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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23
Four-Year-old hoy Poisoned.

LANCASTER, Pa, April es.--The 4-year.
old son of James A. McDermott, of this
city, swallowed dose of poison yesterday
afternoon aud his death is momsntariIy
expected. II is thought that the obild
found bottle containing strychnine in
an ash heap near the house. The boy has
mania for swallowing anything that
looks like medicine, having twice before
taken laudanum.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

BANGOR, Me, April 2S. = Charles l..
Snow tDem) was elected mayor yester-
day in special election, there having
been no choice at the first trial In March.
The vote was; G. L. Snow, 1883; r. O,
Beal (Rep.), 1910; John S Ellis pro J, 40,
Dissatisfaction in his own party caused
Beal's defeat.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

nOARDING-Futnish or unfurnlsbed
~ front rooms with or without board,
permanent or transenti also hrat-class table
board. Every room fronts on street I;oL-
Ienlences on each floor. Low rates, New
tpehaRenentNo. IL East SeyentB ST. meG.iy
PohRDlNG- desirable rooms with or with.
IL out board. 10! East Eighth sirect
InJb-2GtE
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

EFFINoHAM, Ills, April GA freight
train on the Vandalia railroad, going
west, was wrecked at St.. Elmo, and the
engine and nine cars were ditched. The
interlocklng switch failed to work. Two
tramps who were beating their way view
killed
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

TOR SALE CHEAP-A horse ana rwo-seat-
- cd cnrriage, apply at ataii 80. md street
marNtt. a22-9t'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, April es.-Jobn
Ford, Leading Roman Catholic under-
tsker here, has brought suit for SIC. 900
damages against the Rev. d. ]. Cremln.
pastor Of st. Augustine's church. He Al.
leges that Father Cremin has Influenced
his parishioners to deal with an opposi-
tion hrm, one member of which is a
brother.ln-law OF the priest. Ford has
also pctltioned the bishop to interfere.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

~ JOHN M. SOLOMON.
Onloe No. West Third street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

LONDON, April 49, = The grand Jury
found true bill against Oscar Wilde,
who Is charged with serious misdemeanors,
and bis trial was set down for Friday
next at the Old Bailey.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

lINOli Sal. E-At a great reduction on Tues
l. day. Wednesday and Thursday, | will
sell lOORnilons OF WING, ut 20 cents per gal.
lon IN lots ironl TO 50 gallons. IN. H. A Van
Deventer. s23 Market street. VII. Del. aes-at
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

LNoR SALE On account OF being out of the
city will sell my .rottinE and road horse
Frank new buggy harness and blank 81 s clea D
Tor o,sh. Apply oi4 market street. Whining
tohs ue. a22-et'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

CHICAGO, April 29,-A well dressed wo-
man carrying n 41s-yearold child in her
arms, deliberately Walked into the lake at
the foot of Forty seventh street. Both
were drowned.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

Alonzo Snider, ageu 20, mas pecn ex-
poiled from the Second Baptist church of
chicago. In an official capacity he robbed
the church of $4,000 taken from colleo.
Hons and pew rentals. He will not DO
prosecuted.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, April e9-An un-
Known man leapsd from the iron bridge
INTO the Susquchanna river, and was
crowned. 1t was case of suicide.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23
My Baby

was living skeleton; the doc.
tor said he was dying of Maras-
mus and Indigestion. At "a
months he weighed only seven
pounds. Nothing strengthened
or fattened him. began using
SCOTS Emulsion of Cod-1iver
Oil with Hypophosphitcs, feed
ing it to him and rubbing it into
his body. He began to fatten
and is now a beautiful dimpled
boy. The Emulsion seemed to
supply the one thing necdful.
Mrs. KENYON WILLIAMS,
May 21,rS94. Cave Springs, Ga.
Similar letters from other
mothers.
Don't be persuaded u accept a su6stitutsy
:. Scott & Bovine, MY. All Druggists SOC. and 81.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23
SIMMS' COMP PENNROYAL PIlIS.

~ 70 nrst ever made under tho name. "our
1inae Mark" The only real original and
geuulnei now making forty years. Bewal
Of tbs multltudes OF limitations. Ladies' use
these rills Very valuable in amenoirhea
6hd womb dleasea 81 by mall. lepot. coo
King street, Wilmington, Wholesale, smith,
Rhine and French Co, Phila ai6
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

D OVAL benefit association of Now York.
Al liicaccident and sick benefit room
No. HeaiJ building A few good Rgs nts
wanted. Thomas +. Judge, Agents. mU.tr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

T ME Rambo, KnickerbocIter.
IL Wrightsville. JOHN NJ. SOLOMON
Office No. 3 West Third street
Phones llG and 130 a
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

oh 50 Us OR RE ,T-Bakery and dwell
lug NO. Ro9 East Second treet, Ul So store
~ uWelilhH southeast corner Chestnut aud
'nhkllh streets, in nrst, class order. Apply
JOHN McCLUSk Ef
al'''l 10i Adams street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

CEwiNG MACHINES-O'Do Donald. No ~ n.
~ eth street, leads them ali In low prices
Brand new $50 machines reduced TO $40. SIS
ana fSu All makes 10 select from. Singer
wheeler and Wilson. New Home. Domestic
white and all other makes. Any machine
sent on trial free six months FOR cash two
years on installments- Send postal.
j. Ii. D'DnNALD.
No. IL l.. 9TH ST,
Any machine repaired from 50 cents up
m29-lyr
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23
ONE ENJOYS

Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys.
Liver and Bowels. cleanses the sys,
TEN etiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and feyers aud cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind Ger pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac.
cteptsb!e to the stomach, prompt in
Its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs ia for sale in SOC
and 81 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro.
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG syrup Co.
,..... Sr9 ERARoISc0, CT,
Ao6i6HtiF. n &s3F 1oRx N.Y.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

N RESsMAKlNG-All the latest New y or,
9th street, nI2.agts
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-04-23

Nj OltI Ar Ready-mixed tor all mar
M poses IN any quantity John nj
SOLOMON. Office No. West Tnlrd strssa
Phones LID and90j "a
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
WHY PLATINUM Is COSTLY

FOur-titths of the Worlds Products
Come from two Mines in SIBERIA.
\. good deal of platinum is found asso-
ciatetl with the gold in the Pacific beach
sands. At present market rates it is
a w"rt u S !" an arn TGnGt, "A e1" n t of years ysars
visible supply of this metal, actually set
ting out to purchase all the scrap plati>
mum existing in the world. But there
was more of the latter than had been
counted upon, SO it was found impossible
to control the market. This speculation
carried the price of the substance up to
SIS an ounce-a circumstance very an,
Instruments of precision, and especially
for chemical apparatus, inasmuch as it
will stand the fire of the blowpipe and
does not corrode. Electricians also util-
ize quantities of platinum--an inch of
wire for each incandescent lamp. in con
nection with telegraphic Instruments, and
i'll every place where the passage of a
spark creates ozone to Oxidize the metal
points it passes between.
press the opinion that platinum could be
extracted from the sands at the mouth
of the CoUui'l" river ut Il profit. 1t is
found on the Pacific coast wherever gold
occurs. though it's distribution is not uni
form. much heing discovered in some
places and very little in others. Sam,
pies submitted to test yielded two ounces
of platinum to the ton of sand, which
is enough to pay. Four-fifthS of the
platinum that supplies the world is OBJ,
tanned from two mines in the Ural
mountains. Siberia. They are gold
mines. the platinum being Il by-product.
Both metals are got from placer" depos.
it's. being found mingled with the sands
that hi We been worn away from the hills
by running water. Tw%enty-nine hun,
dred carloads of earth must be washed
to yield fifteen pounds of platinum. Mug
gets are very rare. the biggest on rec
ord being now in the Dresden museum.
1t is about as big as Il tumbler.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
REFUSED A FAT OFFER.
Mark Twain at the Head of Those WI
Earn with the Pen.

Mark Twain at the Head of Those Who
Earn with the Pen.
Mark Twain has declined perhaps the
most tempting offer ever made to IL
writer of letters, excepting one which
he also received and accepted. While
he was planning his lecture tour around
the world he was asked to furnish TWEEN
ty letters of about 1000 words each for
Il lump sun of $4,000. or $500 a letter.
Some years < he accepted Il PROPOSE
ton to write twelve European letters,
for which he received $1,000 apiece, and
that is believed to be high-water mark
declined the recent proposition because
he believed that the labor of travel and
the fatigue attendant upon lecturing
would make it difficult, if not impossible.
for him to write in such manner as he
desired TO do. This offer keeps Mr..
Clemens we'll ut the head of those who
earn with the pen. Kipling's work is
not paid for at so high Il rate as that
offered Mark Twain. His recent con
tract for his American rights was ut
the rate of 500 for 1000 words. One
kiplins $500 Il thousand words with the
exclusive rights both here and in Eu-
rope. which would be equivalent to
$500 for such IL letter as Mark Twain
was asked to furnish while upon his
lecturing tour. No other writer. English
OF American, is able to command rates
anywhere neal these figures, although
Bret Harte has beer earning even higher
rates lately than he received several
years ago. and if he continues TO gain
increase in the next year or two as h.
has III the past he will approximate these
hgures:-Holland in New York Morning
Journal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
ELEPHANT WAYS.

Nothing but a ride on an earthquake
could be compared with the sensation of
being run away with by an elephant.
Nothing stops his wild rush, and he does
not swerve for an obstacle, but goes
straight at it,. A few shakes fling off
everything on his back and b erider has
but a second or two in which to make
he will cling to-. or if he will risk throwing
himself. off. A. broken neck would be
the certain Consequence of remaining.
AS for stopping him, somebody has well
said that you might just as well try to
stop a runaway locomotive, BY pulling
with your walking-stick on the funnel
as to seek to check an elephant at such a
moment with a goad.
BY stroking an elephants lip in a GER
tain manner you can make it purr like
n huge grimalian, till the earth shakes
beneath your feet. When it is afraid or
angry it squeaks like an unoiled hinge.
But when it suddenly jumps aside like d
flea, you imagine for q moment that the
ultimate terrestrial cataclysm has gone
off.
The. Malays never wholly trust their
elephants, and were at my famil-
~iarities with mine, a sweet-tempered old
female, on which I rode hundreds of
miles: During the midday halt I used to
call her up, and she would come and
stand, with one foot on each side of M
chest as I lay on my back and fed her
with j! was never angry with
her but once-when she tried to kill the
cook. ia LIT -z: s% - 5
On one occasion q little, elephant Of our
party, running behind its mother, leased
her beyond endurance, and she turned
and gave him a shove that landed him
feet nppermost ut the bottom Of q deep
brook. For two hours he screamed like
q steam whistle, while we were all en-
gagged In getting him out.
Every night when vi reached camn
md the l0afle vera taken Oh ,aeaclis driver
aW6ufdssh0bEl6SSk Ill sbeaSk8b fxfnr f9gfynss
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
A Pavement of MOlasses,

Perhaps the oldest pavement ever laid
is one just completed at Chino. Cal. 1t
is made mostly of molasses, and, if it
proves all of the SUCCESS claimed for it.
it may point a way for the sugar plant
ers of the South to probably dispose
kof the millions of gallons. of useless mo-
lasses which they are said to have OH
hand. The head chemist of a sugar
factory 1T Chino, Z. Turke. was led
to make certain experiments, of which
the new sidewalk, 1000 feet long, from
the factory to the main street, is tho re-
suit. The molasses used is a refuse
product, hitherto believed to be of no
value. 1t is simply mixed with IL GER
tain kind of sand to about the consist
ency of asphalt, and laid like IN asphalt
pavement. The composition dries quick
ly and become quite hard, and remains
so. The peculiar point of it is that the
sun only makes it der and harder, in
stead of softening it, as might be ex-
pected. A block of the composition. two
feet long, a foot wide and an inch thick.
was submitted to severe tests and stood
them well. Laid with an inch or SO of
it's edges only resting upon supports it
withstood repeated blows Of a machine
hammer without showing any effects of
cracking or bending.-Minneapolis Jour
nal
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
The Way TO Eat Corn.

4 correspondent of the New York Sun
tells ho" he eats green TORN OH the cob
aS follows: With 4 sharp knife l score
the entire ear by beginning at the smaller
end Of the ear and drawing my knife
down through each row., cutting each
kernel in the center, but not removing it
from the cob. 70 score the ear will take
about a minute, but it is time we'll spent.
for when you come to eat the corn the
nutritious pulp will pop into your mouth
and the indigestible hull will remain on the
rob. 1t is the leathery little hull that
causes the rumpus with people who have
not the digestive organs Of All ostrich,
but by following my method of eating this
delicious grain many a person who has
always loked upon an ear of corn as be.
ing Akin to q dynamite bomb may ''eal
ana live Don't cut too deep and don't
bite too hard. A little practice is all that's
leCeSSnrY.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Not Up in Fractions.

An indignant mother, accompanied by
her reluctant son, appeared in Il Boston
schoolroom the other day, SO the Tran
script says, and fired this question at the
school mistress: Why isn't my Mickey
put ahead?" The teacher trembling eS-
planned that Mikey's knowledge of frac-
tons being more vague than voluminous,
he couldn't possibly do the work of a
higher grade. "Ah-h-h. fractions!' ex-
claimed the irate visitor: and no words
can do justice to the contempt thrown
into the ejaculation. 'Fractions! Fwhat
do my Mickey want o fractions: Thim'n
do we'll enough for the little childer. My
Mickey don't want none of EN-" The
teacher, who was very sl~ender-her, visit
or being the decided opposite as we'll
as decidedly wrathy-expected to be her
self. made Il practical illustration of frac-
tons. 50 she maintained a discreet silence,
and the visitor. after Il lurid monologue,
withdrew. with the parting denunciation.
Amy wan could tell be the build wye
that We know nothin'." She evidently
considered herself the build for the
acquisition and distribution of knowledge.
But the teacher was not the only one to
meet the lady's wrath. As she pushed
the luckless Mickey out into the hall she
a~nathematized him thus: All, We dunno
nothin'. and We always will"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
The Punishment Too Severe,

If every thoughtless lad who has loot
ed other peoples fruit trees had been
killed for the indiscretion | am afraid
the world would be rather a lonely place
today.
The biographies of nearly all famous
men show just such tendencies in their
youth.
know how annoying these small dep,
redators can be. for even a wystaria vine
in front of Il house is a sta nding-or
rather running-invitation to little long
ing eyes and fingers, but surely a good
spanking or a shaking, or even an arrest
IS sufficient to make "the punishment
hit the crime"
The color of the child has nothing to do
with the ase-at least i'll my eyes
though it probably has. in the eyes Of
many of Miss Flagler:s a%pologists, who
seem to share the general feeling of the
Southern whites that the death of a col,
Ored person is a matter of small moment.
The young lady is very ill. it is stated,
which is, of course, sad. but how about
the parents of the boy who from all ac.
counts had been most gently reared?
If | were in Miss FlagIer's place, in,
stead of talking about "gOing abroad for
a long rest I should Immediately sur.
render myself to the authorities and
await the judicial decision on my-to
say the least-extraordinary and aDpar.
emily unproyoked taking of human life.-.
New York Recorder. ~~-, ~ ~
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Mushrooms.

The first great discovery that l made.
says a writer in London Truth. is that
mushrooms are the most digestiblc ar
ticle of diet known, being disposed of by
the average human digestive apparatus
in one hour and twenty minutes. Being
very fond of mushrooms. but having al
ways suspected their virtues. this takes
a great weight off my mind. and l am
looking forward to many happy days dur
ing the mushroom season. Another in
teresting discovery is that the banana is
the most digestible of fruits. digesting in
one hour and forty-tive minutes. against
four hours for Il walnut or chestnut. and
four hours and Ave minutes for a raisip,
A rock, it seems, is the toughest morsef
u man III eat, taking him six hours to
negotiate. while a lark or snipe is assimi-
lated in two hours. If our authority is
to be trusted. you had better live on
roast pork than rook pie, for a dish of
roast pork only lasts five hours and
thirty minutes before it is finally alb
sorhed. V heard of anybody but
an agricultural laborer eating a rock,
and if it takes him six hours to com.
plete the process, it is d question whether
feeble dwellers IN towns would ever
accomplish Il. fear that & rock would
6n3ah %Fn3ahe1s 7ha rnnk
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06

legs together with rattan. 80 that it could
only hop with both together. Then q
huge wooden bell was hung around its
neck and it was turned loose to wander
in the jungle. ALI night long the faint
dong, dong Of these bells made a mourn.
full noise around the camp. At 5daybrenk
each driver tracked his elephant by the
sound, often going many miles for him.
The elephant is in some respects a stu
pid beast, and many of the tales Of it's
sagacity are apocryphal, vet it sometimes
does very strangely intelligent things
Once a tiny elephant got jammed in Be-.
tween the parts of a heavy tree trunk
that a been cut in two to leave a pass.
age on the road. Its screams brought
back its mother from ahead. She inspect.
ed It carefully for a moment, then walked
q dozen steps backwards and lowereing
her head charged straight at it, SHOOTING
it out as If it had been fired from q gun.
Now, she must have seen that although
the little n could not move either way.
there was really room for it to Get
through. If there had not been, her
charge would have mashed it as Hat ma y
pancQke.-Henry Norman. :
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Cause of Dvsnepsia.

There are a great many people who
suffer from indigestion from youth to
old age. and oftentimes never discover
the. real cause of their trouble. Hurried
eating of meals. followed immediately
by ome employment that occupies the
whole attention and takes up all or
nearly all of the physical energies, Is
sure to result in dyspepsia in some form
or another. Sometimes it shows itself
in excessive irritability. This is almost
Il sure indication that nerve force has
been c%xhuusted. 1t is not natures rule
to do two things ut a time-the stomach
cannot digest n dinner while the brain
is ut work ut the same time. AL know
that when II fotce is divided It is weak
cned. If the meal were eaten slowly.
without preoccupation of the mind, and
the stomach allowed ut least half an
hours chance to get its work well under
taken before the nervous force Is turned.
In another direction. patients suffering
FROM sdysrepsla&would he scomparatiyels
&&wSS&E%
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
will be a Mixer

The poet of the St. Louis Chronicle
tunes his Tyre and bursts into song as
follows: When the women all wear
boomers and their skirts are laid away;
when their legs no more are rumors.
coyly hid from light of day: when the
petticoots forgotten. with its swishing.
whisking swirls. and there's less de
mand for cotton, I'll be sorry for the
girls. I'll be sorry TO: the lassies who in
school are at the books-at the head or
foot of classes. I'll be sorry for their
looks, for their mas will make their
trousers. and, good heavens! don't we
know, who We're boys, but are not now.
sirs. that they'll make a holy show. 1t
is bad enough when Willie weareth
pants his made, and it often
knocks you silly just to see the youth
full blade wearing pants which no man
knoweth which is front or WHICH is back
If he cometh or he goeth there is quite
an equal slack" But your Susie! Oh.
It's calling; scalding tears will down
ward glance, when o hear the urchin
calling: Say, where did you get those
pants" You will see her youthful, grow
ing. but by no dead certain rule. can you
tell if she is going or is coming home
from school. There'l be trouble, you'll
allow sirs, there'H be anguish for your
pas when their daughters all wear
trousers that are just revamped from
mas. So I'm weeping as I'm writing
and my great tears fall like pearls,
since l know what I'm inditing, for I'm
sorry for the girls.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1895-09-06
Kin MOsUuiCOes.

The experiment of Rev. J. D. Long of
Babylon in destroying mosquitoes by
pouring kerosene Oil OH stagnant ponds
was suggested by l.. o. Howard, chief
entomologist of the department of agri-
culture at Washington. Mr.. Howard
made a test of the plan at Cornell uni
versity just before he wrote to Mr..
Long. He is a graduate of Cornell and
for many years made Ithaca his home.
Early this spring he returned to Ithaca
to deliver Il lecture on his specially, and
while. there was told that the college
campus was infested to an unusual ex-
tent by mosquitoes. Mr.. Howard
searched for the cause and found a lot
of holes for fence posts in which there
was stagnant water. On close examina-
ton he found them crowded with mos
quito larvae, and he had kerosene poured
into each of the holes. At once the
plague ceased. Several times the treat
ment was applied. and soon the Cornell
campus a plat containing several hun
dred acres and filled with shrubhery,
was practically free from mosquitoes.