IS and 20 D..
Trains arrive et Wilmington, French sueei
station, from Reading, birdsboro, parma,
Springfield, Waynesburg Junction, Coates
Vile, M0rtOnville, Embreeville, West lhester,
Poeopson, Chadd's ford Junction, qossssTts
5ranogue, Guyencourt, Montchanin, b. q o
JUNCTION and intermediate stations daily
u M, Is "a.
From Springfield, Waynesburg Junction.
COatesville. MOrtonville. Emhreeville, Pocop,
son, West Chester, Chadds Ford Junction,
gossart, Granogue, Guyencourt Montehanin,
B, a. D. Junction and intermediate stations,
dlily, 8 30 and 10 "a a M, is p. m.
From COatesville, West Chester and inter-
mediate stations, daily, except sunday, i2 a.
NJ. and 2 - p. m. Daily Ut %, 10 "a a 10 and
a. e. MoCAUsLAND, Superintendent.
BOWNESS BRIGGS. General Passenger Art
AAA4A. AM INLAllANd RAIL
! ROAD-"Royal Route between philedel
phia and Atlantic CitY-The only double track
line.
ATLANTIC CITY DIVISION,
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut stree wbk
and South street Wharf.
FOR ATLANTIC CITY.
Week days, express. 500 q. m, 3O0
800 p. m. Accommodation. 500 a. IN,
5.4b D. m.
Sunday-eXpress, 200 A. N. Accommodation.
8.uO n. m. and 4.30p. m.
Returning, leave Atlantic City depot, corner
Atlantic and Arkansas avenue.
Week dayB-Express. 100, 7.45. 0-0l A. no.
and AGO p. m. Accommodation. $40 .. u1-
and 4.30 D. IN.
Sunday Express. 400 .. m. Accommodation.
80 a. ul-s ana 1.iI y. m
I. A. SWEIGARD. o. q. HANCOCK,
General Manager. Gen Pass. Agent
Evening journal., 1893-05-01

boston, % 10 III ally, with rullllan Duuei
sistepihg s,t cars rum ng through TO Boston With
passengers In B. q Nj. station Boston.
T. fhladelphig, week days 70 O3, @ o. 8 35. = 40,
o. y o5 Is A, go, 70 50, 10 SO, so 3D. III Sc
N w q ~, q 80, 3 05, 4 %, %, p as, "a,
- 81, 3 q, 10 o., III 90 p N.
r. dPohi.lI9gdssslPhSS .Ig q sundsys, 70 g, 81 Es55
bW 3 rs, p, = 80, rs, 10 20. tn 90 p IN
Chegter, Week days, 3 @, 500, d 35, - 40, J 60
n %, " 81 tgO, - 81, 10 35, tlU 56 III 5s N
IdoS :, %, 10, 40, BOO, Ebse. Is, 1892 ss5
Chester, sundays, +3Os es5, 80, +s So
~, 20 85 Il 4 N; ! 90. q 50, 800, 400, o.
% 81 e, n 30, 8 %, 1000 4ll00. m.
a. Atlantic City, week days, tIlO a M
10 . m; sundays, es5; m fs 80 p. m
Baltimore and Wasl ington, week days,+l A.
~ 8 AZ N; tl2 10, p %, 3O5, "a 40, 70 "a
I,gssb ssd.p sSl m sundays, q a. Q2, Is ~, M
Baltimore and Way v; Stations. ms o5 N. so'
. N, daily.
\. SsEsFk, gis 4 Ps q y yssa e !. spys 9, io
? m. sundays, a AZ, 7 o. 48 AZ a m, ZIP 10, O6
a 5o, e q, Z s5, Z 80, 70 a, II lOpm;,
5f,iitts9nrei h e ~ AZ a IN, = 40 ~, daily
a, Cincinnati and st. Louis, tl2 10 m and
n 6e m both daily.
Slngerly accommodation, O2 q n, &c, 30
and II 10 NJ daily.
Lsnoennerg acc5n. d, ,odation, Weea days
s2, II 20, q IN. 80h and "a y m. snndeys
Trains leave Market street si.t,oo
I'll 80 a IA
| Em Philsdelphis. week days, IS, 80, q q
- -, ~ 70, I'll IS, n; -, 30, So =, ri. sup
| days, 30 a IN; l. g., 0, 9 % d. N.
! For Baltimore. week days, 3 30, 0 bQ, = =
III % = m; q So, 30 . m sunday, 20 m;
" 90 a.
days, 80, 10 so, a m;2E6 5OOpm. Sund, ys.
/ % m; 5 % \ n.
Chicago and PittsLurs sNSm daily ex.
cept Sunday; - 90 p M, da4N
Cincinnati ana st. Louis. al 30 a n dail5
i except Sunday.
Leave Phuadelphia or Win ington.
Week days "A TO- 90, T25, rs u.s. SAC 1000
/ III . n; IL noon. 81 IS, 20, 500, "a O5 tiI8
4 30 y. 30, IS 81, 30, q "A, 80, +s 8, lOl0
snd "a % m.
-undsvs, q 10, so, Is 10, 8 30 1000, Ill s5 q
! l. noon. OO, 200, "A o. 4 30, 70 81 bfO, 81 "a,
| 8 ll t9 0b. Il 40 and IL ~
| F.and Express trains Telephone No. 1873
Rites Western points lower thu via any
/ ther line. =. y. sCULL. Gel. I PAS Agent.
J. T. ODELl. General enager.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
ITUIIH IHNNE ITTTH
Rara AYanue DeD

y =" ? = |-- ="
East bound New
York, week d ay s,
q 03, 81 fO,+s Al, 80 d
a m, tl2 "A, 1858, IS 38.
81 80 . N. Sundays.
50 %, s.53, 40 36, =
m, t12 a t2 So. n 38.
81 ~ p N.
Evening journal., 1893-05-01
Glimpses from our
PaTlOr Suit Dept.

Gorgeous in the extreme is
the new assortment of the
latest style of Parlor Furni
ture. For instance, $50 buys
a Hair Cloth Suit containing
7 pieces Others SIS to $50.
Parlor Tables, Couches,
Fancy Rockers and Odd
Pieces.
The record-union., 1893-02-24

NOR SALE DOMESTIC, NEW HOME,
I White, Standard. Singer, Wheeler * VIII
son sewing machines, new and secondhand,
from $40 upward. A. ]. POMMER, corner
Ninth md i
The record-union., 1893-02-24
COUNTY DIVISION BILLS.
They Ought to be Disposed of Prompt
and Finally,

They Ought to be Disposed of Promptly
and Finally.
There can be no question as to the
wisdom of the action of the Assembly in
making the county division bills upon the
calendar special order for Friday. The
time was set several days in advance-at
the request of the opponents of the meas
ures-to which no objection was offered,
which should preclude further delay.
With these bills disposed of the greatest
OF the obstacles of the proper considera-
ton of such measures as the county gov
ernment bill, the general appropriation
bill and other important legislation will
have been removed. With regard to the
Riverside bill we have expressed our
opinion in these columns. We believe it
to be just and wise. 1t is in the interest
of the development of the resources of
that section of the State, and will be an
encouragement to a people who have
demonstrated their right 10 local gov
ernment by creating, unaided by other
than their own eXertions, millions of
taxable property, and making garden
of beauty, which is the admiration of all
who visit that locality. This in connec-
ton with the fact that the three Assem-
blymen from the districts asking for the
new county are heartily in favor of the
measure, would seem to leave no reason
able ground for objection to the bill.
The MADEIRA County bill, which pro-
poses to make new county out of a por
ton of Fresno, seems to meet with much
favor. AT any rate it is good idea for
all these troublesome county division bills
to be taken up and disposed of in one
way or another in order that mattersFof
general interest shall have u chance to
engage the attention of the Legislature.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
Gambling in the Middle 400

Gambling was the curse OF the noble.
as 1t has always been the curse of every
class trained to win and to desire. but
with scant outlet for its energies. The
knights in winter gambled pretty nearly
all day. We remember how the Servitor
OF Milun, entering a castle in the morn
ing, finds in the great hall two knights
playing chess, so absorbed that thew do
not see him. .Wben Easter
comes" says the knights to Milun, I've
will recommence our tournaments. but
until Easter there is no rival to their
game of chance except the eternal game
of love.
Chess was the baccarat, the poker of the
middle ages. In vain the King forbade
it in 1869, in 1893, and both before and
after, with every game of hazard. But
who was to enter the snowed-up country
castles to tell tales of knights and ladies
playing the forbidden game? The women
were almost as bad as the men. Never
play chess save for love-" says the Knight
de la Tour to his daughters, me soyez
Jamais grant jouaresses de tables" And
he proceeds to tell them melancholy tales
of land, of money and of woman's honor
spent over the too enticing board. But.
alas, goodnight, the days are i'll to pass
III winter time.-Contemporary Review.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
The Denmark Saddle Horse.

1t may be of some interest to the saddle
horsemen to learn something about the
great foundation of the Denmark saddle
horse, and as l am an old Kentuckian. I
know something about it, writes a cor
respondent of the RuraI World. The
founder of this great family of saddlers
was known as Gains Denmark. He was
once owned by r. A. Alexander, Wood
ford County, Kentucky, and was a verv
finely formed horse, about sixteen hands
high, dark brown or black, and was a
good saddler, going all the gaits in great
shape, a horse of wonderful style and a
very uniform breeder. From him has
sprung the great family, such as Wash
ington Denmark, Denmark Chief, Sump-
ter Denmark, Black Squirrel, Montrose.
Donald Denmark, Black Eagle, Crystal
Denmark, Mark Diamond, King Will
liam, Alaric and Artist, and host of
others.
Gains Denmark was purchased by
Brown Nickols, Cynthiana, KY, from
Mr.. Alexander, and made one season at
his farm in Harrison County, and was
drowned in cisterrf at that place. thus
ending the life OF one of the greatest sad
dle-horse sires ever known. Had he
lived to an old age, no doubt there would
have been many more of his get great
sires. However, he has left a great
family, perhaps the best the world ever
knew.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
THOSE BRIDGES.
Boards of Supervisors May Furnish
Plans and Specifications.

Boards of Supervisors May Furnish
Plans and Specifications.
The Senate Committee on City, County
and Town Government met last night,
and passed on several bills.
Senate Bill No. 312, by Voorheis-An
Act to amend Section % of an Act en-
titled an Act to establish uniform sys-
tenn of county and township government,
relative to the general permanent powers
of the Board of Supervisors, was reported
back with a recommendation that it do
pass.
Senate Bill No. 1872, by MCGOWAN,
relative to the powers and duties of
Boards OF Supervisors, was considered
and reported back with recommends
ton favorable to passage.
Senate Bill No. 10, by Burke, over
which the committee had worked at sew
eral previous meetings, was taken up.
The bill provides that plans and specifi-
cations for all bridges to cost more than
$500 shall be furnished by the Board of
Supervisors, and bids received upon the
same. The bill was aimed to protect
home architects from giant bridge corpo-
rationS.
Senator Burke had arrived at the con-
clusion that to place the matter entirely
in the hands of the Supervisors would be
sufficient protection to home industry.
and offered an amendment, leaving to the
board the power to furnish or not furnish
plans and specifications at will, AS so
amended the bill was reported back, with
recommendation that it do pass.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
Free From the Vice of DrInl,ing

Pitcairn Island, where the descendants
of the mutineers of the Bounty live in
seclusion and primitive contentment,
vice OF drinking. The prohibition laws
there touch not only liquors, but tobacco.
A shipwrecked sailor named Coffin, who
was cast ashore there few months ago.
had managed to save his dearly cherished
pipe and pouch of tobacco. The chief
magistrate of the colony promptly in
formed him that he must give up smok-
ing if he wanted to enjoy their hospi-
tality. and when he refused he was so
etfectually boycotted that he fled this
ocean paradise by the first passing ship.
Captain Bailey of the American mer-
chantman Vigilant, from Japan, brings
this story. He stopped at the island and
traded trinkets for food with the natives.
and found them happy and prosperous,
though not drop of rain had fallen
there for two years, and the volcano over
which their island lies has been giving
ominous indications of activity.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
Legislative Notes,

The Hart investigation was to have
been resumed last evening, but the COM
mittee could not be gotten together, so
the hearing was postponed until to- NOR
row at z. NJ.
Senator Everett has been absent from
the Senate several days on account of i'll
ness.
Senator Hart's bill appropriating $780,
600 for the improvement of the Capitol
grounds was passed finally by the Senate
yesterday. So was his bill appropriate
ing $50 to plant double row of trees
around Capitol Park, and the bill to pay
for the Tenth-street pavement.
Lieutenant-Governor Reddick read the
''riot act'' to the Senators yesterday for
inattention to business. During the con-
sideration of important measures on sec
ond reading, he found that there was not
a quorum present. He declared that if it
occurred again, he would adjourn the
body for The day. He scored them Sc
verely for not attending to the business
OF the Senate properly.
The Senate chamber was crowded with
spectators yesterday afternoon, in antici-
patton of some oratory on the Railroad
Commission matter, but they were dis
appointed. The matter went over until
this morning.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
TIE UNION PACIFIC.
a Correction Made by General Ma
ager Dickinson.

a Correction Made by General Man.
ager Dickinson.
OMAHA, Feb. 23.-''I don't understand
WHY Congressman Clark should make
such statement. No officer and no en-
pioye of the Union Pacific is allowed to
Lave an interest in anything operated by
the company" said General Manager
Dickinson as he read from Washington
dispatches that Representative Clark of
Wyoming had introduced a resolution
authorizing the Speaker of the House to
appoint a committee of five members
elect of the Fifty-third Congress to in
Quire into the sale or alleged sale of all
the Union Pacific coal properties to an
other corporation, it being alleged that
the latter corporation was composed OF
general officers and employees of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, and
that the whole of the coal lands, valued at
$4,000 or 5000, 900, had been disposed
of to the new corporation without any
consideration whatever. 1.-THE coal COM
pany is bonded for S3,0O0.000, and its
bonds are held as collateral" concluded
Dickinson
The record-union., 1893-02-24
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

JEFFERSON CITY (Mo.), Feb. 23.-Gov-
ernor Stone has sent special message to
both houses of the Legislature continu-
Ing the defense of State rights and a
remonstrance against the usurpation of
power by the Federal Government. The
message was suggested by the imprison-
ment at Kansas City of the County
Judges of st. Clair County for contempt
OF the United States District Court for re-
1using TO issue special tax levy to pay
bonds issued twenty-five years ago in
aid of proposed railway that was never
built. The message defines the lines be-
tween the Federal and State Govern
ments, and says the Assembly ought to
take such action as may sustain the out
ragged dignity of the State and psctect the
state from embarrassment in the future.
The message suggests that the Legis
lature memorialize Congress to so limit
the powers of the Federal courts as to for
bid them to compel State officers to per-
form any act forbidden by the law of the
state. The message was appropriately
referred, and the House ordered it to be
spread on the minutes, and 5000 copies
printed for circulation.
The record-union., 1893-02-24
Senator Hawley.

Senator Hawley of Connecticut. who
mas been elected to a third term, is man
whose public services in various capaci-
ties merit the honors conferred upon him.
his most formidable opponent in the
republican caucus recently was ex-Goy-
ernor Bulkeley, who has gained strong
noid on The people of the State by his
tirmness in "holding the fort, during the
1nterregnum, in spite of David b. Hilrs
denunciation of him as an 'intruder,,
and .'usnrper." 1t required six ballots
to settle the question of the Senatorshin