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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
RACE TRACK LAWS p0ID.
Declared Unconstitutional by the Su.
preme Court %. New dorsey.

preme Court %. New Jersey.
CAMDEN, N. H., Jan. S.-The decision
of the supreme court with regard to the
constltutionalitY of the Race Track law
passed by the Legislature last winter,
was made known for the first time this
morning.
The opinion declares that the legaliz-
ing act was unconstitutional, as it inter.
fered with the internal affairs of the
several municipalities. This decision
wipes out the race tracks at Gloucester
and Guttenburg, as we'll as every other
track in the State.
1t is well known that the Legislature
that meets tomorrow intends repeating
the race tract acts, so that besides being
declared unconstitutional they will be
taken off the statute books.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
Governor Browns Illustrated Message

ANNAPOLIS, ND, Jan. 3.-rhe Mary
land Legislature began its biennial ses-
sion to-day, each branch choosing the
Democratic caucus nominees. Governor
Brown sent in 96-page message, pro-
fusely illustrated with photo-engraved
views of the public institutions Of the
State. SPECIAL committees on assess
ment and revaluation of property in the
State were appointed in each house.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
TWO gERE DROWNED.
Lives Lost In a Collision Between an
English and II spanish Steamer.

NHEIIHn HHu SpNhlsh Stehmer.
LONDON, Jan. S.-The British steamer
Esk, bound from Shields for London
with coal, was in collision, last night,
with the Spanish steamer Mosques, ore
laden and bound from Bilboa for Mid
dlesborough.
The Spanish steamer was so badly
damaged that she sank stern first in a
few minutes after being struck
Twenty-Five of her crew succeeded in
clambering on board the Esk but two
others went down with the steamer.
The Elk sustained much damage. The
accident occurred off Lowestoft during
a dense fog.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

HAMMOND, IND, Jan. S,-New coun.
terfeit quarters and half dollars, known
as the Virginia State coin, have been
dumped in this town within the last few
days and every business house, includ.
ing the banks, was taken in. They are
almost perfect, especially the milling
and bear date 1893.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
Thirty People Made Homeless by Fire,

PITTsBuRG, Pa, Jan. ga fire at
NlmiCk station, on the Pan Handle rail-
road, last night, destroyed six dwellings
ana contents, and rendered 80 people
homeless. The houses were ali COM
paratively new and were insured. The
loss is about $4,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

WEST CHESTER, Pa, Jan. Al. NJ.
Patterson, president of the Pennsylvania
Traction Company, officially announced
that work on the new electric railway
from Harrisburg to Philadelphia through
this section of country will be commenced
next spring and that all the rights of way
of the branch road from Parkesburg to
Oxford have been secured.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

where Margaret Scacruft and young
John oldgarth stood in the dappled sun
shine beside the grave of Wordsworth.
just at that moment Margaret was
placing another wreath upon the gray
old hcadstone. When they saw her first
touch the flowers to- her lips in sweet
and loving way, the three old ravens sat
down again upon the bench with de-
spairing groan. Then, one after another,
they croaked:
Lord ha' marcy on she p
"Lans l-sum'et mum be dinw
"Cursty, Cursty! Yer dreams tn
warst o. APP
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

BUFFALO, N. Y, Jan. 5.-rhe wrest-
ling match last night between Ed.
Atherton of Belfast, N. Y, and Joe
Carroll of England, for purse of $500,
given by the lrquois Athletic Club, was
won by Carroll in two straight falls,
The men worked like Troians from IL
o'clock, p. m until o'clock, a. m.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

MINNEAPoLis, MINI, Jan. Sat
the Normania rink, yesterday, John S.
johnson lowered the two-mile worlds
skating record, which was held by
himself, 6.0l4, to 6.OO2-5. This was
done without taking his hands down
off his hack.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
BARON soLvFN's FUNERAL.
Ambassador Bayard and Others Attend
the Obsequies Over the Late Belgium
Minister. ..=....


the Obsequies Over the Late Belgium
Minister. s5...
LONDON, Jan. 2-FAneral services
were held this morning at the Bromp-
ton Oratory over the body of Baron
Solvyns, Belgian minister to Great
Britain, who died January Sd. Hon.
Thomas +. Bayard, the American Am
bassador, was present, as were also
nearly all the other members of the
diplomatic corps.
Northumberland S. Michael A.
Biddulph, groom inwaiting and Colonel
Colville, in behalf of the Queen, placed
wreaths upon the coffin. Wreaths were
also sent by the Prince Of Wales and
Lord Roseberry, foreign minister After
II solemn mass of requiem the remains
were inferred in Kensel Green cemetery.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
Two Horses and sIy cows Rurn.d

CARLISLE Pa, Jan. 4.-The large barn
Of John Hartzler, near this city, Was de.
slroyed by fire early this morning together
with crops. two bead of horses, six cows.
qltoullalngs and farming implements,
origin. ehuisiy
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

PHGNIxvILLE, Pa, Jan. 9.--The
bloom mill, rolling mill and steel plant
of the Phoenix iron works started up to-
day, after being idle several days.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

New YORK, Jan. ga circular notice
Is Issued BY the Anglo-American Cable
Company, this morning, announces that
secret language is strictly prohibited in
cablegrams addressed to points in Sicily,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

BEREA, OHIO. Jan. 4.-Four robbers at
tackled the town marshal, last night, and
attempted to force him to assist III looting
the town. A young son came to the rescue
Of his father and was fatally shot through
the lungs.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
Two MEN BURNED TO DEATH.

PEEKsKILL, n. Y, Jan. Ca fire started
this morning at o'clock in the bake shop
of p Vessels d Sons, at this place. Charles
Carry, aged 80 years, and Henry Penzhorn,
aged As years, both bakers, were buried to
death in the shop. The fire spread beyond
the building in which it originated and a
number Of adjoining buildings were
burned, The loss is estimated at over
$4,000
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
started Up with a ran Force.

BATAVIA, N. Y, Jan. 4-After being
closed down for several months, the
Batavia wheel works have again started
up with full force of men.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11

BERLIN, Jan. 5.-The Rhine at Frankfort
and other places is covered with thick ioe
impeded. '''si 40 o~ois
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
BIG BLAzE IN ALBASY.
The Albany Theatre Destroyed and tn
City Building in Flames.

ALBANY, N. Y. Jan. 6.-The Albany
Theatre, fiye'story building covering half
an eutire block and adjoining the city
building, Is a mass Of flames and will
floor Is occupied by the large grocery store
of brisbane & Co.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-01-11
Ills Head NEARLY CUT OFF
Bloody Murder of an Italian in
Boston.
THE SLAYER EASILY CAPTURED
He Coolly Washed His Hands
After His Crime.

The Murder Committed in the Yard of
tho Victims House-- Attacked From
Behind and His Head Almost Cut or
With Razor--No Known Motive for
the Deed.
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-08-24
LITTLE CURIOUS THINGS.

THE first oil well in America was dis
covered on q small mountain farm in
Wayne county, KY, in the year 1929.
In the year 1861 1.-THE was laid up
ON all Wales tongues brought into
Bayonne, they being at that time high
ly esteemed as food.
INDIAN corn, or maize, never has an
uneven number of rows of grains, be-
cause it has opposite radicals Of growth
from the cob center.
DELPLAINE gives figures to prove
that the planet earth has supported
&C, 627, s42, 81, O.5, 266 human inhab-
itants since the beginning Of time.
ACCORDING to NJ. Flammarion, the
great astronomer, the mean tempera-
ture of Paris for the past six years has
been two degrees below the normal
STONEMAsONs will probably get bet
ter idea of the immense size of tho
Great Pyramid when then they learn
that it consists of 50, Oas, 900 cubic feet
In Persia the women of fashion paint
black circles around each eye and or
nament the checks with figures of vari'
GUS small animals. bugs. etc.
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ITO BE CONTINUED
A eAeY'S SOLILOQUY.

Practical Thoughts of Two-Day-Old Bit
of Humanity.
I am here And if this is what they
call the world don't think much OF 1t.
It's very flannelly world and smells
of paregoric awfully. It's dreadful
light world, too, and makes me blink,
tell you. And don't know what to
do with my hands; think III dig my
fists in my ears. No, l won't III
scrabble at the corner of my blanket
and chew it up. and then I'll holler;
whatever happens, I'll holler. And
the more paregoric they give me
the louder Ill yell. That old nurse
puts the spoon in the corner OF my
mouth in a very uneasy way and keeps
tasting my milk herself all the while !
She split snuff in it last night, and
when l hollered trottcd me. That
came of being a two-day-old baby.
There's pin sticking in me now, and
if | saw a word about it I'll be trotted
or fed, and l would rather have catnlp
tea. I'll tell you who l am. l found
out to day. heard folks say: Hush!
don't wake up Emeline's baby" and l
suppose that pretty white-faced woman
is Emeline.
No, was mistaken; for chap was
in here Just now and wanted to see
Bob's baby, and looked at me and said
was "a funny little toad, and looked
lust like Bob" He smelt OF cigars. l
wonder who else l belong to. Yes,
there's another one-that's Gamma"
1T was Gamma's baby. so it was" l
declare, l do not know who l belong
to, but I'll holler, and maybe I'll find
out. There comes Snuffy with catnip
tea. I'm going to sleep. l wonder
why my hands won't 60 where l want
them to.-Self Culture.
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CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

THE devils looking glass is
smooth stone formation one hundred
feet wide, and rising two hundred feet
out of the Nolachucky river in Tennes-
see.
THE Hindoo god Of marriage is repre-
sented with a human body and ele-
plants head, seated on throne rest
ing on a circle of human skulls
THIRrY-FIvE years ago Mrs. Milton
Stevenson, of Georgetown, Ky, ran o
piece of broken glass into her hand
Last week the glass was taken out at
the elbow,
The New Jersey society of Cincin-
natl devotes the income of fund Of
thirty thousand dollars for the mark
ing Of places in that state made his
toric by the war of the revolution.
THERE Is q wild flower in Turkey
that is the exact image of q humming
bird The breast is green, the wings
are . deep rose color; the throat yell
low, the head and beak almost black.
AT the lunch given by the munich
pality Of Rome to the physicians who
attended the recent international con-
gress, six thousand bottles and three
hundred and sixty TASKS of wine were
consumed
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worth my while 70 stay here another
day to get the rest Of It and I'm anx-
ious to get back"
The governor shot the bolt and open
ing the door looked in.
''Time." he said.
Kent appeared to be 20 engrossed in
his interview that he did not instantly
perceive the entrance of the officer,
but went on talking to Laport. ''Think
it over" he said. "Your own personal
comfort if not your freedom may be in
volved in it."
Then he and the governor left the
cell.
The first thing that Kent did was to
tell the governor that he had succeeded
in unsealing Laport's lips and had al
ready got from him some limitations
of the political gang which had at
tempted to use him. He then narrated
story of his own invention which
was so ingeniously fabricated that the
governor was deeply interested and
himself proposed that Kent should
stay until he had got the whole Of it
and this Kent at last consented to do,
merely remarking: I'D keep the fell
low in that cell till get it, If were
you. The confinement gals him and
have no doubt he will sooner or later
give away the whole matter in order
to get back to the workshop. Keep
him locked up twenty-four hours
longer"
The next day there was another
interview. The moment Kent was
alone with the prisoner, he asked:
Ibid you get the stone out?"
Laport took from his breast where it
had been concealed under his wooden
shirt, a small folded packet. Kent
took it, fingered it a moment, and put
it in his hip pocket. The two men then
went to the dark corner of the cell ard
Laport. getting down on his knees,
showed him that he had loosened one
of the small f1agstones in the flooring.
Kent looked closely at the work, saw
that no one could perceive the differ
ence in the seams unless he brought a
light to it and merely said: ''Good."
Then the two men sat down on the
edge of the iron bed.
Kent had brought with him circular
steel cutting saw which fitted into the
case of his gold watch. The brace and
other appliances he took from differ
ent parts of his person, and Laport,
with the instant divination of me-
chanician, fitted them together. They
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1894-08-24
BIN A F,sHlN..

Many Q time when twas gittin' late,
Two seed him {, sneakin' thro' Their gaia
THROWN backs ards an anxious glance.
ASa Jagged tear in the back O. his pantas
He'd bin fshin'.
Then he'd slide his pole, crookedy linn.
Up on the roof Of the old wood bin.
An Their bait he'd left in Their tomato can
He'd hide, an say ter me: '.Hello. Dan,
I've bin fishin'"
He'd hurry an give Their ''miunies" ter ma.
Afore she'd have chance ter Jaw
About him ieavin' o. his hoe
An allowin' o. Their weeds ter grow.
While he'd bin fishin'.
Then he'd say as he twas hungry an dry,
An I'D like some milk an piece o pie"
Ma 'ud say: You kin hush an go ter bed.
For supper Il over, an Their table red
You just go dshin'."
An when he was OF upstairs. why, pa
'Ud fdget an grim an say ter ma:
Now. mother: don't be hard: he's little chap
An many time I've left my pap
An gone Q fshtn."
Then pa 'ud go ter bed. with wink at me.
Fur We both o. US knew Just how 'twould be.
An mother nd take some milk an pie,
An stsal upstairs q sorter sly;
AS II she'd bin q fshin'.
Catherine Zugler. IN Kansas City Star.
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THE FASHIONS.

WHITE satin and white chiffon is the
ideal combination for bridal petit
coat.
CHINESE muslin is pretty new ma
terial. and it comes both plain and fig
ured la pompadour.
THE autumn bell skirt will be fuller
and wider than the original model, but
exactly like it in other respects.
BRAIDINs will be very favorable
garniture in rich dresses next season,
as well as on tailor gowns and utility
costumes
TIE new poplin coats take the place
of the dress waists. Some are Van
dyked on the sides in deep points, but
are shorter than any of the coats worn
a wear aIO.
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LOOKOUT FOR BIRDIE.

HAm-BuLED birds are those which
live On seeds
So6z-BnLED birds do not 1.-Two on
sseds. but ON insects and prepared
tood
THD very little sweet stu6s, It spoils
the digestion, and then the birds health
= gone
HARD-1nLKD birds need little for
food besides seed and occasionally . bit
Of lettuce, spple or celery.
MoULTMe cannot be callsd q disease
since Il h . natural process of prOvid-
ing the bird with new plumage.
AND should be given its bath, tn
food and . clean cage 1t the same hour
each day, and by the same person.
AFTER . bird takes his water bath
he should have . sun bath II there is .
spot in the house where the sun
shines
CUTIE bono is an important article
OF diet for hard-billed birds There b
. salty taste to 1t which seems to be .
tonic for feathered bipeds>
The health Of all birds depends upon
three things, regularity in being fed
and given its bath, good food and alb
solute protection from draught&
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Jesus sanctifed by His presence the
joys and duties of daily life.
Wherever we 60 we should take our
religion with us, not always obtrusive-
" in words, but always in act, in SYM
patty, in kindly deeds He that leaves
his religion at home has no true re-
ligion, but only huslks and forms.
Marriage was ordained in Eden, and
was sanctified by Jesus first miracle;
for true. unselfish love is the way back
to Paradise. Jesus repews the heart,
and fills it with love, and in His love
the highest earthly love Is visible. The
most perfect union Of soulA
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was standing very near him. He
looked at her with the greatest amount
of interest and suspense. She was
handsomely and jauntily dressed in q
riding habit and appeared to be at
least thirty years Of age. Her whole
bearing was easy, but dignified. Her
handsome oval face was expressive Of
determination, softened by sensibility.
She carried a riding whip.
'You are late, professor" she said.
looking at her watch, land have kept
us waiting. Did you meet anyone after
you left the stile?''
Eyes, 1 did," answered Laport. II
met a woman in the wood road going
20 town with basket, and she re-
garded me suspiciously."
ITO BE CONTINUED
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CHAPTER ".

Laport marveled at the particular
ity with which the escape had been
planned and at the address of Kent in
hoodwinking the governor while con-
spring to free his prisoner. Without
reasoning upon the matter deeply he
set about following out the pro-
gramme laid down for him and his
methodical training enabled him to do
it carefully. Laport was over fifty
five but he was made of tough vital
material and the prospect Of liberty
stirred all his old sagacity. Kent saw
him for the last time in prison on Fri
day morning; gave him his additional
instructions and tools and left ostcn-
sibly for New York at noon, much to
the regret of the Ixtcls.
Kent's provision had been unerring
with regard to Laport, but he made
one or two miscalculations about his
errors special efforts were directed to
his capture, stimulated no doubt by the
chagrin on having been so successfully
duped Che having learned that his
guest was unauthorized and unknown
in the New York newspaper Office,
one of the best detectives in the coun-
try got upon his track and followed
him to Louisville, Ky, when the trail
was week old. From this point he
traced him into western Tennessee
and there the pursuit ended. Kent
had disappeared from the surface of
the earth. What is remarkable about
this part of the hunt is that nothing
occurred publicly to awaken the sus-
picion that Bench and Kent were the
same person.
Laport's escape from the prison was
effected with but slight variations as
it had been planned for him. and there
was nothing in his methodical execu-
ton of the plan but grim and I'M
eventful determination accompanied
by a silent apprehension, until he ar
rived as arranged at the old mill, and
there the whole character of the pro-
ceedings changed as if by magic and
century romance.
While yet some fifty feet away from
the mill and hidden in the brush, he
listened and distinctly heard female
voices of merriment coming from the
other side. His heart sank. Some pic
nicking party had taken possession of
the secluded retreat and cut of his
last chance. There had been no pro-
vision for this contingency in Kent's
plan. While Laport stood listening
to the bursts Of laughter and subdued
screams that mingled with the voices
of men in some kind of sport, he dis
tinctly heard some one singing the
strains of "Home. Sweet Home" in q
clear soprano. It might be one of those
fatal condolences, for the air was one
that anybody would be apt to MARBLE.
He considered q moment and deter
mined to take the risk.
Working his way through the thick
cts he came out on the overgrown bank
where the mill stood and went DELHI
erately round to the side from which
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were slender and apparently fragile,
but had been made by surgical
instrument manufacturer, and were of
the finest material. Laport examined
them with unconcealed admiration.
Kent, however, did not allow him to
waste the fraction of a minute. Put
it away at once" he said. Laport
touched the fat stone with his foot on
one corner; it tipped at the pressure;
he inserted his finger and, lifting it up.
placed the implements in the space be-
meath. He also received from Kent a
little coil of steel wire. 1T is to let
YOU down from the window to the
laundry roof" he said. Every inch of
it has been tested up to five hundred
pounds. But all this mechanical assist
ance is of no sort of avail if you fail to
follow out my schedule of time and
scrupulously fit every move to my
arranged programme. You will cut
the bar tomorrow while the engine in
the laundry is running. How long do
you calculate it will take you?"
eff it is an iron bar, l can do it in
two hours with that saw
VERY good. You are to leave a seq
mcnt of iron to hold it in its place and
rub the rust into the fresh cut. You arc
to get out the window on Saturday
morning at exactly half-past two to
the minute. will bring you to-mor-
row q tiny duplicate watch set to one
have myself, and a little box of wax
matches. Twill also bring You q pair
of kid gloves padded, SO that you can
use the loops in the wire without cut
ting your hands. You must be at the
far angle in the wall exactly ten min
utes later and you will find the other
wire thrown over for you. It will not
do to have it there before and you are
to pull it after you when you are on
the other side. One other thing: You
must manage in some way to set the
bar back in its place. No one will look
into your cell till five o'clock from the
wicket in the door, but the absence of
the bar might be detected by the patrol
on the wall. He carries q bull's-eye.
Can you do that?"
"Yes." said Laport, IF l have any
foothold on the wire and You can bring
me half an ounce of gum shellac soft
ened in alcohol"
Every good. You will have eight
minutes to get over the wall and you
will land in . high clump of jimson
weeds. Iwant you to remember the
rest of my directions. It is necessary
that you commit them to memory. At
the time you land in the weeds, there
| will be q man on . horse in the road
] and he will start east at break-neck
speed. You are togive NO heed to him,
but cross the road, drop over the bank
it is shale and cinders and Vim leave
no footprints and turn to the left and
follow it west for one hundred feet
where you will come to . culvert and
brook crossing. You are to take to the
middle of this stream and follow the
bed five hundred feet. rolling your
trousers mp 50 - to keep them dry, un-
til you come to IN Clubhouse painted
red. which overhangs it Light .
match and Il there arc two crosses IN
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the voices proceeded. He had scarcely
turned the corner of the mill before he
found himself in full view of Q party
of ladies and gentlemen who had evi-
IDENTIFY rendezvoused here for . lunch.
Their horses were tied to the neigh
boring trees; white cloth was spread
upon the grass; co1ored servant was
opening wine. They were elegantly
dressed and were Enthusiastically people
of means and leisure taking an outing.
At the same moment Laport saw pro-
truding from the grass almost at his
feet tho circular form of an old mill
stone and, with q feeling Of helpless
ness, he sat down upon it.
A minute had not passed when he
was aware that some one was ap-
preaching him. It was a woman. She
had left the group Immediately and