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The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
THE SHIPS BELL.
It Is Closely Identified With the Whole
Career of the Vessel.

It Is Closely Identified With the Whole
Career of the Vessel.
Lieutenant John M. Ellioott, U. S.
N, writes an article for st. Nicholas
on "What Is Told by the Bell" in
which be says:
Nothing in a ship becomes SO closely
identified with her throughout her
whole career as the ships bell. Officers
and crew come and go; masts, decks,
engines and boilers become old and are
replaced by new ones; but from the day
that she first glides into the water the
same ships bell remains always part
of her, marking her progress all over the
world, and finally going down with
her to q lonely grave at the bottom of
the sea, or surviving her as "a cherished
souvenir of her existence and achieve
ments. On a man-of-war the bell is
usually inscribed with her name and
the date Of her launching, and as it is
probable that it may some day become
a memento of glorious history the bell
is often the subject of special care in
casting or selection. Sometimes the
hundreds of workmen who have built
the great ship contribute each silver
coin to be melted and nodded into
bell, which shall be the token of their
love for the object of their creation and
their interest in her future career. Of
ten the people Of the city or state after
which O man-of-war is named may pre-
sent to her a magnificent bell, appropri-
ately ornamented and inscribed with
words of good will and good wishes
Such bell is usually presented with
ceremony after the ship goes into COM
mission.
Ships bells in general are made of
bronze, like other bells. The addition
of silver in their composition gives
them a peculiarly clear and musical
tone. They are placed in such posi-
ton on the upper deck that they may
be heard from one end of the ship to
the other and are usually near the
mainmast or at the break of the fore
castle. One popularity exists in a ships
bell which is necessary on account of
her motion at sea. The tongue is hung
so that it can swing in only one direc-
ton. If it were not so, the bell would
be continually ringing as the ship roll
ed and pitched. The direction in which
the tongue can swing is another impor-
tant point If it were athwartsbips, the
bell would ring at every heavy roll of
the ship, and if it were fore and aft the
bell would ring at every deep pitch, SO
the direction in which the tongue can
swing is nearly half way around be-
tween these two.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
THE BROKEN TOY.


A broken toy-what memories cling
Around this half forgotten thingi
What baby laughter seems to rise,
Like old, delightful molodiesl
What shouts Of wordless, tuneful joy
At sight Of this poor broken toyl
Oh, tiny feet that would not resti
Oh, dear head pillowed on our breast,
What would we give to hold again
The form we lost mid tears and painl
All, child, the empty cot is ours,
But thine the sunshine and the howersi
What could we give thee shouldst thor
come
To smile again upon thy homer
Such little pleasures as we know
In this our twilight life below,
Some fragments Of earih's paltry joys,
A handful of its broken toysl
How calm thy lot, forever blestl
How exquisite thy happy rcsti
How changeless, joyful and serene,
Compared with what thy lot had been
With us, whose feeting, clouded joys
Arc at their best but broken toysl
Chambers Journal.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
LOOK THROUGH NINE EYES With
THINE.

Look through mine eyes with thine. True wife
Round my true heart thine arms intwlne'
Nv other dearer life in life,
Look through my very soul with timer
Untouched with any shade of years.
May those kind eyes forever DWELL
They have not shed many tears,
Dear eyes, since first knew them Well
Yet tears they shed. They had their part
OF sorrow, for when time was ripe
The still affection of the heart
Became an outward breathing type,
That into stiffness passed again
And left want unknown before,
Although the loss that brought us pain,
That loss but made US love the more,
With farther bookings on. The kiss,
The woven arms, seem but to be
Weak symbols Of the settled bliss,
The comfort, have found In thee
But that God bless thee, dear, who wrought
Two spirits to one equal mind,
With blessings beyond hope or thought,
With blessings which no words can find.
-Tennyson.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
Tho English dislike of Commerce.


We believe that the English, who are
in continental opinion a nation of shop
keepers, are not by instinct or by aspira-
ton trading people at all, or even an
Industrial enc. They are q seafaring
people by tendency, and as the sea pro-
duces nothing they are compelled to
trade, and circumstances have driven
them into the industrial life, but their
proclivity is toward struggle of any
kind, and not, except as an incident in
that struggle. toward tie making Of
money. 1t was quite late in their his
tory that they recognized trading as
their vocation, and much later still that
they surrendered the notion that to be
a trader, whethermerchant OF manufac-
turer or dealer in money, was to be
comparatively base person. Till with
in the last few years all historians
thought economies rather unworthy
subjects Of their pens, and the social
distinctions drawn against industry
were Of the most CALLING character. In,
deed, they have not disappeared yet, the
contempt which was once felt for the
merchant and the banker being still en-
tertained for tie distributor, though he
often combines both functions. The
great industrial is still hardly reckoned
on par with the great agriculturist,
and the shopkeeper of any kind is still
placed far below any sort of professional.
Money, it is true, is now almost the
only source of irresponsible power, and
those who possess it begin, like the
powerful in all countries and ages, to
be highly regarded, but the grandson of
a Tottenham Court road peer would
much rather his peerage had been ae-
quired in battle or by chicane than out
of shop, however large. Even the cap
tains of industry, who are Ike the old
barons in many respects, are not thought
of as quite their equals, and the greatest
of railway builders, say the late Mr..
Brassey, is mt placed on the level Of q
great agricu!turist, say the late Mr..
Coke of Norfolk. The state has honored
both. but the popular sentiment, which,
and not the sts'te, settles what Greeks
are like, condones, rather than delights
in, the action of the state. The difference
is disappearing, but it dies hard. Lon
don Spectator.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
The
NOmo2 sqd
1beSphinx-


source of their highest joys is at the same
time the cause of their greatest wretched-
ness? The very attributes which make il
possible for women tosbe happy wives and
mothers also render them liable to the ut
most physical misery and pain.
The sufferings of body and mind caused
BY some weakness of the distinctly feminine
organs are so almost universal among wo'
men that the question might well be asked:
Is this Natures punishment for the crime
of being a woman"
The true answer is Mol These suferings
are neither natural nor necessary. They
would not exist if the organism was healthy.
No woman ought to endure such troubles.
There is no need of it. Dr. Pierce's Favor
tie Prescription is a perfect and positive
cure for feminine weakness and disease.
It gives health and strength to the spe-
cial organs and nerve-centres; heals inham-
nation; stops weakening drains promotes
functional regularity, and restores the nor
NAL, vigorous and painless condition which
Nature intended.
II is the only medicine of its kind in
vented by an educated and experienced
physician. It is the only medicine which
makes baby's coming safe and compare
lively painless.
ANY woman who would like to know
more about this medicine and about her
own PHYSICAL makeup should send 81 one
cent stamps to DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo,
N. Y, to pay the cost Of mailing only on an
absolutely free copy Of his thousandpage
illustrated book, "The Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser" or. 81 stamps for
cloth covered.
A sure and permanent cure for constipa-
ton is DR.. Pierce's Pellets. One Pellet |"
is gentle laxative, two milo cathartic.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
A Hard Swallow.

An eminent barrister, noted as much
for habit he had of sucking lozenges
as for his eloquence, was once defend
ing a murder case. He was standing
with bullet in one hand and the usual
lozenge in the other, when suddenly, in
the midst of a fine burst of eloquence,
his face fell, and in a tone of agony he
cried:
Gentlemen, I've swallowed the bull
let. London Bits.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
The DISTINCTION was There.

4You women" said he in the pecu-
liarly exasperating way man has of
saying those two words, "You women
buy bargain things because they are
cheap"
"We do not, ;" said she. eve buy
cheap things because they are bargains. :"
The distinction was almost too subtle
for the laundering masculine intellect,
but it was there. -Indianapoli journal.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

Two Turks were at a French banquet.
Toward the conclusion of the feast a
Frenchman selected a toothpiok from
the tray near him and politely passed
tho tray OF to his neiehbor, who, how
ever, peremptorily declined the offer,
exclaiming; mo, thank you. 1 have
already eaten two of the accursed
things, and 4 want no more. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
THE SWEET, SAD YEARS.

Tho sweet, sad years, tho sun, the rain
Alas too quickly did they wanel
For each some boon, some BLESSING bore.
Of smiles and tears each had its store,
Its checlzered lot Of bliss and pain.
Although it idle be and vain,
Yet cannot l the wish restrain
That had held them eyeImore-
The sweet, sad yearsi
Like echo Of an old refrain
That long within the mind has lain,
keep repeating DER and DER,
"Nothing can e'er the past restore,
Nothing bring back the years again.
The sweet, sad yearsl
Canon Pell in Leisure Hour.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
Safe While 1t Lasts.

81 haven't got any CASE" said tho
client. "but have money"
"How much?" asked the lawyer.
'Ten Thousand dollars" was the re-
ply.
"Phewl You have the best case I ev-
er heard of. I'll see that you never go
to prison with that sum-" said the law
yer cheerfully. Boston Traveller.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
HDally. sDaIly except sundnr

"a" Stops TO leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north. or take passengers for
points south OF DelmaF
IF" Stops only on notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
q" stops TO leave passengers FROM Middletown
and points south.
1T stops to let off passengers from points
south OF Harrington.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMC DATION IRA ms
Leave Wilmington l2.l0a. m 95I %. M. daily
and s.l3. HE a. H. Isl, 30 G.15 and G55 D. M
weekdays. Leave New Castle $50 a. m., and
10.l9 p. H., daily, S.3l, 9i6, .02 a. M, II6,
5.36, 6.35, and .22 p. m. weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington S05a. m.
and arriving at 6.2S p. m, weekday, runs
through solid TO and from Baltimore, via, POr-
ter and Newark -
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
w. 0. Hoffecker, Agent, Smyrna
DAN'L B. MALnNEY Agent. Townsend
The New York Ledger.
AMKR1uA,s aREATEsT STORY PAPER.

Always publishes the best and most in
teresting short stories. serial stories and
special articles that can be procured. re-
gordless of expense. The latest fashion
notes and patterns can be found every
week on the Woman's World Page.
There is always something in the Neso
York Ledger that will interest every
member of the family. 20 Pages-Price
cents. For sale in this town by Twill
liam Muffley.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

She-It's funny, but all the time 1
have known Mr.. Tigg he never has paid
me a compliment
He-Tigg never pays anybody.
ton Transcript.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
WEST BOUND.

Baltimore and washington. week days, . IL
71O, IS 4g. i'll 90 a. m; .l2 50 1907. IA = w
a 81 g 16 IS Il IS So p. m. sundays, "a - l0
s.49a M, t1256, t20, BOA, t451' tSl1 1905
baltimore and Way stations 10 a. m. o. p.
Newark S1iS; Del, week days, "a Is. 71O. is 40.
Ill 90 a. M; t12 So, 304, a O3. 81, t6 16. IS.
is H. 10 &c p. m. sundays. IA ID. TO- IS 40 a. m.
l12 SC, 3 OF, IA 81, 2 IS, IS II p. m.
Plttsburg, week days g l6 p. m, sundays
Chicago, .457p. M, daily.
Chicago via Cincinnati and Indianapolis . 40
Cincinnati I'M nn and st. Louis .la So and IS III
Toiedo and Detroit. is II p m. daily to Toledo
and daily except Sunday to Detroit.
New Orleans and Memphis. via Bristol and
Chattanooga, s.17 p. m. daily. Through sleepers
to Memphis and New Orleans.
Slngerly Accommodation, z 10 a. M, OF, 81
10 as. p. m, week days. Sundays. Z 10. a. m.
Iandenbu l Accommodation. week days. 10
10O a. M; o., 4 81 p. M; Sundays. 10 90, a. m.
46p N.
LEAVE MARKET STREET STATION.
For Philadelphia week days, 30, D. m.
For Baltimore, week days, 45, a. m, 2 10,
For Landenburg and Way Stations, week days.
AS. Sc a. m, 2 IS. s IS p. m. Sundays $50 a.
Leave Philadelphia, Twenty fourth and
Chestnut Streets, for Wilmington, week days
tJs %. i IS, 200, % 3d. ii 90 30. is 49, is Il.
COO. 6 90. "a 30. tS 19, S. II 3e p. m. -.
Sundays, % 80, 8 Is. 90. III 30, a. m. w ~
81 &c. 200. IA 20. IS Is. 6 so, q 90, ts-s 10 10
p. m.
Rates TO western points lower than via any
other line. Telephone No 1913.
w. NJ. GREEN, General Manager.
D.B. MARTIN, Man. or Pass. Traffic.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
BALTIMORE & DELAWARE BAY r..

On and after Monday. Nov eth, 1898, connect
ng with tine Delaware Railroad at CLAYTON. I'M
II further notice. Sundays excepted, trains viii
IN as follows
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
Musl1 ii, Little

Is especially sue of Hoods Pills, for no medi-
cine ever contSine so great curatiyefpower in
SO small spacti They are whole medicine
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

The mystery OF woman
hood is full of deep
unanswersble eniginas.
Why should women be
compelled to suffer sim
ply because they are wo-
1neu3 Whv is II that fhe
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

chest, always ready, al zwM SEE
ways eficient, always sat 0EEkG
isfactory; prevent cold ~ -
or fever, cure all liver ills,

sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c.
The only Pills to take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

SUNDAYS, s3l3, 735, so. g 40, IL % II IS
q. M; 3 90, co. IS g. $50. Il 43. Is. I'll p. M
Chester, week days, g 1s. 5 IS. 6 40, II 10. 80
$50 IS y, 6 30, q 43, 9 Is, 81 90 p. m.
Chester, Sundays. IS 10, z 35. s So $40. II 25
II % a. M; 329, 8 so. IS %. 80. z 4S. 915,
Atlantic CIty,N.J.. weekdays. q Is a. m. sig g.
- 90 3d. M. Sundays, 2 IS a. M; % 20 p. m.
Cape May. week days, q 10 a. M; IL % p. m.
Sundays, 7.35 a. m.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06
D ALTIMoRE & OHIO RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT May l6. 1897

Trains leave Delaware Avenue Depot, Whining
ton East Round.
The Clayton call. (Clayton, Del.) 188?-189?, 1897-07-06

tor Express trains.
All trains illumin ated with Pintsch Light.
New York, week days % Is. 800. TO p
New York. sundays. % 10, TO 40, I'll Is a, m
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26

Under the operation of the child
labor law in Illinois, as enforced by
Miss Florence Kelley, Chief Factory
Inspector, there has been positive
decrease in the number of children
employed in the factories. This de-
crease has continued Notwithstanding
the fact that larger percentage of
children usually finds employment in
these concerns during dull times, their
cheaper labor being sought and idle
fathers sometimes finding it necessary
to send them to the shops. The mum.
Der of children found unlawfully en-
ployed in 1896 was 3. 7 per cent. of the
total number OF employees, as against
As in 1895, 60 in 1894, and S.5 in
1898. This decrease is the more
marked because the inspectors covered
2067 more establishments than in any
previous year. In the stock yards
there is no noticeable change in the
number of children employed, but the
reverse is happily the case in glass
factories, where the report says the
dwarting of children by their arduous
labors seems to have been decisively
checked. Sweat shops are still the
greatest evil to be contended with,
one.sixth of all the children employed
in the State working in the garment
trades. The ratio, the report says,
increases yearly in spite of persistent
prosecutions of violators of the law.
The only complete remedy, the In
spector says, would be the prohibition
of tenement manufacture.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26
Mr.. Peary, U. S. N, the arctic e

Mr.. Peary, U. S. N, the arctic ex.
plorer, told some interesting things OF
the polar regions at recent public
dinner. He said he could talk of only
one thing, and then laid hold of the
pole. Picturinga man standing over the
north pole, he said that this person
would have but one point to his com.
pass, and that would be south. He
could not move, except south. Time
would be unknown to him. He would
know no night or day. Experiences
of Nansen and himself during the last
three years, he said, had shown that
the ideal party to discover the pole
must consist of only two or three per-
sons. The old idea of large party
must be abandoned. BY modern meth
ods the pole could be reached without
any of the horrors of the Franklin and
Greedy expeditions. He considered
that the man who makes the discovery
will rank with Columbus. The ques-
ton as to what good it would be to
such a man to discover the pole would
be like asking what good was the
wreath at the Olympian games. 1t
would be tribute to endurance, en-
ergy, persistence, the conquering of
obstacles. 1t would be the peerless
prize of the day, and should go to an
American. 1t had become possible,
with all the recent light on the sub.
iect. he said, for him to advise and
nropose within the last month a prac-
tical plan to get there. There were
only 26O miles beyond the highest
point already reached to be traversed.
He thought the only way to reach the
pole would be to follow up Greenland
as it reaches toward The pole. A GER.
tain tribe of Eskimos there could be
relied upon to furnish assistance. A
fund of $3.50, 1000 would keep such a
small party as he advised for ten years
working away. Under the arrange
ment he proposed, he said, to reach
the pole would be ''entirely possible
and entirely practical.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26

An adventurer's share" in the New
River Company was sold recently in
London for $625,00O. The company
was started in 1909 by Sir Hugh Myd-
dleton to supply London with water
from the Hertfordshire hills, forty
miles away. Half the shares went to
James the First as the kings moiety,
the others to the thirty SIX adven-
turers. Myddleton was ruined by the
speculation, but the company owns a
great deal of property in the city of
London and the counties of Middlesex
and Hertford. The interest ON a
share is about $13. 900 year.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26
A WARTIME HERO.
Shaw's Memorial to Be Unveiled
on Decoration Day.

BOSTON, Mass. March % - The Col.
Robert q. shaw memorial, which stands
on the Common near the Joy street entrance
will be unveiled and dedicated on Monday
morning, May 81, decoration davl.
Colonel Shaw was one of the bluest of blue
blOOds, but died in the war Of the rebellion
leading .he Fifty-tourth Massachusetts, In
fantry, the first regiment of colored troops
that were mustered into the United States
service from a free state. Above the founda-
tiOns of this most imposing memorial
and recessed back over them are
marble seats open to the street. forming three
sides of rectangular recess. with decor
ative work in Knoxville marble extending
west and east along the line of the present
iron fence to two flights of granite steps
leading to the drinking fountain on the
Mall. Above the rear seat, and above the
head of person seated. begins the base Of
an exquisite bronze design in relief. the de-
sign of which shows Colonel Shaw in the
centre. mounted on his horse and headed
westerly, with his troops, and on his left
flank. seen in front of him and to his rear
Above floats female figure with laurel
branch. directing them forward. The bronze
is framed in marble. 1t was Colonel Shaw
who, because he was willing to lead a
colored regiment. was contemptuously
condemned by Confederate commander to
be buried with his "niggers.' When the
memorial to this brave Massachusetts soldier
Is dedicated, the place of honor will most
appropriately be given to those of his mig
gers who remain alive.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26
LEGAL FIGHT BREWING.
Property Holders Called Upon to
Pay Second Time.

HAMPTON, N. H., March 23-The late
Simon ?. Towle held II acres of land here in
trust. He could lease it, but not legally sell
it. He sold the land in parcels and it is now
covered with buildings. including u church,
a shoe shop and numerous business blocks
and private residences. Now the heirs
claim that they have not received the money
that Towe had no right to sell, and that the
"squatters" must pay second time or I'M
squat. The property is valued at about
$50, 900, and there will be a legal fight. The
church has been built about 80 years and the
shoe shop about II years. Towle was one
of the wealthiest citizens here and made
his money in various ways. including, so it
is said, the sale, from his residence, of the
cup which both cheers and inebriates. No
one, however, thought he was crooked in
money affairs
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26
Fifty Years Welded.

BRISTOL. Mass, March 23-Captain and
Mrs. David S. Wilcox have just celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary here.
CaptainWicoX is the veteran shipmaster who
guards the entrance to the Herreshoffs' con-
struction shops against the curious. Mrs.
Wilcox was born, married, and has always
lived in the house where the golden ami
versary was celebrated, with the exception
of about Is years, during which time the
couple resided at Fall River. Captain Will
cox was born in Tiverton rs years ago, and
for many years was seafaring man rising
from cabin boy to captain. For many years he
followed whaling. The story of his seafar-
ing life would make good sized volume
and an interesting story.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26

In 1869 Rev. DR.. Crane wrote a
tract on popular amusements, in which
he said that "novel-reading has become
the vice of the age," and warned his
readers and listeners against SO evil a
habit, so soul-destroying a recreation,
as novel'reading. His son is Stephen
Crane, who has lately been making
considerable reputation as writer of
novels
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1897-03-26

of Boston, and with its fees is the
most lucrative office in the gift
of the government. General Osborne will 20
at once, as the leeks and feshpots after
which he hungers are especially rich and
savory. General Osborne came to Boston
FROM Ohio few years ago, and was the first
police commissioner appointed by the gov
ernor of Massachusetts underline law taking
the control of Boston's police from Boston.
1t will be recalled that he was secretary of
the National Republican committee in the
last presidential campaign.