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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29
Watches repaired at pavldow & Co.


DIR. B. r. yeasey Is having new ad-
Idltion built to his house and drug
store at Sth and Monroe. The new
building will be Two stories In height
land cover 19x4l feet ground space.
1.-Two rooms adjoining the drug store
viii be fitted up with ali modern con.
lyenierees for the practice o. medicine
land surgery. and the rest OF the build.
ling he occupied rs dwelling. 1he
plans were drawn by Frank Il. Cars
we'll and q. ]. Svayne is the builder.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29

ANTI Ed Good girl for general
bou ewJrk la a small ia iil; 10
washing nor ironing. Apply 10 9l3 Wash
int street. aQ21-at
Il, II f. MA parlor s5ffub G for n
i ptysiGia at l9J5 Washington street.
au. O. IL
M ANTED -Boardlers or dodgers at 10 NJ
w Washington street. u
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29

D widow anu Co., jewe lers and pawn.
liokers
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29

The james A. Carr ID Council. No 10,
JuRiUrj. 4. \. n oil tue Highlands viii
rive an Electra Car Excurs On through
tho n.Ly.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29
Elaaninp
up
Tailoring
6o0iS

with fit guaranteed, that
will intere st you decidedly
if there is anything you
need in clothing. The Fall
weights are coming in
every day and you have
the advantage OF selecting
from them if you prefer.
The $40 and s25s,BIack Di-
agonal whole Suits, Goats
and Vests, $40 and $40 are
the biggest sellers and the
best value we ever offered
in this line and is very lit
tie more than you would
pay for ready made gar
ments. Trousers at S., SC
and $3.50 = well worth
coming to get il you can
use them.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-08-29

Let MI s'no and enjoy pleasant ride.
au91-it
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31

nary interest and value is the remark
ably clear development OF the Wild
mannstattian figures by the applica-
tiun of acid. These figures. first dis
covered 10y iJnannstatt in le0s. are
sections of planes Of cleavage or of crys-
tallinc structure along which segrega-
ton or chemical change of some sort
has taken place and whose form and
position with reference to each other
are in accordance with the laws gov
erning the development Of crystalline
substances belonging to the isometric
system.
But few metc0ritcS have been found
in this state. the san Bernardino me-
teoritc found III 1850 being the largest
and weighing one hundred and twenty
pounds 1t is the property OF the state
mining bureau and i now on exhibit
ton at the worlds fair. The FL Do
RADIO mcteorite. found in 1870, weighed
eightytive pounds and was the first
discovered in the state. The origin of
these fragments. which contain mete-
oric iron, nickel, cobalt, silica, sulphur
and other substances found on the
earth. is disputed, but the generally
accepted theory is that they are pieces
of material thrown off by planets.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
WELL WORTH A GLANCE.

WILLIAM PENIS will is in the DOS
session of Frank T. Sabin, of Phils-
delphia.
SPARKLING champagne was first made
by Petrus Perignon, monk, who died
in IT'S.
WARD PRENTIss, aged ten, son Of
DIR. Prentiss, of Jamaica, N. Y, lost
the sight Of an eye through q shot
from an air gun, aimed at him by q
little comrade.
A TOY snake four feet long was dis
played before Miss Mamie Lynch, aged
sixteen, in bridgeport, Conn, by .
comrade, and SO terrified the girl that
she has become insane.
WHAT seemed to be a lively fall of
snow in very large fakes over q limited
area in the tenement district of New
York on a recent bright and breezy
morning resolved itself on close in
spection into flecks Of foam from the
suds in washtub, flung to the winds
by some small persons on q fire escape.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
TOLD WITHOUT NAMES.

AN Oregon man is suspected Of inssn.
ity merely because Of his 'incoherent
talk on religion and love-"
A YOUNG English woman has been
appointed lecturer on fruit growing be-
fore the Derbyshire county council.
A NEW HAVEN hermit is accused OF
annoying his neighbors," and court
will decide whether he is guilty Of this
unhermitlike offense.
A CURIOUS and very Objectionable
crank is one who has developed in Bir-
mingham, England. He goes about
with long steel hat pin and stabs all
fashionably dressed ladies' whom he
encounters.
RoMANCEs of the war Of 1919 are told
by colored hermit, aged ninety-four,
who dwells in hut in the woods near
Taunton, Mass. He never tells the
same story twice, and is as earnest rs
# he believes his own stories.
THE "whirling fever" has entered Q
family of seven persons in Lawrence,
Kan. Father and mother and five chill
dren are supplied with bicycles and are
out almost every evening in q group,
riding around town on their wheels.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
lT RAlNED ELEPHANTS,
The Drummer's story Topped by til
Usual Quiet Man In the Corner.


Usual Quiet Man In the Corner.
Everybody in the smoking compart-
ment OF the sleeper had told story
except one quiet. inoffensive sort OF a
man in the corner, and the drummer
eyed him with suspicion as he finished
what he considered to be the corker
Of the entire combination. says the De-
troit Free Press. As the drummer
concluded the quiet man poked his
head cautiously out of his shell and
coughed slightly as men do who have
lain dormant awhile and rouse .hem-
selves to utterance.
Il remember" he said. without fur
Their preliminary, "a queer circum-
stance which happened to me during
summer visit l made some years ago
in Kansas. am reminded of il by the
story our friend here'-nodding to-
ward the drummer-''tells OF a shower
Of fish falling from the sky. / can
readily believe his story"-the drum
mer looked grateful-''and hope he
will believe mine. One afternoon we
were sitting out in front of my friends
house, some three or four of us, no.
ticing the peculiar shape, color and
movements of the clouds, when, all at
once, as true as Gospel, gentlemen. an
elephant, alive and kicking. dropped
right down in front Of us out of the
sky, and a more astonished looking
brute never saw"
The drummer sat spellbound, and
everybody else choked up, speechless.
The quiet man looked around on his
auditors.
1T is as true as preaching, gentle
men," he went on; land though, as a
rule. in Kansas it doesn't rain ele-
plants, it did on that occasion, and is
accounted for by the fact that a cy-
clone had struck circus twenty miles
to the west of us, and, furthermore, it
was raining lions, and tigers, and
horses. and hyenas, and monkeys, and
tent pins for . week aftcrward, the
biggest things. Of course, coming down
soonest"
my dear SIR" gasped the drummer,
Is the quiet man was about to con-
tinue, don't say another word. 1
travel for a liquor house, and if you
want barrel of cocktails give me
your address and I'll send it to you by
the first cyclone that passes our place"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
FOR HOUSEWIVES.

DoN'r put a bright colored carpet
into room where the furniture is dull,
old or Of neutral tints.
DON'T have chandeliers or hanging
lamps with rooms of low ceiling; use
side brackets in such cases.
DON'T furnish q north room in blue
Or any other cold color; something Of q
warm tint should be chosen.
DON'T hang heavy portiere over q
narrow door; generally speaking, hang
ings are out of place in q small house,
or with small rooms.
DON'T fill the center of the room, un-
less there is plenty of space on all
sides; nothing offends good taste SO
seriously as the sense of being ''clut-
tered up"
DON'T have too much Of one kind Of
decoration in the house; two rooms
upon the same general pattern are
quite enough-an individual scheme
for each apartment is better.
DON'T use all your kindness and gal.
1antry away from home, and let the
unpleasantness manifest itself in the
family circle; try the other course for
time, and see how that will work.
Household,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
0ANDlES IN THE ARMY.

German Soldiers Who Bedeck Themselves
with Finery.
Referring to the recent order of the
German emperor with regard to the
.dandyfied Irregularities which had be-
come common in the German army,
says the London Globe, . correspon-
dent at Berlin calls our attention to
the fact that the kaiser himself is-not
altogether free from affectation of this
kind, inasmuch as he himself sets the
fashion Of bangle" wearing. In most
of the many portraits of the kaiser the
bangle is brought into special promi-
nence by the position Of the arm. But
though addicted to the bangle, he new
er condescended to the earring, which
formerly was very commonly worn
among his officers.
In the time Of Frederick William IL.
when the German army was resting on
the laurels of the great Frederick, dam
dies hourished in great numbers among
the officers, in spite of severe official
condemnations of foppery. The mon
strosities and extravagances differed
but slightly from those of to-day
sharp pointed toes, ridiculously high
collars and short overcoats without
seams Latter-day exquisites have also
adopted the plan of crowding ON the
finger as many rings as possible-he
who can carry the largest number on
the ring fingers and at the same time
bend his finger being considered to
have the bluest blood.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
GATHERED ON THE RAIL.

SOUTHERN PACIFIC locomotives will
soon use for fuel bricks made of coal
dust and asphaltum.
The narrOwest gauge railroad now
In use is one Of twenty inches in NORTH
Carolina, built last year for transport
ing timbers.
THE length of railroads open in Rus
sia increased from $3.50 miles in 1878
70 1877 miles in 1889, being an in
crease of 3,93s miles only.
The recent run of the Exposition
flyer" over the Lake Shore road be-
tween New York and Chicago was the
fastest long-distance run on record.
The distance of $50 miles was covered
in two minutes less than twenty hours.
WHEN Queen Victoria travels by rail
she pays the companies Is. Cd. per mile
for herself, and first-class fare for
everyone else in the royal train. This
is supposed to make good the loss en-
tailed by the temporary stoppage Of
traffic.
EIGHTEEN railway companies have
aided the Columbian exposition by
taking 1857 500 of its stock and $3.50, 600
of its bonds. Among these the Balti-
more & Ohio took $50, 900 in stock, and
the Illinois Central $50, 900 in stock and
500, 900 in bonds.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
BIllT'S JOKE.



mountain goat thatT once kept in
confinement was about as cunning as
The AVERAGE street arab. and. had he
lived - maturity and HlcVt on acquir-
ing llnnw.cd. -r. the chances are | would
have had t. move out and give him the
ranch
He usually followed me. says
writer III Forest and stream. on short
rX 1rSipn~ Sr-n Tho woods. and gen
c~al'r i,,,', r.~ht ~ my heels; but on
.u,. occasion he Jagged behind and.
although called lin several times.
he paid 10 heed. | in;,llA walked back
= SIC " hat he WAS interested in and
found him tusv feeding on some moss
that grew ~ the root, IF a fir tree.
So left him and continued my tramp.
Bu' after | had got away a short dis
tdncc the thought occurred to me To
hide and See how IL, would act: 50
Slipped into a hollow stump close by
the trail and awaited the result. Pres
emily | heard him coming bounding
along the trail. and after he had
passed stuck out my head to watch
him. When he got twenty feet beyond
me he stopped and commenced looking
around. and the comical expression Of
his face as he scanned every object
that bore any scinblancc L. n human
being caused me to burst out laughing.
when he turned and saw me. Then he
commence To- silk and would not 90
any further. SO adto go home.
The next day he followed me as
usual but in the midst of some thick
brush and down timber got interested
in Il bird that / was following up, and
forgot the goat, and when | came to
look for him he was gone. Walking back
to where / last saw him called, but
no BILLY" came in sight. Then COM
menced diligent search, and present
ly caught sight of something white
beneath brush heap. STOPPING down
and looking in, l saw the little brute
curled up in a heap. and not a move
could ! get out of him. Reaching in, l
caught him by the leg and pulled him
out, and gave him q good cutting on
both sides of his head. But he did
not mind it a bit, and seemed to enjoy
the joke immensely, capering about in
his usual manner all the way home. as
if he would say: "You hid from me
yesterday and l hid from you to-day,
and donors are even"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
DROPPED OUT OF THE SKY.
The Academy Of Sciences Discovers q
Rare Meteorite,

The Academy of Sciences Discovers q
Rare Meteorite.
The academy Of sciences is in posses.
sion of q treasure that it has made fire..
quent efforts to secure before and
which is Of deep interest to scientists.
The specimen is q meteorite recently
found in Butte county.
Several years ago, says the San Fran.
cisco Chronicle, large meteorite was
seen to fall near Oroville, and parties
under the lead Of DR.. Hardness, Of the
academy Of sciences, and others made
extensive researches for the precious
celestial wanderer, but no one found it
until lately. 1t was Immediately pur-
chased by the academy, and Dr. Hark-
ness considers it one Of the finest spec
linens of the kind extant.
The irregular mass Of meteoric iron
weighs fifty-three pounds, is fourteen
inches in length, six inches thick and
ten inches high, and in shape some
what resembles a small ham. What
makes the specimen Of more than ordi-
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
SET THE CHILDREN TO WORK.
An Ingenious Englishman Who Combined
q Swing and a Much Needed Pumu.

An Ingenious Englishman Who Combined
aSwing and Much Needed Pump.
An English writer on inventive
geniuses tells story of certain August
Pirch, who is the possessor of dozen
fine healthy children. Mr.. Pirch, SO the
story goes, had tract of land that could
not be used for the want of water, since
it was far from any available stream
or other body which might prove of use
in the fertilization of his acres, and how
to irrigate the land without spending q
large sum of money was a mystery
vhicf, for long time Mr.. Pirch could
not solve. He figured out the cost of
well, and found that his resources would
permit of his digging a sixtyfoot well
and the purchase of cheap pump, but
how to make the pump work was a
question. Suddenly his inventive mind
suggested a solution. He remembered
his children and he also called to mind
certain large family swing he had
seen in a neighboring town. He knew
the swing would please the children,
and he hoped through it their pleasure
might be able to serve his interests.
The we'll was bored, the pump was set
up and the swing was put in working
order.
Here, now. boys" said he, when all
was ready, calling the children to him.
come out here and get in this swing.
I'mgoing to give you something to play
with"
In five minutes the children were f1y-
ing backward and forward through the
air. The pump worked up and down
gayly as you please and fourteen-inch
stream of water flowed from the we'll
Mr.. Pirchs scheme had worked. The
children do not know they are working,
as the swing is some distance from the
well and is connected with it by an iron
rod which works the pump as the swing
moves backward and forward The
scheme has worked well, and it is said
that the youngsters pump enough water
during their days sport to irrigate a
large tract-Harper's Young People.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
A Youthful Sage.

The story Of the rich mans selling all
he had and giving unto the poor was
the subject of discussion in q certain
Sunday school class not long ago. The
teacher was illustrating the moral that
the lesson conveys. One Of her most
attentive listeners was q little fellow
scarcely six years old, but as bright a.
. dollar, and with tongue that uses
the queens English in a manner that
would make that motherly old soul
squirm if she heard it. Now" said
the teacher very impressively, IF Q
man is fortunate enough to make a mil.
lion dollars in the course of his life it Is
his duty to give half Of it at least to the
poor" eyes," interrupted prim little
girl in one corner, "but how many men
make million dollars in the course Of
their lives?" There was a silence fer q
moment, when the little fellow chiYb>d
in the caustic answer: Darn few.
Utica Observer.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
AUTHORITIES DIFFER.
A School Director Who Conhicted With
Webster.

A School Director Who Conficted With
Webster.
The reading class was standing in a
row upon the floor of an Indiana school
house. and bright little fellow was
drawing paragraph about Roman
massacre. The president of the school
board was present on his regular tour
Of inspection, and he pompously re-
quested that the boy 'read that verse
again" The "verse" was read again.
"Ah! h'm!" said the great man in a
loud voice, "why do You pronounce that
word massaker?"
The boy was silent. "It should be
pronounced massakre," continued the
great man with a patronizing smile.
The boy remained quiet, but the
teacher finally spoke.
'PardOn me, SIR" she said, "but the
fault is mine if the word was mispro-
nounced. l have taught the class to
pronounce it massaker."
"But why?" insisted the great man,
rs look of surprise was followed BY
look of pain upon his benign features
II believe that Webster favors that
pronunciation" said the teacher.
meekly.
Impossible" said the great man.
The dictionary was brought and the
president of the school board turned
over its leaves until he found the word.
There was breathless silence as he
looked up, for there the word was mas
saker.
II am astonished, madam" he said, at
last, that Daniel Webster should have
made such q mistake as that."-Detroit
Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
A LAKE WITH A ROOF.
4 BODY Of Water In Siberia That Il Cfu6D
n. cd Over with salt.

4 BODY Of Water In Siberia That Il Cru6D
~ cd Over with salt.
"A correspondent of the Geographical
Magazine describes . peculiar lake of
Siberia. At first view it was . vast
plain, surrounded by fields of ripening
wheat. The season was midsummer.
The great salt lake at Obdorsk is nine
miles wide and seventeen miles long,
yet except in . few places it is solidly
rooted over with deposit of salt
which is getting thicker and thicker
every year.
Our guide, who is an old man, said
that he could remember when the salt
crystals first began to gather upon the
surface of the water. Year by year,
owing to the evaporation of the water,
the crystals became more numerous,
and then caked together till this great
roof formed.
In 1878 the water beneath this salt
crystal roof found an underground
outlet into the River Obi. This low
cred the lakes surface about three feet,
leaving that distance between the
water and the roof.
Looking down through one of the
openings made for the purpose in the
roof, we saw a low-sided small boat.
Our guide put us one at time into the
boat. We lay fat on our backs and
looked up at the curiously beautiful
salt ceiling overhead. We propelled
the boat by pushing with our hands
against the irregularities Of the roof
The guide held long rope attached
to the boat to prevent: our going too
far and getting lost-s thing he said it
was easy to do.
1t was like palace Of enchantment,
with the sun shining down through the
salt crystals, the colors were so rich
and wonderful.
=, Many springs surround this lake.
Their water flows over the roof and
evaporates there, and thus continually
adds to. its thickness. After many
years the springs will probably become
choked with their own deposits, and
then the whole will gradually become
covered with earth, and SO . great salt
mine will be formed-a treasure for
the Siberians hundreds Of years -
come.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
MELCOWEO WHISKY,
Bottle of the Stimulant Lies In Q Tree
Trunk Thirty-Six Years.

Trunk Thirty-Six Years.
Thirty-six years ago a man named
Jones. who was employed by Frank
Lockwood of this town, says a SIAM
ford Comm correspondent of the New
York sun, was at work on Mr. Lock-
woods farm, and as stimulant he
took out to the lot with him a pint
flask OF prime whisky. During the
morning Jones took one nip, and. see
ing his employer coming, he slipped
the bottle in hole in a tree standing
near, intending to return and get it
after Mr.. Lockwood had gone home.
When the opportunity came he was
disguised to find that the tree trunk
was hollow and the bottle had fallen
to the bottom and probably broken.
Jones related the incident to Mr.. Lock-
wood sometime afterward, who
laughed at the loss and thought no
more about it. Last week during q
severe windstorm the old tree, now q
rotten stump, was blown down. Mon
day Mr.. Lockwood went out to haul
away the trunk and was surprised to
find his former employees whisky flask
safe and unbroken. He took out the
cork. took one smell. "And, SIR" said
he. though I've been a teetotaler for
nigh onto fifty years, never was SO
tempted to take taste OF whisky in
my life as was then. But / didn't,
and the stuff is safe up at my house. /"
1t is said the whisky, when poured out,
had the consistency and color of olive
oil 1t will not be used so long as Mr..
Lockwood holds il
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1894-08-31
MOUNTAIN RAM AND PUMA.
A Furious Battle Which . California
Hunter Witnessed.

Lovers of sport with spice Of dan
ger will find plenty of it to suit them
in the interior of Lower California,
where great stretches of heavily tim.
bered land have yet to receive their
visit from white man. Col. William
Denton, the well-known mining man
and surveyor, was the undesigning wit
ness OF savage and exciting contest
while on his prospecting trip north of
Calamojue some weeks ago, the partic-
ulars of which he related to q San
Diego Union man. Attracted by a furi-
Gus noise in the brush and the evident
uneasiness of his animals he tied them
securely and went forward to recon-
hotter. unlimbering his gun for use if
necessary. The sight that presented
itself was certainly worth witnessing,
as battle royal between two magnifi-
cent brutes. A full-grown California
lion had attacked a mountain sheep,
and was finding its claws full in irving
to let 60. The sheep was of formid-
able size, and he used his monstrous
horns with astonishing rapidity, back
ing off, stamping his feet with quick
jerk, and propelling himself at his foe
like sure-enough battering ram.
The great yellow puma, agile and
watchful, leaped aside or into the air
to escape the onslaught of the tartar
he had caught, and with a lightning
like spring he would aim to clutch the
ram behind the horns. But not once
did the interested observer see the ram
caught unawares. The heavy horns
were swung quickly on the pivot of his
sinewy neck, and received the clawing
OF the cat with no effect whatever.
Col. Denton watched the sport with
all the zest of sportsman, and, on in
dications that the belligerents were
becoming mutually disguised and
about to separate and disappear, he
embraced a moment when the ram
stood stamping his fore feet preparing
to dart forward, and gave him a bullet
behind the shoulder. The ram leaped
upward and forward, game to the last,
and tumbled forward on his horns.
Col. Denton then turned to pay his
respects to the lion, but as the brute
had already received more than it had
bargained for, it was out of sight. The
splendid horns Of the ram were secured
by the hunter as trophy.