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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
CRUSHING Criticism,

II was the good fortune of the poet
LOngfellow to succeed early in his
chosen career. He had never to en-.
counter the bitter struggle with pow.
tiry. an unappreciative public. and re-.
i,lctant publishers of which many Of
the great In literature have had to com.
plain. Nevertheless. the first criticism
he was fated to hear upon the first poem
he ever published. was not exactly en-.
couraging. Mrs. Fields relates the In.
cident in q recently published volume.
The poem dealt with an episode OF
American history. and was called "The
Battle of Lovcll's Pond" 1t appeared
one morning In the poets corner Of Il
Portland newspaper. and the author
that same evening was invited to the
house of the chief justice to meet his
son. a Harvard youth then regarded.
at least by his family and friends, rs a
rising genius. During the evening the
stately old Judge. turning with a com.
plncent air toward the young man, In.
CURED:
"Did you see poem i'm to.day's pa.
per upon the Battle of Lovell's
POnd""
"No. sir" was the reply.
even. sir" said the old gentleman
with conviction. ut was very still pro.
duction. Get your own poem on the
same subject, and will read It to the
company"
The poem was brought, and was read
aloud with proud. paternal emphasis to
the admiring guests, while the I'm.
known and cruelty snubbed author OF
the "stiff production" was obliged to
listen. sitting. as he himself said. "very
still In a corner" The author Of tho
production which presumably was moi
stiff. did not. strange to say. ever be
come known to the great American pub
| lie us a poet.--YOuth's Companion.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
A British Million airc.

Defining a millionaire as man who
has a million sterling, Invested so that
It gives him an Income OF $25O.O0O a
year, Arnold White In a recent En-.
glish magazine gives this summary Of
the milliOnairc's budget: To poor rela-
lions he gives $500: the allowances
to his sons ana daughters amount to
$4,000; the rent OF his town house.
which he uses four months In the year.
Is $4,000; and his country.hOuse,
where he lives five months ana EN-.
ploys twenty.eight gardeners ana thir.
~ indoor servants. stands him In &c.,
600. The keeping up Of his town.
house costs $17.5OO. and to this must
DO added $4,000 for his stable and
$1,000 for his wine.cellar. On travel
and amusement he spends S15. 900. and
on his steam.yacht, which Ii kept In
commission three months. $:O.?5O. 1t
II curious to note that, while Mr..
Whites millionaire spends only $500 a
year Oh clothes, his tobacco costs him
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

$1,000. Under the head Of philanthropy
are grouped expenses amounting to
$4,000, and the balance. which in
cludes the expenses Of politics, relig.
lon. insurance, art, literature, racing,
betting. wedding presents. and cross
ing-sweepers. is set down at nearly
$4,000. 1t Is amusing to note that
Mr.. White says philanthropy Is now
obligatory upon the rich mot merely
because 1t Is the cheapest form of adj
vertiscmcnt. but because nOn.sub-
scribing millionaire would soon find
the ladies' of his acquaintance looking
ut him cOldly."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

All that marriage does to man is to
add two or three babies to his nvlron-
Ments.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17
CHAPTER X.-tContinucdO

CHAPTER N.--(COntinucd.)
The two gentlemen and three servants
strove and struggled. hoistcd and pushed.
10 the tune Of suppressed sounds. half "f
sol,s. half of laughter. till at last the car
rage was hcavcd up sufficiently TO he
dragged backward beyond the hole: but
even then it would not stand. for the
wheels OIL the undcrinOst side were crush
ell, neither could either door Inc readily
opened. one being smashed In. and the 9th.
or jnmmed FIST. Annaplc. however. stu
tried 10 keep UP her own spirits ana her
sisters.
The sturdy lnhorcrs here made their mp
pcarancc. having been reused In the cot
tagc aud brought back 10y Mr.. EgremOnt'
and at last one door was forced open by
main force. and the ladies emerged. An
maple. helping her sister. beginning some
droli thanks. but ra,,sing us she perceived
that Lady Demar's dress WAS covered
with blood. q.
"My dear Janet. this II worse Than
guessed. Why did you not speak,
ut Is not much" said the poor lady,
rather family. my neck
The elder ladies' came about her. ana
seated her on cushions. where. By the
light Of Mays lamp. Alice. who had been
to an ambulance class ut Mickc,thwnyte.
detected the extent of the cut. extracted
a fragment of glass and stnnchcd the
bleeding with handkcrchicfs md strips
Of the girls tullc skirts. but she advised
her patient Ia be driven at once to u sur
geOn to see that no morscl Of glass remain
cd. Mr.. EgrcmOnt. gratitied To see MS
wife come to the front. undertook 10 drive
her back TO Re,lcastlc. Indeed. they must
return ,hi,hcr 10 cross by the higher
bridge. "iou will go with me-" cntrcated
lady Deimnr. holding Alice's hand: and
the one hastily consigning Nuttic 10 hct
aunt's care, the other giving injunctions
not to alarm her mother to Annai'lc. who
had declared her intention Of walking
home, the two ladies' went OF under Mr.
Egrcmont's escort.
II was by this time about alf.past
five, as was nsccrtaincd by the light Of the
waning moon. the carriage lamp having
burned out. 1t was fine frosty morn
ing, and the moon was still powerful
enough TO reveal the droll figures Of the
girls. May had fur cloak. with the
hood tied over her head by Mrs. Eyre
m0nt's lace shawl: Nuttie had q huge
white cloud over her head. and light blu,
opera cloak: Anlnplc hnd ''rowetl herself
IN u plaidic" like the Scotch girl she was
aud her eyes flashed ont ncrrily from ~
dark folds. They all dis'lainCd the gen
tlcmcn's self.dcnying offers Of their uls
trrs. and only Nuttic consented TO have
the carriage rug added TO her trnpp'nss
and ingcniomsly tied on cloak. fashion will
hcr snsh by Gerard. lie nnd Mark pilotc'
tho three ladies over the narrow bOrdel
Of the hole. which looked very blacl
open gulf. Annaplc had thanked tho mci
aud hidden thcin come 10 Lescon,be TIM
next day to he paid for their assistance
Then they all stood TO watch Mark ride
through the river. NJ the shallow place
indicated both by her aud the laborcrs.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-04-17

volve less delay than any other plan, 81.
ccpt emigration, which was equally dread.
ed by each parent.
The canon wrote to lord Kirkaldy, and
In the meantime wanted to gather what
information he could from his sister-in-
law; but lie found her absolutely cngross-
cd as her husbands nurse. and scarcely
permitted to snatch meal outside the
darkencd room.
Though Mr.. Egremont was gradually
mending, he still required his wife to bc
In constant attendance. In point of fact.
Alice could not. and In her loyalty would
not. tell her dignifcd brother-in-law, far
less her daughter. of the hint that the doc
tor had given her. namely. that her hus-
band was lapsing into the constant use
of opiatcs. founded at first on the needs
Of his malndy, hut growing into n perilous
habit. which accounted for his shutting
himself up all the forenoon.
She soon found. too. that GrcgoriO was
n contrary power. Once. when he had
suggested the dose. and she had replied by
citing the physicians commands. Mr.. Egg.
rcmOnt had muttcrcd an imprecation on
doctors, and she had caught horrible
grin Of hatred on the mans face, which
seemed TO her almost diabolical. Some.
times she was good -humorcdly set aside.
sometimes roughly told to mind her own
business; hut she could not rclinquish the
struggle. and whenever she did succeed
In preventing the indulgence she felt a
hopcfulness that--in spite of himself and
Grcgorio-shc might yet save him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1897.


1t seems that tho volublllty OF j Edward
Addlcks has led to the condemnation Of
various newspapers in different sections
OF our country Their tenor reminds us
very forcibly of the different articles which
were sent out from the literary bureau in
our city, something over two years ago, to
various newspapers, with the ayowod in.
tentlon of driving AddiclSs ont of our
State The articles which appeared in the
Philadelphia and New York papers wele
all inspired by the same brain, If not
actually written by the same pen. They
failed of their purpose then and it Is very
probable that they will do 50 now. Ad-
dicks has much to learn in political tao
tics, but il is certain he cannot be easily
driven out of the State. lie should, how
ever, bride his tongue and learn wisdom
from his opponents, If he wishes to accom-
plish his purpose There is an old saying
that "a still tongue makes wise head.
and whether it DO true or not, there Is
wisdom in it. He was something Of a
philosopher who exclaimed: ooh, that my
enemy would write book" Grant did
not inform Lee what course lie intended
to pursue, and some politicians would find
1t to their advantage to he equally rettcent.
Addicks talks too freely with reporters
and oftentilncs lie is doubtless quoted as
saying many things he never uttered. 1t
seems now that lie will never be aUlo to
appease the politicians, who would cut off
their own political heads to defeat him.
and his hopes Of obtaining seat ia the
U, S. Senate may never be realized If
there is no other way to defeat him, there
Will possibly be a constitutional provision
against his candidacy and also against his
manufacture of gas in our city. lie must
give up both of these objects or expect to
be made the target OF this literary bureau.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
WANTED

WANTED-Agents SO a week sure 4
w workers New goods. New plan. itl
sight. Househeia Speciality Co. No. "a ii Il,
street. CineinaatL d. asst
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

ANTED-A responsible young woman
,,,d wishes position as housekeeper In n
n T,aower. family; able to take entire chafel
ketpeT this once. d5i.s I
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02


Politicians and office seekers are as a
general rule, tho most thanklsss set OF
men TO be found. Before their election or
appointment to Office they very nearly eat
you up, If you would allow them to- but
after securing the coveted position, how
different is their change of heart. Some
men get swelled heads as soon as they are
given little authority over their fellow
men. You would think instead of them
being the servants Of the people that they
were the masters instead. They imagine
they are on the road to vast influence aud
Independent wealth Just for one minute
look around you and make II mental
memoranda Of the men who have held
office and then try and compute their
wealth as reckoned by their neighbors aud
the corner grocery in the vicinity We
have never forgotten the remark that d
prominent man made who had held sew
eral offices under the Democratic party.
After being elected to the office be had
spent several thousand dollars to secure,
he made an address to few of his admir-
ing constituents that as he had kissed
them for fayors during the past six
months he thought now the favors should
be reciprocated by thom. That one re
mark for ever afterward settled bis Office
holding ambition. He ran for several
positions as his partys candidate, but the
people never forgaye him for his thought
less remarks and promptly turned him
down every time he came before them for
their votes. 1t Is best for Office holders
to try and treat every one just as politely
after securing an official position as before
when they were so very polite in trying to
secure the good graces of everybody whom
they thought would help along their ap
polntment. Some men when granted II
little brief authority get what is called Il
''swclled head"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
----------------
POLITICAL NOTES.

on TUESDAY NeXt-GoVernoI
Elect Ebe w. Tunnel will Take
the Oath of Office on the Nine,
teenth-Who Controls the Police
Commission.
2iAlr'ldy the politicians ore setting up
candidate for Mayor One or two star
chamber meetings have been held already
and The men who think they control the
d stinies of the Republicans in their han {
have passed tho word around that u Ger.
tain well known Republican whose name
has been prominently mentioned for the
Office Of Mayor was not looked upon by
them with favor. He could-uot be con,
trOlIed by them and any man who could
not BE- dictated to by them they did not
want, 1t is nearly time that these Ger
tain men were given to understand hat no
such nominations will be tolerated by the
Republican party in Delaware. The pco.
Pic Will make the nominations and not
the politicians.
Seth II, Eeaster, is highly spoken of by
gentleman who sent communication
to our Office advocating the nomination
and election If this we'll known gcntle-
man. He sa5s that Mr.. FGaster has b1Un
closely identified with The Republican
party, and has been ono of the hardest
workers. He is capable Of filling the posi-
ton with credit to The party and tue city
OF Wilmington.
The law bearing on The selection of the
Police Commissioners Is As follows: Tho
above Commissioners We're named in the
Act oil the General Assembly creating tho
Il Al, . - ~
ell by tie Act
At the expiration of the terms of Office
Of the present Commissioners, their sue.
cessors are to be appointed by the ASCOT
ATE Judge Of tho Superior Court resident
in New Castle county for the term of six
years. The Board fills all vacancies Oc.
curing by dea til, resignation or incapacity
for the residue of the uncxEired terms.
Any member of the Board may te remoy-
ed for cause after trial, by two third vote
OF all the members Of Council Before
entering upon their duties each Commi,-
siOncr must give bond in penalty of
$1,000, conditional, for the faithful dis
charge Of his official duties.
The Board has absolute control over the
appointment aud discharge of tho police
officers Of the city with authority to make
all necessary rules aud regulations for tho
government of the police force The
force can only by increased by consent of
Council. The police Commissioners are not
doing their duty aud they know it. They
arc not treating the men on the force with
the same consideration, There Is book
called the police manual which Is sup.
posed to govern the behavior OF the police
while Gu duty especially. As ii has been
interpreted by the Police Commission ii
evidently only applies to few of tho Re
publican DatEnllT en- and M a / hf nainO.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

HOOPEa'S ANOOYSE ; H;! :::::::
'"" DiarrIIea.

SHERIFF'S SAIE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ Of Levari Faclas, to me directed,
will be exposed to public sale at the
Court House., on Market street between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, in the city
of Wilmington, New Castle county,
State of Delaware
ON SATURDAY,
THE 9th DAY OF JANUARY, 1897,
at 2 O'Clock p m.
the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain tract or piece of land
with the buildings thereon erected. situate
In Chrstiana hundred. county and state
aforesaid, bounded and described as fol-
lows, to wit:
road, a corner of the part of the original
tract sold and conveyed 10 Maris H.
F'Tfdd; thence along the middle of said
new public road for the most part south
corner of ]. Garrett Pyle's land. said stone
being on the northwesterIy side or said
road; thence aleng ssid Pyle's line south
foh degrees east perch and 3i-lO0 to
stake In the middle of said public road,
corner of william Cochran's land: thence
along the middle of said public road and
by william Cochran's land south Tx de-
grees west ~ perches and 35-10O 10 a stake,
and south S3A degrees west a perches and
20 to a stake, In line of'Levi Sprl6gers
land: thence by his land north S74 degrees
west Y perchca and $40 to a stake. q cor
ner of F. Herman Beidermann'g land;
iitnte lnertDy north Ebia degrees west
about IS perches to the middle OF Red Clay
creek: thence NJ the same by the savsral
courses thereof about 102 perches to n line
OF land belonging to the heirs Of William
Martin, deceased; thence by said land
north SA degrees east g. perches and Ga
100 to stake, a corner Of Marls II.
Fredds land aforesaid; thence by his land
south 262 degrees east (back sight 29A
de$rees) Is perches and 3j.lOO to a stake,
and south Az degrees east (back sight q
deEreeS) 90 perches and 100 to u stake,
and north G9la degrees east lback sight 50
beGinnng, containing within said bounds
rs acres and | rood Of land. be the same
more or less.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property Of John DenniEon and tt. and to
be sold by
WILLIAM r, Finn, Sheriff.
Sherif's Office Wilmington. Delaware,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

lh.nte c. MuuU, is ruuung hi, Lga,
building establishment night and day
The work includes one II foot nluta,.,,
life boat for Ncw York tug, two 10 l.O.
metallic boats for the now ierrybUut III
course Of construction at The Harlan ans
cedar clinker. built boats for the steam
barge City Of Philadelphia and two IA
foot metallic lie boats for the new ferry.
boat, City Of Englewood.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

Eve would suggest that the pnIt'c'anS Of
our State should try and induce Adlioks
to invest his surplus funds in the stock Of
the golden Sceptro Mining Company "
The placing of that concern on its feet
might lead to better lrnling toward him,
IL 1t did not fully reconcile Seuator lIg
gins toward Addicks candidacy for tGG
IT. &. Senate,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
LOCAL QUOTATIONS.

IsanIter and iirolter.

VT-' "r1 u VHrs VI UIHWFTRHI.
:, Alfred Holton, Eliza j. Drummond,
Emma Jones, Samuel Stout, James p.
Madison, Elizabeth Cosworth, widows
pensions secured in from 40 to 90 days
Rejected, reduced and dropped pensions
successfully prosecuted. Slow cases hur-
ried up.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

ShERlFF FILM began tie new year hr
hanging the colorsd man Edward Wright
The Job was said to bH7e bsen clean que
by those who witnessed the execution
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
WANTED,

TTllE Winter Course in Agriculture ut
l. Delaware College will open January
hh, ls0i, ana continue to the IAst FT!uAy IN
March.
The course has been enlarged aud improV.
ed Tor the coming winter TUITION FREE.
full dCburiltiyC circular Will be sent upuA
Application
PROF. ", II. BISHOP
n9$-itRwk Newark. Del
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

For gracious sake clean the streets cf
orr ethyl They look as If they had not
been swept for months. Wake up, Super
intendent Of Streets s---...
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02
MADE OF PEANUTS.
MANY PALATABLE THINGS NUTRL
TIOUS AND DAINTY.

I
nut MS Foundation-The Doctors Hav.
| Endorsed the Peanut.
The nutritious and extremely palatable
peanut, which has been decidedly popu.
lar feature Of the country circus and the
country fair for so many years, is now re.
ceiying an honored place among the nut
family, regardless of the fact that it Is dug
from the ground like the potato instead OF
being gathered from tree Doctors have
found that the peanut Is can article of food
rich in albumen of which Ii contains SO
per cent, with 90 per cent of fat and non
heterogeneous extraotiye matters" And
these little ground nuts, as they were for
merly called, are recommended as o valu-
able article Of food, In the form Of soups,
purees and mush.
The Chinese boil peanuts and roll them
fine, mold them into dough and bake.
Tho contriving housewife has already
discovered that peanuts can be used to
great advantage in many ways, of which
here are few:
Finely chopped peanuts eaten in milk in
place of the rolled mush SO much used
make dish very highly thought of, and
one very acceptable for tho helated shopper
Or to be eaten at bedtime when light
luncheon Is required
Peanuts rolled fine and added to the
bread stufiing for ducks greatly improve it.
There are several ways Of using peanuts
for sandwiches, Ons way Is to roll the
meats very fine and stir them thickly in
mayonnaiso dressing and spread between
thin slices of bread. Another method is
to roll or pound the shellod and skinned
peanuts and spread them thickly upon
thin slices Of buttorod bread Sprinkle
lightly with salt before putting the slices
together. Still another filling is made by
sailing the powdered nut meats and mix
ing them with enough Philadelphia cream
cheese to hold them together. Spread this
on squares Of thin bread or crackers
These sandwiches are particularly nice to
serve with lettuce salad.
A peanut paste served on bread is mado
thus: For nm egg heat tablespoonful of
butter to cream and into it stir table
spoonful of sugar and the yOll of an egg,
beaten until it is very light and thick.
Secure freshly roasted peanuts, shell them
and chop very fine. Stir chopped nuts
with the other ingredients until you have
a thick pasta that will spread. Slice bread
into very thin slices and cut them into
somo fancy form, such as rounds, triangles
or diamonds, and spread them thickly with
the nut paste. Beat tho white of the egg
very stiff, and add to 1t teaspoonful of
powdered sugar. Pile this meringue upon
the spread bread and scatter few finely
chopped peanuts over the top. Heat a
shovel, fill it with hot GOALS and hold it
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

ALMOST the first prominent person TO
die on the first OF the new year was Mr.
Albert NJ King, superinterdc Of the
Jackson g. Sharp Co., who Suddenly died
at IL o clock on Friday Mr.. King was
well known gentleman, and became super
intendent of the Jackson g. Sharp works
some fifteen years ago. He leaves wife
aud several children to mourn hig urlruo
" taking off
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

THE water department certainly con.
Quoted their business in a CrcdtaJlU man.
ner last year Out of sum total OF onu
hundred and seventy thousand dollsrs
owed to the department for water rent
every cent has been collected, aud only
twenty four hydrants had to he turned off
to make the owners comply wish the rules
of the department This year the dapar.
ment will give a ten per cent. rebate on
all water rents paid during the month Of
January.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

EADIEs! Chlehescr's English Pennyroyai pit, I
u n 90 ., s.. ars the Best ss
f~ Ladies'" ~ IErTxE BY Return Mall AZ DrvrstsvlS
Chichester Chemical Co.. FEilada., ia.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

nR. DEHARDTs:
- PENNYR0yAL PILLS
Are the only Beuuina PannyroyaI Fills
made. Tweaty.fve years eSee,isnss
Bold hy drugsis,s. 0moo, as N. Mat,
street. Pbila- BY mail or at Ofasa III
adylce Tree ,Ladlsa beware or i.nits.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-01-02

BURGLARS are about in our city. M.
merous attempts have been made lately
to break into dwellings, but fortunately
thus far the thieves have not been very
successful in securing plundor. Abou.
this time every winter The same scare IS
given our citizens by hearing and reading
in the newspapers of attempts at burglary.
Our police force has generally been sue
cessful in soaring the thieves out of the
city. They have another opportunity now
to show their efficiency,