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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
A. snhtsrrnrn for snnils.

Undcr the plea OF what the New York
Tribune calls move for real Civil
Service REFORM" President Mckinley
is said to he contemplating large re-
movals froui the classified Civil Service
of offices placed there by President
Cleveland. The latter Is charned with
having placed these Offices in the Civil
Service classi tication for the purpose of
benetiting the Democratic incumbents
and now it is proposed to "remedy this
injustice" by opening the way to re-
move these officials and fill their places
with some OF the thousands of cormor.
ants who are making President McKin.
ley's life miserable by demands of
official rewards for their alleged SER
vices to the Grand Old Party.
But 1t is not true that President
Cleveland placed tboss Offices undor the
Civil Service classification for the pur-
pose OF saving lot of Democratic
Office holders. On the contrary, many
OF the occupants of these places were Re-
publicans, and it is most forcibly
pointed out by the Philadelphia Ledger
that Mr.. Cleveland. in his devotion TO
real Civil Service reform, incurred
great opposition from the politicians Of
his own party for his unwillinguess to
prostitute the public service 10 mere
spoils. "One of the chief objections TO
him on the part of the Bryanites, " it
adds was that ho was Civil Service
reformor, and the tone of the Chicago
Convention was distinctly antagonistic
to the retention in Office of faithful
public servants, not even eparing tho
| Judiciary 1t ID useless to reason with
a party worker who is latter job"
and impossible TO convince HIM that
party service is not the all important
| qualification for the procuring OF gov
ernment office. But the overwhelming
majority Of American citizens who are
noithor otiics-seekers nor Office holders,
whatever their partisan procivities
may be, are interested in an honest.
faithful performance of duty on the
part Of their public servants. They
are opposed to any notifications of the
| Civil Service rules which will be a
step backward in the direction of the
spoils System. with its pronigacy and
its wanton waste of the public funds .
These are true words, but it is doubt.
ful IT they will have any effect upon
the Republican spoilsmen at Washing
ton. They waat these places for party
perquisites, and the plea that the pro
posed change is to be a ''move for real
Civil Service reform" is subter-
fuge and a sham.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
manYL.4ND REpUnLIcANs.
senator WsstGntt and Capt. Burchinnl Ar
rayed Against Each other.


rayed Against Each other.
Centreyils, Nd, July l3. From the
present outlook tho delegates of the Re
publican judicial convention Of the
second circuit, which meets here to.
morrow for tho purpose uf nominating
chief judge and two associate judges,
will havo but little trouble in making
the ticket.
The district is composed of Cecil,
Kent, Queen Amos. Caroline and
Talbot counties, and there will bo lS
rotea In tho convention and 10 will be
nenosary for a ohoice. This number
will hB furnished by the votes of Cecil.
Caroline ana Talbot. which will be cast
for George NJ iSnssnm for chief Judge.
u. Marshall fiaines OF Cecil and j. c.
Mulllin Of Talbot for associate judges.
Like the Democrats, who held their
convention at Denton, the plan Of com
hinaton seems 10 be in favor, and
while the delegates. for Cecil, Caroline
and Talbot say no combinations have
boon made vet it is an open assertion
that these counties have entered into
an agreement to name their ticket.
QueOn Anne'H will also cast hur four
votes for the above candidates.
Senator Gbarlea T. Westcntt is the
chnico Of Kent for place on the
judicial ticket, hut the Senator refused
to namo Jho delegation and is not a
candidate. 1t is thought Kent will ask
to make the selection of Russum, Mul.
iikin and lIaineH unanimous.
John Il. Wilson Of Queen Anne's,
will probably preside over tho conven.
tion. Judge Russum will be placed in
domination by A. q. Towers. while II.
Clay Dudson Of Talbot will nominate
Mr.. Mullkin and Major Henry Torbert
will nominate Mr.. Haines.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
chnnen DIV a slaIllnn.

While Miss Emma Taylor and sister
were arriving in the vicinity of Landsn-
berg stallion owned by j. j. McCreary
broke from his stable and gave chase
for nearly mills, biting them severely
and breaking tho harness and iniuring
their horse. The mad animal was
heaten oH by Harry Underhill with a
clothes prop, aud afterwards died from
over eAertion.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
Iniurlea Cansed nsnti,.

Mrs. Mary Louise Bize, aged 76
years, died on Monday night Of injuries
received In fall downstairs Last
Saturday she fell down the cellar steps
at the residence of her son, John Z.
Bizp. No. 1000 Lincoln street, and sua-
tanned injuries about the head and neck.
Mrs. Bize was the widow OF John Louis
NichnlaR Riza
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
United ohrlslinn crusaders.

The Gultel Ghriatian Crusaders.pro
pose 70 institute Il campaign in this city
and State. The organization comprises
tlloso who are willing TO advocate plain,
practical truths ana lond helping
hand to the unohurched and fallen
humanity. Arrangements are heiug
mado for tho rent of aeveral hnlIH
throughout the State whore meetings
may he conducted every evening ana on
Sunday afternoon and evening. Tho
crusade corps for this city will be insti
tuted In fow weeks.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

The New York Tribune affects to
prove that the minera' strike is legiti-
mate result OF the Wilson Tariff law,
which reduced the tariff on bituminous
coal from 10 cents TO 40 cents per ton.
The Evening Post, however, expludes
this fine theory completely. Turning
to tho statistical abstract of the United
States for 1896, = it says. we find that
in 1892, Under the blessed Mckinley
tariff OF 70 cents per ton, We imported
1881, 964 tons Of bituminous coal, and
that in no year since the Wilson tariff
went into operation have we imported
SO large a quantity, the importation in
1886 having been only /, 243. 900 tons.
In the latter year, however, wo ex.
ported .. GAG, 600 tons Of bituminous and
!. .394, 900 tons Of anthracite %, Gao, 600
tons in all, against 2,5Os, 600 tons Of
both kinds under the blessed Mckinley
tariff. So it appears that tho taritf
worked the wrong way in both cases.
1t is a great mystery. The only treatise
that can adequately explain il ia Gros-
yencr's Does Protection Protect?'"
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
Rais,n. Government p,on.r,v.

The work of raising the foundations
under tho government property at tho
mouth of the Ghristiana has com
mencud. A substantial retaining bank
has been constructed and the mud is
being thrown back OF tho bank. The
government property covers an area of
about six acres.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
Ine state Game Laws.

There is an impression among somo
OF our sporting friends that the game
lave of this State we're amended or
changed Mt the last session Of the LesiB-
lature. This is not the case. We give
the season according to the old laws
which are now in force. WoodGork
from July lst to September lat and
from November 10Th to December 3lst
reed and raj birds, September LIST to
February lst pariridges, quail, pheasant
or rabbit, November 18th to Decembor
3lst. The penalty for killing or having
in possession outside of these hates il
50 for each bird or rabbit. The non
resident law romans as it was, reguir-
ing certificate Of membership of Della
ware Game Protective Association for
unn resident duee,
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
Eel DenI N his ,iardsn.

Federnlshurr, Md, July 10. Rufus
9. Harris, a prominent merchant of
fredericksburg. fell deaat while at work
in his garden this ufterSoon. heart dis,
case being the cause Of death. Mr..
Harris was born in Talbot county, Md,
but removed to Caroline county in
1863 and engaged in mercantile bust
ness. lie was a lifelong Democrat,
but with the exception Of holding tho
otiise OF county commissioner for the
years 1sS4-5 never sought political pre-
ferment. He leaves widow and two
daughters. He was in the 59th year Of
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

The SUSSEX Republican is firm in its
belief that the entire elimination OF
Addickism is tho only husis upon
which tho Republican party of Dua-
ware can become united. "Factioaal
fights are probably necessary evils, it
says, but the men who haze Oppose d
so successfully the ambition OF j.
Edward Addicks, have done 50 from a
feeling Of duty 10 State and party and
with the object of their opposition
necessarily removed. why the diff
ferencea, Ii merely because OF harsh
words and i'll feeling caused hy acts OF
the past, it is the height of foolishness
to remember thon hnr they should not
for momont he entertained 1t il
only simple recognition of the plain
fact Of the expulsion of AdtIicEs from
Delaware politics and Of resolution
TO accept the conditions as We find
them and act in the future accordingly,
which will unite the Republican patty
and enable it to successfully meet and
defeat the ohemy in tho future.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

"Rociprucity t.at does not rocipro-
cate, y says the baltimore Sun, "is a
sham and fraud. But that's just
the kind Of reciprocity the country ia
likely to SECURE from the Dias ey Tariff
bill.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

Messrs. August Donath and Horace
!. Temple have acquired tho pro
prietorship Of tho West Chester, Ia.
Morning Republican. Tho Republican
ia m epterprianG, wel-managed paper,
and under the direction of it's new pro.
prieturs, who are practical newspaper
men Of large experience, it will doubt.
less become even better and more
valuable to the people OF West Chester
ana vicinity.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

The Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
frankly admits that "the Republicans
in Congress are all at sea so far Ra
policy on the currency question is con
cernsd."
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

Senator Harris Of Tennessee, whose
death in Washington on Thurs,iay is
noted elsewhere, was man OF brilliant
parts and an ablu Democratic lender in
the Senate. Unfortunately, the closing
days Of his career were marrod by a
surrender TO thh ffee silver coinage
hcresy and a hostility to the Cleveland
administration that i'll became a Demo.
cratic senator Of such ability and
prominence.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
MIR. cleveland on true democracy.

At the State Convention of the Sound
Money Democrats of Iowa, last week
the following letter, written by ex-
President Cleveland to Paul Kersch,
State chairman Of the Illinois National
Democrats, was read:
My love of true Democracy is SO in
tense and my belief in the necessity of
its supremacy TO the welfare Of the
country is SO clear, that l cannot fail
TO sympathize with every effort to save
the principles of my party from threat
ened abandonment, believe the very ex-
istence of true Democracy as an agency
of good to the American people is in
the hands Of those who are willing to
be guided by the declaration of prin
ciples announced by the National Demo
ratio party. 1t is a high mission to
thus have in keeping the life and use
fulness of the party which has deserved
SO we'll of our Countrymen, and the i'm.
portant consideration involved should
surely stimulate to patriotic effort. The
work before us rises above partisan
triumphs and its immediate rewards
The question is, are We doing our duty
to our country and to the principles of
Dur partyf No success worth the name
ian be reached except in the path of
Drinciple. i hope the National Demo
Gratis Of Iowa will nor fail to exhibit to
their fellows in every State the bright
light Of true Democracy.
Grover Cleveland.
In response to this letter, tho Iowa
National Democrats nominated d sound
money ticket on a sound money plat
form. This action proves that the fight
of 1896 is NOT yet ended. The forces OF
reputation and anarchy are rallying
under the banner of lG to |, and the
friends Of sound money and national
honur will be in the field to meet them.
The great Democratic party Of tho
country must be rescued from tho hands
Of tho false leaders who have betrayed
it to dishonor ami disruption before il
can again become the dominating politi-
cal noWer in the United States
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15
CONDITION of the crops.

Returns OF the condition OF crops in
this county for July, made TO the statis
tician of the Department of Agriculture
in Washing ton, show a decrease in the
acreage of corn but most encouraging
figures for wheat. Tho condition OF
winter wheat, Sl.2, is 81 points higher
than last month and 5.6 points higher
than in July of last year; that Of spring
wheat, 9l.2, is l.6 points higher than
last mouth, but 9. | points lower than
in July OF last year Tho average CON
dition of spring and winter wheat CON
bined, $40, is l.. points higher than
that of the corresponding period last
year. The percentage of the wheat crop
Of 1896 reported as on hand on July LIST,
1897, is 8. A.
The average condition Of the oats crop,
ST.5, compares very unfayurably with
that of July, 1896 but is only a small
fraction of | per cent lesa than the
average July condition for the last ton
years. The average condition Of winter
rye, 50, is II. ? points higher than in
July Of last year, but that of spring
rye, 90, IS Sc points lower than it
was at that time The condition of
barley is improving, having advanced
l. points during the month, and is
now slightly better than at this time
last year. Tho tobacco acreage shows
falling off of over 20 per cent compared
with last year, and the condition, 7S.5,
is less by l3 points than TINT OF July
last.
There is decrease in tho acreage Of
Irish potatoes Of S.4 as compared with
that of lust year The shrinkage is
general Nebraska haing the only State
with any considerable acreage devoted
TO this crop that shows an increaee. In
point of condition also tho crop at this
timo compares unfavorably with that
of last year, tho figures Icing S7.s and
30 respectively,
Tho wool report indicates 3, s pounds
as the average Weight per fleece, as
compared with 81 last year and SO in
1894
Tho European agent OF the depart.
mont reports that tho weather during
june was gonorally favorable to grow
ing crops except in Russia and parts of
Germany and Italy, but the wheat crop
will be below the average in Great
Britain, Francs and Austria Hungary.
a consular report from Winnepeg, Man,
indicates II good crop of wheat, oats and
barley on an increased acreage in that
province.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

The day came, last week, when
we put on the market five car lo,ds
OF splendid wheels at $22. so, but we
had to agree not to divulge the ex.
cellent makers name, because he
hopes to get something near the old
price next season. The thousand
wheels were sold in jiffy.
Now we move forward another
step.
We have become the owners OF a
splendid lot of wheels, made to sell
for 500 and never reduced to less
than SIS, except IN the case Of one
agent closing out small lot at his
own loss. These wheels are well
known, and the makers permit us,
because Of the largeness of the
transaction, to use their famous
The Falcon Bicycles--lS07
popularity known as the Gold Crank
Falcons.
These 500 Wheels for Men will
be
$20.5O
These 500 Wheels, for Women
will be
$3.50
They are perfect. In various sizes
and colors. Tires-Hartford, Vim,
Morgan & Wright, Goodrich and
others. Saddles-Garford padded,
Beck Hygienic and others.
The fact thatno bicycle can get
place on our floor, or our guaran-
tee under it, unless it is all right
underneath the enamel and inside
the tubing and throughout its bear
ings, settles the quick distribution
Of this-the best offering we have
yet made of Bicycles.
John Wanamal<er.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

This achievement Of the yacht Alcedo
in acquiring speed Of twenty miles an
hour during her trial trip on Saturday,
is signal triumph for her builders.
the Harlan & HoliDgsworth Co. anu a
credit to this city. Tho achievemont
is emphasized by the fact that tho con
tract calls for speed OF only thirteen
knots per hour This is scriptural
measure, full up and running over. .
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

With its issue uf tho last week
tho Dover Index began the eleventh
year Of its existence During the past
decado the Index has alya1cei TO tho
front ranl; o. the state proaa, and iq
uno of tho hest cxamplea Of yigur
GUS, well conducted and snundIy edituti
weekly papnr 1t is strongly Demo
cratic in its editorial opinions. hut
not hide. bound in its partIaanship,
and altoGether is paper that tho
average citizen can enjoy and appre.
ciate. whether he agrees with it politi.
Oally or not.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

The Addicks Republicans OF Della
ware seems to have made up their
minds TO accept tue inevitable and OK.
poet 10 official favurs Of the Mckinley
administration, This ia sensifa re.
solvo, ana viii suve them many dHap
pointnents
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-07-15

Revenue the country must have, ;"
says tho Morning News, and the best
means to secure it ia by means of Gus
toms duties - But how can revenue bo
obtained FROM customs duties if tho
rates are SO high as to practically pro
hibit impurtations, as the rates fixed hy
the Dingloy bill aro2
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23
HARSH ENVIRONMENT.
These People Are ssunted by Il More
surely Than by Hsredity.

These People Are stunted by Il More
surely Than by Heredity.
In Limousin there is a barren range
Of low hills which lies along the divld-
ing line between the departments OF
Dordogne. Correze and Haute-Viennc.
about half way between Perigueux and
Limoges. says Popular Science Mouth
ly. The water courses show the iuca-
ton OF these uplands. They extend
over an area about seventy-five miles
long and half as wide. wherein average
human misery is most profound. Dense
ignorance prevails. There is mora IL
literacy than in any other part of
France. The contrast in stature, oven
with the low average of all the sur
rounding region. is clearly marked by
the dark tint. There are sporadic bits
OF equal diminutiveness elsewhere to
the south and west. but none are SO
extended or SO extreme. Two-thirds
Of the men are below five feet three
inches in height, in some OF the COM
munes, and the women are three or
more inches shorter even than this.
One man in ten is below four feet
eleven inches in stature. This is not
due to race. for several racial types
are equally stunted in this way within
the same area. 1t is primarily due to
generations of subjection to a harsh
climate, to soil which is worthless
for agriculture, to steady diet of
boiled chestnuts and stagnant water,
and to unsanitary dwellings in the
deep, narrow and damp valleys. Still
further proof may be found to show
that these people are not stunted by
any hereditary influence. for 1t has
been shown that children born here,
but who migrate and grow UP etHe-
where, are normal in height; while
those born elsewhere. but who are sub
ject to this environment during the
growing period Of youth, are propor-
tionately dwarfed.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23

diere's memory, for she was tender
hearted, and could not readily forget
what the man had once been to her.
Infinite is the capacity for forgiveness
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23
CHAPTER XXXV.

hN hh' NohA'S
sion of her love for
Sutherland, and the
promise his love
had wrung from
her trembling lips.
Marjorie was not 6
little troubled.
Again and again
she re proa C h c d
herself for want of
fidelity to Caussi-
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23
Eyerybodv Saw. So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most WONDER
full medical discovery OF the age, pleasant and
refreshing to the taste, act gently and positively
on the kidneys liver and bowels. cleansing the
fever. habitual constipation and biliousness.
Please buy and try q box of G. G. c. to-day; 10.
25 80 cent Sold and guaranteed to cure by all
druggists.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money II 1t fails cure. $50
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23

"Stubbs has written n popular novel;
didn't know he was SO clever" ''He has
done better than that: he has married rich
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-12-23

I'VE have corn bread all the time now."
'WhyT "My husband lost so much on
wheat that 1t makes him weep to see bis
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07
The "StOvepfpe" Hat.

A German professor has been studying that
article of masculine apparel which the irrev-
erent call a 'stovepipe," and has found in ii
proof of mans superiority to woman. Time
was he says, when men, like women now,
ornamented their hats with ribbons and
feathers more or less beautiful, and wore gar
ments Of the brightest colors they could find.
This was all "plumage d'amour;" 1t indicated
no intellectual superiority and no moral
worth. 1t merely represented the superiority
of the peacock over the peahen. Now, men
have moulted. Their headgear has become
the unplumed stovepipe, their habit the in
expressive frock coat. 1t is woman, the pro-
fesor points out, who wears the "plumage
d'amour" today in her hat and elsewhere.
Nature. he explains, means something by
every evolution, or revolution, she permits.
What she means by this one is that fine
feathers are best suited to the feather
Drained. The plumed hat of woman is sym
bolical of her fall, the plain stovepipe of
man Of his rise in intellectually. Man s
moral worth in short, has become such that
he can leave plumage to the inferior ami
mails. If this isn't lust hike a man for all
the world nothing ever was.-New York
Times.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-07

they could raise beets at a profit II they re-
ceived "a ton for the crop.
"Our climatic conditions and the quality
of our beets resemble those Of Nebraska more
nearly than those Of the other states where
the industry has been established. In the
matter OF cheap fuel, pure waters, and a
milder climate in december, we would have
some advantage over Nebraska.
1T may be well to correct at once the idea
that beet sugar can be manufactured On
small scale. Raw beet sugar is totally unfit
There is practically but one purchaser of
raw sugar in the United States, and all our
successful beet sugar factories refine their
own sugar. In this respect our conditions
are quite different from those in Germany.
"A suitable plant for extracting the sugar
not less than 5000 900. Most of the plants in
the United States have several times this in
vested in them. They seem to prefer Amer
lean machinery. Before any one can be ex-
pected to invest any such sum, two things
must be definitely known: whether beets of
cality, and whether responsible farmers will
contract to raise enough to supply the fact
tory with raw material for its work.
factory should have not less than 10000 acres
of beet land within ten miles.
'Subsoiling and much hand work are es-
sential. The cost per acre varies with the
condition of the land and the season. 1t
would probably cost beginner $50 per acre,
which would be reduced as he became mors
familiar with the work. The yield should
range from ten to twenty tons per acre on
our ordinary loans and lighter soils. Some
while others pay from $3.50 to SIS or more
per ton, according to the quality Of the beets.
During the last two years great numbers of
cattle, sheep and hogs have been fattened on