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Evening journal., 1897-08-17
STRUCK THE WRONG TOWN.
Fire Protectors Not wanted in Thn
Village.

flre protectors NOT wanted IN lhut
village.
upon learning that your little city
was devoid of fire protection" said an
agent for a fire extinguisher TO the
president of the village, Il resolved to
visit you and the trustees with a view
of establishing a complete system TO
protect your homes and business from
the ravages of fire."
You needn't say another word" re-
piled the chief executive, with a fierce
look upon his countenance. We have
had considerable experience in that
line ourselves, and we don't intend to
let another of you silk-hatted city men
rope US in again. III take the time and
pains for once and convince you that
the whole blamed system is curse
to anything and everything. Come
around here with me. DO you see that
ruined barn, the flame-charred house
and sheds and that black fence? Young
man, that is the work of your own ma
chimes, and you'd better take my advice
and scatter out of this before the folks
find you out"
Il know, my dear friend, but I'm not
selling such engines of destruction" in
sisted the surprised agent.
well, now, that's all nice enough.
The last one of you fellows preached
the same thing. He came here and got
us to build n whoppin' big fire in the
alley. We soaked the boards and boxes
with oil just as he asked us TO. we
touched the match and away she went.
Now turn on your fire business said
], and he began to flourish the brass
pail around. Then he twisted the han.
die on the top. Some kind of white
foaming liquid spurted out and covered
him. The fellow dropped on the ground
and commenced to yell. The machine
had bursted. Up he jumped and legged
il across lots-we never saw him again.
The fire caught the fence and spread
to the sheds, house and barn. Cleaned
up a good $4,000 worth of property.
Seems to me we've had enough of fire
machines, so don't waste your time
looking for trouble, because that's all
youll find around here"
The agent, silent, plodded his weary
way to the railroad station and took
the next train out.-Detroit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
nn,r IN nInI,c Cnrr,.-

Purchase at a trustworthy drug.
gist's three ounces of coriander seed.
three ounces of the best tumeric. one
ounce each of black pepper. mustard
and ginger, half an ounce of cardamon
seeds and one-quarter of an ounce OF
cumin seeds. This recipe comes from
India, and dates back to the days OF
that famous English gastronome. DR..
Kitchener. 1t is still the rule most
often used to-day. Sometimes a quar-
ter of an ounce of cayenne pepper is
ndded to IT. Pound the seeds TO pow
der and add the other ingredients.
Mix them thoroughly. and keep them
in a bottle closely corked from the air
N. Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
PoWER oF PUBLIc oP1NIoN.

Three men have died recently whose
lives illustrate the relentless power of
public opinion. They were contempo-
raries. they were men of signal abili-
ties and of unquestioned integrity. and
they rendered the country most valu-
able services. They each had an in
dependence of character which display
ed itself at times when such an act
was regarded as treason to party, and
their retirement promptly followed.
Trumbull, Farnsworth and DOOlittle
were Western men, each of whom was
taken by the hand by the people and
led to fame, but for supposed abandon
ment OF party principles they passed
the greater part of their days in pri-
waite life. Senator Trumbull was never
forgiven for voting against sustaining
the articles for impeachment Of An
drew Johnson presented to the Senate
by THE House; DOOliItle was retired be-
cause of his endorsement of the pol
icy of Mr.. Johnson in the reconstruc.
tiCn of The Southern states at the close
of the war; and FarnswOrth offended
his party by opposing The nomination
and election Of General Grant for Z
second term and for favoring the can.
didacy of Horace Greeley. Il was never
denied that each OF these men acteC
upon principles They believed to b,
right, true and just, but they did no
accord with the opinions of the people
and their failure simply meant pOliti
| cal death.-ChiCagO News
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES

Mrs. William J. Hume and daughter
Miss Helen S. Hume, and Master Mar
shall Hume have gone to Llan-rch and
Manoa to spend the Summer.
Miss Mary f. Duffy has returned
fl'om a three weeks visit to Miss Ellen
Whitfield, near Christiana.
Thomas and George Whitfield
Joseph II. and George w. Duffy are ths
guests CT Mrs. Hugh Duffy, al Atlanth
City.
Miss Amelia GOrmley and Miss Mag
gle Campbell have gone for a ten days
trip to Atlantic City.
stephen N. Fogg and wife, of No
600 West Twelfth street, are seriously
i'll with pneumonia.
Edwin Hirst, of this city, will attenC
the fiftieth anniversary exercises O
lseiperville Lodge, l. o. o. f., On Wed
nesday evening next.
Mrs. j. II. Anger is entertaining Mrs
George Godsmark and daughter, o
Albany, n. Y.
Charles Hansbury, Of Philadelphia, il
visiting friends in the city.
Miss Blanche McKeown is the CUES
OF Miss Laura Hutton, at Cheney, Pa
Mrs. James Wingert and daughters
Rose and Anita, are spending tw'
weeks at Atlantic City. On their return
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
WILsoN KNOWN HERE.

William c. Wilson, the Philadelphia
bookseller who was beaten to death in
his store last evening, was personally
known to many Wilmingtonians, and
especially to local lovers Of chess and
whist. He was a member of the Frank
lin Chess Club and in that way Mr.. Fer
ris. Mr.. Bacon and other Wilmington
ians became quite well acquainted with
him.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Crosby&Hill
WednGsdaV

1t was our intention 10 have
all our remnants on Saturdays
sale and were astonished to
find the quantity so large we
could not get them all ready,
but hope to do so by Wed
nesday, when we expect to
have a big sale of them. Mus
lin remnants, plaid remnants,
lawn remnants, gingham rem
nants, silk remnants, percale
remnants, odd lots of different
kinds of hosiery, muslin un-
derwear, corsets, ladies' wrap
pers. ladies waists, all at enor-
mously reduced prices.
To see will be to buy.
100 dozen huck and damask
towels, seen but seldom, when
at the lowest ebb Of prices i;
such size, such weight and
such fineness for I2Xc.
We give you at ali times
the btsI goods in the market
at the lowest prices.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
CONTEMPORARY OPINION.
AN ELECTRIC TROLLEY WITHOUT
OVERHEAD WIRES.

An electric trolley railway without
overhead wires is the latest scheme for
the solution Of the street railway pro-
pulsion problem. 1t is the invention CT
French engineer and if it proves
thoroughly practical the system is to
be introduced into Paris in time for the
International Exposition Of 1900. The
invention does away entirely with over
head conductors. The inventor estab-
fishes overhead contacts from the cleo
trio lampposts belonging to the city,
the distance between posts being some
what smaller than the length of the
electric train, consisting Of two or three
cars, so that contact is always assured
at one point at least. Through flexible
points of contact, suspended from each
electric light post along the proposed
line the current will be taken up by
means of copper rail fastened along
the edge of the roof of the car, not less
than IA or Is feet from the ground. The
contact point will slide along the cop
per rail, so that there is no difficulty
in establishing continuous current If
the points of contact are made suffi-
GENTLY elastic. The current is allowed
to return to the power station through
the track Of the line, as in the present
/ trolley systems The system, it is
claimed, offers all the benefits of the
overhead and underground systems
without any of their Objectionable fea-
lures. Boston Journal of Commerce
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

they Will visit Mrs. Wingerts sister.
Mrs. Lewis Craig. of Manayunk.
Mrs Lewis A. Slaughter is visiting
friends in various parts OF New Jersey.
Mrs. Charles Quillin and Miss Carrie
Bryan are visiting friends in Salisbury,
Md.
Andrew G. Taylor and wife have re-
turned from Atlantic City, accompanied
by William Taylor and his bride, who
have been spending their honeymoon at
the seashore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Scheu have re-
turned from a two weeks trip up the
Hudson river.
Isaac Linderman is spending a couple
of weeks at Woodland Beach.
Harry De Vine is spending a part CT
his vacation at Kenton, Del.
Miss Minnie L. Rommel and Miss
Annie b. Snyder have returned from a
few days in Reading, Pa.
Miss May Jordan left yesterday for
an extended visit TO friends in New
York.
Miss Lulu Muslin, of this city, is
spending a week with Miss Leach, Of
Elsmere.
b. T. Collins, of Milford, is register
ed at the Merritt House.
William NJ. Mccoy and c. L. Mccoy,
OF Ceci,ton, Md. have been visiting in
Wilmington.
f. w. Coulbourn, of Seaford, arrived
in Wilmington last evening and is
spending several days.
w. NJ. IIolten, of Mlddletown, has
been visiting in this city.
H. C. Cummings, of Risingtown. Md.
S guest at the Merritt House.
The family of Captain john d. Hart.
Of Camden, n. j., paid a visit to the
steamer LauTada at the Harlan and
HOllingsworth shipard yesterday. In
the party were Miss Mary C. Service, the
Misses Ada and Laura Hart, for whom
the vessel is named, and Miss Caro-
line Pretty.
Miss Sue Metz, of Germantown, is Wis
iting Miss Helen Scott, at No. 11O9 JEFF
ferson street.
Charles Scott is going to Newport for
two weeks.
CnarleM. Curtis and family who have
been summering at Newark, returned
to their town home to-day.
Isaac Downham and family are vis-
iting friends at FeltCn.
Miss Elizabeth Sterling is attending
Pitman Grove camp meeting.
George Kelley and sister, Mercy, Of
Chester county, Pa, spent yesterday
with friends in the city.
The engagement has been announced
of James Ginns and Miss Sallie Top
kis.
Samuel Slessinger and daughter
went to Atlantic City yesterday fcr a
two weeks stay.
Miss Mamie Fell is home from Phil
adelphia, where she has been visiting
relatives.
Miss ]. d. Frock and Miss J. Sooey
have gone to Ocean City, n. j., to re-
main until September.
Mrs. George M. Davis is visiting
friends in GOrdOnvile Pa.
Andrew E. Sanborn will so to New
York tomorrow TO meet Levi c. Bird,
who has been in Europe with exam
bassadOr Bayard. and who is due in
New York tomorrow on the North
German Lloyd steamer Lain.
Hon. Thomas B. Smith will return
from RehOboth tomorrow.
Clarence Beadenkopf returned from
RehOboth yesterday.
Leonard E. Wales, Jr., has returned
from RehOboth.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
BALTIMORE's NEW PITCHERs

Pitchers Amole from the Reading.
and Kitson, from Burlington, Iowa, the
last acquisitions on Manager Hanlon's
pitching staff, were out practicing in
Baltimore with the team yesterday, and
both made favorable impressions. The
two young men are striking contrasts
in appearance. Amole is a thick-set
rOund-bodied, pOwerful-lCoking young
fellow, with ruddy complexion and
light hair KitsOn is of very dark com
PlexiOn. tall, slender and somewhat un-
gainly in action: He sends a bal
across the plate with a lot of speed with
apparently very little effort. He has
long arms and an easy swing, much
like Homc-'s. One of the old-time root
ers declared that KitsOn pitched very
much as the late David FOutz did wher
he was one of the champion Browns
crack twirlers. Pitcher Maui was prac-
ticing yesterday also.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
EUOHRB FARTY OF EIGHTY
EIGHT.

Ocean City. Md, Aug. 17-At New
Congress Hall, Ocean City, eigihty-eight
couples took part in the progressive
euchre party. The first ladys prize, a
handsome silver souvenir, was won by
Miss Maggie Johnson, a pearl-handed
ice cream spoon by Mrs w. II. Her
zog. a silver-mOunted smelling SALTS
botAe by Miss Julia Lyon, all Of Bal
ihmore, and a pearl-back nail brush by
Mrs. Burgin, cf Salisbury. The bOOby
Prize was won by Mrs. H. Casteiberg
The gentlemen's prizes, silver PEN
knife. was won by w. G. Sutro; silver
hat brush by William McCOTmick;bOt'
tie Of wine by ID. Emerich; bundle ol
cigars by Charles Gantz The gentle
mems BOBBY prize was won by j. Bur-
Gin, Of Salisbury.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
500 REWARD siOO.

The readers OF this paper will be pleased
20 learn that there Is at least one dreaded
iiscasc that science has been able to cure
In all its stages and that is Catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only positive
Catarrh being a constitutional disease re-
quires a constitutional treatment Halls
.atarrh Cure is taken internally. acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. thereby destroying
The foundation Of the disease. and giving
The patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in doine
It's work. The proprietors have so much
faith IN its curative powers that they Of
Ter One Hundred Dollars for any case
that Il fails TO cure. Send FOR list of Tes-
.imOnlals. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
EnrIish neeF Hn.I,.

In one tablespoonful of butter cook
slowly, until light colored, one table
spoonful of chopped onion; add one
cupful of dry boiled rice. one pint of
diced cold cooked beef, one-half of n
tenspoonful of salt. one-quarter OF a
teaspoonful of white pepper, and suiii-
cient strained tomato to moisten.
Cover, cook slowly for ten minutes, and
turn out on hot platter, garnishing
with parsley.-Boston Budget.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Here's an up-to-date parson. Rev.
Dr. Haneher. Of the Grand Avenue
Methodist Episcopal Church. of Kansas
City, has established not only a bicycle
check room in the basement of his
church, but also room where mothers
may check their babies while they at
tend divine service. Now If some enter
prising Yankee legislator would only
devise some means to check obnoxious
cyclists on our public thoroughfares we
might find occasion for joyful comment
in vastly different direction.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
1HErR DELIGHrFUL CRUISE.

Miss Salne Hollis, of This city, and
her friends Miss Ada Andrews, OF
Philadelphia; Miss Mcllie Gill, of
Townsend, and Miss Lizzie Disch, of
Dover, have returned from a delight
ful ten days cruise on the Chesapeake
bay While on the "trip they visited
Chestertown, the Cliffs, TOlchester, Bal
timore Bay Ridge, Annapolis, New
Point. Old Point Comfort, fortress
Monroe, Hampton Reads Newport, New
Ocean View, Norfolk and either points
in THE South. They returned from
Fortress Monroe in the palace steamer
Charlotte. in charge of J. S. Bennet, a
perfect type of the Southern gentle
man.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Fer snndnv snnnera.

Butter an enameled meat plate and
cover with q layer one-half-inch thick
Of boiled potatoes mashed while warn
with an egg and a little milk. Th
edges should be crimped the same
for an open tart.-Idle Hours.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Steve Brodie has wired to His Royal
Highness, Prince Henry, of Orleans,
that he will give him and General Al
bertone $4,000 apiece if they will fight
their coming duel before the kineto-
scope. giving him the exclusive use OF
the films, and $4,000 apiece additional
if they viii make the duel last for al
least ten rounds. He evidently believes
that 1t would be a money-making ven
ture. and no doubt it would be if he
could but induce the distinguished duel
lists TO become parties TO his scheme
When Steve was asked if he expected
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

What's this? A labor union delegate
rode bike to a strikers meeting
with a non-union made saddle. No
wonder the discovery broke up the con-
ference, although the accused professed
innocence of the objectionable charge
Of patronizing scabism. Such treason
is indeed a grave offense.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Miss Nettie Hartman and Frank
Cole. both Of this city. were married
last evening by Rev. John ID. c. Hanna
at Union NJ. E. parsonage, No. sos
Washington street.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
TUESDAY. AUGUST II. 1897
THE PRICE OF PEACE.

Tomorrow there will be meeting of
the regular Republican State Commit
tee to consider the proposal OF the
Union Republican State Committee that
joint committee on harmony be ap-
pointed. There is an apparent willing
ness on the part of the regular Repub-
licans to hear what the Addicksites
have to say for themselves but 1t is
net believed that any reconstruction
scheme will be agreed to which does
not provide for the complete elimina-
tion Of Addicks from the party councils
and the surrender Of all pretensions of
the Addicksites to regularity and Fed
eral patronage.
In short, the terms of the regulars
will be so severe that the Addicksites
cannot accept them and they will be
compelled to continue to occupy the
same miserable position in our state
politics that they have occupied for so
many years,
That the regulars would like to wean
away from Addicks and his lieutenants
their following, is natural. Therefore,
they must at least make a pretense c.
being willing to treat with the RepuDii-
can rebels so that they can throw upon
the rebel leaders all responsibility for
a failure of negotiations.
It must be borne in mind, however
that Addicks built his party with his
own money, and that his purse is by no
means empty. What he and his money
have done in the past can by him and
his money be done in the future. His
nature is not self-sacrihcing. His
contrary, It possesses rule or ruin char
acteristics OF pronounced character
Should his lieutenants endeavor to
throw him over as a Jonah they would
find him unwilling to pay visit to the
belly of the whale of political oblivion.
He would simply buy new set of lieu
tenants and continue doing business at
the old stand and all the regular Re
publicans would gain would be a batch
of ambitious leaders who had played a
treacherous part in the past and who
would be likely to play a treacherous
part in time to come. The regular Re
publicons cannot warm Addioks ser
pents and not repent their generosity
and humaneness. They have cleared
their house of the treacherous brood and
to permit them to come back on equal
terms would be suicidal. Until Ad-
dicks, despairing of success and firing
of large expenditures Of money, con
cludes that the game is net worth the
candle, and decides to drop out of poll
tics, the regular Republicans must con-
tinue to pay the penalty for their te-
merity in using such a double-edged
tool in their efforts to secure political
ascendency in this state.
Mr.. Addicks will not be shelved for
the benefit of Colonel Henry A. DUPONT
or Henry G. Morse, and while he is in
the aeld there can be no lasting or sat
isfactory place existing between the
two Republican parties now struggling
for supremacy in Delaware
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
WE'RE MARRIED IN WILMINGTON

Gilpin r. Pyle. of Avondale, Fa., an,
Miss Anna j. McDermOtt, of LondCl
Grove. Pa. came to this city on ;
happy srrand yesterday. They went t.
the home of Rev. John d. c. Hanna
and we're united i'm marriage by tina
popular matrimonial divine.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
Tnto1icatinr Tree saps.

Intoxicating liquors have been made
from the sap of the birch. the willow,
It poplar and the sycamore.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
PHWlADELPHIA CYLCLIsTs

"A merry party of amateur and pro-
fsssional bicyclists is registered at Uhe
Merritt House. OF the Trusty Wheel
men Of Philadelphia there are: Will
liam Halbers.adt, Chris. Halberstadt,
Emma Halberstadt, Miss Simpson,
Joseph e. Bunkner, Peter German,
William Fisher and Aaron Oettingr.
Also in the party are Albert Lang o..
A. W., S4.634), and Gabriel Lang o.. A.
W.. S4,633) Miss S. Grant and George
p. Halberstadt q. A. W., 7,41S) all of
Philadelphia
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Hoa. Jonathan S. Willis appears to
have lost his personal as well as his
political grip on President Mckinley
and he has about despaired Of being
appointed minister to Guatemala or any
other place Like many other ambitious
men in this state he made the mistake
Of identifying himself with the political
fortunes Of ]. Edward Addicks.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
DIR. ABBOTT ON LOVELY WOMAN.

DIR. ABBOTT ON LOVELY WOMAN.
DIR. Lyman Abbott says that the
main argument against the mingline
of the sexes at college lis that they are
apt to fall in love and get married and
mat, as he asserted in a recent after
dinner speech to the Oberlin College
alumni lis a thing of which I heartily
approve. / fell in love and got mar
ried myself. and l think it was the
best thing | ever did. Indeed, If |
were addressing undergraduates. l am
not sure but that l would advise them
to elect the study of human nature
with one tutor EACH"
The new woman does not trouble DR..
Abbott either. while / do not care
10 see wcmen rushing into the profess
siOns, he said, "and becoming stenog-
raphers, lawyers, doctors, reporters
and what not, yet ! would by no means
debar them from that privilege If they
so desire. ] would have them free TO
choose for themselves. The idea OF
forcing them into the home is absurd.
If men must corral women in order to
MARRY them, then they'd better be cid
bachelors.
But l believe that social problems
viii be SO worked out before many
years that men will be the sole bread
winners and women will take that
place for which they are so well suited
and in which they are happy-that of
home makers and home keepers. For
myself | want to say that whatever of
fame has come 10 me or whatever /
have accomplished, is due to the wis
dom, counsel and inspiration Of that
angel that has walked by my side.
feel sure, too, that she rejoices more in
any hOnors that have come to me than
self"
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

interference That's where Sullivan ana
Mitchell scrapped. You know / met the
prince once, when was in Paris.
France, some six years ago" For un-
adulterated democratic gall, Steve takes
the first prize.
HOT TIMES IN THE OLD TOWN.
When you hear those bells go ting ling.
When you hear Hugh Browne begin TO
singl
Frank Alice will swear like anything.
And therell be hot times In the old
town tonight.
When he says that Addicks must step
cut.
Then you'll hear mighty. mighty,
shout,
You may not know what it is all
about,
But there1l be hot times in the old
town tonight
He's my man." poor Frank Alice does
bawl,
Hes my man, and love him best Of
all,
Cant have him, don't want no man at
all,
and there1l be hot times in the old
town tonight"
Hes our meat" this is Brownies war
like call,
Hes cur meat, and well eat him, hide
and all;
ffTto,,ft 49,.
all,
And there'll be hct times in the old
town tonight"
So you see, with all their fuss and fea-
ther,
Browne and Alice can never get to-
gether,
They will meet and talk about the
weather.
And the hot times in the old town to-
night.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

NJ. Hanna is again on the political
warpath. This time for himself, how
ever.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
A PHILADELPHIA BRIDAL CoUPL

Charles II. Fischer and Miss SOphi
F. Koch. both of Philadelphia, cam
to Wilmington yesterday afternoon t
be married. They went to Union M. b
parsonage, No. sos Washington street
and there Rev. John d. c. Hanna reai
the ceremony making them husban,
and wife. They afterward returned T.
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Gus Mills, the phenomenal female i'm
pcrsonGtor, is at Shellpot Park this
week with Simmons & Slocum's Min
strels
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

All communications intended for inser
ton in this column should be addressed 10
Society Editor, care of the Evening Jour
nal. communications should be written
on one side of the paper only.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

At Clinton, KY, an acre of whea
yielded los two-bushel sacks.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17

Visit the Trading Stamp Store, 911
Market street.
Evening journal., 1897-08-17
SUMMER DIVERSIONS.
Party Returns From a Cruise
On the Chesapeake.
JAUETs TO SHORE AND MOUNTAINS

COUPLES WHO CAME FROM OVER
THE PENNSYLVANIA LINE TO
BE UNITED IN MARRIAGE BY A
WILMINGTON PREACHER IN
TEREsT1NG PERSONAL NOTES.