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Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
CURIOUS Asour HE sAsY
Il Was Nice Child, but Hysterious I'm
III Che OLD Lady Explained.


She was one Of the curious women who
are always TO be found everywhere, and
when the young couple accompanied by
the baby and the old lady, entered the car
Fhe turned her attention TO them at once.
Presently the baby began to cry, and she
saw her opportunity. She waited, how
over, until the poor young woman had
tried vainly TO quiet the baby, and then,
when she yielded the battle and delivered
it over to the older lady, the curious wom-
IN opened fire.
She began the campaign by Offering the
child flower, and when the young wom-
an, thankful Of the cessation Of the cries
which had attracted the attention Of all
the passengers, thanked her gratefully, she
commenced to ask questions at once:
"How old Is your baby she asked first
and the young woman blushed and looked
desperately at her companions.
~ don't know" she answered at last
"Do you, Edward"
"No, " was the brief response Of the man
as he glared at the curious woman man
fashion, II don't"
The young woman looked as If she con
sidered the matter settled and sighed COM
fortably as she leaned back and began
playing with the baby, but the inquirer
was not yet satisfied, and she returned to
the charge.
has your baby any teeth?'' she asked,
smiling cordially, and again the young
woman blushed.
"I--I-really don't know" was the en-
swer again, and the young man rose has
tily ana went out upon the platform.
"You don't know, either Of yous' ejacu-
lated the curious woman in establishment.
How funnyW
But no explanation was offered her, and
/ she tried another tack.
"Is this your first baby?" she said, with
an insinuating smile, "or how many little
| blessings are there at your housc?'
| Fifty, answered the old lady shortly
seeing that the younger one was helpless
| with embarrassment, and the curious
woman fell back in her scat in astonish
/ ment
'Why, >" she gaspod looking the incre
| dulity she felt how can that DO possible2'
| "I'n the matron Of an orphan asylum,
| explained the old lady icily, land thes'
kind young people are helping me to taxi
this baby to tho lady who has adopted it. ,
| Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

That sll members Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic, together with their
families and friends. may attend the
annual encsmpment, G. A. r. to be held
at st Paul, MINI September LIST to 4th,
All eastern lines will sell excursion
tickets, August 30. 10 and 3lst, vis
Chicago Milwaukee and st Paul railway,
at rate Of about one cent per mile, coed 10
return until September sob.
For further particulars call on the
nearest ticket agent or address John r.
Pott, district passenger agent, Chicsgo,
Milwaukee and ST. Paul railway
Wllliansport, Pa
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
NOW IN SECOND PLACE,
Wilmington Once More Starts
Toward the Top Notch.
ATHLETICS CAN'T Fit AMoLB

The Game on Saturday Was Very Salts
factory Exhibition Despite tho Hot
weather-GAIIAEhsr Made Two Errors
and Home Run-Other Sporting News
IL WAS pretty nearly even game on
SAtur lay bstween Athletics and VII
mington. Both teams had tho same
number OF hits and errors and II was
only due to Amole's superior head work
that the visitors could not bunch their
hits
The game was not very interesting
owing to tho number Of errors made, bu,
they may be charged more TO the heat
than to any carelsssnass OF the players
Cain. the Athletics pitcher, could not
prevent the WilmlngtonlEns from get
ting together Aad they hit him nearly as
they pleased
Dsvinnsy, Mr.. Longs new man. put
up a great game Ia right field, having
two put outa aud two hits
KinsellR aud Gallagher each had two
errors bat the latter retrieved his By
making homo run.
The score:
RHE
x Wil%lIston-..S 9 9 SSS III
EarnSd runs-w Wilmington, 4; Athletic, 2
Two-baee hits Mcintyre, SohAub. Three.
base hit Newell. Home run-3allRQho or
Passed balln-kineella, 2. Base on balls-On
Amolo, 4; OF Cain. /. Bases on hit by pitched
bnlls-By Cain, struck out-By Amole. 8.
Len on bases Wilmington. 8; Athletic, z.
1imo-2l5. UmDiro-HOaRland.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

The body OF Anna A Wool worth, who
died in Philadelphia on Friday. wa
brought to Wilmington this moruing
where interment was made. Services
were held In Philadelphia.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

The funeral OF Mrs. Bridget Shields,
sixty-six years old, took place from the
residence of her brother-in-lAw Daniel
dorisk, No. 1889 West Seventh street,
this morning. Requiem mass was eel
ebrhted at ST. Peters Pro Cathedral al
8 o'clock and lntermsut was made In the
New Cathedral Cemetery
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

The Speeder is the only successful
changeable gear bicycle on the market
For speed, hill climbing aud other quail
ties OF interest TO bicyolists 1t Is without
a rival The Romona Is also fret class
high grade wheel. Finest line of blcyc Gle
snndfies. Q o. KING, 100 w Seventh st
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

Sunday Excursions 10 Beautiful Bay Ridge
In addition to the natural attractions
at Bay Ridge, special programs will bs
arranged for each Sunday during the
sea son.
Go 10 Bay Ridge and enjoy q famous
Maryland Soft Crab Dinner
The trip Is made by rail to Baltimore,
thence down the Chesapeake 30 miles to
Bay Ridge.
Special trains will run every Sunday and
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

"Well, after the dinner Boresome told a
story about his exploits in Africa and then
one about an Irishman he met in Switzer-
land "
"But / thought you were not at the
banquet"
"Nor was I at this particular one, but
have attended i0 others where BoFesome
told these stories Washington Times.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

The ruby in the center of the Maltese
cross on the topof the British crown is the
stone that was given TO the Black Prince
by King Pedro of CASTLE after the battle
of Neiara Henry V Of England wore 10
in his helmet at Agincourt
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
They van stIll Bon a. n1oo.

CHIcoPEE FALLS, Mass. June 10.
CLIFFORD GREENMAE, Wilmington, Del.
DKAR SIR: We note yours Of June 9th,
inclosing clipping referring 70 the droe
In bicycles. In reply will say that
Victor bicycles will continue to sell AZ
500 through 81 Very truly,
OvERMAN WHEEL Co.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

Learning hath its infancy, when it is al
most childish; then its youth, when luxu-
rious and juvenile; then its strength Of
years, when solid, and, lastly, its old age
when dry and cxhaust-BacOn.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
Sunday Games.

At Newark-Over 5000 people saw
Hartford defaat Newark for the first
time on the Newark grounds this season
yesterday. Heretofore Hartford has been
robbed Of the games played In Newark
bat yesterday les game Was too strong
TO be beaten. Neither side had any ad
vantage as TO batting except that Hart
ford got most Of It's hlts 10 the ffth and
sixth innings. Until tho eight Inning
the score was tied Then Hslne made .
wild throw which gave the Hartford men
who were on basss an opportunity to
score Tbs score:
RH.E
Newark 2 0Olo2 O %
Hartford.....0 0 o . . o x-7
Batteries -Mackey, Setley aud Rothfuss.
NickerY andiSmrh. Umplre-Jones
At Paterson-Ps Paterson won from Ian
caster yesterday, the FIRST time IN a
series Of four Though both teams
batted heavily Lancaster had much til,
best Of IL but many errorp, due mostl,
to the torrid weather, gave Paterson Tn,
game The score
RH.E
fsSsssssf 49,. - s -II2l Il Il
MoMackin. Gray and Knlacky; West an,
Westlakc. Umpire-Tloy.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

Csmp6sld, 'of Now York, the pitcher
whom Manager Long has been eudeavor.
Ing TO sign, Is Ill aud cannot play.
Clark. OF Cincinnati. lost his temper In
the eighth Inning Of the Cincinnati
louisville game yesterday, and struck
Umpire Lslly The men struck each
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

Wilmington at Lancaster.
Athletics At Paterson.
Hartford at Newark.
Bobton a. Phllsdelphla.
New York At Brooklyn.
Washington at Baltimore.
Plttsburg at Cleveland.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
Closed every evening at 6
o'clock until September.

On Wednesday at
s am, one more bale
OF those elegant Sc
unbleached Shooting
Muslins for 4c per
yard.
Fiyehundred yards
Feather Ticking in
remnants Of "a to 10
yards each; zoe quail
Iity for 1910.
All that are LETT Of
our 121cDress Cling
hams are reduced to
Sc per yard-the 25c
Lace Chambray Cling
ham to Sc per yard
in remnants OF 3
to II yards each.
Also, balance Of the
fine Lapellette Lawn
Dress Goods for SIC
per yard; worth three
times that.
Also, two hundred
yards fine Organdie,
in Navy with white
pattern and black
with white pattern,
the finest and most
stylish goods this sea-
son for the price
124c per yard
WIN. B. SHARP & co.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

Are you tired all the time? Then your blood
needs to be enriched and purified by Hoods
Sarsaparilla. tho One True Blood Purifier. II
gives vigor and vitality.
Hoods pills are easy n take easy to oper-
ate. Cure indigestion. biliousness, 25c.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
TENS OF INTEREST

poets" faid the cornfed philosopher, "srs
not made. as We all know. But take Il thai
the reason they ara not made Is that Their,
would be no money in a poet factory
Indianapolis journal.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

dukes Of the blood royal, and after dukes
the Oldest sons of dukes of the blood royal
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

At Observation-Disclosures made II three
straight from Patersoa Saturday. The
score;
RHH
Lancaster...a 900 oil Is 1
AT HArtford-HArttord won q hotly-
contested game from Newark on satur-
day. The score:
RHR.
Hartford......1 o 0 80l2 x-1O IL 5
Newark ......0 o % 9 O-7S 2
Betterier-Vickery and Smith; setley and
A. ROthfuss
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
S1.25 for the Round Trip to Rehobc tn OF
Ocean Oftv

One day excursion Wis Pennsylvania
Railroad (Philsdslohia, Wilmington ard
Baltimore kailroad) August - Special
train will leave Wilmington a. 90 a. IA
Children half price.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

UNFORD-OLIvER.- At No. AZ Cooper
sire {. Camden n. }. on August 5. 1896 by
Rev. W. H. Burial, ChRTlss n. Dunford. OF
city,
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10
Nor.h End pefeats smrrna.

The North Fad Club, Of Wilmington
defeated the stroag Smyrps club on Sat
urday by SCORE OF 2 to 0. Only seven
innings we're played as the Wilmington
isns had to leave carly to catch the train
The ssore:
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1896-08-10

She-"Tell me a story" He-"Once upon a
time. before neople thought OF marrying for
money OH This happenei before money
was invented. did ?"-, incinnsti Enquirer
The herald., 1896-09-20

selves THE Continental Union Associa-
ton" in the Province of Ontario, and
the line club house and printing estab-
l1shment attest to the strength of the
movement there. Outside of Ontario
every town and hamlet in the dominion
has It's English-speaking "Independ-
ence" clubs and its French Canadian
st. Jean Baptiste" societies. The lat
ter are the bone and sinew of the annex
alton movement, as they are the source
OF the Liberal strength in Canada.
They made possible the overthrow Of
the Tupper ministry and the choice IF
their Silver-tongued idol, Laurier, IS
premier. There are today fully 100000
French Canadians in New England, and
i'll the papers IH.blished by them annex
alton is always the burning question of
tine hour. And yet, while they arouse
but little enthusiasm jim the movement
on this side of the border, they manage
to keep alive the flame on Canadian soil,
Tor they Eave very large circulation
throughout the dominion.
Those French Canadians are peculiar
i'll many respects. They have never
merged and will never merge with the
English-speaking population. Their
language and their customs remain I'M
changed under British domination, and
they nave forced the English to make
concessions to them on every hand, The
languages of the courts are French and
Ehsilsh. Ihe languages in the customs
service are French and English And so
throughout the life Of this great coun-
Try one observes the two strains rum
nlng side by side, yet towering wall
between. "'''-
- In any election If the French Cana
dians believe that votes cast for Ger
tam candidates mean the enhancing Of
Ehgllsh authority they will invariably
vote the other way
Another man ne pofa rr,I,- ,,,:1,
the toronto convention is MontreaPs
eX-mayor, M. Beauquand, the proprie-
Tor OF La Patrie, the greatest Of Cana
GAS French papers. He stands next to
Laur1er in the esteem of the French
CatnoIics of Canada, and his influences
equal to that of Prof. Smith.
A. REGNAJYT
The herald., 1896-09-20
AMERICAS VOLCANIC Ec1oN
Large Section of the Northern Pacific
States Covered With Lava.

Inc entire absence of easily recognized
Volcanlc craters in the eastern part of
me United States has tended to create
tne impression that in volcanoes this
country Is below the average. But to
dispel this notion it is only necessary
10 make trip through the northwest.
IN washington, Oregon, California, Ne
vada and Idaho is the largest volcanic
olstrict IN the world. The Lassen peak
volcanic ridges, the most general in fea-
ture in this district, resulted chiefly from
superficial accumulations of material
thrown out from within the earth and
piled up in mountain masses about the
point of exit. From the summit of Las
sen peak, loking northeast, dark and
desolste lava field and crater are pointed
out as the "Cinder Cone" This may be
comfortably reached on horseback, but
camping outfit is necessary, as there
Is no settlement near the place.
Approaching the region the traveller
first encounters sprinkling of fine vol
canic sand and small bits of dark brown
pumice spread on the ground. This in
The herald., 1896-09-20
HE TURNED THE CONVERSATION.

He threw his newspaper on the floor
and waved both hands over his head
while his clenched teeth refused to give
exit to the remarks which seemed strug-
Cling to come out.
Whats the matter, .Orlando?" his
wife exclaimed, though with less agita-
ton than the situation seemed to war;
rant, for she was used to his ways.
Every time l am reminded of it," he
muttered, in voice that shook, II am
filled with Indignation"
Every time you think Of what, Or
lando?"
'Of the way Europe gets our money.
Our heiresses marry noblemen, European
actors and singers come over here and
ship money home in barrels. They take
it in SO fast they're too busy to count
it. The outflow of wealth from this
country is something awful
We'll, Orlando, I suppose it's pretty
bad. But did you know that you haeen't
had the leaky faucet in the kitchen at
tended to YETI"
THAT is not the topic under conversa-
tion," he savagely exclaimed.
Not exactly. But you know, dear, you
aren't going to have nearly as much
trouble with the outflow of money as you
will with the outflow from that faucet
If they find out about it and make you
pay fine for wasting water. "-Detroit
Free Press.
The herald., 1896-09-20
The Annexation Party Power.
full and Growing
TORONTO CONVENTION
Some Of the Notable Leaders Ia the
Work
The French Canadians Are Said to Be
the Prime Movers in the Work to
Abolish English Rule.

Toward the close of this month con-
vention of Canadian anneXationists is
be held in Toronto. Under ordinary cir
cumstances this announcement would
attract but little attention, even in the
dominion, for under the conservative
governments the work of the so-called
, Continental Union associations has
been pretty thoroughly suppressed even
correspondence being tempered with by
Canadian officials.
This year the Liberals are in authori'
Wilfred Laurier, the first French Can
adian to attain the premiership, is at
heart the staunchest of annexationists,
and so for the first time in the history of
| Canada the promoters OF continental
! union hold a gathering practically sane
toned by the government.
With each recurring national cleo
| ton in the United States this question
| of annexation seems to come to the sur
| face on the other side Of the line. Here,
! except among the 1000 French Cana
| dams in New England, there is no in
| tense popular feeling on the question,
and yet it is stated openly in Canadian
Liberal circles that the "sinews of war
| come from the states. In fact, even
| names are mentioned, and there are
| those who openly assert that Canadian
annexation to the United States has
/ one of it's firmest and most avowed
! friends in the person of Andrew Carne-
| gle. What he has contributed to tha
cause, if anything. is not known to the
public on this side of the st. Lawrence.
Nor is he the only American interest
| ed in this movement. For the past two
years emissaries of the Continenta
| unions have been employed travelling
throughout the United States interview
ing the most influential men of all par
ties and building up secret annexa-
fa1, Dc, to ,r.lr ~
conjunction with the Canadian society
This entire work has attracted prac.
tically no attention in the United States
nor will it during any stage of this cam
paign, for the domestic issues are toi
vastly important to permit of it.
But the work of the Canadian annexd
ZIONIST is what l particularly desire tt
write about in this brief sketch. And n,
sketch would be complete without a
least a mention of the man who Is baci
of all the propaganda, who is thu
prime mover in the project and who in
The herald., 1896-09-20

it is. The distance Of our planet from
the sun Is put in round numbers at 3d.
00O0 900 miles. This is the radius of the
earth's orbit-half the diameter Of the
circle, as it is called. The whole diam
eter is therefore 1s4,000,000 miles, and
the circumference. being the diameter
multiplied by 31.416, Is about 57S,000,000.
This amazing distance the earth travels
in its amazing journey, and, dividing
it by 1866, we find the daily speed about
1,584,00O miles. Then, to get the dis
lance you rode around the sun in your
hours walk, divide again by "a, and the
result is about 66, 900 miles. This is not
the end of the hours trip, however. The
sun, with it's entire brood of planets, is
moving in space at the rate of 10000
900 miles in a year. That is at the rate
Of a little more than Asa, 900 miles day,
or 1890 miles an hour. &c. adding the
three miles of leg travelling to the hours
axial movement of the earth, this to the
earth's orbital journey, and this again
to the earth's excursion with the sun,
and you find you have Travelled in the
hour 85,903 miles.
The herald., 1896-09-20
RATS DISPLAY WISDOM
Frustrate a Plot to Drown Them by
Their Own Cuteness.

The employees of the Jersey City
Printing company have for long time
been troubled with rats. The rodents
are of unusual size and are uncommon
ly bold. They are boldest after dark,
and think nothing of running over the
feet of the employees.
Several cats were placed in the build
ing, with the hope that they would ex-
terminate the rats, but the latter made
it so warm for the cats that they were
soon driven away.
Various schemes have been worked
to entrap the rodents, but with little
success. Finally engineer August
Krone hit upon a scheme that for
time bade fair to be just the thing. He
secured an old zinc oil tank about
three feet in height, and then fastened
on the edge two-foot piece Of board.
Then he arranged the board so that
1t would swing up and down, with one
end inside the tank. He placed piece
of bologna sausage, fastened with q
rubber band, on the edge OF the board
which projected over the inside of the
tank and half filed the vessel with
water A few pieces Of cheese were
placed along the other end of the board
to coax the rats on.
The trap was set where rats were
thickest, in the basement, and in few
minutes a rat climbed upon the end
of the board which projected on the
outside Of the tank and rested upon a
support The rodent ate the cheese and
then went for the bologna. AS it
reached the bait the other end of the
board tipped up, and the rat, with a
squeal, fell into the water and was
drowned.
"Oh, that's the trick" said the engi-
neer, and his assistant said August had
| a great head.
Within ten minutes six more rats
| walked the plank, and then there was
| a remarkable display of rats cuteness.
Two rodents climbed the pile of pa
! pers, and, while one stood on the safe
end of the board, the other carefully
made it's way to the tempting bologna
and devoured half of 1t. The rats then
changed places, and the other ate the
rest Of the bologna and half the rubber
band.
The engineer scratched his head and
the other spectators said. something
about people going to lot of trouble
for nothing.
During the afternoon no more rats
were caught, but a lot Of cheese was
eaten by them. The engineer solemn
ly AYERS that he saw the rats not only
| balance one another on the board while
the tempting bait was devoured, but
| that the rodents actually engaged In
| game Of seesaw simply for amuse-
ment. August still has faith in his
patent rap, but nobody else has.-New-
ark Daily Advertiser.
The herald., 1896-09-20

tellectually stands head and shoulders
above any of his compeers in the move.
ment. / refer to Goodwin Smith, VINO
from his magnificently antique Grange
In Toronto, surrounded by thousands OF
historical volumes, directs the work
that in the opinion of the dominion Rad
icals is to end in the annexation of Can
ada to the United States.
Professor Goodwin Smith, once a
member of Oxford's faculty, later lee
turer at Cornell, takes life easily now.
His income from his literary work is
said to be nearly 100000 a year. Add to
this the income of Mrs. Smith, who was
the widow of wealthy lumberman
when she married the professor and
they get along very comfortably on
something over $50, 900 a year.
There are but few English liberal Pc.
pers in Canada. hence Professor Smith
has rather hard time of it, for no mat
ter what paper he picks up he is almost
certain to find paragraph about that
arch traitor" Goodwin Smith.
But Professor Smith is an annexation
list from principle. He believes that an
neXation is the inevitable outcome of
natural laws and is as sure as taxes and
death.
So at this convention in Toronto Pro-
fessor Smith will be much in evidence,
although personally he would probabl
prefer not to be in the public eye on this
occasion, for he loves to work quietly,
-jtudying necessarily, and his leader
ship is manifested most in the use that
is made of the mass of annexation liter
allure he has written.
WORK OF THE CONVENTION
The National association of the To-
ronto meeting will probably settle upon
distinct name for the movement. At
present the annexationists call them