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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

CHIEF of Police Dolan. for tho month
OF February, reports 253 arrests.
Inc Engineering and Surveying De-
partinent REPORTS having marked three
building lines.
There were four fires, entailing a
loss OF slS5, 900. There was one false
alarm. The largest fire was that
which destroyed LEAFS mill, OH Feb. 8.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

and don't worry the baby; avoid both
unpleasant conditions by giving the
child pure, dlgestlble food. Don't Ii Q
solid preparations. Nature intended
Infants should BE- raised on milk. The
Gail Borden Eagle Condensed Milk Ia
the safest solution OF the problem.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

! Widows Pensions Quickly Secured
by Col. Wainwright. Sth and Market
streets, Wilmington, Del. Claims
promptly proven. will be Rllowen In
IRON 40 TO 90 days. Instructions and
papers sent to any address on request
for same.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

A prominent Democrat said to day,
II the democratic senators Will con
linus improving on the Wilson Eiil,
tbsy VIII finally report for de.ilora.
ton pretty good Mckinley ELI. II
you Go not believe me read the FhIIa
dslphia Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

LoSpoN. Feb. 27th.-The Jury in the
sui. of Mrs. Victoria Northumberland
against the trustees of the Br fish
Museum found that the defendants
were guilty OF negligence In admitting
to their library two books relating to
the Beccher-rildeD trial. Damages
were assessod at 2Os.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01
EGlSTEHS ORDER
In REGIsTEH's UFFIOR
NEW CASTLE COUN ny, DEL

February -, 1897
Upon the application OF Eli Davis,
Administrator of robert j, Jones, laie
OF Mil Creek hundred. in said
county, deceased. IL ~ ordered AMI direct
ed by the Register that the Administers
tor aforesaid give notice of granting
OF Letters of Administration upon
the estate OF tho deceased. with tho date
of granting thereof. by causing advertise =
meilts to he posted Within forty days from
the date OF such letters in six OF the most
public places OF the county Of New Castle
requiring all persons having demands
against the estate to present the same. OF
abide by an act OF Assembly in such case
made and provided and also cause the
same to be Inserted within the same per-
iod Ia tho DAILY REPUBLICAN, a news
paper published In Wilmington. Del, and
to be continued therein three weeks, To- o.
d.
-, Given under the hand and seal
Us. OF Office OF the Register aforesaid
- at Wilmington, in New Castle
County aforesaid. the day and year above
J. WILKINS CooCH. LEICESTER.
NO1lCE-Sotice is hereby given that lot
ters OF Administration were in due form
of law granted unto the undersigned on
the 2'th day OF Fcprut y. A. ID. IsJ, and
that all persons having claims az inst the
estate OF the deceased must present tho
same. duly atte5ted, TO he said hdministra-
tor. on or before the nth day OF February
1872. or abide the ACT OF Assembly in
suce case MADE and provided.
ELL DAVIS,
Administrator.
Address-Thomp n, Del. mi
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

Police Officer Leach, few days ago,
buried his six weeks old child, death
heing caused by a severe cold. Tie
child, previous to her illness, was a
bright one and the idol OF tts fond
parents. They have the sympathy 1 4
"a IL In this hour Uf bereavement
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01
FOR RENT,

IUI W est Tenth street. s rooms nua bath
ilU5 West seventh st.. y rooms and bath
TO West Sixth 81 rect rooms and hn1h
lhnl West Tenth street. Z rooEs and nth
l9lu West second street, q rooms and hnt,I
9uI West Ninth s rect, rooms and bath
lN9l West Front street, raoms aud bath
9sU3 West street rootns an "A bath
81 East seventh street, g rooms and hot,
sul last Seventh street. Jraoas and hath
$40 MARKET street, : ruonis first floor
sll Market street. rouns. third tlgor
UP Shihicy ST, : roons suitable rhr OH 80
20 Lowering avenue = rboms
stable and carpenter shop Of .f@y street,
FOR SALE.
No SUI West Eighth 1t q I, rooms and
bath front porch and front yRr,i, fine o.
cation. II sold within two wcuk5 Q IN be
bought ut a sacrifice. Many other zoo
investment properties
CHARLES W. GO1DING.
f21tr ONCE. Eighth and Madison streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

Ia 1880 "Bro,ons Bronchial T,'o,9.ss
were introduced. and their success rs a
cure for Colds. Coughs. Asthma and
BRONCHITIS has BEEN unparalleled
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

Miss Name Campbell. Of Camden
n. J, lie visiting Niles Annie Grsntland
$40 Bennett street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01
!sls IEfSI75lEIzl T.SIll;!

he largest stock OF shades in the city
Spring roller shades. go, 25 37Z,
and SO cts. each. The 81 and 10
cts. shades are oil cloth. Best cam.
brlc shades u cts. each. Plain hand.
painted shades rnnde and hung Is cts,
each. We also han lie Baneroft's sun
fast, Hollands (Formly RocksonIn).
French Chiffon, Lace Border Duchess
lace. Rustic, Corded ard Florentine
shades. The best goods at the lowest
prices. mi "a O-d
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

A CARD-John @. jackson wishes TO
"A Inform the public that he still IN I es
out lie 'nse as GonYe yancer, lie trusts
TINT his more than fifty years experience
as surveyor and wii er OF deeds, mort
cages, agreements. assignments will.
leases aud all other Instruments Of writ
ing ia the line of Nj, viii
ontitle him TO the continued patronage ,f
his friends AMI the general pubic. Eaies
OF charge VIII be moderate. rs the pres
ent lard Times seem t. make prOpef. Ills
son. W m. H. Jackson will co.operate with
him II. both Held and Office wora.
j. g. JACKSON.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01
Security ?ss'. ! sai, ss,,a. Co
No. sic Market Street.

Capital s50O.GO0 surplus 500, 600
/ Allows Interest ON Drp,sitoI
Money Follow.
Deposits rayaule On demand parcsnt
~ per cent.
Deposits payable after 81 tys' no,Ica
per recent
ActivebuslncSs accounts ar not taken.
The COMPANY acts As Executor All min.
istrator, trustee, Guardian lteo1lyer
and agent and rents small safes IN IRA
and burglar-pro0t vaults.
HEM. NlELDS. President.
! WIN. u. BANCROFT Vice President.
JAS. Il. CLARK son Treasurer.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

Cummings, the photographer, 800
Market street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

nEMOCRATIC PRICEs-The under
l. stgiied will rim cart wheels. 4-ltch
Tread, and put on Xxi tire for St2.01 Also
In proportion. John S. Elliott, Elliott
avenue between Iatnilu and West
streets. f.S-Gt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-01

A YOUNG LADY-II9 TAYLOR street
"a lately from Philadelphia. desires
hse more scholars for piano or organ, at
4i9 Taylor street. rsS-ais
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10

while as a referee in cases Of
divided and contested interest he was fear
less Independent and impartial; and no man
in trouble ever looked to him to be disap-
pointed
More recently Mr.. Rankin had been identi-
fed with the monetary institutions Of st.
j ohnsbury. serving as one of the board OF
trustees Of the Passumpsic Savings Bank
since 1873 and as director in the First Ma
tional Bank since 1854, proving a wise and
safe counsellor and a man of sound tudg-
ment in financial affairs. OF late years his
time had been largely occupied as referee in
cases at law, position his knowledge OF
law, conscientiousness and Independence
well fitted him to fill with satisfaction to all
concerned. At the time of his death he was
referee in at least thirty cases.
A Thorough scholar.
But Mr.. Rankin was pre-eminently a
scholar. Said he to a friend but few
days before his death: "The greatest en-
joymept of my life Is to be surrounded by
my family and my be oks; bringing into the
family circle any author we will, and to-
gethsr enjoying his companionship and his
thoughts" Authors were like old friends
to him. and he talked OF them and their
works as of friends. An acute critic, local
and metropolitan papers often contained
exhaustive and scholarly criticisms of cur
rent literature from his pen. This knowl-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
ANIMALS AND HUMAN SPEECH.
4 Cat and Dog That Understood What
Was Said.

From the New York Times.
A lady in Thomastown, Ga, has a cat
named Fannie, of whom she is very fond.
Fannie had three little kittens, and the
other day her mistress said to the servant:
II can't keep all those kittens; must have
them drowned" Fannie was in the kitchen
and she trotted right away to her family.
The next day she and the three kittens
were missing. Several days after Fannie
appeared without her kittens. Her mis-
tress caught her up and stroked her fur.
Fannie" she said, go right and get your
Kittens; they will be starved" Within
half an hour the cat was back with her
kittens, and nothing more has been said
about drowning them
Your editor, too, knew fine old dog, a
great, shaggy shepherd dog, whose name
was Diogenes. He lived on a farm in the
western part of this state. and for years
was a very useful member OF the house
mold, driving the sheep and cows to pas
lure and going after them, looking after
the babies when they were out Of DOORS
and watching the house at nights. But
rs the years went on, Di grew old and
feeble. He lost his teeth, became almost
blind, and coughed a wheezy cough that
was not pleasant to listen to. He wouldn't
stay out of doors, either, but want. to
lie by the fire constantly and one winters
night, as he was stretched out on the rug,
IS usual. blinking in the blaze, his master,
sitting by, said 10 his wife:
Wen have to dispose of Di, 1 think
Blind, toothless full of feas and rheuma-
tisnl, and now with asthma hopelessly
fastened upon him, he is no comfort to
himself and is a nuisance to the rest of
US. Tomorrow I'll take him up to the hill
lot ard give him a dose of chloroform"
DIogenes lay still a few minutes after
that; thea he got up, shook his shaggy
fur, and turned about. He went to his
master and rubbed his knee, and then
walked over to his mistress AMI laid his
head on her lap. She patted him, and he
went on to the boy of the family, now al
most grown, who had been his PLAYMATE
for years. He reached out and pa tied the
dogs nose, saying, Poor old Di, good Dir
and Di stayed the longest with him. rub
bling against his knee and looking up into
his face again and again. But at last he
pulled himself away. and walked to the
door. opening 1t with a toss of his nose
as he could, and walked out. He was never
seen again. dis tracks were traced in the
snow the next day down to the road where
they were lost among many others He
was well known all about the neighbor-
hood, and many inquiries were made for
him for miles around. but Di was never
heard from again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10

edge of literary affairs and his comprehen-
sion of books nd the writers of books was
specially remarkable, inasmuch as a large
portion of his knowledge was necessarily
gained by hearing books read by others.
as the condition of his eyes did not at all
times admit OF continuous reading. Fortu-
natey, however, in his pleasant home he
found congenial spirits, whose greatest de-
light was thus to contribute to his pleas
ure, and the happlcst hours of his life were
spent with wife and children, who were 50
dear to him.
Between himself and his brother, Rev.
DR.. j. f. Rankin the well-known Congre-
gational divine, there existed the closest
bonds of union and sympathy. In 1891 they
Travelled together through Europe. and
were a. one in their tastes and habits of
thought. This Intimacy, beginning with
boyhood, continuing through college life,
when they were room-mateS together at
Middlebury, where Dr. Rankin was tutor
while the younger brother was pursuing his
studies. was never broken until death sew
cred the ties that bound them together.
Mr.. Rankin married October II. 1862
Isabel E., second daughter Of the late
Judge l.. p Poland, who, with three of the
children be IN to them, survives him. The
relations that always existed between
Judge Poland and Mr.. Rankin were Of the
most intimate character, and could hardly
have been more so had he been the judges
own son. The confidence reposed In him by
Judge Poland was shown from the fact
that by the judges will Mr.. Rankin became
one of the executors of his large estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
The Memorial Tablet.

paInstaking and was very successful Be-
tween 1858 and 1864. besides teaching he
studied law In the office of StOddard Colby
at Montpelier and at the Harvard Law
School. Cambridge. Mass, where he gradu-
ated in 1851. 1t was while thus engaged
that IL became evident that trouble with his
eyes would prevent the close and continued
application necessary to the following of the
legal profession in regular practice, and in
Caledonia county court, which he helu at the
time of his death. Though his affection pre-
vented his entering the arena of public life
and competing for the higher places in the
profession which he was qualified to fill, his
exceptional abilities and ripe scholarship
were by no means unrecognized, and he was
frequently called from his desk to ill higher
positions, always acquitting himself with
honor. While enjoying a trip abroad With
his wife and friends he was rendered by
President Grant the position of American
consul at Messina, position that might
have been accepted had he been at home and
able to give the matter the careful con-
sideration that was then impossible
AS teacher Mr. Rankin was thorough.
ingenious and inspiring and always at
tracted to himself the confidence and reyer-
ence Of his pupils; as a public official he
was prompt able intelligent and rigidly
conscientious and exact in the DISCHARGE o.
every duty; In the intimacIes of priv ate life
he was distinguished for his thoughtful re-
gard of those neare I him, spending much
time delightfully."- with his wife and children
in literary and general study; In sll d.
rections advancing in knowledge and ar
IDENTIFY seeking the4r advancement In his
official relations to all who sought his ad-
vice he was disinterested and sagacious
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
Cleaning Pots and Pans,

A woman naturally hates to clean I'D a
bread or cake bowl after the dough has got
hard. They should be cleaned as soon as
used, but IL necessary to leave them for q
time, run the tray or bowl full of cold
water and let it stand SO. When you get
ready to clean 1t the dough will be in the
bottom of the utensil as a general thing
and you will only have to rinse and dry It.
The same is true of kettles and skIllets.
do not approve of setting any utensii aside
when the dishes are washed. for If you keep
an oyster shell with a thick smooth edge at
hand you can clean the roughness out Of
anything in half a moment, but IL you don't
want to do 1t just then, you will find that
an iron pot in which potatoes have burned
to the bottom, or a skillet In which meat
or gravy has simmered to a crust, will be
easy enough to clean, after standing an
hour or two filled with cold water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
4 KNOTTY POINT,
The Academy of Science Unable to
Decide Why ~ Cat Always Falls on
Its Feet.

Its Feet.
From the New York Herald
1t is popularity believed that until the days
of Sir Isaac Newton no one could satisfac-
torily explain why an apple falls off a tree.
Newton, however, failed to discover one
thing-why a cat. IL thrown into the air or
falling from height, in no matter what
position, always reached the ground feet
downward. This important question is now
occupying the attention of the French
Academy of Science.
The discussion was initiated by a paper
by NJ. Marcy who laid before his COL
leagues sixty instantaneous photographs of
a falling cat In different stages of descent
from a height of about four feet. In the
first the animal appears paws upward, and
then, by a series eff conVulsive movements
gradually turning over, until 1t touches the
ground with all four feet simultaneously
and runs off with erect tail. NJ. Marcy
considers that the turn of the animal on
its axis. so to speak, Is complete before It
has fallen a yard
The difficulty with which the learned
cat Is subjected to the same Inconvenience
as was Archimedes when he wanted to
move the world. II has no fulcrum. But
unlike Archimedes, 1t gets there all the
same NJ. Marcel Deprez holds that no
pody can turn over In mid-air without
some impelling force. NM. Loewy, Maurice
Levy and Milne Edwards, Bertrand and
Berthelot consider that the cat derives its
rotary force from the hand which throws
1t up or the object which causes 1t to fall.
NJ. Marcy could find no sign OF such
process in the photogra phs but In order to
settle the question a cat is to be launched
from a string cut at given moment, SO
that no impulse can be possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
A JAPANESE BABY.
A Native Expression Which Had Lost
It's Original Meaning.

A gentleman 70 :merly in the service Of
the United States navy married Japanese
beauty few years ago and settled down to
domestic life in the land Of the rising sun.
Only few months ago an old chum Of
his, an officer on one of our ships of war
now stationed In Japanese waters, went to
call upon him at his house in NagasaEi
While waiting in the room which might
correspond to the parlor in this country, he
heard the prattle of a child in the adjoin-
ing apartment. Said the youngster:
"Who is the foreign devil that has come
to see papa?'
"Hushr' said the nurse. THE gentleman
might overhear you. He Is a fellow-coun-
tryman of your fathers"
"Well, papa is a foreign devil, too"
This incident would seem to show that
certain colloquial phrases have survived the
feeling Of hatred for foreigners which the
Japanese abandoned so many years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
The Chanel.

and the Central, Providence also to AL
gernon P. Nichols of Haverhill, and N. D.
Grover of Boston, Mass.
Beneath the main hall of the chapel Is
new library room, wholly above ground. and
with excellent light from the west and
south. This room is to receive the name of
Mr.. g. p. Huntington, who has pledged
81, 900 toward the building. and who, also.
assisted in the erection of tn, new law hall.
In honor of Mr.. huntingdon, too, one of the
law professorships is called by his name.
Names of other generous donors, also. are
to be attached to various alcoves in the
library.
This new chapel was especially necessary
for all public occasions, when the chapel
In the third story of the main building Is
usually crowded to overlooking, and for
the accommodation of Sunday worshipers.
Its erection also relieves that story of the
burden of accommodating volumes lately
added to the library by the generosity of
Congress, and puts them in q building that
is almost flreproof. The style is Gothic,
finished within on the timbers, and it is in
every way highly creGitable to all con-
cerned in It's erection. The building COM
mittce were F. H. Smith, Geo. w. Balloch
and j. B. Johnson.
1t is. coincidence in names that the name
Of Andrew Evarts Rankin should be on the
chapel and that of Mr.. VIM. Evarts should
be on the new law building. Mr.. Rankin
was named after the father of Mr.. Evarts.
This father OF Mr.. Evarts was jeremiah
Evarts at one time the eminent secretary
Of the American board, and at that early
day warm anti-slavery man.
4 Sketch of Mr.. Rankin.
Andrew Evarts Rankin, LIB, was born
In Salisbury. N. H, June 8. 1891, being In
his ffty-sixth year January, 1SST-at the
time of his death. His father, Rev. Andrew
Rankin, was a Congregational clergyman.
His boyhood was spent in South Berwick,
Me-, Concord, n. H., and Chester, VT. Later
he was a short time employed in a store in
Springfield, VT, and while there he de-
termined to acquire liberal education. A
quick scholar, he easily and rapidly fitted for
college, entered Mddlebury in 1850 at the
age of nineteen, maintained an honorable
position In his class and graduated in 1854.
1t was while in college that he began that
wide course of English reading which he
continued through life. During the following
four years he taught, first at Abingdon,
Mass, and then at Sanbornton, n. H., and
New York city. and finally. In 1885, he went
to st. Johnsbury as the first principal of the
Union School Thoroughly equipped for his
work. he proved as a teacher careful and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
ZOLA FEELS NERVOUS
At the Thought Of Leaving France TO
Visit This Country.
Paris Cor. New York Times.

Paris Cor. New York Times.
'Je ne dis pas non," II don't say nor II
was thus that NJ. Zola replied when asked
II, after the completion of the two books On
Rome and Paris, upon which he is about to
begin, he would think Of baking a visit to
the United States and giving one the treat
of reading his impressions on the new
world, he who has done so much toward the
portrayal of social life in the old.
~ don't say nor repeated the author of
'Lourles," looking ixedly at the int, =
e.. Il should like to. but we French
do not care to travel. For my own part,
the idea of voyage to America frigntens
me-.
mo, we are not travellers, AMI the fact is
to be greatly deplored. We French are a
strange people, and whenever any one re-
breaches us with always staying in our
country, we inevitably reply that France is
enough in Itself. 1t used to be the same
thing with foreign languages, and our de-
feat in 1870 is, in some measure, due to our
ignorance of foreign tongues. Why, when l
VAS at college, the stud Tents took a pleasure
in refusing to learn any other language
than French. 1t was considered chic to
pay no attention to the professors of for
eien tongues. OF course this has all chang
ed now, but it remains, nevertheless, a
fact, and the most studlous young men OF
my time refused to trouble their minds with
TythinC but French l was not different
from the others. 1 feel profoundly ignorant
rot to be able to understand, for instance
the English language, and not to be able to
read the articles published about me and
my works in the American and English pa
pers. l am more fortunate with Italian,
thanks to the first twenty years of my life
spent in Provence, in the south of France
and to- my knowledge of Latin, but al
though / am the son of an Italian, / cannot
Steak that language. All 1 can do and j
am able to do that slowly and even with
difficulty, is to read Italian books and news
papers. but cannot speak, nor can | under
stand when anybody speaks TO me- When |
arrive in Rome / shall have to speak French
Oh! l an: profoundly ignorant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
PhOnetics.
From Truth.

Truth.
lonely young maiden from Clyde,
As an actress, her fortune once tryde;
But she hadn't the plCck
To face the bad luck
OF the show, she sat down and crydc.
youth far out on the ocean. .sF
Grew i'll from the ships rocking mocean.
With a sigh ard a crigh
And n tear In his Ugh,
OF living, he gave up the nocean.
MY minds changed" said the maid to her yrcoer.
As Into n passion he thrOo'er.
But II makes her heart ache
To have him her ring tache
And then send his lawyer to 500 er.
Once during n certain kings reign
youth loved a maiden named Jeign
In fight, fell the lad,
Which really too bad
For his death drove the maiden ipseiCn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-10
Very Kind to Him.

From the Woonsocket Republic.
Tommy Wings mother Is awfully good
and kind to him."
Mamma-"What has she done that Is so
thoughtful?"
Let him have measles just the very day
school began"