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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

DR.. j. s. Wintermute, complainant in
o SAL 900 damage suit against James Stin-
son, Chicago stockman, was accused in
the United States court of hypnotizing a
witness who was on the stand. Winter
mute is said to be able to mesmerize and
hypnotic people.
Stinson sent him lot of blooded horses
a couple of years ago. They We're placed
on WinteImute's farm for breeding pur-
poses, and now Wintermute has sued
Stinson for services and the use of his
farm properties. This morning the court
denied motion for a nonsuit and Stin-
son, who had engaged able counsel, be-
gan to introduce his evidence.
One of his witnesses could not re-
member" He halted and hesitated re-
peatedly, and finally Stinson told tho
court tho witness was being hypnotized
by the complainant, Wintermute. Judge
Sanford did not seem to consider the
objection seriously. The examination
was ordered continued and tho witness
asked more questions, but he still seemed
confused. Again Stinson arose and
called the courts attention to the wit
ness's mental condition and insisted that
he was under a hypnotic spell. Winter
mute was observed to be making curl
Gus passes with his hands in the direc-
ton of the witness. He was ordered to
keep his hands down. 3inson says
Wintermute hypnotized persons in his
house at Chicago and is positive he had
tho witness under his infuence.-Tacoma
Cor. Chicago Tribune.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

The mind reader, A. ]. Seymour. is
generally known in Illinois, and his pro-
posed attempt to be buried and remain
in the ground while a crop of barley is
grown on his grave creates interest
throughout the state. DIR. L. G. Dunn
of Rockford has been selected by Sey-
mour as manager. DR.. Dunn says:
There is no question that this feat
can be performed. l have seen it per-
formed successfully three times in India,
at Allahabad, Delhi and Benares."
For several days Seymour will be fed
upon n diet of fat and heat producing
food. He will then throw himself into
cataleptic state, the lungs will be filled
with pure air to their fullest capacity
and the tongue placed back and partially
down the throat in such manner as to
completely close the aperture to the
lungs. The nose, eyes and ears will be
Theoretically sealed with wax.
After paraffins has been spread over
the entire body to close the pores it will
be ready for burial. The body will be
put into an extra large casket. This
will be placed inside another, and both
will be perforated in order that if any
poisonous gases exudc from the body
they may make their escape and be alb
sorbed by the soil. The internent is to
be made in clay soil.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Bob Vorus hates an alligator. The I'M
canny appearance of the big ugly saurian
is sufficiently forbidding to most people
to make them despise him, but Bob has
n better reason than that-they destroy
his fish and pigs. He and his 10 boys
have been occupying the dull summer
months in killing them. They bring in
to town two and three every week for
the children to get frightened at.
Last Monday they brought up the big
gest one yet. 1t measured o. feet in
length and weighed somewhat under 400
pounds. 1t was AZ years old by the rings
on it tail and had already begun to store
away pine knots for the winters supply.
His appetite seemed not to be confined
to geese and lightwood knots, for an au-
topsy discovered in his capacious cold
storage reservoir pair of No. II bro
gans and pipe. That accounts for the
missing negro who went fishing there
about three weeks ago,-Lumpkin indie
pendent.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

The three electric locomotives being
constructed by tho General Electric
company to haul cars through the Belt
railroad tunnel are nearly completed.
The machinery Is about finished, and
the generators are well under way. The
locomotives will DO of 1 200 horsepower
each and will consist Of three separate
trucks coupled together to form one
motor. The weight on drivers will be
100 tons, and the number of drivers to
each locomotive will be l2. The maxi
mum weight of freight trains to be
hauled Is placed at !, 200 tons, which can
be carried at speed of 10 miles an hour;
maximum weight Of passenger train,
800 tons; speed, 80 miles an hour.
Each axle of the locomotivehas mount
ed upon it gearless motor fexibly con-
nected to the driving wheels, and means
are provided for controlling the motors
and communicating them, so that high eff
ficiency can be attained at nearly all rates
of speed by running the motors either in
series, multiple series or. multiple, ac-
cording to the load to be hauled and
speed desired. The current will be sup
piled to the motors from the generators
by the regular trolley wire, with ground
return through the rails. Where switches
and sidings occur special arrangements
will be made to prevent the trolley by
any chance from jumping the wire.-
Baltimore American.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

An international incident of an ur-
usual and amusing sort has given inter
est to the news of the week from Can
ada. Admiral Magnaghi arrived at
Montreal with his ship Etna, and rs he
dropped anchor he fired number Of
guns prescribed by naval etiquette as
salute to the flag of a friendly nation.
But Montreal has a mayor who does not
recognize the kingdom of Italy, and by
his orders the salute was not returned.
1t is understood that he bases his refusal
to recognize King Humbert on the
ground that Victor Emanuel wrongcd
the head of the church of which he is IL
faithful member, and that the king of
Italy is, therefore, in some way usurper
The mayor Of Montreal is evidently IL
long way behind the times. But Ad-
miral Magnaghi is not, and he forthwith
telegraphed the Ottawa government, de-
manding that the prescribed amount of
powder be burned in honor of the Italian
flag, and intimating that unless this
were done without further offensive de-
lay he should feel compelled to resent
the indignity by sailing right away out
of the st. Lawrence. So the premier at
Ottawa ordered the mayor at Montreal
to fire the salute, the admiral is ap-
peased, and the international incident is
closed.-Boston Commonwealth.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Hardly day passes that we do not re-
ceive some shock, that we are not asked
to give up some favorite dish around
which clusters a host of tender early
memories, and after eating of which we
have for 90 years on end felt ourselves
grow fat and childlike and undyspeptic.
But the modern hygiene says it must go,
and if we retain it on our list we do it in
an anxious and guilty mood sure of it
self to beget internal trouble.
Seemingly simple things like dry toast,
oatmeal and apples we have heard for
hidden of late as hard to take care of,
and bananas, or, for example, the deli.
cious, but as we supposed deadly, fried
bacon cried up as food for babes and
Stockings This is puzzling-it goes
against personal experience, it upsets all
our dietary plans and pleasures. and it
awakens the shrewd suspicion that mere
fashion is at the bottom of the change.
Hartford Courant.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

c. L. Simonds Of Lynn has made q
steam carriage for his own use that will
make 10 miles an hour. The carriage
weighs only 400 pounds and can carry
two persons at time. 1t has the APP
pearance of an ordinary carriage in
front, except there are no provisions
made for a horse. The wheels are of cy-
Gle make and are four in number. Tho
hind wheels are 43 inches, and the front
wheels are SO inches, with rubber tires.
The boiler and engine are just in the
rear of the seat and give the carriage the
appearance of fire engine. The steam
generates in what is called porcupine
boiler, which weighs 100 pounds. The
steam is made by naphtha flames from
three jets. The naphtha is kept in cyl
inder, enough to last for seven hours,
and there is water tank that will hold
10 gallons. The steering part consists
of crank wheel on the footboard, so
that the engineer can steer and attend to
the engine at tho same time.-Boston
,pttar
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04
An Old Carpet Worth So, 300.

The longer carpet is used in the
coiners' department at the United States
mint the more it is worth. Wear and
tear do not diminish its value. Yester-
day thick wooden carpet that has been
on the coiners floor for seven years was
taken up and carefully cremated. The
precious ashes were scrupulously gath
cred together, as if they were the relics
of some departed saint, and by an elab-
crate refining process the government
recovered 279 ounces Of gold, worth over
$500. The metal had been deposited
there by the infnitesimal abrasions and
disintegrations of the yellow metal while
being converted from bullion into coin.
Even the heavy gloves of the men who
handle bullion are incinerated, and the
gold is brought back to Uncle Sans cof-
fers. Even the smoke from the furnaces
used for melting the metal is made to
redeliver the treasure with which 1t is
trying to escape, and from the SCOT In
the chimney cunning little bars of the
yellow stuff are secured. San Francisco
Examiner ."....... ...
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

The stars and stripes are as familiar
to Irish eyes rs tho flag of green, but not
often is the symbol of the United States
of America seen on an American battle
ship in Dublin bay. A warship is re-
garded as II part of the territory of the
state to which it belongs, and therefore
the Chicago may be looked upon as the
part OF the great country in which SO
many Of our people have found u home,
and not few of them have found fame
and fortune. 1t was only natural, there
fore, that her advent to our shores
should have stirred Irish hearts, and
that the flag flying above her should
have conjured up visions of battle days
when side by side with 1t was carried
the flag of green. Ireland gave Barry
to the American navy, and the blood Of
Old Irousides coursed through the veins
of Charles Stewart Parnell, and the
Irish nature would have ceased to be
Irish if our warmest affections were not
successfully appealed to by the sight of
part of the armed force which the genius
of Barry helped to create and of the Gag
under which the grandfather of the
Irish leader served aud fought.-United
Ireland.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Until within few years dueling in
France was SO common that 1000 such
encounters were fought every year. The
vast majority of these occurred in the
army, but in 1890 NJ. de Freycinet, the
minister of war, discouraged the prac-
tice and rendered it optional under cir
cumstances in which it had been consid-
cred imperative. Among civilians, how
ever, the game goes merrily on, being
chiefly sustained by angry politicians or
excited journalists. 1t was calculated
in 1886 that since 1870 S47 duels had
been fought in France outside the army.
In only nine instances were any of the
combatants disabled, while 9s per cent
of those engaged left the field unscathed.
London Tit-Bits.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Ttnd that IL old people are put on q
good meat diet In the way Of strong
soup, beef tea and animal food, and only
just sufficient farinaceous food and fats
hnd sugar to maintain the heat of the
body, they increase wonderfully in en-
ergy and, as they often express it, feel
20 years younger. This is only natural;
IT Is a food of energy-the food that
builds up muscle, nerve and constitu-
uonal stamina.
The requirements of the system in old
age as rule are not great, and moro
harm is done by taking too much food
than by taking too little. have known
people considerably over 70 to derive the
greatest benefit from a thorough change
In diet. 1t seems to rejuvenate them.
Of course in old age care should be taken
that to body is not subjected to rapid
changes of temperature. When the ner-
vous power is decreasing as the result
of age and the system is losing its power
Of combating cold and strain upon its
energy, a stimulating diet invigorates
and is conducive to maintaining consti-
tutional stamina better than any other.
Any natural death but from old age
and general decay is an accidental death
that is, it is due to causes which might,
and even perhaps could, have been en-
tirely avoided and remedied in earlier
ars.-Gentleman's Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

An exciting and remarkable scene oc-
Cured yesterday at Barnsley, where
Days menagerie is being exhibited.
The manager states that about 4 o'clock
Bartlett, the keeper, accidentally left the
door of a cage containing Young lions nm
fastened. Bartlett was afterward sur
prised to see one of the lions loose. Hap
PLY no spectators were in the show Mt
the time. The keeper Immediately armed
himself and sent for aid. Blank car
tridges were fired to keep the lion ut bay.
Luckily, it came within reach of a power
full elephant named Jumbo II, who was
fenced off by means of ropes and stakes
in one corner of the show. The elephant
seized the lion with his trunk round tho
body, and placing his foot upon him
held him down. The keepers. who had
secured ropes, noosed them, and putting
them on tho lions legs secured and
dragged him into the cage. -Wvestmin-
ster Gazette.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

At Rostoff. on the Don, Prokop Dogo-
bionko, an old corporal Of the Russian
army, aged 90, committed suicide by
hanging. Before perpetrating the deed,
however, he drank a litre of spirits. &C.
cording to Russian custom. Dogobionko
had fought in the battles of the Beresins
and of Leipsic. Preparations were being
made at Rostoff to celebrate the corpo-
rails birthday when the old gentleman
made away with himself. Under Dogo-
bionko's spirit bottle letter was found
which stated the motive for the suicide.
He was madly in love with girl Of 10,
who would have nothing to do with him
and who had styled him an "old gentle
Misunderstanding Herald.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

For several days an enterprising pho
tographer from Kansas has had masked
camera so arranged in tent at the main
crossing into the Cherokee Strip that he
can take a negative of everybody pass
ing without his knowledge. AS the
department holds that every person who
now goes upon the strip Is a sooner" and
loses his right to take land there, these
negatives will become very valuable evil
denoe against those going in now to hunt
out good claims, and tho owner Of them
can command good price from each
subject to have his negative destroyed,
or can sell the same to contestors or the
government attorneys employed to hunt
up evidence against perjurers.
Cor. Chicago Herald.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

A factory hand, who occupies little
story and a half house ON the edge of a
mill town, said: ~ had a queer experience
today. A man knocked at my door at
o'clock this morning, and asked me for
something to eat. lie said he had been
walking all night-preferred to walk
nights on account of the heat. / was
just sitting down to breakfast, so asked
him to join me. We hadn't anything
fancy, but lie pitched in with good APP
petite, thanked me, asked how far it was
to Springfield and went on. He was
dressed better than l can dress, had a
plug hat. gold watch and an ebony
cane. and didn't look like tramp, but
he must have been one or he would have
gone TO restaurant just above my
place. New York Sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04
Gentlemen Who Aspire to he FIunkeys.

With the exception of Lord CARING
ton (who did very well indeed) the off
cial actors in the ceremonial at the
dukes wedding appeared to be very i'm
perfect in their parts, and it is a wonder
that no accident took place. 1t was odd
indeed to see number of aristocratic
personages walking backward with the
appearance of being saturated with the
most slavish seryility. but even more
grotesque and remarkable wero the CON
slant and profound bowings and scrap
ings Of all the courtiers.
Lord Palmerston once remarked to
Lord Dalling, who repeated the saying to
Charles Lever, "What a happy arrange
ment it is that in an age when our fun
keys aspire to be gentlemen there are
gentlemen who ask nothing better than
to be funkeys," and he never said bet
ter thing.-London Truth.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

AS Lawyer Fitzgibbon was walking
down Main street the other evening with
companion, he was accosted by wom-
an of perhaps 30, who before lie could
speak threw her arms around his neck
and chung to him, cxclaiming, "Oh, Tom,
how glad am to see your This rising
member of the Hainpden bar finally tore
himself from the feminine grasp and ex-
planned to his companion that this was
one of the maidens whom he defended
in the police court few days ago. She
was very drunk and seemed delighted to
see Tom, but he didn't reciprocate for a
cent.-Springfeld (Mass.) Homestead.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

"The average young man." said
traveller, "has no great fondness for
young children. l don't know how
many times have heard mother who
was carrying little child, and who had
halted in the aisle of railroad car say,
referring to the vacant seat and ad-
dressing the young man by the window,
Is this seat takenY And don't know
how many times have seen the young
mans face lengthen as he answered po-
litely, No. The mother takes the seat
and the young man begins to grow rest
less. He reads tho paper still, but he
keeps his eye on the baby, and you may
be sure the baby has its eye on him-a
beaming, good natured eye tits, too-and
the young man finds it not the easiest
thing in the world to appear wholly un-
constrained with attention thus drawn
to him, but he makes bluff at it and
does pretty well until the infant mois.
tens one chubby fist in its mouth and
reaches out to make print of it on the
lapel of the young mans coat. Then
the young man rises. Madam, he
says, let me give you this seat and he
steps out into tho aisle. And he doesn't
look for another seat in that car. He
makes a bee line for the smoker. New
York Sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04
A Provision In IA Doctors VIII.

A Philadelphia physician who died the
other day left a will containing some
queer provisions, including this one; "If
my family never settled with Mr.. Foster
concerning the dog, wish and want
them to give 10 the boy Foster who was
bit the sum OF $40, but if they have set
tied with the said Foster, then they are
not to pay any money to said boy. This
is in fultillment of promise made to
them when was in trouble concerning
the dnn y
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Particulars have been received of
fatal family row at Japonica school
house, "A miles from Kerville, in western
Texas. Alexander Jolly became involved
in a row with Shelby joy, his brother
in-law, in which JOY knocked down a
younger brother of jolly. Jolly then
sprang at joy with knife, severing one
of the arteries in the neck, from which
he died in a few minutes. After hiding
out in the brush for some time Jolly sur
rendered to the sheriff and was commit
ted to the Kerville Jail. Both partici-
pants We're only 90 years of age.-Cor.
Chicago Herald.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

The English marriage service was the
subject Of conversation. Lowe said in
his dashing way that it was full of nom
sense. why" he exclaimed, turning
to his wife, "it made me say with all
my worldly goods l thee endow, when
had no worldly goods wherewith to en-
dow you"
"Ah, Robert" she replied, "but there
were your brainsl"
We'll" he said, "all the world knows
that l did not endow you with Them
Life and Letters of Viscount Sher-
brooke"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Some oyster shells have been dredsed
up that, when examined under the mi
croscope, revealed what seemed 10 he a
heavy set, although the oysters are About
the size Of the head of pin. The wealth
er is perfect for good set, and there is
no apparent reason why this should not
be a good year for the uystermen New
Haven Palladium.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04
TO THE wonLD,s FAIR VIA p. 4 Q.
Going via Washington and Returning
win Niagara Fails.

The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
placed on sale at its offices through
out the East. excursion tickets to Chi
cago, good going via Washington and
returning via Niagara Falls, with the
privilege OF stop over at each point.
journey until November 18th, and are
not restricted to certain trains, but arc
good on all b. Il o. trains. and permit
holders to travel via Pittsburgh or via
Grafton. BY either route passengers
cross the Allegheny mountains. 5000
feet above the sea level amid the
most picturesque scenery In America.
Sleeping car accommodations may be
reserved In advance upon application
to nearest Ii. y 0. ticket Office.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

All the Members of the Family u.,ss

All the Members of the Family usite
In praisinR DIR. David Kennedyis Fzs
vorite Remedy. 1t Is our family medf-
cine now, thus writes a lady from
First avenue, New York City. Favorito
Remedy was first introduced In our
family when / was suffering untold
agony and misery from gall stones;
nothing l took helped me. One day
my brother brought home bottle OF
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy
made at Rondout. N. Y, and IL rsr.
manently cured me. My husband ID
an Ice man and was troubled wi b
pains In his back. was so lame he could
hardly move at times; he used Favor
lite Remedy, the pain disappeared, and
six doses cured him. DR.. Kennedy's
Eavorite Remedy is the only medicine
that affords speedy relief and per-
manent cure for such affections. for It
dissolves ard causes the expulsion OF
gravel and stone fIom the kidneys ana
bladder. II you have pain in your
back. II your urine Is dark colored-i
painful or Irregular, do not delay fors
a single day, but take DR.. Kennedy'a
Favorlte Remedy which will stop the
progress and cure the disease that isl
forming.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

George TraIey, employed near Lou
donyille, O., raised a pitchforkful of hay
and dropped it pretty quick. A black
snake fell therefrom upon his neck af-
fectionately and came near throttling
him before the other fellows pulled him
off.-New York Recorder.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

A tiny elephant, yenrs old, Sc inches
high, 8 feet long and weighing 1893 pounds,
Is on exhibition In Berlin. The dwarf
phenomenon is from Sumatra, Its nor
NAL kin weighed at the same age from
8 to 81 tons.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

ENOt RENT-iiousc coutalnlng5 rooms,
IL at No. 3O3 Dupont street. Apply 10
II. L. Vernon, this Office
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Cinnamon to the number of 1879
have registered so far, while 90, S2l have
not. Seven hundred and twelve Mon
golians residing in Pennsylvania are
among those who have registered.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

DR.. J. Simms & Sons sure family
medicine. the old central depot re-
moved to 606 King street. where you
can buy tho famous White Pulmonio
Balsam, vegetable liver pills, blood
purifier and the famous eye cure, etc.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-04

Rates to Chicago VIA Is. ~ o. II. n.
Worlds Fair excursion tickets arc
now on sale for all b. & q. trains at
rate OF S2S 90 for the round trip from
Wilmington. Through sleeping cars
on all trains.