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Evening journal., 1897-02-15
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
MR.. FELL.S VERSION.

To the Editor of the Evening Journal.
Sir: / am quite sure that it will give
you pleasure to correct an error in
your paper, wherein your correspondent
In referring to an act authorizing the
construction OF a road connecting the
New Road with the road leading past
the Brandywine Springs Hotel states
that "a careful reading of the bill shows
that the real intent Of the bill is 10
open a roadway through private prop
erty at county expense, along which
the proposed electric railway may run
without having to resort to condemna-
ton proceedings and the payment Of
damages" The Wilmington and Bran
dywine Springs railway does not need
TO acquire right Of way for its rail-
way over any part Of the land that 1t is
possible to use for the proposed new
road for the reason that 1t already has
a complete right of way between the
two points named in the act authoriz-
ing the proposed road. AS the railway
company already has it's right Of way
the statement Of your correspondent
becomes amusingly fallacious-the boot
has been placed on the wrong leg, the
real scheme being for the county to lay
about 1000 feet of it's public road on
the existing right Of way Of the rail-
way company, instead of the reverse
suggested by your correspondent. The
proposed road is simply for the pur-
pose Of having a direct driving road be-
tween Delaware's greatest city and
what will within twelve-month be
Delaware's greatest pleasure resort. If
there is anyone who is disposed to op
pose the project, it is simply because
they do not know what is coming. and
| am content that the project of the
proposed road be postponed for the con-
sideration of the next Legislature, by
which time the discomfort now seen by
those having such knowledge of what
is to be done as to enable them to see
into the future, will have been sorely
felt by Wilmingtons pleasure-seeking
people. Trusting that you may correct
your correspondents error by giving
the above as full publicity as his COM
ments, ] remain, Yours truly,
WILLIAM JENKS FELL.
Falkland, Feb. 10, 1897
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
COLONIAL DANES IN CONTRO
VERSY.

Mrs. Sidney Price, of Delaware, a
member Of the New York faction of the
Colonial Danes Society, was in Wash
ington on Saturday at the hearing
given to the rival societies upon bills
to incorporate the society of the Colon
ial Danes of America and the National
Society of Colonial Danes Of America.
Miss A. f. Johnston also a Delaware
member. was present, but represented
the national society, which was started
in Philadelphia. The controversy is as
to which society is entitled to use the
name Colonial Danes of America. 2
The New York society argues that it's
organization is entitled to use the name
Colonial Danes Of America" by prior
ity of incorporation, the Pennsylvania
society being at first branch thereof,
and afterward Withdrawing from the
parent society and forming a separate
one
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
A FATHERLY ASSURANCE.
The Old Gentleman Was No Linguist. but
He Knew Life.


He Knew Life.
Mr.. Cumroxs son was studying his
Latin lesson. There was the tremolo of
encouragement in his voice as he re.
marked:
81 don't seem to get along with this
lesson very well, father.
Cant you say any Of it?"
eyes, l can say 'amo, amas, amat, ,
and then l always forget what comes
next.
"What does those words mean, John
ny?" asked Mr.. Cumrox, who deserves
credit for being always ready to add to
a somewhat deficient early education.
''They mean L love, thou lowest, he
loves. -
1T does seem too bad to see you
startin in so soon, - the old gentleman
unused, with the difficulties that have
always surrounded that verb. But you
might as well commence young to learn
that them words in one way or another
cause two-thirds Of the botheration that
occurs in this life. "
please, can / quit school, them"
NO, 1t wouldn't he any use. You
couldn't dodge 'em, and you might as
well go right along and get as familiar
with them as possible. You'll find that
learnin 'em amt half the worry that
handlin EN- is after you know 'em
Cheer up, Johnny, and remember that
most of your trouble is still ahead of
you Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
sENAToR AND JuDaE.

If President Cleveland knows his
duty, he will appoint a Democratic
judge to succeed Hon. Leonard e. Wales
in the United States Circuit Court, and
both Senator Gray and Senator Kenney
should do all in their power to bring
about the confirmation by the Senate Of
such an appointment. 1t has been
long time since we had a Democratic
Federal judge in Delaware, and the
present opportunity should not be al
lowed TO drift along until it Is lost by
reason Of Mr.. Clevelands retirement
from office The position is so honor
able that no man In the state would
demean himself by taking it. The
emoluments are sufficient to insure a
comfortable living and the duties are
not onerous.
The name of Senator Gray has been
most prominently mentioned in this
connection because his nomination by
the president would carry with it the
Senate's confirmation without reference
to the Committee on Judiciary, it be-
ing feature of senatorial courtesy to
make such confirmation Immediately
when It affects a member Of the Senate.
Were the president to nominate ex-
Chancellor Wolcott. or any man other
than Mr.. Gray, the matter would be re
ferred and the committee, which Is Re
publican, would doubtless hold 1t up
until after President-elect Mckinley is
inaugurated, in which event we should
have a Republican successor to the late
Judge Wales.
If Mr.. Gray is at all doubtful of his
reelection to the Senate two years
hence, 1t is but natural to suppose that
he will choose this honorable means of
retirement from active political life,
serving himself and his party at the
same time But he is a comparatively
young man to select such retirement
lie is forceful factor in the national
Legislature, and he may prefer to stay
of the bench and risk any doubt which
may surround his reelection two years
hence, hoping that the silver question,
which has relegated to private life so
many able men, and brought new men
to the front, will by that time have be-
come a secondary question, or have
solved itself and dropped out of the list
Of living issues.
Senator Gray's bitterest political enc
mics admit his peculiar fitness for the
bench. He is a man of dignitied APP
pearance and manner. possesses a pro
found knowledge Of the law, and his
decisionswouldc carrywithth theaddi-
tional moral weight of a man who has
had a most distinguished public career.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
Eleren Times Aronnd the Earth

just think of It'll ELEVEN times
around this globe of ours in the space
Of 60 secondsl Can you imagine any
thing that moves with such remarkable
speed? Sound travels only 10 1-2 miles
per minute, and a rife ball (if its speed
were not diminished by resistance)16 IL
miles. Light passes through a distance
equal to 2 1-2 revolutions of the earth in
one minute, but electricity travels 50
astonishingly fast that it is able to com
plete the circuit Of the earth IL 1-2 times
in 60 seconds. st. Louis Republic
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
DELIGHTFUL DANCE AT NEWARK.

Special Correspondence Evening Journal
NEWARK, Feb 15.-The students at
the college gave a very pleasant dance
In the oratory on Friday evening. The
stage was handsomely trimmed with
potte1 plants. The crowd was not as
large as on former occasions, which
added to the comfort Of the dancers.
The program had twenty dances, but
they were hurried through and the
guests departed at an early hour. The
walk on the campus was very prettily
lighted by electricity. The patronesses
were Mrs. George A. Harter, Mrs. +. X.
Wolf, Mrs Conover and Mrs Powell.
The following were from Whining
ton: Miss Alma Groves, Miss Charlotte
Young, Miss Gertrude Lackey, Miss
Maud Grier, Miss Margaret Caldwell,
Miss Matte Sipple, Miss Taylor, Miss
Lou Elliott, Waldo @. Wilson, Harry
Devine, Mr.. Laurence, Willard Mears,
Mr.. Ayers, Mr.. Brady, Mr. Caveney
Stewart Groves, Lieutenant Gordon,
Mr.. Springer Harry Hyland, r.. ID.
Crumb and Josiah Marvel.
Miss Hensel and Miss Raub, of Quar-
ryville, Pa.
Miss Lena Sharp, Milford.
G. Oran Cooper, Baltimore.
Miss Florence Smith, Philadelphia.
Miss Lucille Litzenberg, John will
son, Henry Constable and Fred. Haines,
of Elkton.
Miss Unity Pratt, Dover.
Miss Nivin, Kembleville
Robert ID. Hoffecker, Smyrna.
From Newark-Dr. Harter and wife.
Professor Powell and wife, A. A. Cur
tbs and wife, Charles b. Evans and
wife, Mrs. Conover, Mrs. Paxson, Mrs.
Moore, Mrs. Caleb Conover, Mrs. Ran
kin Armstrong, Professor Bishop, Dr..
Henry +. W. Curtis, Miss Bridgman.
Misses Lille and Martha Wilson,
Misses Laura and Jennie Raub, Miss
Edna Henry, Miss Jennie Maxwell.
Miss Eta Rose, Miss Nan Mason, Miss
Emma Armstrong, Miss Maggie Will
son. Miss Ola Worth, Miss Shirley Dep
uty, Miss Elsie Cooch, Miss Rachel
Morrison, Miss Grace Walker, George
Henry, John Armstrong, Levi B. Pax
son, Carl Harrington, Laurence Smith.
Ira Pierce, Stephen Choate, Lee Willis.
j. Y. Craig, Andrew Marvel. e. r.
Phillips, Joseph Brown, T. r. Wolf,
Jr., Lindsey Curtis, James X. Burnite.
DR.. Greer, William Ellis, Allen Oliver.
Ray Baldwin. Wilbur T. Wilson, VIII
liam ]. Armstrong.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
MRS. BURKE ROCHE.

When Miss Fannie Work, of this
city, married the brother of Lord Fer
moy, she hyphenated the name and
called herself Mrs Burke Roche, though
there is no such name in the peerage.
says the New York Journal. Her hus-
bands name Is ]. B. B. Roche.
Her sister is Mrs. Cooper-Hewitt.
who also hypenated her name without
apparent cause. Their father is Frank
Work, as genial a gentleman as ever
set foot in the Stock Exchange. He be-
gan life in this city as a dry goods
clerk, and he was a good one, too. His
owe Of horsefesh led to an acquaintance
with Commodore Vanderbilt, who took
fancy to him, persuaded him to go to
Wall street and promised to give him
his brokerage business. Mr.. Work did
so and became a millionaire banker,
and one of the most popular men in
Wall street, from which he retired from
active business years ago.
Mrs. Burke-Roche is one of the most
beautiful and well-known women in
New York society. and is known to a
number Of Wilmington people, as she
lived in this city for a year, while her
divorce case was pending in the Della
ware courts.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
TOUR TO CALIFORNIA VIA PENN
SYLVANIA RAILROAD.

The next California tour of the Penn
sylvania railroad will leave New York
and Philadelphia by special train of
Pullman palace cars, February "a, visit
ing the great Mammoth Cave and stop
ping at New Orleans during the Madri
Gras Carnival. Four weeks will be al
lowed on the Pacific coast, and two
days will be spent on the return trip
at Colorado Springs and the Garden of
the Gods. Stops will also be made at
Sat Lake City, Denver and Omaha.
This is one of the most delightful and
complete tours ever planned.
Tickets, including railrod transpor-
tation, Pullman accommodations Zone
double berth), meals en- route, carriage
drives and hotel accommodations going
and return, and transportation in Cali
fornia, will be sold at rate of $3.50 from
all stations on the Pennsylvania rail
road system east of Pittsburg.
Apply to ticket agents, Tourist Agent
1896 Broadway New York, or George
W. Boyd. Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-
phia.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
A TOUR TO BALMY FLORIDA VIA
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.

When the North is at its worst Flor
ida IS at it's best. When lakes and
rivers are icebound here and a drifting
snow fills our streets the violets are
blooming there and the air is laden
with the sweet perfume of budding
Spring When Old Doreas howls around
our northern homes and the frost king
rules the mocking bird is singing in
Florida's graceful palms and the whole
land is melodious with happy song.
The elegant special trains of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Jacksonville tours
are fitting introductions to this delight
full land. The next tour, allowing two
weeks in Florida, leaves New York and
Philadelphia under personal escort
February %. Round-trip tickets, in
Guiding Pullman accommodations and
meals on the special train, will be sold
at the following rates: From New
York, $50; Philadelphia, S4S; Canaan
daigua. s52.S5; Erie, $54.S5; Pittsburg,
S53. and at proportionate rates from
other points.
For tickets and itineraries apply to
ticket agents, Tourist Agent, 1896
Broadway, New York, or to George w.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadel-
phia.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
Another vassar Assoclation.

The formation Of Vassar Alumni
Historical association is announced, al
an invitation to join has been sent
every alumna and former student WI
has taken one or more elective cours
in history at Vassar college. The ass
citation has threefold object
strengthen the educational bond of u
ion between the alumne and their ain
mater. to stimulate by reunion al
communication an interest in historic
work in whatever direction each med
ber may have opportunity and TO i
crease the number of works on histo|
in the Vassar college library The i
nual meetings are to be held at the cl
lege ON the Saturday nearest Washil'
toms birthday.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
Is Hanna left out in The cold7
THE HEALTH LIEN BILL

When the Board Of Health of the city
OF Wilmington orders a property owner
to abate a nuisance and. upon his re-
fusal to do so, abates it itself, it is but
right that the department should have
some easy and efficient method OF Sc
curing from such recalcitrant owner
the amount Of money expended in ef-
fecting such abatement.
In the matter Of curbs and sewers it
has been demonstrated that the most
effective method is to make such
charges liens upon the realty Profting
by the experience of the Street and
Sewer Department, the Health
Department is asking the Legis-
lature to pass a bill making its claims
for abatement Of nuisances liens upon
the property of owners whorefuset to obey
the departmental mandate. 1t is to the
interest of the city's sanitary condition
that the bill be made law. twill bene-
fit the public generally, and most par
ticularly the tenant class Landlords
are not particularly solicitious for the
Altdlln VI lltll ItudDl6. Htl WduL "
get all the rent they can and give as
little as possible in return. There are
few renters in the city who will not
agree with us in this statement. A
landlord will be very scrupulous about
the sanitation of his own home, but un-
scrupulous about the sanitary condition
Of his tenements. Only extreme meas
ures will induce him to pay expenses
incident to the abatement Of nuisances
which threaten the health and possibly
the lives of his tenants and their near
neighbors.
A property owner is usually a man
who is ready at all times to dispose oi
his realty at an advance. He wishes
to keep its as free as possible from in
cumbrances. Health liens would affeci
the title of his property just as curl
andssewer liens do at present. With
the bill at present before the Legisla.
ture formulated into law there would
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
WoMEN,s WHIST cLnR-

The organization of the Women's
Whist Club has been completed. The
name selected for it is Triginta. which
is the Latin for thirty. the present limit
of membership. Mrs. L. G. Vandegrift
has been elected president; Mrs j. u.
Smith, vice-president; Miss Candy, sec
retary and Miss Barnard, treasurer.
The club has been rendered the use of
the Wilmington Whist Club rooms on
such afternoons as it may desire to use
them. Mrs. e. T. Belts is chairman of
the card committee and she has ar
ranged to have the club contests begin
on Wednesday afternoon.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
The Dominion.

The Dominion Of Canada came
existenes on July /, 1867 The PROV
of Canada was divided into upper
lower Canada, which divisions
known now as Ontario and Quebec
spectively. 1t was subsequently O
mented by the province of Manit
and the Northwest Territories in Il
by British Columbia in 1871, and Pri
Edward island in 1873, and now
cludes the whole of British N,
America.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
REDUCED RATES TO WASHINGTON
ON ACCOUNT OF THE INAUGU
RATION VIA PENNSYLVANIA

ON ACCOUNT OF THE INAUGU
RATION VIA PENNSYLVANIA
RAILROAD.
For the benefit Of those who desire to
attend the ceremonies incident to tn
Inauguration of president-elect McKin
ley, the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany will sell excursion tickets to
Washington March /, 2, 3, and 4, valid
to return from March to s. at the tol-
lowing rates.
From Philadelphia, S5.40; Harris
burg. s5.06; Wilmington, s4.35; Balti-
more, s1.60, and from all other stations
on the Pennsylvania system at reduced
rates.
This Inauguration will be most in
teresting event, and will undoubtedly
attract large number of people from
every section of the country.
The magnificent facilities of the
Pennsylvania railroad make this line
the favorite route to the national capi
tai at all times, and its enormou
equipment and splendid terminal ad
yantages at Washington make it es
pecially popular on such occasions.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

r Vice-President Hobart will be accord
ed two railroad palace cars to convey
him to Washington for the Inaugural
tion. This reminds us of a remark said
to have been made by Ex-Governor
Flower to Congressman Amos Cum
mings after they had dined sumptuous-
ly. you will see two carriages wait
ing at the door to carry you home after
the dinner Amos shouted the COVER
nor from his end of the table, take the
first one, the other isn't there"
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
The Popular Esthetics Of Color.

While blue is pre-eminently and over
whelmingly the masculirO favorite, it
is by no means so general a feminine
favorite. The favorite woman's color,
standing at the head Of the female list,
is red. Roughly speaking, Of every 80
masculine votes 10 would be for blue
and for red, while of every 30 fcni-
nine votes would be for blue and 8 for
red. Red and blue are thus much more
nearly equally popular among women
than among men. Other relatively
marked masc lline preferences are for
the colors related to blue (blue violet
and violet, and other feminine prefer
ences are for lighter red (or pink and, to
a less extent, for green and yellow.
Further, men confine their selections to
relatively fewer colors than do women,
and, finally, while all men and women
alike are much more apt to choose a
normal than transitional color and a
darker than lighter shade, yet the tend
ency to do so (about the same in the
former dircction) is markedly different
in the latter respect. OF 2 men 10 would
choose among the darker colors and only
2 among the lighter for the most pleas
ing color, while of 10 women z would
choose among the darker and ) among
the lighter shades. Professor JasTow
in Popular Science Monthly.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
Strangers Now.

Don't you think, Mrs. Spitely, that
this hat is little too gay for "a matron.
" woman like me?"
''Not ut all, my dear. You know that
you re years younger than you look. -
Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

Pennies and small change can be or
tained at the counting-room of the
Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

The bluebottle fly is purely a meat
fly, subsisting altogether upon meat and
offal and laying its eggs in decomposed
animal matter.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
SOCIAL ANp PERSONAL NOTES


Rev. and Mrs. Spencer B. Meeser, of
Worcester, Mass, are visiting Whining
ton friends.
Miss Lima Abbott, of Milford, is Wis
iting friends in the city.
Mayor L. T. Leap. of Glassboro. N.
j., was in Wilmington Saturday and
went to New Castle to see the whip
pings at the Jail, in which he was
greatly interested.
Mrs. T. S. Wilson is visiting rela-
tivos in Georgetown.
George "A. Messick. of the Pusey and
Jones Company, left on Saturday for a
tour of South America in the interest
of the company.
Miss Aimee Carter. daughter Of Ed
ward Carter, of Dover, and Charles Z.
Gregg. OF Chester Pa. viii be married
at the hcme Of the brides parents on
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
sToP-OvER PRIVILEGE AT WASH
INGTON.

ten-day stop-over at Washington,
d. c., is now granted on all through
tickets between the East and West, via
Baltimore and Ohio r. r. Stop-over
will also be granted on the return jour
ney made on round trip tickets, within
the final limit of such tickets, but not
exceeding ten days Passengers will
deposit their tickets with the Ticket
Agent at 3. & o. r. r. Station in Wash
ington, who will retain them until the
journey is to be resumed, when they
will be made good for continuous pass
age to destination by extension or ex-
change. This arrangement will doubt
less be greatly appreciated by the trav-
cling public because it will permit the
holders of through tickets to make a
brief visit to the National Capital with
out additional outlay for railroad fare.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY take
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Drug
gists refund money If 1t fails TO cure. 25c.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
Plies CURED IN 2 no & NIGHTS

PILES CURED IN 3 TO NIGHTS
One application gives relief. DR.. AS
news Ointment is a boon for Itching
Piles. or Blind, Bleeding Piles, it re-
lieves quickly and permanently. In
skin eruptions it stands without a
rival. Thousands of testimonials If you
want evidence. 50 cents.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

be fewer enforced attachments, and both
the department and owners would be
saved both annoyance and expense.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15
In A SOCIAL WAY.
What Wilmington Folk and
Their Friends Think About.
PLEASANT SOCIAL DIVERSION
SOME DELAWARE WOMEN WHO
ARE INTERESTED IN THE CON-
TROVERSY BETWEEN THE TWO
SOCIETIES OF COLONIAL DANES.
ENJOYABLE DANCE AT NEWARK.

All communications intended for inser-
ton in this column should be addressed to
Society Editor, care of the Evening Jour
nal. Communications should be written
on one side OF the paper only
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

AAA WANTED men and women. Y
and old, TO work for us In their
homes in spare time. day or evening
pay so 10 Si5 per week. No canvas
ANY child can do the work. Send adj
to-day We send work at once. The
Art CO Dept, Key i5a Vail, Pa.
Evening journal., 1897-02-15

An ordinary brick weighs about four
pounds
The herald., 1897-09-26
LIFE MADE A BURDEN
One Hardship of Being Councilman
Shown in the Lighting Matter

The announcement yesterday that
when the new lighting contract goes into
effect each of the city councilmen will
have for distribution in their respective
wards ten additional electric lamps
caused the city hall to be invaded by the
constituents Of the councilmen yester.
day From early in the morning until
the close of the day there were delega-
lions from two to a dozen strong wait
ing for chance to present their claims
TO the councilman from their wards for
lights in portions of the wards that in the
opinion Of the delegations most needed
them. President Silver was particularly
appealed to, and before he left his office
for home he had received petitions for
twenty-one lights. What to DO he did
not know, for he had only ten lights to
dispose of, and he could not tell where
they were most needed. The other men,
bers of the council were also appealed to,
but not in such numbers. They were met
in the Railways, in the committee rooms,
en- the street and even at lunch by their
until they were sorry that
the fact Of their having the lights at their
disposal had been announced. They
will have to decide upon the exact loca
tion of the lights as soon as possible,
as the loca tions Will have to be- stated in
the ordinance. The passage of the or
dinance as early az possible is desired,
80 that the matter may be settled and the
successful bidder. il it be- any other