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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

An amusing incident connected with
Handel, the composer, is told by Doctor
Miller. He says: During the latter
part of Handel's life, when a boy,
used to perform on a German flute in
London at his oratorios.
About the year 1853, in the Lenten
season, a minor canon from the cathe.
dral of Gloucester offered his services to
Handel to sing. His offer was accepted,
and he was employed IN the choruseS.
Not satisfied with this department, he
requested leave to sing solo, that his
voice might appear to more advantage.
This request also was granted; but he
executed his solo 50 little to the salts.
faction of the audience that, to his great
modification, he was violently Kissed
When the performance was owe!
Handel said to him, gravely:
81 am sorry, very sorry for you, in.
deed, my dear sir; but go back to your
church in dc country. God will forgii
you for your bad singing; desc wicked
boopies in London, dey will not forgii
you ~
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

Mrs. Mary Cowan of Dixmount, No.,
has been indicted on the charge of having
poisoned members Of her family, in order
to obtain insurance.
Ex-Governor Gray, tho United States
minister to Mexico, died in the City of
Mexico Thursday Of double pneumonia,
contracted during his journey to his post
from indianapolis,
Three highwaymen held up Christian
Frick, baker, in the heart Of the city of
New Orleans, early last Thursday morning.
During the struggle one of the highway
men fatally shot Frick in the breast. The
robbers escaped.
Despite the vote of the delegates of Dis
trict Assembly IS, X. of L., to continue
the Brooklyn strike there was almost n
stampede of strikers Thursday to get back
to work. This was due it is said, TO split
in the District Assembly.
a two-story frame school-house at
Lamont. Iowa, was burned to the ground
thursday morning shortly after school
opened. The children became panic
stricken. Alfred Brown, pupil, was
caught by falling chimney and his head
crushed, and Clarence Lake was also badly
injured.
Charles Patterson and Mrs. Ida Warner,
VINO had eloped, were arrested in Mime
npolls Thursday on the charge of murder.
lhs belle Irene Warner, the lS-montEs.old
daughter of Ida and +. Warner of Turtle
Lake, Wis. The motive assigned is that
me mother found her child II barrier to
her relations with Patterson.
The British steamship oueensmore, from
Liverpool, landed at Baltimore Thursday
the crews Of the schooners Alma Cum
mings and Marion +. Spriggs. The latter
foundered at the mouth of the Chesapeake
and the crew were As hours in an open
boat Two of them were dead when the
| Queensnlore sighted the boat.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
ABoUr Peach rELLoWx
Professor L. II. Bailey of Cornell Un
vcrsity, Has His Say.

Ncrstt1b nhh tAAb JAgs
Prof. L. H. Bailey Of Cornell Univer.
sity, has been making careful ex.
animation of peach orchards in western
New York, where there have been com.
plants of the yellows, and has been
publishing some notes on the subject
under the direction of the State Com
missioner of Agriculture. Some of his
conclusions, as summarized by Garden
and Forest, are these;
The yellows is distinct disease, at.
lacking the almond, apricot, japanese
plum, as well as peach, and il attacks
thrifty as we'll as feeble trees. 1t has
been recognized as disease for cen
tury; is communicable from tree to tree;
is incurable, and the termination is al
ways fatal. Its cause is wholly un-
known, and no fertilization of the soil
will cure it or check its spread. The
one very unmistakable symptom by
which it can be recognized is the red.
spotted character of the fruit, the flesh
being marked generally by red lines or
blotches beneath the spots. These
peaches generally ripen prematurely the
second year; they afterward come
smaller and more fuzzy than the normal
fruit. The first symptom to appear on
the trees, rather than on the fruit, is the
so-called "tiPs," that is, the short under
growth starting from the upper or
terminal buds, usually late in the
season and characterized by narrow,
stiff, yellowish, small leaves standing
out nearly at right angles from the
shoot. These tips sometimes appear
after the leaves have fallen in autumn, OF
before the normal growth begins In
spring, and they are often seen upon tho
ends of water-sprouts. The third special
symptom is the slender, stiff.leaved
yellowish shoots (which come from the
body of the tree, or the large limbs, and
in advanced cases the shoots may branch
into close branchy tufts. In the iinal
stage of the disease there is q small and
slender growth of all new wood with
small, narrow yellowish leaves, and
occasionally profusion Of slender
branchy growths in the centre of the
tree. Diseased trees generally die il
five or six years from the first attack
and the only known means of keeping
the disease at bay is to exterminate thu
affected trees, root and branch. The
disease is communicated to nursery
stock by affected buds and by bud
from branches of affected trees which
do not yet show signs of the disease
Pits from affected trees may also be ex
! Dected TO DTODapate the disease
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
SUMMER SCHOOL OF METHOD.
Principal GoodiuE Advocates Its Merits :
Wherein it Is superior In Results to
SInln Nnrmhl Schonla .

AItutipAt NuoutuE fAutotLlch It's merits
Wherein it is superior In Results to
State Normal sehoois.l
Editor Gd7ette: The thought of a
GUNNER school of methods, which has re-
ceived embodiment in bill now before
the Legislature, is q happy one. Unlike
many measures il has. without cost to the
State, been tested by experiment and
proved itself to be altogether profitable. The
schools of Kent county are generally recog-
nized as among the best in the State, and
their excellence is due in the main 10 the
influence of the school OF methods held
in Dover during the last two summers.
A school of methods will settle the
mooted question of normal school and
place Delaware in the most advanced posi-
ton in the matter Of normal training.
The best educational and economic thought
is against the methods of the majority of
the normal schools of the country. for the
reason that they devote five,sixths of their
time 10 matter, and emily. one.si1th to
method. The principles of grammar,
arithmetic aud algebra, the facts of history,
geography and physiology. are emphasized
live times as much as the methods of teach
ing grammar, arithmetic, algebra, history,
geography and physiology. Science is
emphasized more than the art of imparta.
ton; knowledge more than wisdom. The
result is that III most States of the union
this combination of subject-matter and
methods makes every dollars worth OF
method cost six.
The proposed bill, with thoughtful
economy, avails itself Of the many schools
in the State where the public school studies
are well taught, and without adding another
OF the kind proposes so to supplement their
work that the beginning teacher can saw
with Just pride: Il know not only what
to teach, but also how to teach" The new
school will teach methods and methods
only. And thus the State will receive q
dollars worth of method for every dollar
of appropriation. An economical arrange.
mentthat-the most modern normal school
at the cost of a single teacher in the normal
schools of other States.
That q properly conducted school OF
methods will be helpful to the schools of
the State no school man doubts. Great,
baleful is the waste of time in schools
| where teachers have no understanding of
the art of teaching. Not few are the cases
where, IN year pupil under masterful
teacher has learned more than in three
| years under masterless teacher, and that
too. where the teachers had equal .knowl
edge of their subjects. The successful
experiment OF Kent should be made the
policy of the State. W. L. GooDING
Principal Conference Academy.
| DOVER, February lIth 1885,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
SPORrING NOTES.


The Phillies will play their first game
of the season at Portsmouth, Va, on
April 1st They will practice for week
before that At Hampton, Va.
Judge Cullom, chief "rootcr" of the
New York Baseball Club, has made the
following wagers: $50 even that Phila-
delphia will beat cut Baltimore; $40 to
$50 that Brooklyn wont finish as good
as fifth; $50 even that Chicago will not
be in the first division.
AT meeting of the board of stewards
OF the grand circuit, at Buffalo, Tues
day week, the following dates were de.
cided upon for the race meets this sea.
son: Saginaw, July 1920; Detroit, July
1927; Cleveland, July 20, August 2;
Buffalo, GIG; Rochester, August 10 .93;
New York, August 27-3l.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
MRS. C4RPENTER's DEBUT.
She Scored an Unqualified Success at the
New-Century Club in Philadelphia Last
Night Week.

She Scored an Unqualified Success at the
New-Century Club in Philadelphia Last
Night Week.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Feb. IA con-
cert was gwen at the New Century
drawing room last night under the di.
rection of L. Cholmeley Jones, the
primary object being to present to the
public Mrs. NJ. r. Carpenter of Will.
mington, Del, mezzo soprano
The young debutante made an un.
qualified success. Her voice is rich and
fresh, OF great compass and remarkable
purity Of tone. The lower register is
strong and vibrant, and all her upper
notes are taken at much ease and clear
ness. Her methods show close study
and thorough training, while her ex.
preston and delicate contrasting
shading eVince the possession OF tile
true artistic faculty of Comprehenling
and reproducing the composers mood
and meaning.
Her opening number was "Gnando
Elicta" from "Faust," and that was fol.
lowed by "Dost Thou Know That
Sweet Land p "Mignon," 90, Mic Fer.
nando," LA Favorita," and "The
Better Land" ballad by Cowen. Her
tlexibility of voice was best noticed in
the number from LA Favorlta," and
The Better Land" displayed tine tender.
ness and sweetness of her voice in
simple ballad music. She has q graceful
manner and presence, and won strong
| ana spontaneous recognition.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
DIED AT THE AGE OF 1906 YEARS.
Death of Mrs. Margaret Donovan of Nea
Bridgevlils-Thinks She Once Sal

Death of Mrs. Margaret Donovan of Near
Bridgevlile-Thinks She Once Saw
George Washington.
Special Correspondence OF Gszetts and Journal
BRiDeEvILLE, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Margaret
Donovan died yesterday at the advanced
and very remarkable age of LOG years. She
lived near oakel postotfice east of here,
with her son.in-law, Leven Palmer. and
enjoyed nearly perfect health until II
years ago, when she was taken seriously
i'll, since which time she has been nearly
helpless, and has been compelled to spend
most of that time in bed. In 1906 when
but IL years of age, she married Russell
Donovan, with whom she lived for GO
years until his death.
The aged lady retained all her faculties
until her death, never requiring glasses,
even when using needle. Her memory
was especially good, and she would often
relate incidents Of nearly a century ago
Mrs. Donoyan's sister. who was four years
older than she, saw George Washington's
funeral procession, while Mrs. Donovan
said she thinks she saw Washington when
she was about nine years old, but was moi
sure of his identity.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

He slashed Emma Robinson With Razor
and WIN Pay Dearly for His brutality.

and VIII Pay Dearly for His Brutality.
Robert Levi, colored, was given a
severe sentence in city court Thursday
morning. Judge Ball imposed fine OF
800 and costs and one year at hard
labor. Levi was arraigned upon the
charge of assaulting Ella Robinson with
a razor. The woman was brought into
court with her head and face swathed
in bandages. She had frightful wound
extending from the left eye diagonally
across the cheek, laying open the bone
and severing an artery. She has been
at the Delaware Hospital since the
assault was committed.
The woman was very feeble when she
took the witness stand. Levi at first
entered plea of not guilty, but sub.
sequently changed the plea to one OF
guilty. The woman testified that she
was shovelling snow from the pavement
in front of her home on Liberty street
Friday week, when Levi came up and she
demonstrated with him for failing to re.
move the snow from his boots before
entering the house. He became angry
and SAID he would knock the woman.
head off with bat. She reiterated into
the house and locked the door. The
frenzied negro went to the rear of thu
dwelling, burst out panel in the door
and reaching his arm through thu
aperture, slashed the girl with razor
He was arrested and sent to the polio,
station. The victim went to the Della
ware Hospital. On Thursday she wa
able to attend court and give her evi
dence.
Judge Ball, in passing sentence upor
the negro, said he proposed to give hin
the fullest penalty under the statute
He then imposed fine Of 800 and ONT
year at hard labor.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
How the Chicks Got Out.

aOhhh9 tuihpthluHs
A correspondent who spent the sum
mer at Lake Placid, in the Adirondacks,
bears witness to a pleasing display of
ingenuity on the part of domestic hen,
a creature not commonly supposed to
possess any high degree Of intelligence.
The chickens were getting large
enough to injure the sprouts, and Mr..
Frazier their owner. put them into the
hen-yard, having first laid boards edge
wise on the ground against the stats all
the way round the yard.
To his surprise, the chickens were soon
found in the garden. They were put
back into the yard, and the fence was
carefully examined. There was no sign
OF an opening large enough for the
tiniest chick to squeeze through. And
for all that, the chickens were soon out
again.
This time Mr.. Frazier determined to
see how the thing was done. He had
not long to wait. The fugitives were
hardly back in the enclosure before the
mother sat down near the middle of
the yard, as if she were brooding. The
next moment two Of,the chickens hoped
upon her back; whereupon she arose and
with slow and stately mein proceeded
to bear them to the edge of the yard
where she ranged herself alongside the
board that had been expected to prove an
insurmountable barrier to all chickens.
No sooner had she brought her pre-
cious burden within reach of the board
than they hoped upon it, passed be-
tween the Stats, and were on their way
to the garden in triumph.
The man9uvre was repeated till the
hen had conveyed her entire brood, two
by two, to the top Of the board-but
not till after another witness had been
called TO enjoy the novel sight,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

Mrs. John S. towbotham, widow of
John 5 Rowbotham, who was better
known in Wilmington as CHEAP John"
died in Philadelphia Tuesday week. Her
maiden name was Eliza Sault. She was
10 years old. Her husband died about
year ago. Mrs. Rowbotham was the
sister.iu.law OF Mrs. Joseph X. Adams
of this city, and leaves several grown
up children. The Rowbothams form
erly lived in this city, where Mr.. Row.
botham conducted general store. Mrs.
Rowbotham's remains were brought to
this city last Friday afternoon and in.
tered in the Wilmington and Brandy
wine cemetery.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

In tho court of chancery last Thursday
afternoon Chancellor Wolcoit delivered
his decision in the Allen VS.. Leach suit
sustaining the position OF Messrs
Hartman and Whitemen, counsel for the
Allen heirs. The petition of William
I. Lyman to draw money out of court
on account of the estate of Thomas
Lyman was granted. John +. Biggs
administrator of John Clements paid
into court the sum of $574. On the
presentation of a petition by Thomas F.
Bayard, Jr., Edward Morris was ap.
pointed trustee in connection with the
estate of John X. Kane, deceased, in
place Of BENJAMIN Lockwood resigned.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
ABour STREET CoAsrlss.
Opinion of City solicitor ELLIOTT in Re-
gard tn Shading on tho Pnhlic SIreats.

opAhtou WY III ENe-
gard to Shedding on the Public Streets.
At a meeting of the Board of Street and
Sewer Directors recently held, Mayor
Shortlidge offered a resolution with the
request that the hoard set aside a certain
street for the purpose of coasting. The
Street and Sewer Directors referred the
matter Il City Solicitor Elliott with the
request that he render an opinion in regard
to the matter.
Mr.. Elliott submitted his opinion at a
special meeting of the Board OF Street and
Sewer Directors Thursday afternoon. He
said the department might set aside a
certain street for shedding purposes pro-
vided the property owners would waive
their rights and make the proper conces-
sions to the coasters. He also said it would
be necessary to have ropes placed at the
cross streets with man at each street to
attend the ropes and prevent accidents to
the public.
Mr.. Elliott further stated that in view
of the fact that places for coasters were set
aside in the parks by the authorities of
other cities he thought some such an
arrangement could be made in Whining
ton. lie said place for the coasters
might be set apart beyond Washington
bridge.
Judge Ball and City Solicitor Elliott were
talking on Friday about the case of
Squire Vandesrift against the city decided
some years ago. Mr.. Vandegrift was run
into and severely injured by sled on
Seventh street hill. He brought suit against
the city for $4,000. Just previous to the
bringing of the suit, however, the Board
of Street and Sewer Directors had passed a
resolution prohibiting shedding OH the
public streets and calling upon the police
authorities TO enforce the resolution. Judge
Ball stated that it was this resolution that
saved the city from heavy damages. The
courts decided that policemen are State
officers, and inasmuch as the Street and
Sewer Department had passed the resolu-
enforce the ordinance, the city was not
liable,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
Castoria.

Casteria cures Collie. Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhna, Eructation,
Kills Worms gives steep, and promotea d.
gestion, .-..-. =
Without injurious medication.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

MEMPHIS, TENN, Feb. 14.-The
women of Memphis were last night in
full charge of the Commercials appeal,
and to.day's edition of that paper was
the result entirely of their labors, The
funds accrulng from this will be turned
over to the charities of this city and will
amount to about $4,000, the Commercial.
appeal furnishing everything and allow
ing the ladies the full results of their
labor. The Nineteenth Century Club
and Woman's Council, augmented by
the different social and charitable
organizations of the city, are behind
the movement.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
sNOW-BoUND At DELMAR.
The Blockade Made More Life There Thar
the Town Ever Enioyed Before.


SALISBURY, MD, Feb. 13.-Delmar,
the terminus of the New York, Phila-
delphia e. Norfolk railroad and the
Delaware division of the Pennsylvania
railroad, saw more life last week than
for many years of its history. Owing to
the snow blockade all passengers from
the South had to stop over al Delmar
from Thursday until Monday. The
Veasey House had more guests than
they could accommodate for sleeping,
and the Pullman cars had to be utilized.
At one timc-Sunday-there were rs
passengers waiting at Delmar to get
North. Among the guests at the hotel
were % travelling men, as follows: Five
shoe drummers, 10 coffin drummers, one
undertaken outtitcr, three whisky
drummers, two patent medicine drum
mers, one doctor, two phosphate drum
mers, five clothing drummers, one
preacher and a politician. Now il can
be imagined what fun crowd like this
could make. Everybody was jolly and
well, but Veasey fed them sumptuously.
One of the curiosities of the big freeze
was observed at j. II. Goslee's store,
near Upper Ferry. Mr. Goslee has an
artesian well which flows about 30 gal
Ions of water per minute. This water
flows into barrel settled in the ground.
Saturday night ice began TO form around
the edge of the barrel and gradually cx.
banded until it formed the exact shape
of funnel, the size Of the barrels top,
reaching to the mouth of the pipe.
Through this the water continued to
flow into the barrel Those who saw 1t
said it was beautiful sight.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

Tucson, ARtz., Feb. t4.-The stage
from Mammoth this morning brings
news that three men entered the store at
Alma, where old man Doll and his son
were murdered few weeks ago, and
attempted to hold up John Roach, who
is in charge of the place, but Roach was
too quick for them. Before they could
use their guns he fired six shots, which
brought one of the would-be robbers to
the ground, perhaps fatally wounding
him, and the others fled.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13-The House
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce to-day ordered favorable re-
ports on the following bills: For a steam
light vessel on Overfalls Shoal, Della
ware bay; TO establish light OF Mahon
river, Del, on q new site; for relief
vessel for the Fourth Lighthouse dis
trict; raising the Christiana light station,
Delaware, to the fourth order, and
authorizing the establishment of range
lights at Morris river, n. j. The appro-
priations made by the bills were stricken
out and the improvements simply
authorized, leaving the expenditures to
be provided for in the regular appro-
priation bills hereafter.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21

The estate of Thomas Newton,
deceased, was sold yesterday week by
Attorney HI Ward, at the Court House,
for the purpose of liquidating the in
debtedness of the estate. Patrick IEig-
gins purchased the house No. 104 West
Twenty-third street for $50, subject to a
mortgage Of ~ 900. A building lot on
the north side OF Thirty.tirst street,
between Monroe and Adams, was sold
to John e. Kolck, for $50 Patrick
Higgins was the purchaser of the house
No % East Twenty.second street for
SG35
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1895-02-21
sudden Death of an Old Resident.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS VI 1hAette and journal
DOVER, Feb. I.-AIrs. Mary Crouch one
of the oldest residents of this town died
suddenly Yesterday morning, in her S9th
Prof. Wesley Webb, at the colored college,
near town. She was perfectly we'll the
day previous and had not been i'll for two
or three weeks. She was seized with a
severe pain in her side and was dead in
two hours. A messenger was started for
the doctor but on account of the delay
caused by the snow drifts in the roads the
patient was dead several hours before the
physician arrived. Deceased leaves two
children, the Rev John i. Crouch pastor Of
Union NJ. L. Church, Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Wesley Webb. She had been an active
worker in Wesley NJ. L, Church for almost
50 wears,