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Evening journal., 1897-12-28
HE COULD KICK.
A Mule That WouId ne n Good BOnrd-
ing House Acquisition.

inE House Acquisition.
At reintervals among the mountain
roads of West Virginia and Kentucky
the traveller may come upon black
smith shop, but he is much safer in the
shoeing Of his horse If he win carry
a few nails and tools in the bottom
of his buggy. On trip by Pound Gap
on one occasion found q blacksmith
shop at the forks of the road, and, as
usual, half dozen or more men sitting
around It in the shade. My turnout
needed some repairs, and as the smith
was pottering about it inside / made
talk with the men outside. One Of them
wanted to sell me mule which he
had hung up on the fence, and started
In for a dicler. After we had been
talking for perhaps q quarter Of an
hour the smith asked me TO step in
side and show him something about the
work he was doing. As soon as he got
me away from the crowd he came close
and grew confidential.
''Y'ain't thinlin' NV buyin' that crit
ter, air you?" he asked, in all sincerity.
"Well, I don't know. want mule.
and that one looks all right" said.
"You can't tell q mule by his looks.
mister. Mules is fer all the world like
women"
"What's the matter with him?" in
quired, quite ignoring the comparison.
"He amt safe. Course 1 amt got
nothin' ag'in the mule ner the owner,
and I'd be glad enough fer him to git
the money fer him, fer be owes me fer
the shoein' Nv him, but l don't like ter
see q stranger tuck in an done up like
he's tryin' to do you"
"But you haven't told me what's the
matter with the mule" insisted. "Will
he liclS?"
That's his weakness, mister" re-
sponded the smith, letting his voice fall
to a whisper. ''You won't believe me,
p'raps, but I'm tellin' you he's the
lSickin'est critter in the mountains. lie
shore is. mister, and hope I may'die
right here ef he can't kick the sody
outen biscuit an never crack the
crust. lie kin, mister, er I'm brother
to him."-Washington Star.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
NEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES.

The buoy on the lower end of Fort
Delaware is reported as having been
missing from its position for a week.
The pavements throughout the city
were in a very slippery condition all
day yesterday and this morning many
falls were had, but no one was injured
to any extent.
The fiues in the boiler at the shirt
factory have been repaired and it start
ed operation this morning. 1t is likely
that r. H. Harrington, who now is half
owner of the plant, will take full charge
after January 1, Walter Davis, the pres
ent manager, being transferred TO a
Philadelphia factory.
On Christmas eve about fifteen peo-
pie of this city who had been in Phila-
delphia, were compelled to either walk
home, hire a cab or stay in Whining
ton all night The Norfolk express train
was about twenty minutes late and the
last rolley car did not remain over for
its arrival.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
NoN-coMMlssloNED OFFICERS.
Military Life very DistastefuI TO a
Frenchman.

AaAAc very ~ .
Frenchman.
The question of non-commissioned
officers is in itself a serious one, as the
French have long recognized. So ap-
parently distasteful is the military life
to the average Frenchman that when
his short period of service is over he
can with the greatest difficulty be in
duced to reengage to complete a longer
period as a "sous-ofiicier." In 1889 the
reengaged sous-officiers in the French
army-that is, men of over three years
service-numbered but 10000.
Even in our own small regular force
we have at present upward Of $4,000
sergeants. Such a figure is quite in
adequate for the purposes Of an army
with a peace strength of over 100000
and an estimated war strength of about
eight times that size.
So obvious was the danger that in
ducements were offered in 1850 on what
even we should consider q liberal scale,
in the shape Of bounties, increased pay,
pensions on leaving, and eventual civil
employment to those "sous-officiers"
who should reengage beyond three
years for even comparatively short
terms; and these measures caused the
numbers Of reengaged men TO rise to
over $4,000 in 1898, but at a considerable
cost.
The law Of 1898 reduced these ad-
vantages in some particulars, with the
immediate result that the reengage-
ment fell off, so that on January /, 1896,
the numbers of reengaged "sous-ofli-
ciers" had sunk below 16,000-lower
than ever.
A new law, restoring some Of the
privileges of this very important class,
has lately been passed, and it is hoped
that the numbers may again rise
| Nineteenth Cenfrrv
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
Lobster Outlets.

Boil a good-sized lobster, and when
cold remove the flesh, and with sill
yer knife cut it into small pieces; meas
ure, and TO each pint Of this meat al
low a half-pint of milk, one tablespoon
ful of butter, two rounding tablespoon
fuls Of flour, a tablespoonful Of chopped
parsley, half teaspoonful Of onion
Juice. a tablespoonful Of salt, quarter
Of a teaspoonful of pepper and graf
ing of nutmeg. Put the milk over the
fire; rub the butter and -four together
add it to the hot milk stir until smooth
ond thick. Mix paste and meat together
add yollxs Of two eggs, put over the fire
for Just moment and turn out to cool
When cold form into cutlet-shaped Gro
quettes; dip into beaten egg, then IN
bread crumbs. and fry in smoking ho'
fat.-N. Y. Ledger.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
MATING FOR THE FLOOR.
An Inexpensive and Hygienic Cow
eriuu.


ering.
If only all housekeepers knew the
value and comfort of mating, how
much worry and work would be saved,
how many dull houses would look
cheeryl If you own your home. and
have hardwood floors, thank kindly
destiny and dismiss the subject. But
If you live in q rented house, or cannot
afford hard floors, if for anyreason you
are considering the subject OF hoor-cov-
erings, pause long before passing over
the advantages of mating. 1t is clean,
fresh and easily cared for. 1t is per-
feet floor covering in summer and an
excellent background for rugs in win
ter-from the cheapest to the richest
adding to the cheerfulness of room,
yielding all accumulated dust to light
brushing, possessing indeed almost
every advantage that a floor covering
can have, with no disadvantages. In
making a move or reftting a house,
every yard of it can be utilized. 1t is
easily renovated (by soap and salt
water), and can be matched or pieced,
using the whole parts in two rooms to
make one good complete room. Lastly,
it is cheap, its growing popularity hav-
ing sc. encouraged its manufacture or
importation that it is to be had almost
everywhere in great variety at mod
crate cost. To sum up its merits, mat
ting gives q house a fresh, clean feeling,
n sense of cheerfulness that no other
floor covering gives. It's soft, new color
ings make it available in the most care
fully studied color schemes; it is pleas
ant to walk upon, is q practical protest
against dust and microbes, is, in fact,
both wholesome and satisfactory
Ella Morris Kretschmar, in Woman's
Home Companion.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
rHE CONTINENTAL EpeE.
The Sen Level Not n Surface of Uni
form Curvature.


We may apply what may seem on
special portions of the coasthne to the
whole margin of sea and land-to the
continental edge itself. From this
point of view we soon learn that what
we call the mean level is not q sur
face of uniform curvature, or an clip
sold inclosing a smooth and theoretical
earth, but is bent or down, according
10 the nearness or remoteness of the
continental mass, so that the sea level is
high against the land and low in the
center of the oceans. Could we remove.
the attraction of the continental
masses, many oceanic islands would
thus disappear beneath the waves.
Ice masses have naturally been in
yoked to account for some of the raised
beaches. An unusual accumulation of
polar ice would draw the oceanic wa
ters northward and-Svould raise the sea
level along our shores; but Lord Kelvin
has shown that the enormous thickness
of the ice at one time demanded is a
physical impossibility in an uninclosed
basin, owing to the outward viscous
flow Of the material, which tends, even
at polar temperatures, to thin and fat
ten the whole mass. Nor would all
the ice postulated by the EXTREMIST
| glacialist account for the untilting or
local curvature Of the she'll beds or ter
races that are left behind. The Chalk
hills of Alaska, to quote one fine exam
pie, are composed of strata containing
shells still living in the adjacent ocean.
Yet these beds, 1000 to 5000 feet in
thickness, are bent up so as TO dipnorth-
ward at an angle of 10 to Is degrees over
distance ofabout nine miles. We have
acre along the coast line of the Pacific
n range of hills 5000 feet in height-we
should call the mountains in our
own country-produced by a compara-
lively modern uplift along the con-
tinental edge.
Whether'we study the American sea
board down the volcanic hills of Chill
and Peru, or the coral coast of the In
dies and Australia, or our own storm
swept western promontories, we find
the same series Of phenomena, the same
problem to be solved. It seems gen
orally agreed by this time that conti
mental margins are unstable and that
they mark lines of movement in the
crust or skin of the earth. The Nortl
American continent is actually fianleJ
by mountain chains formed OF in
tensely crumbled' strata, and Soutl
America presents toward the Pacific
its magnificent backbone Of the Andes
The Pacific as a whole Is ringed abou
with earth folds, the details of whicl
Indicate a spreading Of the continent
at the expense Of the ocean basin; ant
the progress of movement along thes
lines of weakness is marked by violen
volcanic action.
Along the Pacific work is evidentl
being done, and the deep oceanic de
pressions bordering the continents
: edges are the submerged limbs Of tn
! folds that form these lodges. The lat
/, Prof J. d. Dana long ago pointe
out how the earth ridges and the Ion
, oceanic grooves were related 10 one al
+, other, the greater mountain chain ha'
ing the deeper depression along il
flank. In a word as he urged, th
highest mountains faced the deepe'
portions Of the ocean, and their steel
er fanbs descend toward the ocean,
London knowledge.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
Eminent stnmmererr.

A great many people do not know
that Moses, the prophet, suffered so
badly that Aaron. his brother. did
most Of the talking fer him. II may also
be balm to some people who stammer
20 know that Esop, Virgil and De-
mosthenes were likewise afflicted.
Demosthenes is said to have cured him
self by learning to talk with pebble
in his mouth. Mrs. Inchbold. the IA
nous English actress, was another who
triumphed over n difficulty of speech.
More than one Of the French kings have
been stsmmerers, as were also Claudius
Michael H., emperor Of the east; Ma
homet-el-Rasser king of Spain; Eric,
king Of Sweden; Admiral Annebant,
Tartagila, the Italian engineer; Boissy
dAnglas, the painter David, the critic
Hoffman, Camille Desmoulcris and a
host of others-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Potatoes and apples have both rot
ted so in parts of Maine that not half n
crop win be harvested.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
CHRISTMAS EXERCISES.

The Christmas exercises of the M. e.
Sunday school will take place this
evening. Old Chris will come down the
chimney and distribute candies andfruit
to the infant school. Special music has
been arranged under the direction of j.
b. Manlove, and an orchestra Of eight
pieces will assist.
At Emmanuel Church this evening
the annual Christmas entertainment
will take place. Rev. f. M. Munson,
assisted by the superintendent, have
arranged a special program Of music.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
EMPLOYEES GRATIF1ED.

The conductors and motormen of the
the New Castle Electric Railway Com
pany were given presents on Christmas
by the representatives of two news
papers, and they asked the Journal rep
resentative to express their thanks to
the donors, w. ]. Holman, of the
News, and James MacIvor, for their
kind remembrances.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
TPIDEMIC on GRIP.

An epidemic of grip has made itself
evident in the town and many are they
who are suffering from the effects
thereof. One Of the peculiarities of the
attack seems to be that It is accompan-
led by the breaking out of large pim-
pies or boils, which are very painful.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
BOARD MEETING To-NIGHT.

1t is extremely doubtful if the Board
of Education will hold its monthly
meeting tonight, as all the members
with but three exceptions are members
OF the Methodist church, which holds
it's childrens entertainment tonight
OF the three remaining, two are Epis-
copalians, and as a similar state of af-
fairs exists at that church it is highly
probable that there will be no meeting
Evening journal., 1897-12-28

to the Boggs agitation, declared it was
all bosh and only a ruse to advertise
the Wilmington Sun, it being new
paper. He further stated that all it
contained in reference to the matter
was a lot OF rehash and lies.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
White Flour Gems.

One egg beaten lightly, one cupful
Of milk, one tablespoonful of butter,
one tablespoonful of sugar; sift onetea-
spoonful of cream tartar, one-half tea
spoonful Of soda with IA cupfuls cf
flour; little salt; beat thoroughly and
drop into hot gem pans. - Leisure
Hours
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
EXCELLENT SKATING.

The many ponds in the vicinity and
the narrow dyke are all covered with
good solid surface of ice, and as a con-
sequence the heart Of the small boy re-
joiceth. Yesterday the ice was covered
with skaters, and to-day promises to
be another favorable one for the pleas
ure seekers.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
snnnre Cookiea.

Two eggs. one cupful sugar, two tea
spoonfuls Of baking powder (rounding).
one-half saltspoonful salt, two tea
spoonfuls lemon juice or one teaspoon
full of vanilla. Flour enough to ROLL
n. Y. Ledger.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
NEW CASTLE REAL ESTATE

FoR sAI,E.-No. 7s South Fifth street,
New Castle; brick house; slate roof
seven rooms and bath; range; hot and
cold water; gas; plastered Summer
kitchen; good cellar; best location IN
Immediate possession; easy terms. Apply
c. w. Edwards, Evening Journal ofice'
Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28

Poll Tax Collector John p. Dona-
hoe will not do anything further to-
wards enforcing payment until after
the General Assembly meets and acts in
the matter.
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
SAYS IT'S ALL BosH.

Alvin G. ConnOr, of FELTON,, a direc-
tor Of the First National Bank, of Do
yer, when interviewed by an Evening
Journal reporter yesterday in reference
Evening journal., 1897-12-28
FEW CASES or TRIAL.

The usual number o. cases which ap-
pear Just after Christmas were not evil
dent this year. There was less drunk
enness than is usual, and more orderly
conduct was in evidence than for many
years past
Evening journal., 1897-12-28

NEW CASTLE. DEC. 2s, 1897.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23


Sand serpents Is the name given by
an imaginative traveller Of the wonder
fnl columns Of whirllng sand that
are 80 frequently seen on the great
plains Of Central Asia. Fancy what o
terrible country TO journey through
For miles and miles one unbroken
stretch Of dreary sand nothing TO
break the monotony. nothing TO rest
the eyes. unless one Of these fantastic
exhibitions. which. knowing the dl'-
comfort and the danger. traveller
would rather not see. takes place. The
FIRST slrr.l s. a pun Of wind. followed
bv various slight disturbances In the
loose soil round about; then q blowi
harder. and tiny columns % sand llit
themselves. increasing In volume and
height with every moment These col
umns have the form Of serpents. aul
an the waving slnuous motions % those
terrible creatures. Sometimes they
will rise 20 a height Of atty. sixty. and
II We may believe the testimony oi
some writer's. even two hundred feet
They sweep over immense stretches
sometimes slugly. sometimes In groups
gathering size and force as they 90
and then. as the wind lowers, diminish
aad dwlndlc into noihingnoss. But fol
the terror Of being caught In one o.
these sandstorms and being blown an,
beaten about. and having ones sigh
ana hearing almost destroyed. the phe
nomenon would be almost as grand 81
any IN nature. ono could fancy N
\ evil spirits Of the world al play, with
ing. twisting wrestling and cxtrclsin
their mighty strength on the play
/ ground OF the desert
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23

The discovery Is reported from
sandwich Of another original copy o.
Mrs. Brownings THE Battle OF Mara
thon," which was printed by W. Lind
sell. 81 Mimpole street. Cavendish
square. IN 1890. Il was bought At q
local sale with q number Of other
books for o few shillings. Up 70 the
year 1891 but three copies OF this
scarce work were known 20 exist, and
the only one that has ever been sold
by auction realized $3.50 a. the Foote
sale held at New York a couple Of
years ago. This may have been ona
Of the three copies already mentioned
but In any case only Eve az the most
can b. accounted Tor az the present
time. The book Is consequently scarcei
than Pauline" Mr. Browning had
neither seen nor heard Of a copy az
TO a short time % bis death. and. vhet
his attention vas called TO u. oxpresset
a doubt whether q might no; be .
| Observation-Disclosures.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23

civil cases, IN the house Of lords. over
which the lord chancellor presldes,
composed Of the members Of the High
Court Of Judloature known as the lord
justices. who are not peers. and like
wise Of those peers who have held Of
Zee IN the past as chancellor Of Eng
land or as lord chancellor Of Ireland
as lord Justice general Of Scotland or
as merely lord justice. These ex-
law lords take their places on the side
seats. arrayed in ordinary morning
dress. while the lord justices Of appeal.
arrayed IN wig and gown. occupy the
cross seats. the lord chancellor. like
wise In his robes. directing the pro-
,Cdure from the woolsack But Moth
lng Of the kind exists for criminal
asses. and there Il al the present mo-
ment no means Of quashlng and re-
ycrslng the decision Of criminal
court except by tho grant Of a pardon
In the queens name 20 the prisoner
IN instances where the innocence Of
The latter has been brought 10 light
after the conviction this IL obviously .
most unsatisfactory method Of deallnl
with the affair. since the concession
y the act o. grace In the name Of th'
.rown implies that a crime has reals
been committed which needs forgive
ness and mercy
Moreover. judges. no matter how
eminent and how anxious 10 be I'm
partial and just. are after al. bu
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23

they get AZ this critical time. ! have
saved the lives OF some and great SUI
loring for many by seeing 10 Il that AZ
,alving time they are not neglected.
say this 70 show you how easy Il Il 70
prevent the calf sucking hard mixer
A COW that milks 20 easy, 90 that
she leaks her milk. can be cured gen
sraliy by the very reverse. Let the
.ali suck a few days, and any milking
you do. do not put on much force. In
/ this way milk leaking can be stopped.
/ have a valuable COW that bad her teat
,epped on while In the barbarous
gtrnehiona. For awhile just about
ave the toat up. She was within
three months OF ealving and l dried
her up In two weeks II would take q
half hour TO get a pint from that teat
The very end was injured. was curl
Gus 10 know whether the Injured teai
could ever be MIXED again. She calved
ana was on hand. and a. have cut
lined. | got a nice stream from the In
lured teat. Il never has milked quite
"A nice a. before she was hurt The
teat spatters considerably. ! have nc
doubt the teat would long ago have
been defunct n had stuck tubes
plugs. or dllators into H. De patient
Brother Fryer. MIA away until che
IL dry. and at the next calf try ny
remedy. Look out how you meddll
with the inside nxlnga Of the teats o
mlleh COW. They are wonderfully
made.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23
USEFUL HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Try soaking your lamp wleks IN VIM
cgar for a few hours before they are
put into the lamps. they win glvo a
better and clearer light The wick
must be thoroughly dried after % has
been soaked before boiug put iato the
lamp
often very rich cream viii not whip
mp readily; q should have a little milk
added 10 Co. Cream should De very cold
20 whip easily and quickly II Il Is
well chilled there Is not the danger Of
the cream whippins TO butter. on
houackecpers frequently complain q
does.
A dish OF English desl-n for tho
serving Of honey Is very appropriately
made In the shape OF a large bee. An
amher-eolorcd glass body holds the
honey; this ITS In a framework Of ell
yer. which Is so shaped as to form the
feet and a standard for the dish, while
the cover Is made OF two prettily
chased silver wings on little hinges
which open In the middle by a wins
turning back on each side. The heal
Ia also Of silver. and the ATTRACTIVE
creature has ruby eyes. The glass bod.
y movable Gnd can be lifted from II
frame.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23


Of imprisonment. AZ the man was
being led from the dock 81 the jaller'
he called out. Eyer can't d. ~ tell
yer. ye can't DO A." Sir flames. who
was at that time In perfect mental ana
physical health. was 30 ouch struck
by the remark that. very ruch TO MS
credit. he had the prlsoAer brought
back and asked him what he meant.
The convict explained that The punish
ment for his offonsc was shorter
term than the judge had awarded him.
Sir James. on looking up the law,
found that the prisoner was right and
amended on the spot the decree which
he had issued. diminishing the term
OF penal seryltude by no less than
three years. But had he not done 80.
had he not consented Of his own ac'
cord 10 modify the sentence before the
court rose. no power on earth could
have saved the man from suffering the
full term OF the original sentence
unless OF course. the home secretary.
In the name OF the queen, had granted
the man a pardon.
Now the home secretary. IN the ma
lorlty OF casea. IL not a lawyer by pro-
iession. Moreover. he Is obviously
susceptible 20 the political influence OF
the party which looks upon him az
one OF lts leaders In parliament Yet
Il Is upon him. as matters now stand,
that the responsibility rests Of repair
ing any judicial error by the unusual
means OF a queens pardon. Indeed
he Is possessed Of no legal knowledg'
and. moreover. exercises the right ol
granting the crowns pardons MOI
through any constitutional preroga
tive but merely by modern usage IN
state OF affairs Is extremely unsatistae
tory. II IA only since the beginning o
the present reign that the duty OF de
Gliding upon the merits Of the case
worthy Of royal pardon has been lei
In the hands OF the secretary Of stat
for the home department
Before Queen Victoria came 20 III
throne this prerogatlye was exercised
exclusively by the sovereign, who Ike
wise signed an the death warrants o
criminals. the home secretary merel!
acting IN an advisory and Fecreiaria
capacity. seeing that the monarch
orders were carried into effect.
But when Victoria succeeded TO N
crown as a girl barely Is years old
was felt that Il would be unjust 10 AL
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-06-23

--..- - go \ a. only matter Of
o.,,n,on IL regards 3 choice OF the
best The general characteristics are
the ramo IN all. the difference in color
M piumago being the only distinguish
ing mark. The sllyer-Lacod Wyan-
dotte Is Of a silvery-whlte plumage.
with regularly marked white lacing on
breast and a generous distribution Of
white and black throughout the en-
tire body. The cock has a silver
white head. rose comb. silver hackle.
with a black stripe down the center
OF each feather: sllvery white back;
saddle same az haekle; breast black.
with white center; tail black: wings
half black and half white. or rather.
black edged with white: when wing
IL folded there should be a well-de-
fined bar across the wing; shanks and
toes rich yellow. free from feathering.
The hen OF the sllver-laced variety
cog. 81 Is marked similarly 10 the
male. excepting the back and wing,
which are whittier In male than In 10
male. The breast Of female Is Of
much importance IN breeding good
birds: the lacing should be large and
distinct, the white centers Of each
feather 10 be free from black or brown
pcneiling.