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when Two virginians Meet.

The first thing two Virginians do
when they meet is to take mint julep
together; they next talk kin. II they
are strangers to one another the first
requisite is to locate and thus identify
each other. Then they take another
mint julep. Then the wild hunt for
relationship begins and generally ends
in establishing cousinship from first
to tenth degree from a marriage
somewhere between 1850 and 1895.
Then they take another julep and the
conversation takes this turn and goes
on for hours:
"You say you are one of the Ran
dolphs, of 'Curls?'"
mo; but my mother was Page,
Her mother was Burwell. My great
grandmother was a Carry. My great
grandfather was Lee. My great
great grandmother was Washington
and my Observation-Disclosures
father was Randolph. of Tuckahoe
and, ali"
Here another mint julep stops him
Washington Post.
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KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends TO personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy. Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to It's presenting
IN the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of perfect lax
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
and permanently curing constipation:
It has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval of the medical
profession, because it acts on tho KID
neys Liver and Bowels without weak
enine them and it is perfectly free ffon
every Objectionable substance. :,
Syrup of Figs il for sale BY all drug
sists in SOC and 81 bottles, but It IL man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Go. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup OF tlg4
and being well informed, you. viii mo-
accept any substitute if offered
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NAMES OF OUR RIVERS.

THE Acquia creek, in Virginia, has
an Indian name, signifying muddy
water"
LAcKAwANNA is a corruption Of the
Indian words lechan-hanne, "the stream
that forks"
HUMBOLDT river, in Nevada, was
named by Fremont in honor OF Baron
Humboldt.
THE Ocklockonee, in Florida, is named
from a Seminole word, meaning "yel-
low water"
THE Atchafalaya, in Louisiana, was
named by the Choctaws. The word
means ''long river"
THE East river, North river and
South river, at New York, were named
by the Dutch.
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wHITTIeR.s FIRST POETRY.
One Boyish Poem Gained Him Garrison'I
Friendship.

One Boyish Poem Gained Him Garrison's
Friendship.
After he had made the acquaintance
of Burns poems Whittier began to
scribble rhymes of his own on his slate
at school, and in the evening about the
family hearth. One of his boyish
stanzas fingered in the memory of an
elder sister:
And must always swing the fail,
And heipto fill the milking pail?
I wish to go away to school,
lido not wish to be a fool.
With practice he began to be holder,
and he wrote copies of verses on every
day events, and also little ballads.
One of these, written when he was
seventeen, bis eldest sister liked so
well that she sent it to the weekly
paper of Newburyport. the Free Press,
then started by William Lloyd Gar
rison. She did this without telling her
brother, and no one was more sur
prised than he when he opened the
paper and found his own verse in the
ssPoet's Corner" He was aiding his IA
Their to mend stone wall by the road
side rs the horscman passed on horse
back and tossed the paper to the young
man. His heart stood still moment
when he saw hissown verse;" says a BIZ
ographer. "Such delight as his comes
only once in the lifetime of any aspir-
ant to literary fame. His father at
last called to him to put up his paper
and keep at work"
The editor Of the Free Press was only
three years older than the poet, al
though far more mature. He did more
for the young man than merely print
these boyish verses, for he went to
whittier's father and urged the need
of giving the youth little better ed
ucation. To do this was not possible
then; but two years later, when Whit
tier was nineteen, an academy was
started at Haverhill, and here he at
tended, even writing.a few stanzas to
be sung at the opening exercises dc
studied at Haverhill for two terms
and by making slippers, by keeping
books, and by teaching school,, he
earned the little money needed to pay
his way. At Haverhill he was able t.
read the works of many authors. hith
erto unknown to him, and he als'
wrote for the local papers much pros
and verse.-Prof Brander Matthews
in st. Nicholas.
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Summer Tourist Rates.

The Northwestern Line Chicago &
North Western R'y) is now selling e1cur'
sion tickets at reduced rates to st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Ashland, Bayfield,,
Marquette, Deadwood, Dakota, Hot Springs.
Denver, Colorado Springs, Manitou,. Salt
Lake City, and the lake and mountain re
sorts of the west and northwest. For rates
and full information apply to Agents Of CON
Meeting lines. Illustrated pamphlets, CIV
application to w. B. Kniskern, g. p. q T.
A., Chicago & Northwestern Ry, Chi
cago, Ill.
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ElREslpE FRAGMENTS.

-Scalloped Apples. a pud.
ding dish and put a layer OF peeled
sliced apples in the bottom. Sprinkle
with sugar. a very little -four and Gin
namon and some bits Of butter. Fill
the dish in this manner and bake one
hour. covering the dish to prevent
burning on the top. Serve cold or hot.
Western Rural t.s
Compete of Cherries. tart,
under-ripe cherries, leave them on the
stems, make weak strip, drop them
In, and let boil slowly until clear; drain
them and take up on a compotur; let
the strip boil thick, take from tho fire;
when cool pour over the cherries. Dam
sons and blue plums may be prepared
the same way.-DetroitF Free Press.
Franks Layer Cake.-Two eggs,
one cup sugar, one tablespoonful but.
ter, two-thirds cup sweet milk, one and
two-thirds cups flour, two teaspoons
baking powder. Mix the butter, sugar
and yolks, then add the milk and -four,
and lastly the beaten whites of two
eggs. If you want to make dark
cake, add one teaspoonful cinnamon,
one-half teaspoonful of cloves. Minnie
G. Kincaid Stanhope, in Womankind.
Lemon Sandwiches.-Take cup of
butter and teaspoonful of mustard,
make paste by adding little hot
water and pinch of cayenne pepper.
Rub together with the yolk of one egg
and two tablespoonfuls of lemon juice.
Rub to smooth paste. Slice thin a
loaf Of good bread, at least twenty-four
hours old, and spread the slices with
the paste. Make the sandwiches by
placing the slices together and trim
ming off the crust.-Chicago Record
"A very convenient mucilage can be
made out of onion juice by anyone who
wishes to use it. A good-sized Spanish
onion, after being boiled for a short
time. will yield, on being pressed,
quite a large quantity of very adhesive
fluid. This is used extensively in vari.
GUS trsdss pr FASTING paper onto tin,
or zinc, or even glass, and the tenacity
with which it holds would surprise
anyone on making the first attempt
1t is cheap and good mucilage, ant
answers as well as the more costly
cements.
Asparagus Omelet.-Cut of tops
break the stems at part ceasing to b.
tender. cut in half-inch pieces unit
you have about pint. Boil in saltet
water about twenty minutes. Drain
Beat six eggs until light and foamy
and add one half teaspoonful of salt
one quarter teaspoonful of pepper ant
one cup of milk. Have lump of but
ter hot in the omelet pan, turn in tn,
mixture. cover, and place on back o
stove until firm. Before folding. sprea,
on the asparagus and turn out on no
platter.-Boston Budget.
-Smothered Fish.-Take the remain
of boiled or baked fresh fish-codfish Il
perhaps, the best. Remove the bone
and shred it Make a pint of crear
sauce as directed for veal terrapir
When done pour it on three wei
beaten eggs. Put layer of fish in tn
dish in which it is to be served; sprinkl
it with salt, pepper and grated nu
meg; cover it with layer Of sauce
add another of fish and SO alternatel
until the dish is full. Cover the to
with fine breadcrumbs moistened wit
teaspoonful of melted butter, an
: bake twenty min utes.-Ladies' Hon
Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

arrangements of the sex. Why IS II 80
-nany women owe their beauty to DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription? Because
beauty of form and face radiate from the
common center-health. The best bodily
condition results from good food, fresh air
and exercise coupled with the judicious
use of the Prescription"
It reaches the oriair Of the trouble end
eoryects il -.a "--'''
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ZEN rhousand aIlles or ThIrty,

Il matters not which, may subject you to
sea sickness on the ''briny deep" Whether
you are yachtsman, an ocean traveller, out
for day or two's fishing on the salt water,
or even an inland tourist in feeble health,
Stomach Bitters, q valuable remedy for
nausea, collie, biliousness, acidity OF the
stomach, malaria, rheumatism, nervousness
and sick headache. Lay in an adequate
supply.
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THAT Knocked tho Poetry.

He was kneeling at her feet and say
ing: my precious sweet, life fingers
10 me as petunia streaked with the
glorious golden fretting of soul which
knoweth no lcEe,
"Oh. JIM" she said, how strong
you smell of onions. Sit Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

The JEsrER-eYou brdke all the good
resolutions you made last year." The Fool
Yes, butt shall mako others quite a.
good. "-Life.
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Neutrality-suspicious. milk is as thin
IS water to-day.
Milkman-Well. mum. it was very
foggy this morning when we milked,-
n. Y, Weekly.
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ON THE ROAD

to recovery, tne
young woman
who is taking
Doctor Pierce's
Favcrite Pre-
s cription. In
naidenhood, wo-
manhood, wife
hood and moth
erhood the " Pre-
scriptiou 7" is a
supporting tonic
an d nervin {
that's peculiarly
adapted to hei
needs, regulat-
ing, and strength.
euinp the system
and curing the
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

GorSG To.-She-"Where are you going
this summerl" He-"Going to stay al
home. Detroit Free Press.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

If the wicked flourish, and thou suffer, be
not discouraged. They are fatted for de-
struction; thou art dieted for health
Fuller.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

Ii fun is good, truth is still better, ant
love best of all.-Thackeray.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

ssTnERE's nothing like poachcd eggs" q
the man said when he robbed his neighbor'
fowl house.-Tit-Bits.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

WE think Piso's Cure for Consumption y
the only medicine for Coughs.-JENNu
PINcKARD, Springfield, Ills., Oct. l, 1894.
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WAGos-"Did you have fine time last
night Jaggs-"No, had it this morning,
ten dollars line, three dollars costs."-Phii
adelphia Inquirer.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

"Do You think that Dickens would de
ceive fricndl" "Of course not. None o
his friends would believe word he says
Washington Star.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

SOME of the dogs with the longest coats
have the shortest pants. Rec
ord.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

ALL arc born to observe good order, but
few are born to establish it.-Joubert.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

aMY big brother belongs to the Seventh
regiment" said little Nell, proudly, IAN
nv, how noble he looks when he's all
dressed up in his unicornp - Harper's
Round Table.
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ssWHAT's that terrible cry Ihearr' On
that's our college Yell" "lt must b . cob
lege of dentistry. PUCK.
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SAFETY to mother and child and less I'M
pleasantuess after coufin ement, result from
ilse Of Mothers Friend" Sold by druggists
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FAITH without works is q sign over the
door of an empty shop.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

"WELI,r sale the monkey to the organ
grinder us he sat on top of the organ, II IN
Simply carried away with the music
Philadelphia Record.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

TRAIN up q hired girl in the way che
should 60, and the first thing you know she
viii go.-Rockland Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

MAeIsTRATE-"Whyd did your father whip
YOUR motherl" Boy-"Dunno, 'cept ma
was overturned. Puck.
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"OScE, at least, ridicule was Of great benz
eft to the human race" "When wa
thatl" "When Edison made light Of cleo
tricitv.n
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

THE devil viii keep on calling as long a.
we answer his knoch.-Ram's Horn.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1895-09-07

PREcEPrs are like seeds; they are htlao
things which do much good.-Seneca.
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SKILLED LABoR.-Friend-"Im told thao
most prescriptions cost little or nothing -
for decYpherins tie penmanship and trans
latlng the Latin. PUCK.
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BEAUTY, devoid of grace, is q mere hool
without the bait.-Talleyrand.
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Mrs. RIcKErrs-ssWhat do you think o4
Mrs. Dickey3" Mr.. Snooper-"She IL ono
Of the manifest little women know.c
Judge.
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NOTHING is rarer than the use of word
in its exact meaning.-Whipple
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cotton will depend almost ehtlrely
upon his location. If he is where he
can sell the products of the dairy to
advantage, 1t may 6e better for him to
use the grain mainly in that way. But
II he has a good market for grain, he
had better usually sell his surplus and
sell it before it has deprecated by the
myraids of weevils and other insects
that prey so rapidly on grain stored in
southern climate. He will start usual
| ly on soil that has been badly depleted
| of plant food, and the greatest problem
| that usually comfronts him is, how can
| get my land into a productive condi'
| ton, SO that can adopt and maintain q
regular rotation of crops? BY the cul.
| ture of peas and clover / can secure all
the needed nitrogen from the air, on'
where am to get the food for plants
there that will enable me to get the
best crops of peas and clover? Oul
sandy soils are usually deficie Mt in boil
phosphoric acid and potash, particular
| " in potash. These are mineral mat
tiers that we can not get from the all
by any process. Fortunately they arr
the cheapest forms of plant food, ant
unlike nitrogen are not all the time
getting away from us before we cal
get the plants 20 use them. One o
the most important steps then in tn
Improvement of the soil for rotation
is a restoration of these lacking ele
ments The only available source
of phosphoric acid and potash in tn
south are dissolved phosphate roel
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-07
To Prevent che RumbiIpu.

With the view of stopping the rumbling
sound which is common while driving
over the ilrebrlck pavement of the city,
the Street and Sewer department. is at
present making anexperlment on Wash.
tngton streets bed. just what causes
the rumble the department Ia unable to
tell. but the most plausible theory is that
the sand settles beneath the pavement
leaving slight open space. The bricks
being laid In cement, prevents q settling
OF the pavemsnt to the level of the sand.
The pavement is therefore like an arch
and rumbles both because there is a slight
hollow place beneath II and because the
solid mass OF brick and cement acts as
sounding board.
The department members thought that
IL narrow space was put In the centre of
the pavement the bricks might settle to
the bed because the arch was cut. So the
centre OF the street and the department Ia
waiting for the bricks to settle. It. has
been noticed that the bricks which are not
cemented do not make the rumbling
noise when teams are driven over them.
IL the plan proves successful the other
cemented pRvements will be cut In tho
same way. Il ID asserted that when
team Ia driven over the pavement on
Washington street the noise is so great
that the driver can not hear the bells
of tho tolley cars when they are rung
for the or osslngs at Fourth and Eighth
streets. This makes driving on this street
DANGEROUS,
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-07
CcclI Oounty mir Mt EIkton.

The SUCCESS which has attended this
exhibition during previous years should
arouse sufficient enthusiasm to draw even
n larger gathering this year than ever
before. The management, encouraged
by the great succese of last season, las
again offered every inducement to both
the exhibitor aud visitor. Many new and
live attractions have been gathered for
the programme. such as trick horses,
balloon asceusions. and parachute drops.
TheHe are In addition to the running and
trottinR races. which are, as usual, the
chief enllvenment vi the occasion.
For the accommodation Of vieitors to
the fair the Philadelphia, Whining on and
Baltimore Railroad will sell excursion
tickets from many points on its di visions
and subdivsione at greatly reduced
rates, which will include ad missile to the
grounds. Fair days include September
10. H. H. and 13. and tickets will by sold
on those days. good TO return until the
14th. special train will leave Elkton
for Wilmington 0.O3 D. M. on September
IL, IL, and 10.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-07
GenernI Marlsats.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6.-Flour weak; win.
ter superfine, S2,250b2.4O; do. extras, g.. 500
275; Pennsylvania roller, clear, s2.S5G63 10;
do. do. straight, S3,l065325; western winter,
clear, $2.sjd3.10; do do. straight. 81. .lOfe3.25.
Wheat dull, steady, with 62l4c. bid and 62lac.
asked for September. Corn higher, quiet,
with 39ISc. bid and 39Nc asked for septem-
Der. Oats firmer, quiet with 2514c, bid and
259e. asked for September. Hay firm. Beef
steady; family, SlO. 76hl2. Pork steady; fam
lily, Sl2dl25O. Lard steady; western steam,
s635. Butter firm; western dairy, 9I6di3o.;
do. creamery, l3G20c.; do. factory. slbl2tsc;
Elgins, 20c.; imitation creamery, lld l5c.; New
York dairy, l21lsl6c.; 90. creamery, l9l6a21c.;
Pennsylvania and western creamery prints.
fancy, 2lc.; exceptional lots higher; do. fair
to choice, lS62Oc.; prints jobbing at 2a625c.
Cheese easier; New York large, 4slQp79sc;
small fancy, 6t41s1sc.; part skins. aliat3lse;
full skins, pSG2c. Eggs firm; New York and
Pennsylvania, l51l6}ac.; western fresh. lllA
lbl<O.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-07
NEW CASTLE ITEMS.
WHAT'S Trsnspirins In the Pretty Town On
tho Delaware.
Correspondence of the Republican.
NEW CASTLE, Sept. z.


NEW CASTLE. Sept. Z.
When the 3.O5 o'clock train stopped
here yesterday afternoon a lady alight
from one car and gentleman from
another. both OF whom started at lively
pace down South street. When the lady
reuched the gate ON the Leslie property
she entered and kept her pace up. The
gentleman did not change his gait until
he reached Fifth street, when, on look
Ing back he discovered that the lady was
not following him. ne started on o run
that would have done credit to any semi
professional. BY the time he reached
Fifth and Delaware the lady had reache d
Sixth and Delaware. He had made q mis-.
take. as instead of going through Sixth he
kept on to Fifth.
The lady was Mrs. Martin. of 1722 South
Sixth street. Camden, land the young
man was Elmer Lightcap, OF Ferry Row,
Camden. The cause Of the visit OF both
to this city was that last Saturday morn
Ing. Lolita. the II year.old daughter OF
Mrs. Martin. went to work as usual. when
she did not return at night with her
money the mother became alai med. In
quiries and strict search among friends
failed to furnish any clue to her where-
abouts except that she hnd quit work at
noon and that she was In Lightcap'6 com.
paDy that evening.
On Thursday Iightcap was arrested on
warrant and Squire Chester held him In
IL
he was to produce the girl. When Mrs
Martin arrived at the Cherry street house
she hanged the door loudly aud demand
ed admission. While waiting for the do or
to open Lghlcap arrived and was given
setting out not In very ilattering tones
which the possips quickly were eager to
listen to and before long the Cherry street
women were holding construction of
.'Sunrisee"
The mother gained admission but did
not get tn a uirl Sha turnnI
home on the @ As o'clock train and Light
cap followed on tho l0.14 train. On Tues-
day last It was stated In this column that
New Castle would have sensation and
the above is the one mentioned.
Three young men from the West End
on Thursday night started t6 take In the
town and In all probability they will hear
about their fun later. The three youths
were loaded with whiskey and armed with
revovers. They amused themselves on
Third street by discharging the revolvers
and talking loudly. AT sixth street thay
selected horse for target and several
more shots were fired.
In ST. Petei's Church last evening there
OF the Sacred Hsurt.
while the rain is a blessing to the com.
munity the neople here are somewhat dis.
appointed on account OF the ball game
this afternoon.
Among those who will vlew the yacht
races will be John Wilson and J. Harry
| Rogers.
William Fl. Saunders on Monday next
VIII luke charge OF the electrical DEPART
ment OF Knowles Wonlen Mills.
/ Eckert Tindall and Charles Edwards are
| In Philadelphia to-day.
Get your life Insured with John l. Boyle,
New Castle. at &c per week, age 90. $1,000
or $500 In sickness Buy 10, 10 or 20 year
while YOU live. All policies full benefit at
Cnoc.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1895-09-07
Not Necessary to Go to Halifax.

WASHINGTON, Sept Justin Mccarthy,
the government contractor who built the
naval dry dock at Port Royal, s. c., has
written Messrs. Cramps Sons, of Philadel-
phia, calling their attention to the pub
lished statement that they were about to
take the United States government vessel
Indiana to Halifax to dock 1t, as there is
no dock in the United States large enough
TO dock 1t. Mr.. MCCARTHY adds; 81 wish
to inform you that the United States gov
ernment dry dock at Port Royal, SC, just
completed by me, is sufficiently large to
take the Indiana, and that am willing to
stand all expenses Of taking the Indiana
there and making the test If it should turn
out that the dock is not capable Of taking
it -