davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
DEL4w4nE AND pENINsULA.

Harry b. Corridean of Elkton has
patented an incubator.
Sarah Il. Nickerson of Millipgton has
been granted pension. -.
TIE late Joseph Wells real estate at
Elktun has been sold for S6,0i5.
The new water works at Milltown is
we'll under way and will cost $40, 200.
Tho Smyrna shirt and hosiery factory
will begin operations on September LIST.
Mrs. Tobias Rudolph of Elktou re-
Gently fell ON stairway and broke her
collar bone. ..-
The puln mills at Singerly have Bhut
down for two weeks. while repairs are
being made.
Grace Msthodist Protestant Church,
Centrevillp, Md, will BIO improved at
q cost Of 81, 600.
Jacob Tome has been elected presi-
dent of the Mutual Fire Insurance
20. of Cecil county.
Il The Methodist Protestant Church has
licensed Thomas Il. Woodford of Cen
tTeville, Nd, TO preach.
Cato Hall, on ths Tired Avon, opposite
Oxord, has been bought by james S.
Dumaree1 for $4,000.
Sheriff Mackey of Cecil county has
leviod upon the tug W. S. Cahill Of
Philadelphia for debt. -.
The Rev. Edward II. Rich Of Green's
boro has accepted an invitation to be-
come dean of Trinity Cathedral, Easton.
job Lewis has boon committed to
Jail Mt Snow Hill, to await trial on tho
charge of burning Charles bishops
hotcl, mar Bishopville.
Tho p, W. & u. railroads. now
southbound track GU tho cut-oT he
twean Elkton aud Iron Hill has heen
put in ssrvice, and the tracks between
Bacon Hill ard Charlestown are being
Strengthened.
George G. Graham, Jr., of Trnppe
was ordained to tho diaGonate OF the
Protestant EpiRGopal Church Thursday.
The ordination took place ut Trappo,
Bishop Adams officiating. The oandi-
date was presented by tbs Rev. j. Gih-
son Cant, and the sermon was preached
by the Rev. WY. Beaver. Mr.. Graham
will pursue his studies at the General
Theological Seminary, New York City.
Sermons will he preached at Moore
campmneting, near Seaford, as follows
August l4th, the Rev. j. o. Sypherd
August 18th, the Revs. E. q. Atkinf
and G. L. Wyatt; August 10Th, the
Rev. G. II. Wyatt; August 18th, the
Revs. George W. Townsend. |. G. Eos.
nocht and W. G. Rooms; August 18th,
the Rev. W. s. II. Williums; August
10Th, the Rows. W. r. McFarlane, w.
f. Dawson and G. II, Neeae August
goth, the Rev. G. Il. Neese; August 2lst,
tho Rev. s. II. Maxwell; August I'D,
the Revs. l.. g. MacNichol, ID. D., II.
Irving Watkins and $. II. Maxwell
August oath. the Reva. +. 7. Roberts,
Il. Irving Watkins and F.C. MacSorluy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

The Joint committee OF the General
Assembly which has charge Of tho al
terations and additions to the State
House at Dover at its meeting in this
city Monday. awarded the contract to
William Fisher of Dover at his bid of
ST. 100, less dnductiuup, making the
figures about 81, $50 Those deductions
do not affect the general plans of the
addition. The contract had heen form.
erly awarded To i. W. Ratclilr of Mil
ford, at 50, SGD, hut had bean thrown
up by him. Tho plumbing contract
was awarded to Il. X, Jonea & Bro. Of
Dover. for 500, Tho heating contract
will bo givon out lator. Mr., Fisher is
to begin work at once. The plans call
for the enlargement of tho Hall of Rep
resentntives. tho Senate chamber and
tho apartments Of the Secretary OF State
the making Of an office for the State
Treasurer and the State auditor, u
chamber for the Chancellor, and the
putting in of fire proof vault for the
storage of records.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

a gentleman living in Boston told an
interesting story, the other day, about
how some of hiH blood relations hap
pened TO have family name different
from his own. 1t seems that during
the prosecutions in Scotland these
particular Kirkpatricks went over to
Ireland and settled in Belfast. Subse-
quently the head OF the family came
across the ocean, and, as soon as he
was established, sent for his wife to
join him. bringing with her their four
sons, two of whom were old enough
to make STRIPPING soldiers had some
exigency demanded SUCH sacrifice.
The journey was undertaken 10 a slow
going ship bound for New York, and
while she was somewhere in mid
Atlantic the war of 1872 between Eng
land and tho United States broke out.
Tho ship, when nearing our seaboard,
was overtaken by u British cruiser.
which put her about and escorted her.
to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The officer
in command OF the cruiser declared
his intention of impressing sailors and
soldiers from among the passengers.
a mother having more than two sons
would have to give up all over that
number who might be available for
military o: naval service. Mrs. kirk
patrick, who was quick witted woman,
instantly planned a ruse, which she
justified in her own mind by calling it
russ de guorre Ia trick of war She
stood two sons in one part Of the ship
and two in another, anil was accepted.
without detection. as the mother of
both pairs. though she called herself
fitzpatrick in one instance and Kill
patrick in the other. After they dis
embarked. the deception had to be kept
up. as they were constantly under the
eyes Of British officers. The inter-
| coption by the cruiser resulted in the
family setting In Halifax instead of
in the United States, but even after
peace was restored the two Kirkpatrick
boys found it much harder to get their
name back than 1t had been to ex-
change it on shipboard. In fact. they
never got it back. Those who had
cowo to know them as Kilpatricks re-
fused TO know them as Kirkpatricks,
and in the course of time the effort to
reclaim the family name was abandoned
as hopeless The variation in prefix
made oxpedient pro TEN. by the inter-
meddling cruiser seems TO have been
ordained TO continue sine die. Harper g
Round Table.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
CIVIL SERVICE RULES.


A Cory of the Amendments Received From
tho Civil servica Commission by the Local
civil Service Board.
w. j. Young, chairman OF the local
Civil Service hoard, has received from
President John Il. Proctor of the
United Statps Civil Service Com
mission ut Washington, ID. c., an
official copy Of tho amendments 10 the
Civil Service rules, which were made
by President Mckinley on July 9th,
as follows:
Rule was amended by adding new
section, which reads: mo. 8. No re.
inoval shall to made from any position
subject to competitive examination ex-
cent for just cause and upon written
charges filed with the head OF the do
pnrtmont or other appointing officer
ana of which the accused shall have
full notice and an opportunity to make
dofence."
Rule 3, section 2, was amended by
striking out all after the word dds
trict," in the third line, 80 that, as
amended. the section reads: No. b
The custom house service shall include
| such officers and employees as have
been, or may hereafter be, classified
under the Civil Service act who arc
serving in any cnstoms district"
Rule q was amended to read as fol-
lowe: "The following named employees
or positions which have boon or may
hereafter DO classified under the Civil
Service act shall be excepted from the
requirements OF examination or regis
tration before the commission, except
as herein prescribed:
Departmental service: (a) Private
secretaries or confidential clerks (nUt
exceeding two) TO tho President or to
the head of each OF the eight executive
departments. tbl indiana employed in
| tho Indian service at large. except
those employed as superintendent.
teachers. teachers OF industries. kinder
gartnorH and physicians. 10y Attorneys
or assistant attorneys 10 any depart
mont whose main duties ara connected
with TIM management OF oasos in court.
Custom houss service: lal One
cashier in each customs district. (bi
Ono chief or principal deputy or assist
ant collector iu each customs district.
tcl On principal deputy collector at each
sub,por or station.
'Postollice service: tal Ono assistant
westminster, or chief asgiataht tu thl
postmaster, OF whatever designation, a
each postuliico. th) One cashier o
each first class postolliue when en-
poyed under the roster title OF cashier
only.
Internal revenue service: ta) On,
empoye in each internal revenue dis
trict, who shall act aH cashier or chic
deputy or assistant collector, ~ may bI
determined by tho Treasury Depart
ment. lb) One deputy collector il
euGh interunl revenue district wharf
the number OF employees in tho ofiic
of the collector exceeds four. tG) ON
donuty collector in each stamp 10
branchl Office. ~
Appointments to the positions nan,e'
TO this rule in the custom house servic
and in tue internal revenue servic
shall he subject TO an examination t.
be prescribed by tho Secretary of tn
Trensury, not disapproved by the coIl
mission. equal to the examination holt
by tho commission for positions OF lik
grade. Such examination shall b
conducted by the commission il
accordance with its regulations.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
IMPROVING THE DELAWARE
Preparations for Making a Channel 80
Feet Deep and 800 Feet Wide.
The SURVEY NOW IN PROGRESS
Major C. w. Raymond Direct
ing the Work.
PROJECT TO COST ABOUT 100000

A The River and Harbor bill OF June,
71s96 directed thu Secretary of War
to make survey OF tho Delaware River
with a view to obtaining d channel 80
feet deep and GOO feet wide from Phila-
uelphiu TO deep water in Delaware Bay.
An estimat, was also TO be made Of the
cost. The survey is 10 progress under
the direction of Major G. W. Raymond,
United States engineer at Philadelphia.
The surveying party, which consists
Of eight or nine persons, is taking
eoundings and observations from tho
United iitatos engineer steamer Mer-
maid. below Duck Creek flats, at the
head OF the bay. The party will work
ite way up the river and it ~ expected
that the survey will be completed dur
ing the present season. rough esti-
mate, says the Public Ledger, based on
previous surveys of the river and tho
data at hand at tho present time, is
that the construction Of a 30 feet chan
mel, GOO feet wide, will require the re.
moyal of about 30, 00U, 900 cubic yards
of material by dredging and cost about
So, 600, 600. 1t ia thought that tho work
could he done in five or six years, as tbs
continual improvements to dredging
machinery would facilitate the opera
lions very much.
The work of improvement under tho
present project = that of securing a
channel &c feet dsep at low water ant!
900 feet wide, is progressing rapidly at
Dan Baker Shoal and Duck Creek Flata
under tho contract with the Morris 4
Cummings Dredging %. OF New York.
The company has four dredgcs working
at Dan Baker Shoal aud has completed
more than on third Of the deep channel.
The completed portion is probably one
mile and half in length, and IL ut the
upper end of tine shoal, On tho Firms
Point range. Two cuts have been made
through the remainder OF the shoal, or
the mi6dle line and along the lseedy
Island and Port Penn ranges. The new
channel, to all appearances, is holding
we'll. a suuken wreck was found IL
the channel midway Of the Reedy Island
range, which will he removed.
There are two dredgers at work or
Duck Creek Flats, and two cuts have
been made along tho sntire length o
the range on the west side. The cut
are about three milea in length and tb'
width Ia about So feet. Each cut is 1
little wider than dredge or about 81
fOet. Tho estimate of material to b,
removed at these two distractions wa
1900, 700 cubic yards, and up TO Jul,
3lst total of l,0i0, 900 cubic yard
had been taken out.
Hughes Brothers 4 Bangs. the con
tractors for the construction of the har
nor of refuge at tue entrunce 10 thu
hay, have deposited nearly 30, 900 tom
of stone at the site of tho work. Abou
800 feet of the sub.structure is practi
cally completed, and at the upper emf
the stone shows above the surface a
low water.
About half the work of filling in tn
gapway OF the Delaware Breakwaier t
the height Of the remaining portion o
the structure has been completed b.
the contractor, John +. Donovan, VIII
has deposited between LOO and l,5O
tons of stone IN the opening.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
Ginning AND PRESENTING.


Putting Up Fruit.
In the Ladies' Home Journal Mrs. S. r.
Rorer writes on "Cnnning and Preserving
At the outset of her lesson she emphasizes
the value of securing perfectly sound and
fresh fruits, and the necessity of getting the
cans and canning appurtenances in readi-
ness in advance. "Tu prevent breakage
when filling the jars" Mrs. Rorer advises
that they be slipped ''sidewise into Kettle
OF hot water. rolling them so that every
part may be quickly and uniformly heated.
of u pudding pan, then near the preserving
kettle; stand jar on the towel, and if the
fruit is small adjust the funnel fill quickly
to Overlooking. Run q heated silver knife
around the inside of the jar, to break any
air bubbles that may have been cDught
with the fruit, and adjust the rubber. then
lift the lid from the hot water and place it
at once. If large fruit fill with II wooden
spoon arranging the fruit so that the
weight OF one piece will not destroy the
shape of another. Fill to OVERLOOKING with
the liquid, water or syrup. and fasten
tightly. After sealing stand the iars out of
dransht over night. The glass by tina
time will have contracted, and the lids viii,
in consequence. be loose. Wipe each jar
carefully and give the top an extra turn.
Put away IN cool, not cold, dark closet.
At the end of n week examine each jar
carefully, without shaking or disturbing
more than necessary. Ii you find the lids
slightly indented, the contents free from
air bubbles or frOth and the liquid settled,
you may rest assured they will keep II
you do not find 1t So open the jars to pre-
vent bursting Reheat the fruit being
careful TO bring 1t to boiling point and re-
CAM
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

A statute mile is 5. $50 feet long. II is our
standard of itinerary measure adopted from
the English. who in turn adopted IL from the
Romans. A Roman military pace, by which
distances were measured, was the length OF
tho step taken by the Roman soldiers, and
was approximately five feet long, thousand
of these PAGES were called in Latin a mile.
The English mile Is therefore purely ar
bitrary measure, enacted into legal meas
ure by II statute passed during the reign of
Queen Elizabeth; it has no connection with
any scale In nature. A nautical mile on the
other hand, is equal in length 70 one-six-
tieth part of the length of degree of a
great circle Of the earth. But the circum-
ference of the earth is nowhere true circle;
its radius of curvature is variable; hence the
nautical mile, us q matter of fact, depends
for its length upon the shape rs well as the
size of the globe sailed over; and hence,
strickly speaking, the length Of the nauti-
cal mile should vary with the latitude, from
6,040 feet at the equator to 0. 100 feet at the
pole. Such extreme accuracy is not neces-
snry in navigating, and cannot be well at.
tanned without undue labor. The English
Admiralty therefore have adopted 6,0S0 feet
as the length of a nautical mile, which Cor
responds with the length of one'sixtieth of
Il degTee-or one minute of arc-of great
circle in latitude 4S degrees. The United
States Coast Survey has adopted the value
of the nautical mile ''as equal to one-six-
tieth part of the length of degree on the
great circle of sphere whose surface is
equal to the surface of the earth" This
gives the length of one nautical mile as
equal to 6oSu. q feet, which is very nearly
the value of the Admiralty mile adopted in
the English navy. Practically the nautical
mile is 500 feet longer than the statute mile,
In other words, one nautical mile is equal
TO l.l5l5 statute miles; or one statute mile is
equal TO 0.slD nautical miles. Multiply
nautical miles by l,l5l5, and the product
Will be statute miles; or, multiply statute
miles by 0.SGD, and the product will be
nautical miles-llarper's Round Table.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

When . cotton waist is to be frequently
washed, and il not lined with a piece Of
the same goods or with white lawn it should
have Il yoke, inside or out, of the same
fabric. and facing around and under the
arm sizes, this being where most of the
wear comes. Round waists worn beneath
the skirt should extend three inches below
The waist and sleeves should have tho
French or bag seams, which have the raw
edges put together on the right side and n
morrow seam taken then they are turned
to the wrong side and u tiny seam taken,
thus hiding all raw edges. If cotton paiCis
are made upon the bias they are apt TO pull
askew in the ironing III buying embroidery
TO trim such gowns remember that patterns
having small holes wear the best. Such
dresses should be washed out quickly and
dried III the shade; do not use strong soap
ON them. Pique, linen, crash, &C., should
be we'll shrunk before they are made up
into waists or dresses. Allowance should
be made, for they are apt to shrink. Always
turn down AN inch and half ut the top of
wash skirts. which can be let down when
necessary. Use two threads half an inch
apart iii gathering the backs of skirts. Run
II worsted braid along the under side of
wash dresses, letting the edge barely show,
and shrink the braid in boiling water
before using it. In sewing on braid or
velveleen hold il. not the skirt, NEXT to you.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
MAzARIH BIBLGs COME BIGH.
What They Are Aud Why They Are So
CnlIed-&2O 600 For One Copy.

What They Are Aud Why They Are So
Cnlied-$2o. 900 For One Copy.
At the sale of the Ashburnham library in
London recently q copy Of the Ma2arin
Bible brought the goodsized sum OF $4,000.
The Mazarin Bible Is so called because
copy of it was first discovered by De Bure
In the library of Cardinal Mazarin in Paris,
about 1760, says the New York Tribune.
Its value for book collectors lies in the fact
that il Is the first book of any magnitude
printed from movable types. 1t was issued
by Gutenberg, at MainZ, in l45O-1455 and
for that reason Henry Stevens calls 1t the
Gutenberg Bible" It Is divided into two
volumes, the first containing 324 and the
second 3l7 pages, each page consisting of
two columns. The characters. which are
Gothic, are large and handsome, and very
much resemble manuscript Before the
discovery of this Bible this so-called Balu-
berg Bible or Pfister. was generally re-
garded as the first printed book, but the
honor is now universally accorded to the
former work.
According to DR.. Austin Allibone, there
are six known copies of the Mazarin Bible
on vellum, one of which is the volume
found in tho Mazarin library. The copies
OH vellum, however, are later than the
copies on paper, q of which are known TO
elm existence. There is velluni copy OF
the Bible in the British museum, and a
paper copy in the Lenox library in New
York City. The present value Of perfect
copy of the Mazarin Bible on paper is
about S15,000 and those on vellum are
valued ut about $4,000. Practically, how
ever, their value is variable quantity, de-
pending on what the book collectors are
willing to give for them. II has long been a
matter of dispute whether the types chi
ployed in printing this Bible were metallic or
wooden, but the question is still undecided.
As n specimen of early printing the work is
magnificent, containing richly embellished
capitals in blue. red and purple.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
TWO TRAINS WRECKED.
A Costly smashup ON the Central Railroad
of Now JerseY.


Phillipshurg, \. j., Aug. 10. Train
on the Central Railroad of Now
Jersey, and last night, for tho
fourth time in as many months,
their dastardly work accomplished the
wreck of two fast freight trains, the
blocking of the tracks until o'clock
this morning and the loss of at least
$50. 600.
About 0. 30 o'clock last night, as train
No. ils was laundering along at speed
OF 80 miles an hour, on it's way to New
York with many cars of valuable mer-
chandise, just west Of White house the
engine etruck pila of tieH. The Oh,
struction was looseusd by the awful
crash anu pushed along 10 n switch,
where the ties caught. Tho engine left
tho track with leap, and landed down
an embankment complete wrock.
Fourteen cars wero alHo derailed, piled
up in confusion, and their contents
scattered along the track. Engineer
Shupp of Mnuch Chunk remained at
his pust. and miraculously escaped with
his life. Conductor Mattrass, also
Mauch Chunk, was riding on the tank
of the engine, and ia reported seriously
hurt. The fireman jumped.
Before iiagman cuuld he sent out to
signal approaching trains another fast
freight, composed of cars loaded with
fiah and peaches for the market in the
Lehigh Valley, cams up and ran into
the debris. The engine md two ears of
fish were demolished. Engineer Struhble
of Bayonne City and Conductor Moyna-
ham of junction were hurt.
A Waterman had boon employed at
White House to guard against the train
wreckers' attempts, but last Saturday
no was suspended, the railroad officials
evidently thinking the gang had laft the
| district. ....
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12
MS FIRST TROUs ERs.
What to Avoid aud What to Follow in
Making Your Boys Clothes.

mnKlnE tOur BOYS tiOtnebs
New York Telegram.
1t is usually at about the age of four or
live years that the small boy rejoices in the
possession Of his first pair of trousers. Some
times, even, AN indulgent mamma allows her
SOIL to don the garb of manhood at All even
earlier age. But unless the boy is unusually
large for his age the trousers give only u
comical appearance to the little fellow, and
fail utterly to endow him with that air of
Importance for which he longs.
The short, full trousers, fastened at the
knee by u band or buckle are the most
simple and practical hence in the best taste.
The long trousers give most amusing air
to the little fellows and for this reason
should he reserved Tor grand occasions only.
More latitude is permissible in the form of
the jacket than the trousers. "-
For these garments, sailor jackets and
flannel blouses are the things. The blouse is
made very full III the STYLES worn by the
sailors OF different countries, particularly
England and Russia. AS Il rule II collar Of
surah is worn, bordered with narrow
pleat, or perhaps collar Of piqne, edged
with minute tlounce of batiste.
In this season Of the year the greater num-
her of boys costumes. are made of duck.
But there Is great variety in the color, the
cut. and principally in the price.
Blue serge. many people will tell you, is
far less likely to become soiled. This is
quite true of course, and the serge suits are
best for every day, but the dark suits are
far more attractive, and look always fresh
and cool,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-08-12

''Select very young, green lima beans for
canning" writes Mrs. 5. T. Rorer IN the
Ladies' Home journal. IF ripe, or white,
fermentation is sure to take place unless
you use u preservative, which is always
more or less dangerous. Wash the beans,
drain and put them uncooked Into the
jar. Fill the jars To overlooking with cold
water, adjust the rubbers and lay IN the
tops. Place straw or excelsior in the bottom
OF the wash-boiler, stand the jars on this,
pour in sufficient cold water to half cover.
cover the boiler. bring to boiling point and
boil steadily for three hours. Take mp the
jars one at time. II they are not full add
boiling water to ill, and screw on the tops
as tight as possible. stand aside over night
Next morning give the tops an extra turn
and put in dark, cool place to keep"