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The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10
Hay vrows as high as a mans head.

Hay grows as high as a mans head.
Hardy vegetables a be raised.
All streams show true gold assures.
Take plenty OF -four. Buy all you
think you will need, then buy more.
Last winter a mar killed himself be-
cause he had five pounds of baking
powder and 40 flour.
Under act OF Congress, communities
Of miners can make their own laws.
No thief gets a fairer trial any.
where, nor a prompter execution.
Make caches on platforms six feet
high. Wolves.
1t will pay to wait a year or two.
1t costs $1,000 now and will cost $500
then.
All distances are gigantic. 1t is 1000
miles from Sitka to Klondike.
A boat leaving Dawson September
20 is chased to the mouth of freezing
water.
All wood in the Aleutian Islands
grew on glaciers in Alaska.
Whole forests break into the sea.
Some streams are bridged by gla-
ciers.
Some wood is beautifully polished
by glacier action.
Ayalanches in the interior are un.
known. i.
Owing to dryness there is not much
suffering from the cold.
Take a 1880 rifle with telescope
sights.
One small tribe makes $500 a yeal
from silver fox skins. They are worth
$3.50 each.
Exposed portions OF the body freeze
in three minutes.
Enough library: One Bible, one
Shakespeare.
Snowshoes not needed in the MINI
country.
Buy mines from discouraged miners
Trading companies will not carr.
goods for competitors.
Next year competition will brini
down their prices SO per cent.
Meals on the boat up the river cost 3
each.
Men who have gone this winter t
make their living saving wood WI
not have time to say much.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10

A man named DR.. Teatil Floryanoff
Lawc2ski tried to end his earthly ca
reer with laudanum in Chicago last
week, but even laudanum wouldn't
kill a man with such a name.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10

His wife having drank thirty gal.
Ions Of wine. which he had stored In
the cellar for himself, an Abilene,
Kansas, man brought SUIT for divorce.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10

A Catholic priest returned from
Alaska, says it is not the intense cold
from which people suffer most, but
from the voiceless and inarticulate
silence that Expresses. The Western
genius who is preparing a shipment OF
spinsters to be sold at auction, has
solved this difficulty. Three hundred
women married on the same day will
make a i ence of vague memory.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10
March 10. 1897.

WILL OF SENATOR GEORGE.-Tlie
late Senator George, in his will. makes
the following disposition Of his prop
erty: The home, Cotesworth, is given
to Mr.. w. G. George. TO his sister
Mrs. Wilson. he gives $1,000; to his
sisters, Mesdames Comfort and Tur-
ner, each $500. The law library goes
to j. w. George; the political library
to J.. u. George, Jr., a grandson. The
balance of the books are divided among
the heirs. 1t is provided that the
business of George & Henderson, on
Runnymede plantation, shall continue
twenty years. The proceeds from
that business, money and other ei'
fects, are to be distributed equally
among his children.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-09-10

The cook does not care anything
about the price Of wheat. She wants
her yeast to rise.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
THE IouRNAL is RIGHT.

To the Editor of the Evening Journal.
Sir: You struck the right chord in
your remarks on the new charter yes
terday. It's fate will be determined ac-
cording to the partisan advantage that
is likely TO follow from its enactments,
and it Is too much to expect that the
party in power can rise to the realiza-
ton that wise and just laws, for the
benefit of the whole people, are best for
the party that enacts them.
The Republicans have been cheating
the Democrats and the Democrats have
been robbing the Republicans for years,
and SO it must go en-, without hope Of
improvement, until the people adopt
Mr.. Bryan's view, as expressed in his
Dover speech, that "the best legislation
is that which recognizes the rights of
all and protects every citizen with an
equal hand" Then we may expect a
fair home-rule charter for Wilmington.
The work of the Municipal Commits
sion is, in my opinion, lost and for the
sole reason that the new charter aims
to re-establish self-government and re-
duce the management oI municipal af-
fairs to a strictly business basis. II
would require a thousand loud and
/ long thunder claps from a clear sky
over the State House at Dover, to con
vince our legislators that it would be
best for the Democratic party, because
best for the inhabitants Of Wilmington
to pass the bill proposed by the Com
mission. CITIZEN.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
A BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.

A delightful surprise birthday party
was rendered to Mrs. Chester w. Brink
at her home, No. 40 Washington street,
Tuesday night. The time was pleas
antly spent in music and social inter-
course. and refreshments were served.
Mrs Brink was the recipient of several
handsome gifts.
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs.
George Vandegrift, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Talley. Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Kilmer Mr..
and Mrs William Lowden. Mr. and
Mrs. Alonzo Fairbanks, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ainsworth, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ever
son. Mr.. and Mrs Mcclure, Mr. and
Mrs. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Ru-
dolph and daughter, Helen; Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Stone, Mrs. Mcdaniel, Mrs
Mary Wood, Mrs. Fothergill Mrs
Barnes, Mrs. l.. B. Church, Mrs. Var
nall, Mrs. Francis, Mrs. Triggs, Mrs
Crutchheld, of New York; Miss Jennie
Young, Isaac Lenderman, William T
Church, Walter S. McMullen and Paul
Brink.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
WHO yere tho n,snnes2

The dialect Of the Spanish Basque
provinces, such as we have it in the
songs and proverbs which have acquired
for this people quite a European reputa-
tion, is really hideous mixture of
Spanish patois-Spanish, more or less
adulterated with French-and Moorish
or Arabic. Many Of their words have a
curious resemblance TO corresponding
English words--just as we find in our
English slang a good many gypsy
words. For instance, the Basque word
CORY (Which signifies red, rusty, bloody,
gory), tho word gono (gown). escura
(school), Trina (farina, four, curritzen
(course, courrier), du (does, from the
verb TO do), letra (letter), tcilature
(roof, tile). cantua (song, canticle),
boina (bonneO, etc.
The music of the popular Basque
songs is in general plaintive and couch
ed in the minor keys. The melodies,
like the language, are a trgdition-as
no composers names have come down
to us-and this, again, is a singular
compound of Spanish and oriental mel
ody. 1t also confirms my view Of the
origin Of this interesting people, so that
/ have the language and the music bott
fighting to uphold my theory. Gentle.
mans Magazine.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
IIABOR's RIGHTS.

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal.
Sir. The trainers of our new charter.
whether their bill passes or not, have
fully recognized the rights of laborers.
and should have their everlasting regard
and support. The insertion of a. section
in the new charter prescribing eight
hours as a full days work is the first
official recognition of the laboring man
in the State of Delaware. 1t is both
wise and humane. and in this particular
the new charter should commend itseli
to the hearty support of every son OF
toll. The empoyes in the city Offices
have light work. full pay and short
hours; why should not the men in the
trenches and cutters and on the streets
be as fairly treated? LABOR.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
BITTEN RY A MAD Doc.

ELKTON, Md, March Miss Ruth
McCracken, daughter of Thomas Nc
Cracker, of North East, Cecil county,
was bitten on Sunday by her pet dog
The dog showed signs of rabies, and
yesterday Miss McCracken, accompa-
MED by her mother and DR.. George S.
Rittenhouse, left for the Pasteur treat
ment in New York. Miss McCracken is
a teacher in the schools at North East
and is about go years Of age. Several
ether dogs in North East have showed
signs OF rabies, and war is being ragged
against the animals by the citizens.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
A aoY aNO 4 BALLooN
or How Bns.nsss Was Interrupted Ia a
Chicag0 DEPARTMENT Store.

Chicago Department Store.
The small boy had purchased a rubber
balloon in the toy department
He was tagging after bis mother in
the crowded first floor Of the big depart
ment store when some one jolted against
him 50 that he let GO Of the string The
rubber balloon ioated upward until it
reached the ceiling.
The boy howled in dismay, and his
mother dropped her bundles. imagining
that some one had walked on him.
There was the balloon bohbing against
the ceiling
The boy held up his hands toward it
and demanded that II be returned TO
him. His mother gathered up her bun
dies and scolded him for being careless.
Then the aisle became blocked with
people who offered suggestions.
"Get long fishing pole. - said one.
"How did it happen?" asked another
"How long will it stay up there?'
inquired yet another
A porter came running to find out
what was the matter. A dozen willing
people pointed out the balloon Chat rested
lightly against the ceiling and was
shifted about by every little movement
Of the air.
II don't see how can getit " said
he.
"Oh, you ought to get it for the boy,
said large man, WHO had established
himself as master of ceremonies. lyon
bought the balloon here in the store,
didn't you, madam
"Yes, sir, she replied.
"She bought the balloon here in the
store, " said the large man to the porter.
II think if you get a long window pole
and stand on that highest shelf that you
can fish it down.
1t was a cent balloon, but the porter
went after it as if it were tho bag Of
gold that hangs from every rainbow.
He found the pole and climbed to the
high shelf. Several hundred people stop
ped their shopping and watched him for
five minutes as he vainly polled in an
effort to fasten the end of the window
pole in the dangling string.
At last he was successful.
The balloon was slowly hauled down,
to the intense qualification Of every one
except the small boy. who had become
interested in a small aquarium contain.
ing goldfish. Chicago Record.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
WATER DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL NOTICr,

The following rule was adopted by the
Board of Water Commissioners, to take
effect June /. 1896:
SECTION XVI.
The water cannot be turned on TO any
premises except by the foreman or au-
thOrizcd cmploye of the Water Depart
ment, only lin new buldings) as it may be
turned on BY the plumber to test his work.
and 10 be turned off Immediately after his
test is made.
Where houses are vacant in the month
OF December Of each year and to remain
vacant for an indefinite time, and written
notice Is sent to the department, request
ing the water to be turned off the Water
Department will shut Off the water at the
expense of the owner.
The said property shall be EXEMPT from
water rent during such vacancy from the
1st day of January until occupied, at
which time the owner shall pay the water
rent in advance for the balance Of the
year, and the Water Department viii turn
on the water
When any water fixture has been re-
moved during any year written notice
must be given to the department prior to
der to have the rent charged for said fix
ture deducted from the bill for the follow
ing year.
Plumbers viii be allowed to shut off
water from premises for the purpose OF
making repairs when necessary, ard to
turn II on when the repairs are COM
peted, always leaving the stops and con-
nections in perfect condition.
Every person violating this section shall
be Liable TO a penalty OF Five Dollars for
each and every offense.
BY order of the Board OF Water Com
/ missioners. J. a. BOND,
Chief Engineer.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
AN ENJOYABLE PARTY.

Misses Grace and Maggie Carr gave a
very pleasant party to their young
friends one evening recently at their
home. Misses Maggie Hughes, Ella
Sehl and Mamie Murphy gave some
very fine solos, and Miss Lizzie Nc
Gowan and James Tatnall entertained
the company by their recitations. Dane
ing was the chief feature of the even
ing. Among those present were: The
Misses Grace Carr. Ella Sehl. Margaret
Hughes, Maggie Carr, Mary r. Hughes
Lizzie A. MCGOWAN. Mamie l.. Murphy
Sallie Mccormick Dolores Smith
Katie McGowan, M. Logan. J. Me-
Gowan- Bernard and John Carr, James
Tatnail, Frank Gallagher, Ralph Doris
Frederick and William Tayolr. Roy
Smith. At midnight refreshments were
served.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
ELECTION or CoUNCILMEN AT
LARGE.

To the Editor OF the Evening Journal.
Sir Allow me to dissent from the
opinion you express on the provision
of the new charter for the election of
councilmen. IL will be admitted that
better men could be induced to run at
large on the ticket of either party with
an election assured than would allow
themselves to become involved in an
unseemly ward squabble. The greatest
scandals in city affairs that the people
have ever known resulted from the Sc
lection of ward politicians to seats in
Council
The abuse of the privileges given
them and the reckless expenditure of
public funds through their hands re-
suited in the establishment of the COM
missions An Indifferent and help
less, though outraged, people could con-
ceive of no better method of getting
rid of the barnacles that had fastened
themselves on the body polite. 1t was
an easy way out of a bad job. There
was a time in the history of Whining
ton, when important questions of local
government were settled at town meet
ings and members of Council were
chosen at large. Economy" was the
watchword, and our best citizens were
found among the membership of Coun-
Gil. Now it is proposed that we shall
return, in a sense to this ancient and
honorable method OF government.
As / read the new charter, Council
will not be a political body, and will
have no patronage to dispense, except
that incident to its organization. It's
] functions will be exclusively legislative
and it will be confined strictly to pass
ing ordinances for the regulation of the
business of the city. For all practical
purposes Council might be composed
entirely of Democrats or Republicans
without either party gaining any ad
vantage or suffering any loss.
FREE GOVERNMENT.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
COLOR IN PLANTS.
The Most Important Coloring Substance
In tho World Is ChlorOphylI.

The Most Important Coloring Substance
In the World Is ChlorOphyll.
Chlorophyll is perhaps the most i'm
portant coloring substance III the world,
for upon this substance depend the char
acteristic activity Of plants, the synthe-
SIS of complex compounds from carbon
dioxide and water process, upon which
the existence of all living things is ulti-
mately conditioned. Only in very few
unimportant forms devoid OF chlorophyll
can the synthesis Of complex from sim
pie compounds or from the clements 10
accomplished. The function of chloro-
phyll may only be comprchonded when
its chief physical properties arc under
stood. These may be best illustrated
by placing n gram Of chopped leaves
Of grass or goranium in few cubic cen
timeters Of strong alcohol for an hour.
Such a solution viii be of bright,
clear green color, and when the vessel
containing it is held in such a manner
that the sunlight is reflected from the
surface Of the liquid it will appear blood
red, due to its property Of luorescence,
that of changing the wave length Of
the rays Of light Of the violet and Of
the spectrum in such a manner as to
make them coincide with those of the
red end. 1t is by examination Of light
which has passed through "A solution Of
chlorophyll, however, that the greatest
insight into its physical properties may
be gained. If such a ray Of light is pass
ed through a prism and spread out on a
screen, it may be seen that there arc
several large intervals of dark bands in
the spectrum. Tho rays of light which
would have occupied these spaces have
been absorbed by the chlorophyl and
converted into heat and other forms of
energy. This energy is directly availa-
bic to the protoplasm containing the
chorophyll, and by means of it the syn
thesis Of complex substance may be ac-
, conplished. Popular Science Monthly.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
ROAD COMMISSIONERS SUMMONED.
MUST APPEAR BEFORE LEVY
COURT TO HAVE THEIR AC.
COUNTS AUDITED.

Levy Court settled the overpaid tax
disputes this afternoon, once and for
all. by a resolution introduced by Mr.
Gallagher and signed by Messrs. White
and Scott, of the Committee on over
paid Taxes. The resolution held that
as the appellants had neglected TO com
ply with the law requiring them to ap-
pear before the assessors or the Levy
Court In March. the court could not
now legally refund the money.
The appellants We're Messrs. Mills
and Mahoney. of Clayton; William J.
Megill. No. 205 Tatnall street, Howard
Garrett Of New Castle hundred. and
others. Mr. Gallagher in introducing
the resolution, urged the reporters to
freshcn the taxpayers memories on the
subject of appealing to the Levy Court
early IN March if their assessments are
not right. The resolution was adopted
at 1890 p. m.
The court ordered all the road COM
missiOners of New Castle county to ap-
pear with their accounts. to be audited
by the court, as required by law The
dates for the commissioners to report
are: Tuesday, March Q. Christiana and
New Castle. Wednesday, March 10
Brandywine and White Clay Creek.
Thursday, March II, Pencader and Red
Lion. Tuesday, March 16, st. Georges
Wednesday, March II, Appoquinimink
Thursday March Is, Blackbird.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Kansas new governor iE coming up
to the general suspicious he has ex-
cited. Washington Post
The only sure foundations for ma
tional prosperity are individual indus
try and frugality.- Journal.
Mark Hanna says he will be senator
or nothing Some gentlemen succeed
admirably in being both. Harrisburg
Patriot.
A man with a common poker game
look on his face is often thought TO be
a wise and deep thinker. New Orleans
Pioayune.
Ex-Queen Lii will be a leader in so
ciety first thing she knows. instead of
boss Of a lot OF coral-beaaed savages.-
Plttsburg News.
If Colonel lngersoll can afford to
give up a $4,000 law practice for lee
turing, he must find the lecture busi-
ness a profitable one.-Boston Globe.
II is perfectly justifable to fine a
man for kissing a woman against hel
WILL as there is never any need of his
doing so.-f'lorida Times-Union.
Actors seem to think that when a
man opens a letter or telegram in tho
parlor he always throws the envelope
on the loor.-New York Press.
In Kansas the population of the state
has decreased per cent. since 1890
while that Of the insane asylums has
increased Al per cent. The latter figures
seem low, but II is explained that the
asylums have all the inmates they car
hold.-Philadelphia Ledger.
George Washington was FIRST in war
Al n Al u. II
his countrymen." The Senate has sue
ceeded in following him only so far az
the first proposition .-PhiladelphiS
Ledger
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
A Suggestion.

1t was suggested by some one at the
late Louisville convention that women
residing in market towns should open
their clubrooms on market days for the
benefit of the women who come into
town. that they might have a pleasant
and comfortable place in which to rest
and lunch. II practicable, the idea is a
good one. aud women in surrounding
places might by that means be interest
ed in uniting and working for some
thing mosf needed IL their ovrn COM
nuai'y
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
GRIER-CAULK

DR., Frank L. Grier, Of Smyrna, and
Miss Florence Caulk. OF Camden, were
married in st. Pauls Chapel. Camden,
on Tuesday, before a large number of
guests. The maid OF honor was Miss
Edna Williamson, and Miss Maisy
Townsend and Miss Ellison were
bridesmaids. Walter Grier. a brother
OF the groom, was best man. Miss
Helen Smithers played the wedding
march. The bride wore a handsome
gown of white moire, trimmed with
rich lace. The church was prettily
decorated for the occasion. DR.. and
Mrs Grier went on a wedding trip.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
AMONG HARRINGTON FOLK.

Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
HARRINGTON. March 4.-Miss Ida
Donavon has returned to her home in
Georgetown after an extended visit
among Harrington friends.
Misses Dora Reese, Olivia Cain. Eu-
lah Waller and Alexander Newman and
Albert Franklin have returned from a
visit to friends in Seaford.
Mrs. Emory Harrington has been Wis
iting friends in Frederica.
Mrs. Harry Matthews and son, Wal
ter. of Philadelphia. are visiting the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
West
Elijah Hudson, of Philadelphia, is
visiting friends in town.
Miss Lucy Wyatt, of Wilmington, is
visiting here.
Mrs William Turner has returned
home from a short visit to relatives in
Philadelphia and Norwood, Pa.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04

States army. The captain is accom-
panied by his three daughters. the
Misses Crofton.
Miss Sallie Hollis. Of this city. and
Miss Adey Anders. OF Philadelphia. are
spending few days in New York city.
w. P. Peach, of Mermaid, is regis
tered at Hotel Jennings.
+. f. Dunn, Of Dover, was in the city
last night and this morning.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04

1t is time for the Democratic major
ity in the Constitutional Convention TO
assert itself, and to demonstrate to the
people of the state that it no longer
proposes to be used by Hon. Edward g.
Bradford and Hon. William c. Spru-
ance 10 bring about condition OF af-
fairs most disastrous TO the interests oi
the Democratic party. For several
weeks these two men have been run.
ming the convention to suit themselves
They have been using the Democratic
delegates as cat's-paws to pull the Re.
publican chestnuts from the political
fire, and they have bad a remarkably
Evening journal., 1897-03-04

easy time Of it. They have been the
real trainers of the new Constitution so
far, and everything now indicates that
they viii play the Svengah act with
the Democratic Trilbies to the end of
the session, unless the Democratic
leaders get together and do something
TO break the charm.
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
SIT. JOsEPH's FAIR CLOSED.

The fair which has been in progress
at St. Joseph's r. c. Church has closed
after very successful run. 1t is esti-
mated that at least $1,000 will be cleared
and Father Birmingham is jubilant at
it's success. The village cart and pony.
for which there We're several contest
ants, was won by Miss Frances Buck
ley and over $500 was cleared on the
cOnroat
Evening journal., 1897-03-04
WICOMICO RIVER FisHERIEs.

CRISFIELD, Nd, March 4.-Fish
Commissioner James c. Tawes was on
Wicomico river yesterday looking after
the fishing interests of the state. He
stated that while ne was on his tour
herring were being taken, and two shad
were caught below White Haven.
large number of herring we're brought
to Crisfield yesterday. The fishermen
have been busy putting down their fish
pounds.