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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

One OF the dangers which menaced
travellers IN the carly history of Califor-
ma was an attack by highwaymen, An
old stage driver who drove over part
OF the long line between San Jose and
Les Angeles relates an interesting incr.
dent OF those early days. lie saws
remember once, III a lonely coast
range canon, through which the road
wound, We had little experience that
was thrilling for the moment. 1t was a
moonlight night and | was pushing
ahead at a good speed, with stage full
OF passengers and heavy treasure box.
Just as l got around bend in the
road | saw the figure of 4 man on horse
back beside the road. He yelled out for
US to stop, and | saw guu-barrel CLEAN
in the moonlight.
The horses We're going at a speed that
might be called breakneck, and | made
up my mind to take the chance of pra.
ting through. | saw the gun raise 10
the fellows shoulder as we approached.
l had my long whip in my hand, and
with desperation born of the peril Of
the moment, made vicious swipe at
him.
l don't know how it happened, but
the lash wound itself around the gun,
and as We dashed by, the whip was
drawn taut. | was nearly pulled of
my seat, hut l held on, and the gun was
dragged out of the robbers hand and
fell to the ground. Atthe same moment
1t was discharged by the shock.
1t ratified along the road for quite n
distance before the wnip.lash UNIV ound
itself. l. don't know what the highway.
man thought, but I'll wager he was sur.
prised.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08


Baron Haussmann, the celebrated
French administrator, VINO NAV almost
be said to have made Paris new CITY,
used 10 relate the following anccdote 6y
way of illustrating the feeling of many
county gentlemen toward the projects /:
One of these gentry entered the pre-
fect's office, having some complaint TO
make, and proceeded 10 state his errand
IN pretty lofty tone, and without talk
ing oil his hat. The officer was equal
to the occasion.
"Wait a moment" he said, and lie
rang bell. A servant answered the
summons.
Bring me my hat" said the project.
The hat was brought, the officer put
it on, and turned to his caller.
Nov" said he, II will hear YOU"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
a SUCCESSFUL An An.
Peculiar Circumstances Under winch the
sculptor Thorwaidsen Began Life.

Peculiar Circumstances Under winch the
sculptor Thorwaidsen Began Life.
Bertel Thorwaldsen, the sculptor,
began life under adverse circumstances.
His father drank, his mother was an
ignorant peasant, and neither of them
could give the boy the slightest advance.
tnent in life. His interest in wood cary.
Ing seemed to bring out the only signs
OF intelligence he ever showed al this
early age. AS one writer says, like
Claude Lorraine, who could never be
taught to make tart-though his father
was pastry cook-nor to read book,
he was quite dense to the charms of
reading. Yet he could carve wood, and
when he was IL years old friend pro.
cured for him admission to the Danish
Academy of the Fine Arts, and there he
made marvellous progress.
At the age of seventeen he won
small silver medal awarded by the
academy as prize for drawing and
modelling, and about that time he was
required by the laws of the Lutheran
Church to present himself for comtirma-
ton. The chaplain, however, in
examining him, found him 80 deplor-
able ignorant of the simplest book learn
ing that he was about to send him to
the lower form, when he happened to
ask
"Was the student who gained the sill.
yer medal your brother, or any relation
to your"
at was l." responded Bertel, con.
fused; and the good clcrgyman's tone
and look changed at once.
"Herre Thorwaldsen," said he, rc.
specially, you may so into the upper
form"
In the years Of his prosperity Thor
waldsen used to declare that he had
never felt such citation as at the firstuse
Of that respectful title.
His fellow students at the academy
remembered him as very silent ami shy;
a youth who cared little for their sports
and escapadcs, but who worked while
they were talking, and who generally
finished his preliminary sketch while
they were deciding how subject should
be treated. Yet he was not self.conh-
dent, and an approaching contest for
gold medal filled him with such alarm
that his fellows had only to say, "rhor-
waldsen, remember tile examination :"
TO set him trembling.
On the appointed day he appeared
with the rest, but when the subject was
given out, "Heliodorous Expelled from
the Temple" panic seized him, and he
rose and fled, On the way out of the
building he met friend, who persuaded
him to return, and he won the prize.
The story of Ais life is full of allie
Waiting incidents of high attainment
and ideness, and 1t was only after he
made visit to Rome that he awakened
to the true meaning of an artists life.
Thereafter he lived on the full flood of
public favor us very few men have done.
Success attended him daily, and to the
very end.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
IN GENERAL.

Judge Parker at Kingston, N Y, on
Saturday, appointed Stvervn Il. Sharp re.
celyer OF the American Casualty Insurance
and Security 20. Of Baltimore.
Seven persons were probably fatally in.
lured and over 100 others were wounded
by the collapse Of an awning during a cir
Gus parade at Terrell, Tex, on Saturday.
The annual report Of the third assistant
postmaster general shows that the postal
revenue from all sources for the last fiscal
year wa, S15,OSliI9, and the expenditures
ISL, 324 Ali.
Glen Miller, an old man living near
sayler Springs, ILL.,, was brutality beaten
and was tortured with fire, on Friday
night, by three unknown men, who tried
to extort money from him. .
Samuel j. Dunlap, postmaster at Red
Fork, Oklahoma Territory, IN the eastern
part of the Cherokee strip, was shot and
killed on saturday by "the Cook gang Of
outlaws" they also robbed the store and
postOilice.
The supreme court of Ohio on Saturday
reversed the lower courts and ruled that
the law requiring street car COMPANIES to
provide yestibulrs on electric cars TO pro-
rect the motormem from the weather, was
constitutional.
Meagre particulars have been received at
Guthrie, Oklahoma. of a desperate run
nlnS light between the Cook outlaws and
United states deputy marshas near Sas
abka,, Two officers and one bandit were
Killed and two bandits wounded.
Victor De LA Cova is under arrest in
New YORK, A. the instance of the New
| YORK and Cuba Mail Steamship Co..
| charged with concealing explosive freight
| IN barrels of tallow aud shipping hem. in
| violation of the United States law.
| lilFrlurs early m Suttrlu,g -.
| tered the bank of the Chrisman Sawvers
| BRhEins Company ut Independence, Mis-
| sottri, blew open the vault door and
| worked uEsGcCe5sfully for several hours
Oh the steel doors Of the inner vault,
which contained $4,000 in cash.
| The President has directed that Chaplain
llchfE i. Hummer, a culurd Maryland
| preacher, who was appointed July /, 1854,
| pc dismissed In disgrace from tile army,
RUNNER was tried by court-martal re-
! Gently for getting drunk with enlisted
neti, to The scandal Of the SERVICE and for
4 other offences
=, 1t was showing Monday at Ogdensburr,
| walton. Rouse Point, PlattsOurg, An
s"'n Forks. Nestport and poughkeepsie,
| in New York.
lEe dynamite cruiser Vcsuvius will &c
| 70 SEA IN few days IN ,elrcn of dangerous
| oerellG' which have been reported off the
Now Jersey coast and of Cape EIattcras.
EX-Pres!dent James McCosh of Prince
| toh University. is critically i'll at his resi-
dencc, in Princeton. Two trained nurse,
anu physician are in constant attend
ance.
ThFty-four families left Pullman, Ill.,
on sunday, for Htawatha Kan, 10 ioir
ne new cooperative colony there. They
| lnGiud2 number OF mechanics, former
employees N The Pullman shops.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
n1oYun = rs. rnonouanDnsD.
The Great snivator's Record Time Bentcn
by the "I5iisc."

The Great snlvator's Record rims Benten
by the "Biise."
Hnrper's Weekly.
The thoroughbred race-horsc Is be-
| lieved to be the swiftest animal on tho
globe. So when tho king of racers, Sal
vator, covered n mile on straight track
ut Monmouth Park on August 90, 1890,
in one minute thirty five and half sec
| onds-which Is still the record-hc prob
ably went the distance in less time than
it was ever travcrsed before or since by
living creature of any kind moving
unaided over the surface of tho earth.
Had any one at that time predicted that
within five years man on a bicycle
would propel himself over tho same dis.
lance on similar or any other track In
faster time than that of the thorough
bred, he would have been considered
something more than merely visionary.
AT that time the bicyclist was competing
with the trotting horse, but that ho
would ever equal the runner was not
dreamed of even by ultra enthusiasts.
And yet this undreanled-of feat has
now been accomplished. Since the adj
vent of the pneumatic.tirod wheel with
ball bearings, records have been falling
before the bicycle more rapidly than be-
fore the trotter-notwithstan the
phenomenal advances of the latter-un-
til of late several wheelmen have
been going miles below two minutes,
leaving the trotter quite out of the race.
But no bicyclist had come within strik-
ing distance of the speed of even an or
binary thoroughbred, until of sudden
q professional racing cycllst, John s.
johnson, tho "Western WONDER" took
fourteen seconds OFF the bicycle record
at a single clip, and eclipsod not only
some but all thoroughbreds by riding
mile in one minute thirty-five and two
tifths seconds. The feat was accom-
plishcd over u straight track at Buffalo,
New York, on October gath. The pace
makers were four men mounted on a
quadruplet machine.
Thus for the first time in the worlds
history man has propelled himself a
mile purely by muscular exerton faster
than the muscles of any other living
creature ever carried it over the earth's
surface. AS triumph of human de-
velopment, aided by the inventions of
human ingenuity, over mere animal de-
velopment this achievement is therefore
unique, and worthy of record quite
apart from its interest to the sportsman.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
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SIMPLE JUSTICE.
Giving the Camel the Credit for tn Q
beautiful shawl.

Beautttui shawl
"'1ake look at the iligant shawl
Mrs. Wathors was afther givin' me this
vera mornin', Phalim," said Mrs.
ierlihy to her spouse. tits hersilf
tnats had another wan from her hos.
bands fayther, an She gives me this in
Il prisint. It's only twlnty-wan years
wear She's had ay it, an it's niver bit
the wurTse."
"lt's handsome thing intoirely," said
Mr.. Ilerlihy, with warm appreciation,
as they held the muniicent gift between
them, turning it back and forth aud in
and out, To discover all its beauties.
ut is that" assentcd Mrs. Herlihy;
and then, as her eyes were attracted to
some threads arranged in hieroglyphic
fashion in the centre Of the shawl, she
added, but what he thin little ebay
nese lookin' threads, Phalim? Is it
there they oughter be, dye think, or
will Oi be afthcr pickln' 'em out"
"Niver pick thin out, Norah darlin',"
said Mr.. herlihy, quickly, laying re-
straining hand upon her arm. "It's
mesilf that can't rade 'em clear, on &C.
countav the poor schoolin' Oi had whin
lad, but Oi can aisy guess fwhat they
be. It's the name y the camel they
Spiel, widout anny doubt; an it's only
tttin', whin yez wear SIGH an illigant
article as that same" concluded Phaiim,
generously, Ito give the poor haste that
was destroyed TO make it, the cridit
that belongs to im!"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
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1t is the day Of Dutch delft, and 50
great is the demand for 1t that dealers
are constantly obliged to rep. enish their
stock OF PLAQUES, candlestioks, plates,
and other ornaments. With the oxcep.
ton OF now and then u piece, most Of
this delft is, of course, u reproduction of
the old delft, and much of the cheapest
IS not delft ut all, though 1t may copy
the blue and white and the ever-piesent
windmill and water scene of the old
ware IN its decoration. The large
plaques, with the Rembrandt heads, or
decoration of castle, or cathedral, or
good water scenes, are expensive, but
tho little plaques and plates, with less
elaborate decorations and in very
good imitation, arc sold for from so to
rs cents. A pair Of caudlesticks in the
same ware costs from 81 to So.
1t is probably the vogue of the blue
and white room that has created the de-
mand for delft, though there are blue
and white ornaments in both Italian aud
Chinese wares that are used for the same
purpose. But for the blue and white
colonial room these are probably not as
suitable. To give you an idea of how
these rooms are fitted up, will tell you
Of TWO planned by weli-known decora-
tors. The first is bedroom, and the
wall has old blue denim used as q back.
ground, with panels of old blue cart.
ridge paper, with silver traceries en-
closed IN narrow white moulding. As
frieze there is festoom of white
Brussels net edged with narrow tas-
sclled fringe. The centre of the paper
panels is cut away at about the height
.nas pIosuteS woul1 ue huhg, anu llttie
PAM. III uaIk-piue w, wateF-cnlor on
VIII, mn..e Satin "5e W i.iserteu' lhese paintings
nay cu.cn pellt suplects, as nave also
sio a"e o'iel Pleces VI iulniture,
mnleh aro Oh "hite enamel win mere
~ n,.. ~ sa''' "a Wiua.lhiil, OF lltt'e
80, or I'I hi,,o aaut u'apettsS VI tne
49,. 70 D ~, 1enll elhoIoiIeIeu IN
Rr,,ssol ~ 49, t"e , uooa" t.ii anu wniso
a me hes WIN lrlli lor the win
| G,,,b T., ~ ou r W." N'he'-taS'o arc
| Tona,nso $3.50 ,,.i,I, " ha, W WIZ
10y ~ oos'oh, WIN unlh'o'ue SCROLLS
~ .mo sH'g,ooA, hoiesptgau; ana
| , M - wy e'hololucrGu uehlW;
~ vail sG"nuCs' Masn-oo"l ana
n uenei ny vi ue.l' OF lhe imitation
NJ 49, 'ne u,I'ls tne'c y y Wh'te shell on
M NJ IL, H'o 'no otue ".u Mhite 9otteries.
'tuet tNoonl, Mnl!h Is parlor
~, c'unt' HOUSE. paneilea as
m .,iEEi Us inc lnahtcl'shett with
mH'G WOO ehalneiied' ABOVE the
M"oi Is paper WIN White ground
Injured Win aafN nIue IN colonial
p 's n,i,, iae nish smell l3r the support
VI oI'c-" tr orac Is carried al around the
t" ,f lhe pl9e denim used lor the
tuo'e'sprel'l ana screen IN TINS room is
~, ,n;s e'ipIoldereu, oHt decorated with
mlIe WING cottoh ofaiu mat is open
M"IN' as inc prala Is at least an incn
wlue, IL Is not USED IN a pattern except
S a. w Goine[s, where ~ Is iala IN
uouple . homan.Sey design. White cotton
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

n lady who took a cottage in Quiet
seaside village for the summer saws that
she was glad to learn on engaging it,,
that there was fish market in the
place. She Is especially fond of fish.
and had promised her prospective guests
that they should have it fresh from the
sea. During the first week of her stay
she determined to give a lunch party.
and went down town to do her market
ing. She found the fishlnan seated in
front Of his shop, looking mildly at
nothing in particular.
"Wlll you send me some nice salmon
this morning." she began; but the wait
ing shopman interrupted her gently, as
if unwilling to give her the trouble OF
speaking further.
IL amt got no salmon" said ne,
some Holsters, then. III have q
salad"
We'll, to tell the truth, amt got no
Holsters"
mo Holsters? Mackerel will do. !
suppose, Yes, you may send me some
mackerel"
lie looked at her regretfully. "I'm
sorry you pitched on mackerel, y he said
for amt got one"
Very well Send me halibut."
Now Pm real sorry, but I'm all out
o. halibutw
"No halibut, either! Why, what kind
of fish have your NJ
He leaned forward, and spoke con.
iidentially.
ITO tell the TRUTH" said he, az aint
got no fish,"
She looked at him in amazement
We'll" said she, you're a pretty
tishman. aren't you?"
lie smiled at her in perfect good ma.
ture.
u be, amt II" he responded, pleas
antly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08


A picturesque figure is passing out of
society, il she has not already passed.
We seldom, in the drawingroom, meet
the old lady. AT this moment she is to
be found chiefly in the villages remote
from the railway, or, if in town, she Is
apt to belong to the distinctly poorer
classes, and to be engaged in some
humble occupation, as, for example, the
keeping of an apple stand, or the SELL
Ing OF newspapers around the ferries or
elevated stations. Thus engaged, she
wears distinctive dress, almost uni
form. 1t consists of gown Of some
very dark or neutral tint, a straight
full skirt ending at her ankles, a round
waist, no drapery or pulled sleeves, but
severely plain and rather short ones
leaving the wrist free; little three
cornered shawl over the shoulders
always that-and hood or bonnet pro-
tecting the gray hair. These old women
are frankly old. They seem to have
lived 100 years, and never to have been
young. Their old faces are crisscrossed
like maps with innumerable fine lines;
they bear themselves with certain
patience and dignity. But they are
not in society. They are part of
tuo WoIlu OulSlue, winch Goes not
exist for the sheltered and guarded
and well-to.do. They are like
the peasants in French pictures, as
straightforward, as childlike, ss inno-
cent, as calmly indifferent to fashion.
What have they to do with it 2-what
has il to do with them2 In the strenu-
Gus struggle to retain youth or the SEM
blance of it, which is the foible and
weakness of our period, the old lady
has difficult time of it just now. The
masseuse labors to efface her wrinkles,
those me-reyealing marks, which,
bravcly worn, have beauty OF their
own. She tries creams and unguents,
hot water and cold water, galVanism
and steam, that her skin may remain as
soft, us rose-hued, as flexible as it was
at 90 In this there is no harm, but, did
she only know ii, there are placid old
faces among the Friends, and among
the Shakers too, which have kept off
wrinkles and retained shape and smooth
ness solely by the spirits inward light,
and peace and help.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
A FEATH Efs DROPPED.
Many Thateher Migglnson.

A little cottage on the shaded way;
Houstonius in the grass
And smiles for all who pass
From one whose heart is lavish as the day.
And when that door was closed to life and
light,
How could the blossoms know
The poppy shed its glow;
The tall narclssus kept its virgin white.
The scarlet clusters of the bittersweet
Hung tempting as of yore;
But she was there no more
To watch the bluebirds claim their autumn
treat
They may have missed her care and tender
thought
For all whate'er betide;
For through the chimney wide
One shy yet daring bird an entrance
sought.
A feather here and there betrayed the
quest
Within the silent room,
AS IL defying gloom;
Though birds had flown and she was witt
the Blest.
-Ha,ps,'s Bazdr.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
cosr PEh n0ns E.ponEr.
Tabulatnd Statement of the Cost of Run
ming Different Kinds of Power.


ming Different Kinds of Power.
Cost of an Indicated Horse power"
was the title of II paper read by De-
coursy May of Niagara Fails, before the
American Society OF Mechanical Engin-
GERS. Reliable data as to the cost of
operating steam plants he found scarce,
due partly to cOncGalment, but usually
to ignorance. Reviewing few esti-
mates and papers which he found on
the subject he reached the conclusion
that one indicated horsepower cannot
be produced for 361 days of "a hours
each for less than $40, with coal at So
per ton of 2,240 pounds. From such
data as he was able to collect, allowing
3 per cent for interest on plant, 8 per
cent for depreciation of plant, l per
cent for insurance and II per cent for
taxes, making no allowance for rental
or interest on the land occupied by the
plant or cost of water, Mr.. May pre-
sents tabulated statement of the cost
If running various types of power, both
continuously and for only 10+ hours
per day and with coal at various prices.
For 30S days of lot hours each and
with coal al So per ton of 2 ,940 pounds,
the cost of one indicated horse-powe is
estimated by Mr.. May as follows: Triple
expansion pumping, Allis, 20 revolu-
tions, $3l; triple expansion, without
pumps, Allis, 80 revolutions, SIG; com.
pound mill, best engine, $l7; compound
mill average, seq; compound electric
light average, $7S; compound trolley,
$50; triple expansion trolley, $26; con
densing mill, $25; non-condensing, 80 to
200 horsepower, $40. With coal at "a
per ton the cost is increased from "a 10
$l2 per horsepower.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

A writer in the Scottish Resfe,c. sneak
ing of the proverbial carefulness of
Scotchmen about small matters. tells
the following anecdote by way of illus
tration:
The queen was on one of her peri
odical journeys through Scotland, and
the royal train was timed to stop for
luncheon at certain through station.
Mr.. o., who lived not far away, and
who had famous dollhouse, im6royed
the opportunity to send Her Majesty a
basket of his choicest grapes,
In due course he received a letter of
acknowledgment, expressing the royal
appreciation of the gift, and compli-
menting the donor upon the tineness OF
his fruit. The gentleman was pleased.
of course, and feeling sure that M
head gardener would be greatly inter
ested in the letter, he read it to him.
The gardener listened gravely, but his
only comment was;
"She disna say onything aboot send
ing back the basket"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

Under the Roman Empire the prices
paid for slaves were ruled, as prices
always are, by tho relations Of supply
and demand, the capture of proyi-
dence being followed by glut in the
market, ane consequent fall in value.
The value Of an ordinary slave without
special accomplishments, fluctuated
between five and eighty dollars, but that
ola physician remained nearly constant,
for long period, at the very respect.
able figure of $4,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

Hooberly-Wos your campaign orator
successful in his tour through the state?
Mopps tof the executive committaol--,
"Succes-tul2 should say SO. Why,
by his eioqucnCe he induced the most
prosperous farmers in the State 10 he.
lieve that they had been puuperized by
the existing administration of the other
party
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
ABOUT CHINA'S CHANCES
Chinese Defeated Before a
Shot Was Fired.
PING YANG AND THE YALU RIVER
Like the French Humiliation
of 1870.

The Chinese Jealous of Manohoo Ascend
ency--EspionaGe Permeates tho Whole
Political Fabrie-- Distrust Prevails in
All the Chinese Departmsnts-.The Com
mon People Unwilling to Enlist-There
is no Popular Enthusiasm.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

When the sherlffs of London are for.
mally presented to the Queens remem.
nrancer, they annually hand over to
him las the representative of the sover
eign) u bill.hook and Ratchet, by way
of "service" for piece of waste land
in Shropshire, OF which they are the
de-jure tenants and occupiers.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08

IeIfol TFoa Press
Young Lady-Doctor can you recon.
w.iA something that Will make me
pretty?
Doetor- Yes. Money. Two dollars,
l.sas-.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-11-08
4 FANCY OF TINE Mont.



Full sweet are thy spells, o Night!
Woven of mystery;
Thou TOUGHEST with silver light
The tip Of yonder tree,
Which seems from the darkened height
A castle fair to see.
ienehth, In the shaded glen,
Stirred by the cool night air,
Is Tie brave knight aud his men
Who storm tho castle fair.
may sHr them not but then,
fssl that they are there.
ara mn ~ the mountain side
The gentle night winds 90;
81 thH knights IN nrmnr ride
~ Ish catch tho armor's glow,
Wills tliH castle In its pride
FfSUBs Oh the force below.
zen ltsaf the might winds sigh;
Y shhkes tho limbs about;
It's tltH whtder's warning cry;
Again the yictors shout
Ana from tho tuiret high
a misty flag blows out.
-Hdrpers Weekly.
Most all children are queer, but tn