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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

Our soda water is not only the purest hut
ting yet n the city. Taylors Pharmacy,
JJ2 k.As street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

J7rEErON COTTAGE
IL OrFAN GROVE, NJ.
= Pilgrim Pathway. Cnnycnlencus such as
pa'h roam. CITE, ana c9n"cnient 10 Au1I'0ri.
nm. Truch and Post Office Terms reason,
abe. Good table ooard. Address
MRS. 5. kUNSMAM
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Seaside Resorts.
OFthN grove, n. }.
HAFIDSOy HOUSE

- OCEAN GROVE, MI
u Wcth avenue. located uenr ocean mat
oincr. ADD auditorium, All modern convent.
chce'' Rates reasonable. Good airy rooms
special rates 10 families; good table
MRS. CliAS. q. BARNES
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Slmms Tho first among pills for Ia,
ladies', made OF pure material stand hlgn
IN their recommendation for tho lnnrmi,
Ties Of ladies', II. also sent by uail. 6lj
klEs sllhGL
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j. II. Porter 4 Sons
Wholesale and retail dealers in milk and
cream. southeast corner Seventh and
Madison streets, Wilmington Del. Phone
Oil
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

TIE Water Department has snug rul.
ance in bank to its credit, being $500. o.
And still the water rents had to be lalscG
u last year to those using hoppers in their
residences.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

FQGVlAIl HOME.
- OCEAN GROVE, N j.,
=! Enhnry avonuc. large al ry roomsgDol
n'a''teSsr8 AMI springs. with or Without
feh'her beds. Lx:ra table board. Pltyat,
closet.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

Ex. Coroner Charles Sparks Is a candl.
date for ths Republican nomination for
Levy Court Corn missioner in the Third
District.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-08

I)EA COAL 1Uiiurnuy u,,.
L EXIT llrgGh.,, tL1j pr IA
JOHN NJ 3JbDdDN
r,-.,,. UIACe No. ", iIir,i.
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w restAarants and private families Al
ehor notice. Apply a The Wilmington
Intelligence sb1e~ No o6 ehipley ssrsss
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w ANTED-5alesmeni salary from start
wv permanent place, brown DrDa Gu
Nursorymen. Rochester, N. Y, asa IN amo
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WANT ED-A neat white girl to assist
w with children. Cal at dis Washing
ton street. i1.tf
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w Authorization en- dodgers in private
w family. All convenences iddres.
A d Republican office. jeG-tf
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INOlt RENT Char. > 2-story brick houses.
- Nos. sand Ii Irwin Place; also house No.
al3 DUPONT street. Apply 10 II. T.. Vernon
this Office, or Chas Cooling, Sth aud Malison
sirEQts
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NV TED-A eolored man. also woman.
w apply at sos Market street. feet
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

poses of to druggists, who have regular
customers that believe it 10 be panacea
for hundred different ills; the skins he
sells to would-be cowboys, who use them
as hat bands, and the skeletons are
always ready sale, the purchasers being
the curators of the natural history depart
ments of the d ifferent college and society
museums. The man who wakes people
up in the morning, the old cork collectors
and the dog catchers are well-known char
acters in every large city.
The individuals who gain livelihood
in pursuits that are strictly scientific are
equally as numerous as those who follow
the more humble callings. In the list of
occupations that are strictly scientific is
the manufacture of artificial eggs, arti-
fetal coffee and false diamonds. Also the
industry OF making buttons, combs, pen
holders and other articles of a similar
nature from blood collected at the
slaughter-houses. The man who makes
billiard balls, buttons and rings rom po-
tatoes which have been treated to solu-
tion of nitric and sulphuric acids is also
the proprietor of an industry" wherein
the fundamental principles are strictly
scientific.
But the queerest of all is carried on by
two young Pennsylvanians, who are max
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STARTLING REVELATIONS IN A STRANGE NEW LONDON CLUB

LONDON, Enc, Dec. Far be it from
me 10 condone Mrs. Whitehats attitude
in regard TO one o. the momentous ques-
tions of the day; far be it from me to en-
courage her indiffe renee, her hippancy
and disrespect toward one OF the most use
full and one of the most serious clubs for
women in London. Mrs. Whitehat's char
acter shows an appalling lack of those
severe virtues that make the worthy
women of the New Age Club so justly, so
universally revered.
1t is the prerog&tive of schoolgirls and
Americans to laugh at everything, even
the grave and intellectual subjects so
Iearnedly treated by various member
Snch levity cannot be too sternly con-
demned; a sense of humor should be dis
carded in the entry with overshoes and
umbrellas.
In the first place the appropriateness
of her costume was shocking. Instead OF
a simple masculine garb and knock
about hat, worn with the careless, uncon-
scious grace with which an animal wears
his fur, Mrs. Whitehall had attired herself
with her usual delighted attention TO de-
tail and that sense OF enjoyment and sue
cess which might well oe the result of
nobler employments.
II would not" she remarked, fastening
her opera cape, "look like a trump to
oblige the Queen herself!" Her gown was
I hate to confess it-made in the very
latest fashion and had most audible rus
tie and quite a futter of silk and lace and
ribbons about it.
One of the regulations of the club and a
most admirable regulation is that bonnets
must be removed during dinner. Mrs.
Whitehall expressed most unnatural re-
luctance to remove the wreath of roses,
which she dignified by the name of bon
net and said with indignant scorn: "How
stupid It's so much more becoming on
my head than off," Becoming! Such a
word in this high place, where vanity is
not!
Fortunately she was not overheard save
by most minute and detected male door
keeper, aged s, who regarded her with a
kind of melancholy approval.
81 smell faint, far smell" she added,
''as of the festive caulifowerp'
With agony in my heart we swept into
the dining-room-that is, Mrs. Whitehall
did all the sweeping. l tried to slide in
unobtrusively, feeling that her presence
was a hideous mistake. 1t was an i'm pres
sive scene. A number OF the club mem
bers we're sea ted at a long table; they
each of them had a book or a magazine
pcopped up before them and they read
with an expression of deep absorption,
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the legal aspirations of women. When
the late Myra G. Bradwell applied in 1870
for permission to practice law in Illinois
the Supreme Court of that State denied
her application. and its decision was af-
tirmed by the Supreme Court of the United
States. the only dissenting opinion being
that of Chief Justice Chase. Three years
afterward the Legislature of Illinois
passed law providing that no person
should be precluded from any occupation.
except military, on account OF sex. This
started the movement in favor of the
women, and now 1t is not believed that
any State would offer serious objections to
women practicing in its courts. Most of
the law schools accept women pupils,
although three of the most prominent
those of Columb bia, Yale and Harvard
still take the old conservative view of the
matter and admit men only. The law de-
partments of the University of Michigan
and the New York University have grad
uated more women than any others in the
country. The first woman grad from
a law school in this or any other country
was Mrs. Ada E. Kepley of Illinois, who
completed her law course in the North
western University Chicago. in 1870.
The experience of Mrs. Clara Fotz, who
is now practicing lawyer in this city,
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! one sat bolt upright and had a painful,
CLASSY stare. 1t was quite a moment be-
fore the excitement subsided. 1t was this
incident that brought Mrs. Whitehall TO
the notice of her immediate neigh bors.
discovered, to my horror, that instead or
listening with that respectful attention
which was so admirable a feature of the
audience she had her face buried in her
handkerchief and was indulging in laugh
ter, the most unseemiy and uncalled for
and untimely imaginablel
The lecture was deeply impressive, am
sure; it was-weIl-as l have SAID, the
subject was Humane Science" most
interesting subject, the development of
which cannot fail to elevate the listener.
young lady behind me (Mrs. White
hat had remarked her gown, which was
nobly suggestive OF an antique-a very
antique) applauded continually. Her en-
thusiasm found vent in this manner: Her
hands met with a conclusion like a pistol
shot Immediately behind my ear. 1t
must have been a great announcement to
the lecturer, and served as a kind of
punctuation. Behind me another en-
thusiast murmured, "Hear, heart" in
deep, bass voice.
"When we reflect on the vast changes"
said the lecturer. "that have made the
last century Applause from the lady in
the Roman drapery] that have made the
last century so'' ["Hear, hear" came like
the muff1ed stroke of a drum.
The lecturer completed his argument
and sat down, while the applause was
long and continuous. The lady who oc-
cupied the chair arose and said that Mr..
Edward Robinson had kindly offered to
answer any questions that might be put
by doubling minds.
Everybody looked at every body else
with an expectant, an encouraging or
repfoachful stare. The lady in the chair
repeated her demand for questions with
raised voice, that had a subdued threat
in it.
At last there was a response.
81 was afraid" said the deep, bass voice
behind me, ito occupy the attention too
long. Ny question is, with an apology to
Mr.. Edward Robinson and my grateful
acknowled gments of his absorbing and
deeply scientific facts, whether introspec-
tion, as he asserts. can have a wholly
beneficial effect upon wholesome and
sane organization
Here she consulted small table and
put it and her hands in her coat pockets.
II have made a special study of heredity
in cats" she continued. "Some Kittens
have shown a remarkable sense of color;
some kittens, in the third or fourth gener-
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unobservant of the things Immediately
about me. 1t came about in this manner:
| was camping alone on the island of To-
bago and had taken the trail leading from
my hut on the beach into the deep forest
path over which l had walked at least
score of times beforehand l presently
reached a spot where the shade was so
dense that it made a sort of twilight.
Suddenly there appeared to my astonished
eyes something which caused me to rub
them in doubt whether / was not dream
ing, for right in front of me, crossing the
across the brown, dun-coIored earth, and
as my eyes became accustomed to the dim
light, SO that Icould observe it more par
ticularly, l saw that this green ribbon was
moving regularly along, like the belt over
a factory wheel. AT first it seemed toz~
solid and unbroken, but soon 1 detecvV 81
many divisions in the line, and saw tha. NJ
was composed of thousands of bits OF
leaves, each about half an inch in diam
eter. Upon turning over some of these
leaf fragments | found that the motive
power of each one was big red ant, who
clung to it desperately, and as soon as re-
leased took its place in the ranks again.
For many minutes | watched the verdant
procession but IL seemed no near the end
than when / first saw it.
Out of the dusky woods on one side the
path it emerged and into the depths of
the other it disappeared, travelling tire
lessly onward to some destination un-
known to me. 1 could not very we'll trace
its course, the forest being so dense; but
there must have been millions of ants in
the column, all marching in perfect order
ana evidently with some definite end in
view.
These insects, which are known as the
great-headed red ants, not only use th cir
powerful scissor jaws upon the leaves of
trees and plants. but should they find a
tablecloth or handkerchief or anything of
that kind on the ground, will cut out of it
neat little semi-circular holes, taking the
pieces away to their nests. Whether or
not they use these bits of cloth for lining
their nests, or put them to their proper
use as napkins and handkerchiefs, can
not say.
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mot very" said the slave, blushing
modestly.
We ascended, after this episode, to the
drawing-room, quite free from the vulgar
sense of repletion which often accompan-
les meal ordered and cooked by man.
Our intellectual capacities were not dulled
and rendered sluggish by overeatlng; it
was with quite a sharpened sense of our
inward yearnlngs for higher life that we
settled ourselves for the lecture. Quite a
little time was spent in discussion as to
who should take the "chair" to introduce
The lecturer, Edward Robinson, whose
labors in the way of bringing practical
and popular science to the East End have
met with such deserved encom iums. Such
modesty as was displayed by those worthy
and intelligent women of the New Age
Club; such reluctance to take the prom
inent position Each one advanced the
most conclusive reasons why the other one
should do it, and they exhibited the most
gentlemanly Difference and courtesy 1t
was perhaps somewhat confusing to an
outsider not used to parliamentary rule.
"You take it-dear mel couldn't think
of it. Why, Miss Gully, how can you!
Why, took it last time. It's quite sim
pie. You'd do it magnifcently. You do
speak SO f1uently and without preparation !!
Why, 1 heard Miss Pimmins last week,
and it was a disgrace! No, really; such
cold, and besides"
Miss Gully was finally induced to take
the chair. which she filled admirably and
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13
Cabins of Shakes.

There are several kinds of structures in
most of them really be long to the early
inha abitants-the Indians and Mexicans.
The house of "shakes," however, came
with the white man, and those who bull,b
the first of these structures most likely got
the idea from the sycamore shingle of
Flori da.
Many people do not know what shake
is, SO a little explanation will not be out
of order. Shakes are made from almost
any kind of wood, although some hard
variety is generally used. Logs OF straight
grain are selected and cut into pieces
| about three feet long. These are then
split into boards about four inches wide
and three-quarters of an inch thick. OF
course the boards are very rough and also
| uneven, but possess great strength, as the
grain always runs from one end of it to
| the other. When made of oak it is
almost impossible to break one OF them
crosswise.
The style of building for which they are
used depends on the occupation of the
owner. mbermen, miners and sheep
| herders are the most numerous of those
who use this style of structure. The
sheepherders' are perhaps the most pic
turesque and substantial and are generally
of the same shape as the one in the accom-
| panying drawing. They are usually To-
| Gated in some barren spot and used durinH
the feeding season. The miner generally
makes his the same shape as the wedge
tent which presents a grotesque appear
ance. Those built by the lum bermen are
often very elaborate, but since sawmills
have been located In the mountains thew
are not as common as they were. Theba
is practically no wear out to this style III
structure. In time they become cove,H
with rich growth of moss, that con
pIetely closes the cracks that originals
existed, so that they are impervious 10 tha
hardest rains. In the mountainous dia.
tricts of this State there are dozens Of
shake cabins standing to-day that wera
built almost half century ago.
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! alton, have developed distinct unNer-
standing of sounds. 1t is the same thecNy
one sees illustrated in a man with de'
/ lirium tremens. therefore my question is,
! How does Mr.. Edward Robinson intend to
verify his assertions. triumphantly as he
has expressed them2"
This was tremendous poser. Mr.. Rob
inson mopped his brow, but answered
| shortly and decisively IN a most satisfac.
| tory manner.
Here lady in the corner, with her hat
worn over one ear. arose and announced
that she also had 4 question:
Humanity ith unity" she began, ''but
If philanthropy ith made emotional. how
would Mr.. Edward Robinthon ever ac-
complith anything?"
The answer was received with deserved
applause. Then the young person who
had clapped so cleverly and continuously
rose and declaimed her question in sonor-
Gus tones, speaking slowly and with deep
pathetic emphasis on every word, her
voice gradually rising till it rang through
the roomr:
iii" she began. 81 have understood Mr.
Edward Robinson Alright, he points to a.
path of glory on which we all-all mem
bers of the New Age Club-will tread, but
he must point the path, he must show
US the way. Ny question to NJ. Ed
ward Robinson, if have understood him
Alright, is Where is the goal2 Where is
the goa2'"
With one appraised hand she pointed &C.
statically to heaven, with the other she
transtixed the lecturer.
Mr.. Edward Robinson was spell bound
with admiration, or some emotion that
held him silent, while a strange spasm
convulsed his face. To my overwhelming
sorrow and shame regret that l aid Dot
hear the answer to this question, for rs.
Whitehall rose suddenly and precipitahed
herself from the room. l hurried after her
and found her in the lower hall, seated in
the hatstand, wiping away tears-it is in
credible but true-tears of deep enjoyment
and utterly unappreciative laughter. All
the way home in the hanson she indulged
herself in this heartless and unfeeling
manner. "This serious and elevated
place." I remarked, sternly. should be
spared visits from the unthinking and the
frivolous In the pure, dry light of the
intellect"
Stop, please, groaned Mrs. Whitehall,
that's just tiff it were only not so pure
-or so extremely dryW
Which only goes to show that Mrs.
Whitehall had not thoroughly understood
the drift of Mr.. Edward Robinsons re-
| marks. VAN DYoK Brown.
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known to be plentiful here, it will prob
ably be in increasing demand. Cotton
wood has been shipped to Germany in
considerable quantities, where cheap
woodis required for furniture and other
uses. Much of this lumber is forwarded
from New Orleans, and since great part
OF the oak, ash, poplar. cottonwood and
other timbers demanded by the foreign
market is in the Southern States, it is not
I'm probable that lumber for foreign mar
kets will be largely shipped in future from
the Gulf ports. In speaking of this mat
ter, the Northwestern Lumberman says
that the European market requires lumber
cut of exact thickness and of accurate
length, trimmed so as to have the butts
square and true. Space for piling in the
yards of the Old World is an object. so
that random, uneven lengths are obiec-
tionabie, and, since the foreign buyer in
sists that he shall have just what he bar
gains for, quality should be strictly at
tended to.-Garden and Forest
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

They seemed to regard dining as sort of
mechanical assistance to literature. and
exhibited that superiority to the material
satisfaction of the baser appetites it has
always been my feryentiy economic hope
to acquire.
Mrs Whitehall greeted our hostess with
almost fiorid effusion and flashed her
smiles upon every one with quite bewilder-
ing i'm partiaIity. Her eyes Immediately
attached themselves to portrait In an
oval frame above the fireplace.
What handsome facet" she said in
lively tones. who is it?'
1.-The president of our cluo," said our
hostess, with kind of mental bow.
'Indeed!" said Mrs. Whitehall. with
great interest. What a curious idea to
have a man as president of woman's $
cIub!' There was a moment of terrible
silence.
IA manr' echoed our hostess in icy
tones, "J cannot conceive what you mean,
unless in your idea character aud face
and strength of expression should be
limited to men"
"I-I was deceived," said Mrs. Whitehall
humbly, "by the coat and necktie and
the short hair"
"That face is womanly in the highest
sense said our hostess; "it is a repre-
sentative face, having all the delicacy of
woman and all the power that is supposed
TO be peculiar to man"
Mrs. Whitehall asserted that she pro-
nounced the obnoxious word with kind
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Some Queer Industries.

Occupations open 10 the thrifty indivi-
duals Of both sexes have greatly increased
during the last two decades, or even since
the taking of the last decennial census in
1890
The extraordinary progress of science
during the time specified and the applica-
ton of its principles to the practical prob
lens OF human life have not only had the
effect OF greatly increasing the capacity
for production in the trades already estab-
lished, but have opened hundreds OF
queer side alleys which lead direct to the
avenues of trade.
There are, of conrse. dozens of these
new and remarkable occupations with
which science does not deal, even in the
remotest sense, says the st. Louis Re-
public. In this class we find the rat
The San Francisco call., 1896-12-13

frame. His voice had slightly monoto-
nous drone, but his sentiments were
grand. 1t is curious thing that in order
to really appreciate grand sentiments it is
necessary to close or very nearly close the
eyes.
''In the pure. dry light of he intellect"
said the lecturer am afraid l did not
quite gather what that pure, dry light was
10 illuminate. How bitterly did l regret
my defective education when 1 saw the
rapt expression in the faces around me.
The woman next to me seemed almost
overcome by emotion. She was a very
large woman and swayed constantly to my
side. A look of great peace was on her
countenance and she was drinking in the
great words of the lecturer with a little
whistling sound between her teeth. She
also evidently found that closing the
eyes m ade her faculties for listening more
acute. 1t was in the spirit of sincerest
AWulation that l attempted il also-just
nom ent-but fear that | must have
~, for l suddenly sat up, with a terri
tart; there had been great noise, as
ne one falling from a chair. Every
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slightly subdued. The dinner was served,
with long periods for reflection between
courses. Mrs. Whitehall attacked each
plate as it was placed before her with
great ardor, which seemed to fade away
with the first or second mouthful. | re-
gret to say that her appetite is another of
her failings; she is always hungry and
her expression of anguish as the meal pro-
ceeded was eminently unbecoming. When
the dinner concluded in little tombstone
with red trimmings, she seemed to feel
that it would be pity to disturb the
charming shape and let it go from her un-
touched. 1t had curious taste; l am
unable to state what it was composed of,
but if swallowed hastily, in throat masti-
cation. am sure no taste at all could be
detected.
The distinguishing characteristic of the
meniais in the establishment seems TO bs,
their veracity. 1t shows wonderful
of prejudice and broad minded
that they have a male waiter an,
keeper; for some services men a
be entirely discarded.
'Have you some good ct
manded our hostess.