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Evening journal., 1896-12-24
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.

George Russell and William Fisher
two Wilmington colored boxers. put
up good four-round contest at Ma
tlonal Hall, Chester, last night
The Wilmington Military Academy
basketball team viii play a picked
team at the armory on Saturday. The
team has arranged games with the
Central Manual Training School, OF
Philadelphia, for January 9 and 80.
and with the Northeast Manual Train
ing School, Of Philadelphia, for Janu-
airy l6. William Smith is manager and
John Milligan is captain of the team.
The Park Athletic Club and Adonis
football teams play tomorrow morn
ing.
Edward Worrall Twaddell. of Phila-
delphia, has purchased the d. Webster
Meredith farm, at Westtown. II is his
intention to stock the farm with a
high grade of horses, and if the people
OF his neighborhood show a taste for
high-grade animals, arrangements will
be made to have horse shows in West
Chester of the kind which are now
held regularly at Devon The farm is
one of the most valuable in this sec
tion and contains 1T acres.
The Wilmington Bicycle Club will
give its annual bicycle show the last
two weeks in February.
MAJOR Taylor, of Brooklyn, n. Y. the
long-distance bicyclist, who finished
sixth in the recent six days race at
Madison Square Garden wants to ride
under the colors of the Alpha Club, of
Wilmington, next season.
At Iron Hill tomorrow twenty
horses have been entered in handicap
race for purse of $3.50.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.
THE BRAZILIAN REPUBLIC

The BRAZILIAN REPUBLlC.
Six years ago the empire Of Dom
Pedro was overthrown in Brazil and a
republican form Of government substi-
tuted in its stead. With little difficulty
the young republic subdued its enc
mics in the beginning but a spirit of
discomfort has made its appearance
within the last few months which
threatens to bring on another reyolu-
tion unless speedily checked
One cause Of this popular complaint
is found In the reverses which have
overtaken the principal railway enter
prise Of the country, The line in ques-
tion is operated by the government,
and extends for a distance of 500 miles
through what is known as the coffee
belt Under the last Dom Pedro the
operations OF the line yielded some
thing like S16,OO0,OO0, much of which
was clear profit. Since the republican
form Of government was adopted,
however IL seems that the line has
ceased to be profitable, and that heav-
Ter taxes have been levied upon the
people in order TO meet the needs of
the government.
While the reverses Of the line have
been contemporaneous with the life Of
the young republic, il does not follow
by any means that the principles Of
free government have been fatal to
the interests Of the road. II should be
remembered that about year ago Bra
I'll passed through one of the most dis
astrOus conflicts ever recorded in the
annals Of South America, and when
the demOralizing effects Of the late
revolution are taken into account. It
ceases to be a matter of surprise that
the railway is not at this time a pay
ing investment. Since it yielded such
handsome income under Dom Pedro
the country has been torn by the dis
sensions of civil war and a heavy ma
tional debt has been entailed. When
these things are considered the pro-
gress which Brazil has made during
the last few years is indeed remark
able.
With the restless impotence peculiar
to Spanish blood, however, the Brazil
ians are becoming dissatisfied with the
government They are anxious to sell
the line which has been such a prolific
source Of revenue in times past, and
are seriously considering a S90,00O.-
600 offer from rich English syndicate.
In view Of the fact that the railroad
NSHN hN"iA ~ houblD Aual diuOuul IL
would be ridiculous to accept the syn
dicate's proposition. If the sale is
made at such a sacrifice the Brazilians
will have cause to regret it in the near
future
While the spirit OF discomfort which
prevails in the South American repub-
lie has not assumed as yet the form
Of rebellious movement, it is seri-
ously feared that such will be its ulti-
mate result unless a check Of some
kind is speedily applied to the situa-
tion. 1t is earnestly to be hoped that
our sister republic will retain the
ownership of the property and possess
herself in patience until better times
arrive Atlanta Constitution.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
THE DUEL IN GERMANY.

In the debate on the practice of
dueling in the Reichstag il was made
clear from the speeches of the impe-
rial chancellor and the Prussian min
ister of war that no serious efforts to
eradicate this disgraceful feature of
German life are to be expected for the
present on the part of the govern
ment. If they are in earnest in their
desire to put down the system, and
are not afraid to carry out their pur-
pose, the means to be employed are
simple enough. Dueling is practiced
in defence of a Fictitious honor. If a
degrading punishment were attached
to it, it would soon cease to be the
first duty of an officer and a gentle
man. When iuries began to convict
military duelists as felons in this
country, and their convictions ruined
their careers in the service, the custom
speedily died out. There is nothing
honorable in being hanged for murder,
even when 1t is private murder regu-
lated by professional etiquette, or in
being imprisoned for manslaughter
with vulgar thieves and pickpockets.
The conservation OF this medieval
fetish in Germany, long after it has
been overthrown in other civilized
ANUS - AAAN W q variety Oh causes,
of which the feudal constitution Of
German society and of the German
army is the chief In France the
duel still exists. but it has been thor
ouehly democratize6. and nobody
whatever his rank. is allowed TO run
another through the back without
being branded as an assassin and
coward and punished accordingly.
The French duel is also with some
marked exceptions, a perfunctory
ceremony unattended by injury or
even inconvenience to anybody con
cerned But the German duel is still
a murderous engagement which within
the present year has cost several men
their lives. The astonishing sophis-
tries and blasphomies with which it's
advocates endeavor to defend its moral
and Christian character show how
completely the practice has perverted
the minds and consciences of large
number of officers. 4 writer in an
official military journal has lately
explained that the officers corps are
endowed with a kind Of honor pecu-
liar 70 their calling They must pur-
sue death before dishonor in the field
and in order to keep their courage
screwed to the sticking place in time
OF peace they must ever he ready to
nght duel-or, presumably. TO
stick an insolent workman in the
back.-London Times.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
spanish Ineclcloacy.

Spanish ile9ict,ncy Las been shown
up in ludicroas y51y ly the rsyeut Il
floating Of the new cruiser Princcsa ce
Asta-i-s 1t Cadiz. Lhc ycssol, whieh ii
had taken foven years TO build, e.e ftucA /
in the mud when they tried 70 laaach
her over month ago After trying thci1
best 70 float her without success tor sc
days the Spanish engineers gayo up the
job, adopting the usual Micawber policy
Of Spain of waiting for something to
turn up. They were justified ly the
cruisers slipping into the water C her
own accord one afternoon whom 10 one
was watching her.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

shot a nelghbor with whom he had a
difficulty Six months ago the shoot
ing would have occurred on the church
steps.-Kansas City Journal
Imagine yourself chased by q man
who wants to lend you money, and
you will understand better the spirit
of the great borrowing age in Kansas.
Springfield Republican.
girl will tell you you may call her
by her first name with the same tone
she would use If she were giving you
a set of diamond shirt buttons.-New
York Press.
About this time everybody resolves
he will not spend as much for Christ
mas gifts as he did last year: but he Is
fooling himself.-San Francisco Call
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
TOURS TO FLORIDA

no district In America presents. dur
ing the Winter season, SO many varied
attractions as the State of Florida. Be
SIDES its delightful climate, which To
one escaping from the cold and un-
healthful changes of the North seems
almost ethereal it is pre- -eminently a
iand OF sport and pleasure. Along its
eleven hundred miles of salt water
coast and in its twelve hundred fresh
water lakes are fish of almost every
conceivable variety, from the migra-
tory tribes common to Northern waters
10 the tarpon, pompano. and others of
a more tropical character. Nowhere
in all our broad land can the angler
ma greater variety of game OF better
sport.
Here also the most enthusiastic
hunter finds safety. Deer. turkeys.
pears, panthers and wild cats roam at
large through the more sparsely set
tled regions, while birds of all kinds
may be found in abundance throughout
the state The more novel sport of alli-
gator and manatee hunting may also
De lndulged IN by the more adventurous
tourist.
With its matchless climate. its orange
groves, its rivers and lakes. it's boat
- 'AAN bt'tiiiEt Ato lHulnS anu Dnnt-
ing, and its extensive forests. Florida
presents unrivaled attractions for the
yaletudinarian, the lover OF nature the
sportsman, and the explorer
To this attractive state the Pennsvl-
vania Railroad Company has arranged
four personally-conducted tours during
the season of 1897 leaving by special
train January 26, February 9 and 23
and March 3. The first three tours will
admit of sojourn Of two weeks in this
delightful land; tickets for the fourth
tour will be valid to return until Nav
81 by regular trains.
Rates for the round trip, $4,000 from
New York, S4S.O0 from Philadelphia,
and proportionate rates from other
points
For tickets, itineraries, and other
information, apply to ticket agents.
special booking offices, or address
George W. Boyd, Assistant General
Passenger Agent, Broad Street Station.
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
The Green Cross.

II addition to the Rcd Cross and the
White Crc7s there has Just been estab-
lished in Vienna new osdgr to be
known as the Green Cross, It's object is
to give succor to Alpine climbers ard
excursionists in mountain regions 1t
originated in the Austrian Alpine club
The intention is to establish hats Oh
high mounrains and to keep supplies and
relief stores or hexes containing articles
likely to be required in emergencies at
conveniently located points
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Mrs. Anna Stintson, of No. 3OS East
Second street, died this morning from
apoplexy at the age of ~ years.
Francis II Hoffecker will deliver
his lecture on Delaware in the Rebel
lion before the Brownson Library AS
sociation on January II instead of Jan
uary y.
. p. Powell, government inspector
OF electrical work, visited the new Fed
eral Building to-day and made an in
spection.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

The most discouraging politician is
the one who doesn't know when he Is
dead.-Chicago Tribune.
When man concludes that he Is j
martyr, he thinks that everything that
goes against him is a crown Of thorns
New Orleans Picayune.
II is barely possible that Spain may
make a mistake by proceeding on the
theory that Maceo was the whole revo-
lution.-New York Journal.
ihat is a commendable practice
Senators have Of giving notice sew
eral days in advance Of their inten-
tion TO speak on a certain theme. II
gives everybody who is not duty
bound fair chance to escape.-Coi-
umbus (Ohio) Dispatch.
Morals are improving in Kentucky.
On the way home from church last
Sunday citizen drew. his gun and
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
WHERE IS rHE PRospERITY2

The people of the United States are
getting to be impatient about that
boom Of prosperity which was to be
ushered in by McKinleys election. All
through the campaign we were told
that 1t was coming, and after the cleo
tion a good many Republican organs
declared that it had come, and some
people were fools enough to imagine
that the prosperity of which we had
heard so much had actually material
lied. To be sure, there was nothing
that looked as If 1t had, money being
no more plentiful and people being out
Of work as much as ever
The Republican papers kept on tell
ing us the same old stories about
manufactures starting up in all parts
OF the country, but, strange enough,
the Democratic press, located through
out the length and breadth of the land
did not seem to have heard any of this
good news, and now Republicans
themselves begin to doubt the assur-
ances of their organs. which took their
cue from Hanna and swallowed it with
the same gusto that they did the ad-
vertising pay which he meted out to
them during the campaign. While all
this talk about better times has been
going on, since the election, several
events have transpired in the business
world which point to a far different re-
suit than that claimed by the Republ-
can press
Talk is cheap and may mean any
thing OF nothing, but facts speak for
themselves, and we desire to call at
tention to a few OF these before the
whole Republican party goes actually
mad over the expected prosperity. For
instance the Golden Sceptre Mining
Company Of Quigley, Mont, has as
signed for S5S5,000 This company
spent half million dollars opening
the mine and building it's works, but
il could not get money to go on
with. Then there is the Manhattan
Clothing and Shoe Company. at Day
ton, Ohio, right near McKinley's home
that has not been able to see ANYTHING
of the boom and has had to make an
assignment Of a hundred thousand dol
lars.
Besides these, the Utilization Com
pany, of Bridgeport, Conn, right in
the home Of the goldites, has gone
under to the tune of $4,000. Mabley e.
Co, one OF the oldest mercantile estab-
lishments in Detroit, went under owing
$3OO,OO0 The National Bank of Sioux
Falls, S. d., was so confident in the
boom that il went up like rocket
and came down like a stick. 1t hardly
seems necessary to enumerate score
or more OF mercantile disasters which
have followed each other rapidly since
the election of Mckinley, not to men
tion the Bank Of Illinois and our bust |
ness troubles here in Wilmington.
One more case should however. be |
named. ltisthatof Hilton, Hughes & Co.
OF New York, the largest mercantile
establishment In that city. the
successors to A. r. Stewart
swamped recently by the great wave
of Republican prosperity. with a total
loss Of several million dollars. These
are facts known to all, and which even
the Republicans find it hard to ignore |
Then is 1t not about time that we heard
less about the prosperity which McKin- |
ley's election had secured to the coun- |
try?
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
Crosby
& Hill
Holiday Bargains

We have made an important
reduction in he price Of The
better grades of our fancy
holiday goods in order to close
them all out oday.
Have you seen those pepper
and salt sets at &C set2 They
are wonderful for the money.
Our SIS Blankets are
splendid values. We have lots
Of cheaper blankets also, as
well as better goods.
Beautiful things in table
linens, towels and napkins.
Warm underwear. gloves, nit
ems, stockings Handkerc aiefs
IN silk, linen and lawn; very
best makes at very low prices.
New Um orellas received
this morning. Our umbrella
sales are immense. Whg? Be-
cause our goods are the best
and our prices the lowest.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
A prons.

Embroidered Aprons re
duced:
so cents to IS cents.
IS cents to So cents.
81 90 to IS cents.
Gentlemen's Silk Muflers
reduced.
Dress Patterns in a box
free.
Silks in a box free
Handkerchiefs from SO cents
up in a fancy box-free.
Kid Gloves ST. up, in a
fancy box--free.
Goods of all kinds boxed
free when practicable.
We have about half dozen
of fine Bric.a-brac Pieces yet
The prices wall be very inter.
esting as we do not carly over
any holiday goods.
We still have fine Inc OF
handsome Umbrellas-tnarked
free--from $3.50 up.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
hlrrc,l The ornnt.

According to the lnos5 reliable English
historians, Alfred the Great. in S79,
was the fist English sovereign to wear
a crown. From early Inscriptions aud
historical records il appeess that the
Saxon lin.s acfcro the tiiao cf Alfred
wolo siul = baad cf pearls a.ound
the head 7araa.k cf royal power
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Levi Scott Shilling, son of the late
Rev. John Shilling, and Miss Ellen
Amelia Cole, both of this city, were
quietly married last night. Rev. Mar
tin b. Dunlap, rector of Old Swedes
Church, performed the ceremony. Mr..
and Mrs. Shilling went Immediately
to their new home, on Spruce street
above Ninth.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Those sound money Democrats who
expected to influence the incoming Re
publican administration are beginning
TO find that they are mot in it." The
president-elect will call an extra ses-
sion Of Congress Immediately after the
9TH Of March, and McKinleyism viii be
triumphant in its most obnoxious
form.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Tomorrow being Christmas Day,
there will be no edition of the Even
ing Journal printed. This is in confor-
nifty with a custom established at the
time Of the founding Of our paper, and
never departed from We wish our
readers a merry Christmas and all the
good cheer that the holiday season af-
fords.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
I'm A SOCIAL WAY.
Little Affairs in Which Will
mington Folk Are Interested.
CHRISTMAS BRIDES AND GRooMs
BY WHICH MEN
AND MAIDENS ARE MADEHAPPY
AND THE PREACHER AS WELL.
ITEMS OF PERSONAL INTEREST.
CEREMONIES

All communications intended for inser-
ton In this column should be adressed to
Society Editor, care Of the Evening Jour-
naL Communications should be written
one side Of the paper only
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
WANTED A LICENSE.

Last evening a well-dressed young
man walked into Magistrate Pritchett's S
office
Can get marriage license here?"
he asked
No, ] have none, but you may be
able TO get one down at Squire Kel-
ley's, said the magistrate
And so you are going to get mar
ried, remarked a young lawyer who
was in the Office.
Yes, I'm about to go away for three
years and my girl thought we had bet
ter get married before l went" said
the young fellow.
Where are you going?" he was
asked
ITO the University Of Michigan" he
replied.
What course are you going to
take?"
Law course
With that he left. pursuing his
quest for the license as though it were
a valentine or something Of that kind
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
BAL TIMORE & OHIO R. R.
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES.

The Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, will sell Decem-
Der 24th, 25th, 31st and January
LIST, excursion tickets to allpoints
between Philadelphia, Connells-
vile, West Union, Warrington,
Hagerstown and Strasburg june
tion atrate of oneand a third fare
for the round trip, tickets good
to return until January 4th, in
elusive.
Consult Time Table in
ta-day's issue.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

OFFICE, SEVENTH AND KING.
II. II. Sergeant, dealer in coal and
wood. Large pea coal for family use.
Hickory wood for open CRATES. Phone 545.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
CONFERENCE ON TIE IoAl

Thomas e. Young, Otho Nowland
and John S. Rossell, who constitute the
Sinking Fund Commissioners. had a
conference with City Solicitor Harman
this afternoon relative to the CITY
debt of $4,000, which natures on
February /.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
The withered Hand.

"STOECKLE'S SELECT" is on
TAP at all the hotels and saloons Of
this city and surrounding country. Ask
for il, take no other
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

The trust barons and the high-tarifT
manufacturers are sure to rule the next
administration, and there you are
again."
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

"STOECKLE'S SELECT" can he
had from the leading bottlers of this
city. BE sure and insist that you re-
ceiye II and no other Bottled by p
Elmer, Fourth and Union streets.
Phone 5l2, and Foord Bottling Com
pany Sixth and Orange streets. Phone
81.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Pennies and small change can be
mad az the counting-room Of the Even
Ing Journal.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

Up Goes the Bargain
Signal at
x c IN M ARDS.
Sale of Sterling Silver art
cles this afternoon and night
They must all go. Prices
greatly reduced.
Nail Files.
Manicure Knives.
Manicure Scissors
Embroidered Scissors.
Button Hooks.
Key Rings.
Grip Tags.
Brushes.
Combs
Vinegrcttes.
Umbrella Tags.
Pen Holders.
Paper Knives
Scarf Holders.
Book Markers.
Jewel Ire IS.
Shoe Horns.
Letter Seals.
Match Boxes.
Hose Darners, &C, &c.
All 925-Iooo fine Sterling
Silver.
Decoration Embroidered
Lawn HandkeIchiefs, 3 for
IS cents. Regular price, I2%
cents each.
Ladies Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, 25c.
Ladies Embroidered Hand
kefchiefs, SO cents.
Ladies Embroidered Hand
kerchiefs, IS cents.
Ladies En- mbroidered Hand
kerchiefS, SIoo, and boxes for
all from SO cents up.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

10 CTS. sur's uopst,pstt"p aad
lbs = DR.. Agnew's Liver Pills are
most perfect made, and cure like n
Sick Headache, Constipation. Bill
ness, Indigestion and an Liver Ilis
cents a vial-i0 doses.
Sold by j. NJ. Griffin, Fourth
Madison streets.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

BE on the safe side in tne matter OF
selecting a beverage as well as IN ether
ailairs in life. .'STOECKIE's Sc
lrECT' Xmas Beer is safe.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

TO CURE a COLD IL ONE DAY take
Laxative Bromo Quininc Tablets. Drug
sists refund money II II falls 10 cure. CSC
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

SELECT BEER: Brewed at the
Diamond State Brewery, Harry j. Sto-
eckle, manager, offers it TO you as the
Best Beer Brewed
Evening journal., 1896-12-24
HOLIDAY SOUVENIR

To Each purchaser to-
morrow, Saturday.
A full line cf
Christmas Slippers.
WOmen's Gum Boots, ST %
Misses Gum Boots, LOO
ChiidFen's Gum Boots 100
WOMEN'S STORM RUBBERS, 26C.
Mems Women'S and Chill
drens Winter Footwear.
Evening journal., 1896-12-24

4 = s..4 -. a. a
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-02
INTERESTING FOREIGN ITEMS.

1.-THE Lord hath need of him" is the
inscription on a gravestone in a Surrey
churchyard. The passage in st. Mark
unfortunately refers to the ass used
to ride into Jerusalem.
FIVE BARRIERS in Paris make a liveli-
hood by shaving dogs. Some of the
dogs have the forward part of the body
shaved, some the rear, while others are
ornamented in six or seven stripes.
RUSSIA and Turkey have just ex-
changed congratulations on the four
hundredth anniversary of the establish
ment of diplomatic relations between
the two countries by Sultan Bajazet
and Ivan Ill, the first czar of Muscovy.
EXPERIMENTS made by the Italians at
Massowah in raising European crops
on the Abyssinian plateau have proved
very successful. Grain yielded espe-
cially good results this year. Plans are
made for greater extension of agricul-
ture in the colony next year.
IN Lough Erie, near Carricli-onShan-
non, ireland, an ancient black oak
canoe, without nail or rivet, was lately
discovered in a strange way. Mr..
Mulligan dreamed that he saw a canoe
at the bottom of the lake. The lake
was dragged and the canoe found.
In the River Tay, opposite Enrol, an
ancient Caledonian canoe was recently
discovered and is now in the Dundee
museum. 1t is formed from single
oak trunk, followed out, probably by
fire, is twenty-nine feet long and four
feet wide at the stern, narrowing to two
feet at the bow
A CASE of prolonged hiccoughing in
an old man of seventy-eight, which had
lasted twelve days, WAS cured by an
Irish doctor lately, after he had ex-
hausted every remedy he could find, by
giving the patient some strong snuff.
This set him to sneezing and stopped
the hiccoughs at once.
IN the pavement of one Paris street
not less than six different kinds of wood
have been used, viz: pitch nine, pine
from the Landes, teak, red karri, box.
and particularly hard wood from Bor-
neo From time to time committee
will report on the most durable of the
IvondS l..
Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-04-02

SEE OUR NEW STOCK OF SILKS.
Opening this week. Twenty-Five styles
TO select from. Newest patterns and
weayes at prices away below regular.
NEW RIBBONS! We don't say we have
enough to stock a Ribbon store, but we
have the newest styles just out. In
Persian Iridescent, striped and plain,
our prices will be a break in the mo-
notonY of the quotations you are in the
habit of getting.