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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-01
JOHN ALIENS LATEs r.
First of the Spring Campaign Stories
Told at John Chamberlains.

lack Cohen writes to the Atlanta
Journal from Washington:
This is one of John Aliens latest.
The scene is laid at John Chamber
Inns. There were four in that party.
All Democratic Congressman, all
charging. with characteristic Congress
sional generosity, the party's entire
embarrassment to the President. Sug-
gestions as to the next Chicago plat
form were going around. And SO was
the decanter.
One of them-from Florida-declar-
al that if the National convention
adonted q free silver platform the
party would divide and go to wreck.
Anofher-from South Carolina-pre-
dicted the same thing if the conyen-
ton adopted sound platform. Inc
third man-from Louisiana without
indicating precisely where he Stood
pronounced against a straddle, when,
he said. would butter no Democratic
parsnips this year.
"And vet" the three insisted IN
chorus. looking at the fourth man who
had not yet spoken, I'VE must have
some sort of platform.
The fourth man--from Mississippi
who drinks nothing but hot lemon
ades-after acknowledging the salute
and throwing off his drink, said:
Gentlemen, let me tell your little
story. A poor woman entered store
and called for wrappers. The salesman
spread quite an assortment on the
counter and began his praises OF the
stock. Here were wrappers plain ana
wrappers ornamental, wrappers with
or without pockets, all sorts ana
coIors and conditions of wrappers Inc
woman examined the display with
GREAT care. and seemed hard to please.
s.This spurred the salesman on and
down came from the shelves q fresh
assortment. And upon the merits and
beauties of these the salesman held
forth at length. The woman's indie
cision and some other remarks became
irritating. The salesman, however,
looked on and continued attentive,
wondering what the trouble might be.
His large experience suggested that u
might be unusual.
These are all you have?' the Voc
man inquired. -.
ssThese are all we have, madam, the
salesman replied, "and we think the
stock very full and fine!'
ssWell.r she remarked, after another
inspection of the wrappers, ! don't
know as it matters so much. It's for
corpse
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-01
LENTEN LESSON.

'tJesus said Come We into q desert
place and rest awhile. Mark VII, 81.
This text is taken by the Rev. Robert
Collyer. tn, famous blacksmith
preacher. as the basis of a sermon on
Lent. He breaches his sermon in po-
etical language.
Is this fast to keep
The larder lean, and clean
From fat of veals and sheep?
Is il to fast an hour-or ragged go.
Or show a downcast look and sour"
No: tits fast to dole thy sheaf Of
wheat,
And meat unto the hungry soul.
1t is to fast from strife, and al debate
And hate, to circumcise thy life.
To show a grief-rent heart,
To starve thy sinnot bin.
And that's to keep thy Lent.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-01

hat in his hand, brought it down upon
the table with such force as to smash
in the crown like an accordion.
Among other things he said:
''You have built up our domestic in
dustries by a protective tariff until
they are now producing far more than
the country can consume, and the man
ufacturers and farmers need a foreign
market for their surplus. Don't re-
duce your duties without requiring
foreign countries to reciprocate. Tell
them that we will take our duties OIL
their goods when they take their du-
ties off ours. Keep your tariff to trade
on. Don't throw away the duty on SUI
gar as we threw away the duty on cot
fee and tea. Make the sugar and cot
fee growing nations put our products
on their free lists before you put their
products on ours. We furnish them
their most profitable markets. Make
them buy our merchandise in ex-
change"
That was the Blaine idea of reci-
procity. VIM. L. Curtis in Chicago
Record.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-01
CuRE ZOE HEADACHE.

As a remedy for all forms headache
Electric Bitters has proved to be the
very best. 1t effects a permanent cure
and the most dreaded habitual sick
headaches yield to it's influence. We
urge all who are afflicted to procure a
bottle and give this remedy fair trial
In case of habitual constipation Elec-
trio Bitters cures by giving the needed
tone to the bowels, and few cases long
resist this medicine. Try it once.
Large bottles only fifty cents, at John
Y. MacRae's drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-04-01


While on the subject Of stories,
one told by Fred Dubois, OF Idaho, 10
the doughty Joe" Blackburn, when
Sunday night he blew into Chamber
Inns, is going the rounds OF the Con-
gressional cloakroom.
There was quite a nest of silver
Senators present when Dubois told his
story. and they were all patting the
Kenfuckian on the back and telling
him that his fidelity to the white
metal would assuredly give him
seat on the front row in the political
heaven.
ssJoe, you have surely stuck to sill
YER, but there's fellow out in my
country who went you one better,
said Dubois.
Unfortunately, continued the Idaho
Senator, this constituent of mine was
in the hands of lynching party for
some high crime he had committed.
He asked that he be given five minutes
for a statement. After a consultation
among the leaders this request was
granted.
- don't ask no mercy said the
man soon to die. i acknowledge the
corn. / have held UP stage coaches,
have committed murder, / have stolen
other mems horses and branded other
mems cattle. ] have even run away
with my friends wife, committed
perjury and arson, but here's one
thing, fellow citizens, I want you to
remember, and to tell my wife and
children, that / have been consistent
from the frst-and / never have fall
tered in my advocacy Of the free and
unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio
of sixteen to one
Now, gentlemen, said this harden
ed sinner, as he wiped the tears from
his eyes, i am ready for the swing. "
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
Tho Happiest Place In Europe.

Tho happiest place in Europe is said
TO Zee klngonberg- tine Main 1t is
the ono prosperous spot, where every
body has work and an income, and
where there aro no taxes, either local or
imperial, because the income of the
municipality sufiices for everything and
leaves q bonus for distribution besides
Happy Klingophergl 1t is all due to
a little wisdom and foresight on the
part Of its local administration many
years ago. There are valuable beds of
fire clay in the neighborhood, and these
tie municipality had the prudence not
to sell to make the fortunes of other
people, but retained for the benefit of
the town. The profits pay all taxes, and
the inhabitants set the surplus divided
among them.
The ordinary method Of unthrifty
municipalities is TO throw all their adj
vantages away in water and gas supply,
coaliields, public lands and many other
etcetoras, which are utilized by COM
panies, and the taxes mount up to a
dizzy aggregate eventually, all because
nobody looked ahead with public spirit
at the commencement of common enter
prise. Pearson Weekly.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
poeelNe PoRcuPINEs.
A Chase by Moonlight In South Africa.
Something Like Coon Hunt.

A Chase by Moonlight In South Africa.
Something Like a Coon Hunt.
In the Adirondacks, in Maine or in
Canada, wherever the American por-
cupine is found it is not sought by
hunters as a game beast, although
hunters seldom fail to kill porcupines
at every opportunity because of the
damage they do to dogs. On the other
hand, from Boover Wei, near Yelling
ton, Cape Colony, South Africa, Walter
H. Gerard writes to the London Field
to tell how he hunted the porcupine
with dogs, after the fashion of coon
hunters, by moonlight.
The party included q parson and q
magistrate, q banker and q landowner
The dogs trailod q porcupine, came up
with it, and bit it. The foolish dogs bit
the quilts, but the smart ones seized the
nose. When the quilts had been removed
from the foolish dogs noses, the hunt
went on. The next head Of game sighted
was huge pig, whichwas chased uutil
it took to q burrow. Another porcupinc
was soon after sighted. This porcupine
was q large female, and led the hunters
o regular coon chase before she died.
The hunters We're then seven miles from
home, and it was 80 a. ill.,, and the
branches were thick with dew that
trickled down their nocks and soaked
them from shoe leather TO head cover.
ing. But after awhile they got home
and sat down to a mess Of savory satia.
ties of Malay concoctions
The porcapino hunters didn't know
American coons, but the coon hunter
would enjoy q South African porcupinC
hunt by moonlight with pack Of I'M
1 gainly mongrels, and the porcupin,
hunters would appreciate a harvcs
I moon coon hunt
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
HEAVY-WEIGHTS TO FIGHT.

A MATCH FOR 500 A SIDE AND
THE DELAWARE CHAMPION
SHIP.
An agreement was signed yesterday
by which Joseph Brown and Poppy"
Giazier will fight to q finish for the
championship Of Delaware, S100 a side
and the gate receipts, within six
weeks.
AS &c viii be a finish fight, It viii
not be permitted to take place in Del
aware, but will probably be fought just
over the Maryland or Pennsylvania
line.
Both men are well-known local
heayy-weights, and Glazier has fought
q number of times here Brown has
long claimed to be able to defeat ans
man I'm the state.
a forfeit of $50 each was posted. am
should Glazier not be prepared to carry
out the fight it is likely that Leroy
welsh and Brown viii battle for su
premacy
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
A MUSICAL NUISANCE.
John Leech Was Literally Driven tC
Death By Organ Grinders.


Look at the case Of John Leech,
which may be taken as typical When
Leeoh got into his Dutch house at Ken
sington, he thought he had settled down
TO an existence Of unalloyed happiness.
But the house had one terrible defect,
soon to be discovered. 1t stood where it
was encircled by streets and news in
tested by organ grinders. The nuisance
was insuferable and yet incurable, and
worse for Leech from his studio being
at the top of the house, where the sound
from five or six instruments was heard,
all playing different tunes at the same
time. When a timid messenger was
sent out, some truculent offenders were
nfindable-hidden deep in stable yards
---and others We're so far away for all
but noise that it seemed unreasonable
TO require their removal. This horrible
torment, which went on then, as it does
now, from early morning till late at
night, was practically the cause Of
Leeoh's death.
When Mr.. Holman Hunt returned to
town, after an absence for time, he
found him leaning upon a stick, like an
invalid. There was the man of spirit
and inhexibility, but he stood as if the
foundations had been loosened. "Yes, "
he said with grievous candor, 4 am a
doomed man. Nothing win save me ox-
cept as an invalid, and l viii tell you,
in all sober and solemn earnestnoss.
what has killed me. Itwould be laughed
at as absurd by many, but it is the
naked truth, which You will understand
(although the men in parliament who
talk so glibly about their delight at see
ing the poor amused in back streets
would not do so), il has been the inces-
SAINT vexation of organ grinding and
the need Of doing my work while the
wretched instruments of torture were,
from different points turning out theil
1 discordant notes into my brain. Thi.
declaration from his lips had, perhaps
/ in its precise sense, been inspired by
/ some recent annoyance of special kind
but in its larger bearings it could no
be doubted. Heavily burdened and sore
like the CALLED jade, Leech had beer
driven TO death. IN Nineteenth Century
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
GREAT COMIC OPERA SUCCESS.

"The Wizard Of the Nile, which
comes to the Grand Opera House next
Monday night, is distinctly comic
opera written for that great and un-
doubtedly greater element of theatre
goers-those who go to the theatre to
be entertained-to hear bright catchy
music. view attractive scenery and
look at pretty girls. and also to
laugh-yes most particularly to laugh
and be amused THE Wizard Of the
Nile has, as nearly everybody knows,
it's local i'm Egypt in the time Of early
Ptolemys. and the scenery and color
ing are i'm the picturesque splendor of
ancient Egypt-in fact, everything is
ancient Egyptian, except the music,
which is strictly and wholly modern.
The production viii be in every way
MS bright as it was last season, and the
same chorus of pretty girls and splen~
did voices win be very much in evil
dence. Louise Royce, Louis Cassa-
want Walter Allen Leonard Walker,
Greta Risley and the other principals,
will appear i'm the role they created.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
ADJUSTMENTS.
AT THE OPERA HOusE.

Baby Johnson win appear in new
specialties at the Opera House this af-
ternoon and evening. The Ideals this
afternoon are playing rip Van
Winkle" and tonight will give Du-
mas great melodrama, Monte Cristo. d"
The band and orchestra with the Ideals
has made an excellent reputation in
wilmington. and especially among the
patrons of the Opera House. Although
consisting of but twelve pieces, the
band plays such high-grade selections
as Tampa" and the Raymond over
ture conscientiously and with COM
parative case. Professor Ned Howson,
a well-known director 35 years old,
and native of Atlantic City, is the
conductor of band and orchestra.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
Grand total S64.0O20l
THE CASE or ATTENDANT DODDY

Before receiving their monthly pay.
each attendant is now required to sign
All affidavit setting forth that they
know that inasmuch sthoseundertheir
care are afflicted and not at all respon-
sible fer their deeds, they have used
no unnecessary force. nor have they
seen any signs of cruelty on the part
of any associate.
On the December pay day one att
tendant refused 20 sign the affidavit
and she was reported 10 the office.
Dr. Hancker was surprised at this,
knowing her 10 be a faithful worker,
but summoned and closely questioned
her. She stated that she could swear
that She had been guilty of no cruel
deed but that was as far as she could
20. More close Questioning developed
The fact that she had seen Attendant
Doddy strike and kick q patient
The attendant referred To had signed
the affidavit but she was Immediately
summoned to the office and dis
charged. Dr. Hancker deplored send
ing her away as she was wen
trained and competent attendant aud
had simply lost her temper in one I'M
stance but that was sufficient TO Sc
cure her discharge.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
new CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

For the odihcotion OF the Emmanuel
parish young people, efforts are being
made to- obtain Pierre DuPonts linf
gramaphonc fer O. Christmas treat
Councilman Fagans careful estimate
of the cost cf lighting Now Castle hs
electricity seems 90 meet with much
public approval The people seem
anxious fer 81 perfect electric system
with some arc lights, even if it should
cost more.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
"Whoar

The word "whoa, used in calling on
a horse to stop, is merely a variant and
emphatic form of "ho, " formerly used
in tho same sense. This is easily proved,
for Chaucer has "ho'' in the sense of
halt ("CanterbuIy Tales'). When
King Edward ~ had to use this
exclamation, he actually turned it into
"whoo. "Then the kyng, perccyving
the cruell assaille (onset), cast his staff,
and, with high voice, cried whoow
('Excerpta Historica, " page 2ll)
Which stopped the tournament, and no
wonder. Notes and Queries.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
a WoNDrRFuL pLAY.

James A. Herne's delightful four-act
comedy OF New England coast life, is
announced for production at the Grand
Opera House Wednesday December g..
Few native plays have won a greater
success. and praise of Mr. Herne's
work is heard On all sides. in Chi
,ago it was Witnessed by q theatre
party composed of its most eminent
3lergymen, and 10 speaking Of it one
1f these ministers said, There are
ears as we'll as laughter in this Won
lerlul play Tears that wash away the
stains of sOrdid selfishness; tears that
1edew the sympathies, that moisten
The heart and make it fertile for the
seed of brotheriy love; tears chat catch
the sunbeam of sacrifice and scinullate
with the warm, rich cOlors of honest
ndeayor; tears that brighten the eyes,
while the lips are wreathed in smiles
rhe play has the elements of great
ness, for it portrays real life with q
fdelity to truth that boldly casts the
figures. that deity suggests. without
labelling, the expressions. the motives
and the life of the soul, that tints the
skies and outlines the perspectives
until the great canvas grows out of its
yilded frame and softly, gradually, un-
brokenly becomes the wonderful scene
one may view from a dormer window
In the house of observation.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
DELAWARE A. 0. U. W. OFFICERs

Delaware Lodge. A. o. U. W.. elect
ed these officers to serve for the en-
suing year: Past master workman, ID.
T. Bradford; past master workman,
Walter Null foreman; George w.
Wells. oyerseer; j.. H. Carver, guide;
S. c.. Watson. inside watch; James B.
stcckwell outside watch; A. Down
ward, recorder; James r. Prentiss, re-
ceiver. c. Maroney, financier; William
S. Moore. trustee; B. II. Bartram, rep
resentative to Grand Lodge medical
examiners. Drs. J. p. Lukens, II. Pat
terson and L. A. Kitinger,
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD q
ISSUE CLERICAL ORDERS.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that for 1897 &c Will issue
clerical orders to regularly ordained
clcrgymen in charge of churches To-
Gated on or near its lines east Of Pitts
burg and Erie. To secure these orders
cicreymen should make application to
The nearest ticket agent as soon as pos
sible as II IS desired that AN applica-
tlous reach the general Office hy De-
ccmhCr IT,
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
SPORTING NEWS NOTES.

-Four teams of the Wilmington Whist
Club win go TO Philadelphia tonight
TO play the last games of the inter
city whist tournament.
Deputy Coroner Chandler. OF Wil-
mnel0n. has bought of George Wells
q handsome black hcrse. with O record
ci 900.
graphed to sharkey that he would be
ready to meet him on or before Janu-
airy !.
Peter Mahcr's manager Will en-
dcavor % arrange @ match for his man
with tom Sharkey.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
nIIRIEn IL rHIs -.

Of No 1909 South Tenth street. Phila-
lelphia wer brought to this city Fri
day last and buried in st. Joseph 8
Cemetery. Mrs Flanagan had been
dead four days, and the body when
found was badly decomposed. Under
laker James j. Fox had charge of the
hndV
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
A Dangerous Text.

"Weu, Uncle Rasbury, how did you
like the sermonf''
"Pow full fine sermon, Marse John. "
"Where did the preacher take his
text?"
"From dat potion oh de Scripture
whar de Postol Paul pints his pistol to
de Fesions. Washington Times.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
TRAINS ARRIVE
MAILS ARRrvn

lOO0 a. m,-Ftom Wilmington, philadei-
phia nnd the North; From baltimore
, ana the South: From tho peninsula.
l.W g. M From WILMINGTON. Phlladel-
and the South.
90 P m.- From the Peninsula: From
WiminHton and the North: From
baltimore and the South
80 y. H. From Wilmington only; From
baltpore ana the South.
MAILS CLOSE.
HOO a. m.-FOr PHILADELPHIA and VIII
mington; For the Peninsula; For Bal
umore ana Washington
tv.s0 "a .m.-Ior -phiadelphia and Girls.
field, railway post office; For the Pen
insulai For the North.
lV.W ~ m--tor Wilmington, PHILADELPHIA
baltimore and the South mo regis
tered mail sent south OF Dover)
olv p. ~. For Wilmington, Philadelphia
and the North; bor Baltimore and the
South
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
REV. j. 4. b WILSON'S TRIAIs-

REV. j. A. B. WILSON'S TRIALS
Rev. J. A. B. Wilson. formerly Of
Wilmington. has been having some
sensational experiences i'm Los Al-
gelcs. Cal. where he is now stationed.
He is making a fight against chiet 81
Police Glass, of Los Angeles through
a society organized on the lines OF Dr.
Parkhursts Society, in Ne" York 'ine
Los Angeles newspapers claim tnat
Wilson is simply seeking notoriety ana
they forcibly denounce him Mr.. WIZ
son made a deal of notoIicty Ter HIM
self in New York. while pastor pi the
Eighteenth street NJ E. Church, IN
1895. BY his denunciation Of the Char'
ity Society, OF that city.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
rnAIN No HOnRs LATE.

The second section of p. w. & b.
railroad express No Sc north-bound,
was two hours late this morning on
account of the heavy snow still lyins
on the Southern railway.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
GONE no WASHINGTON.

Superintendent William NJ. Ban
nard. Train Dispatcher frank Carlisle,
and Chief Engineer Long. of the Mary
land division went to Washington this
morning in Mr. Bannard's private ear,
No. 2.SO1.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
snow mas DIsApPEARED.

The snow on the New York Phila-
lelphia and Norfolk railroad from
Delmar TO Cape Charles has nearly
disappeared and the trains are again
rnnning on time.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
no BE LAUNCHED FRIDAY.

The new Philadelphia and Reading
railroad tug being built by the Harlan
and Hollingsworth Company, will be
launched next Friday afternoon at
o'clock.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
CONsTABLE SAFE.

The blacksmith shop of George w.
Williams was offered for sale boy Con-
stable Windish this morning on claims
due the creditors.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
CIIITD DIES FROM INJrRIEs.

The 5-year-old son of William W.
Voasey. living at No. 1913 Jackson
street. died Wednesday night from be-
ing badly burned by falling on a stove.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
TEACHES MrrTTNC

The monthly meeting Of the Pri-
mary Teachers Association will be
held next Monday evening. December
z. in the Wollaston school.
Evening journal., 1896-12-04
AMONG THE INSANE
Their Care Cost the State
Sixty-four Thousand.
OVER 250 PATIENTS INSIDE

OVuh aJJ II A4LN ID 4ND4DA
-FOUR OFFICERS. FOURTEEN EN-
PLoYEs AND TWENTY-FIVE AT
PENDANTS NECEssARYTO CARE
FOR THE UNFoRTUNATEs "A
CHRISTMAS TREAT ORDERED.
At the meeting Of the Delaware State
Hosnital Trustees OF Farnhurst yester-
dav. after the noon recess, the trus-
tees were escorted through the new an
mex hy Drs. w. r. Hancker and j. IT,
Hammond and Supervising Architect
Il. r. Carsweu. The new building is
complete. and presents even better
appearance than the main building. It
viii be ready for occupancy in January
CANNOT sCALD a PATIENT
A feature of the new annex which
Greatly interested the trustees was the
Middleton rain BATH which obviates
he use of force in administering the
baths. The patient need not be treated
oughly. but simply taken to the large
room. where the rain is turned on.
no such thing as scalding a patient,
as was the case i'm BlOckley last week,
can occur by these machines, as the
cold and hot waters are mixed auto
matically and a thermometer gives the
attendant the temperature.
MOVEMENT or INSANE PATIENTS
The population Of the Delaware State
/ Hospital on November / was 249, there
/ being 144 males and 105 females. Since
/ that time 9 have been admitted, dis
/ charged and 9 have died. The popula-
/ tion December was 252, of whom las
were males and 1914 were females.
There are now engaged in the state
/ institution four officers, fourteen en-
/ ployes and twenty-five attendants
| John j. Spa has resigned as engineer
| Anna Smith as laundress and ID. Jones
as attendant
Superintendent Hancker has en-
ployed Lena Zellner w. T. Davis, w
! S. Wiley and Clara b. Jones as attend
ants Albert L. Jones as engineer, Mrs
! L. G. Davis as laundress Robert H.
Baker as fireman.
A CHRISTMAS TREAT ALLOWED
A resolution was adopted by the
trustees allowing the usual Christmas
turkey and candy treat Another resO-
luton permitted the purchase of a
new horse in place of old Charley
Trustee William J. Stewart was ap-
pointed the visiting committee for De-
cember A special committee on legis-
lation was appointed consisting of Drs
f. Orr and Cilpin and Mr.. Hopkins.
/ BEEF AND BUTTER COST MONEY
In order to impress upon the minds
0f the trustees how every dollar of th'
1000 legislative appropriation foi
general fund is spent, DR. Hancker pre-
pared the following summary of eX
/ Denditures In the past two years