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Evening journal., 1897-11-08
1T DIDN'T AFFECT BUSINESS.
None of the DruEgfst's Customers
Could Read Japanese.


Chicagoans, as a rule, are not con-
versant with the japanese alphabet.
There are very few who could read
billet doux or comprehend an excoria-
ton in that kind of characters. An in
cident which occurred recently. illus
trates this very well.
About six months ago q druggist on
one of the prominent streets on the
South side decided to adopt the reign
ing japanese craze and have his store
hambooed all over. He got a down
town firm of decorators at work. They
were not long in giving every conceiv-
able thing in the store fishing-rod eff
feet. Besides this, they put a few
dragons on the ceiling and some Yum
Yums above the soda water fountain,
and finally. to complete very ornate
job, they placed on one side of the door
frame on the outside of the building n
japanese scroll.
The store was the admiration of the
proprietor and all his friends. He in
formed himself On japanese lore and
was able to explain everything pretty
well except the inscription outside. 1t
looked q good deal like laundry ticket,
but he assured his friends that, to be
honest with them. he didn't think it
meant anything, and was merely an idle
creation of the man who did the work.
After some time it passed out of his
mind.
One day last week. however, a sub
iect of the milado, who is studying in
Chicago, came into the store with q
broad grin on his face.
''Do you mean," he asked, what you
say on the sign outsider"
The druggist explained that he didn't
know exactly what it said.
"Well, then" said the japanese, "Tl
translate it for you. 1t reads; 'Our
prices are the highest, and our goods
all stale"
"You don't mean it," said the drug
gist.
"Yes," persisted the man who hat
enlightened him. For q moment he was
going to be angry. buthe finally seemed
to think over the matter. At last h'
said: "Wcll it's been up there si'
/ months, and it doesn't seem to hur
trade much. I guess we'll leave i
! alone"
How the decorators helper got thi'
sentence, or how many drug stores II
Chicago he has plastered with the SAM
unfavorable proclamation is still a mys
tery.-Chicago Times Herald.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
CuRA Will NoT GIVE IN.

The Cubans OF Cuba will not give
in to Spain. They have practically put
their foot down upon autonomy and
half-hearted treaty advances by the is
suance of the following proclamation:
To the Lovers of Liberty in All Nations
to the People Of the United States
and to the Cuban Patriots Abroad:
We decare as soldiers and men Of
honor that we are now as resolved as
ever to continue the war for the free
dom OF our country and that We resent
as an insult the cowardly suspicion that
because Spain might grant autonomy to-
Cuba we would surrender or accept
from the Spanish any concessions
short OF the independence OF the island.
We shall never forget that Spain
sent Weyler as her fittest representa-
tive to Cuba. We shall never forget
the bloody crimes of the Spanish sol
diery. their assassination Of aged Cuban
people, Of women and OF children; their
wanton ncendiarism and robberes,
and all their many Outrages against hu-
manity and civilization. We do not,
furthermore, admit that Blanco Is bet
ter than Weyler, and we codemn as a
traitor any Cuban who desires to enter
into negotiations with the Spaniards.
The only treaty with Spain that we
will accept is that in which the indie
pendence Of Cuba is recognized, and
that must be offered, not to us, but to
the government of our republic, the
only power authorized to sign treaty
for the Cuban army according TO the
terms OF our Constitution, proclaimed
at Jimaguayu the 1Gth OF September,
1895. We who sign this document COM
prise all the leaders OF the different de-
fachments of the Cuban army in Pinar
del Rio and may dishonor fall upon
our names II we do not sustain our
word until the day Of our triumph or
the day of our death.
This proclamation was signed by all
the leaders Of the Cuban army, and II
viii reach Cuban headquarters in New
York to-day The Cuban army leaders
know what they are about. They know
what Spanish autonomy would mean,
and they know chat Spain is anxious
to put an autonomy measure into ef-
feet. The American government has
injured its own interests in its efforts
to uphold it's treaty conventions with
Spain, but the time is fast approaching
when it will become necessary to sci
aside these contentious and argue th'
grave question of Cuban independence
according to the spirit and not the let
ter OF the American law. This lettei
Of the law business shielded Spain FOL
the three years she has been butcher
ing Cubans and destroying our valu
able commerce with the island. Th'
men who have signed this proclamation
citing their earnest resolves never L
give in to Spain are made OF the stui
that won liberty fer the American col
onies, and will win eventual liberty 70
their little country.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
BISHOP NEWMAN MAY COME HERE
OFFICER OF THE WILL
MINGTON CONFERENCE MUST
APPOINT DIR. AVERY'S SUCCESS

MINGTON CONFERENCE MUST
APPOINT DIR. AvERY'S SUCCESS
SOR.
Rev. Walter e. Avery, d. d., having
asked Bishop Newman, of the Whining
ton Conference, for his release as pre-
siding elder of Salisbury district, it is
said that the bishop will appoint Rev.
G. S. Baker, ID. D., of Fairmount, Md,
as his successor, assigning Mr.. Avery to
Fairmount.
Mr.. Baker was in Wilmington on Sat
urday morning, but would say nothing
about the proposed change. Rev. S. M.
Morgan, formerly of Mt. Salem Church,
is also mentioned for the eldership.
Bishop Newman is in Philadelphia this
week and, it is said, will confer with
some of the available Methodist min
listers while there, or may come here
for a conference with the remaining
presiding elders. The bishop will ap-
point the presiding elder for the re-
mainder of this year only. The full
term is six years.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

The Elsmere electric railway is now
in active operation and the thriving lit
tie community at Elsmere is now in
closer touch with the city. We wish
them all the advantages which the troll
ley can bring them.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
THIS SOUNDS GOOD.
A NEW TEXTILE INDUSTRY TO BIZ
ESTABLISHED HERE-SO SAYS
WILLIAM LAWTON.


Very few Wilmington people appre-
ciate the value CT the Wilmington In
dustrial Improvement Company, but
such an important organization exists
in this city. It's object is to make known
and promulgate the commercial i'm
p0rtanoe Of Wilmington. It has hen
assidiously at work for several years,
ana Saturday the cOmpany's efforts
we're rewarded by securing a textile in
dustry for Wilmington.
The representatives. of the industry
were in Wilmington Saturday and call
cd upon President William Lawton, Of
the Beard of Trade, and stated that
they had selected this city for their en-
terprise, and would conclude the ar
rangements for the building OF the
plant next week. The contract papers
between the Industrial Company and ths
REPRESENTATIVES were to have been sign
ed Saturday afternoon, but action w3s
deferaed until the Improvement Com
pany mee,s next week. Said Prssiden'
Lawton to a reporter: THE comins
Of the textile company to Wilmington
is an assured fact, and we, the mem
6ers OF the Wilmington Industrial I'm
provement Company. feel justly prcu.
our our success in securing another in
dustry for Wilmington"
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

but we incline to the belief that the col
onel wrote the page of manuscript hur-
riedly and that the printer did the best
he could in deciphering It.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

Every organization in the city ought
TO turn out on November % and help to
swell the size of the parade in honor OF
the gunboat Wilmington. How would it
do for Governor Tunnel TO order out
the Wilmington and New Castle COM
panies Of the National Guard?
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
An Example.

Little Elmer-Pa, what is a coinci-
dence?
Prof. Broadhead-The fact that the
green cucumber is ready to begin its
work just about the time that the green
medical student graduates is good ex-
ample of coincidence. nv son.-Puclk.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

The members of the Legislature are
not to have any corkscrews this Winter,
but they can at least issue bonds to
cover the expense Of purchasing a rat
tail file and a.hatchet to drive the corks
into the bottles.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

We congratulate the parishioners of
St. Andrews Protestant Episcopal
Church upon the manner in which they
have practically wiped out the church
debt of about S21 900. It is most graft
flying showing, and demonstrates what
results can be obtained by business
methods in the conduct Of the financial
affairs of churchsorganizations.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
EXPLoRER ENTREKIN MARRIED.

EXPLORER ENTlREKIN MARRIED.
West Chester, Nov. S.-WoId was re-
ceivod here yesterday of the wedding
Of Samuel J. Entrekin. who acccmpan-
led two cf Peary's expeditions to the
frozen North. and who was second in
command, to Miss Este.la Baker, Ct san
Francisco. Mr. Entrekin left his h-me
here early last summer and accompan-
ied Professor Rryant's expedition to MI
81. Elias. Alaska. He subsequently
struck for the gold fields, returning tc
the United States for his wedding on
October %.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

Here is an extract from Colonel f. T.
Cooper's latest Hawaiian letter to the
Milford Herald: "Hokahi mea nui; e
lokahi kakou a pau. Ko'umanoa keia;
ina lokahi an kakou pau, e walo ana
ka hae Hawaii maluna kakou no ka
mana wa pan ole" II is credited with
being an extract from a native sermon,
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
FORMER GOVERNORS BURIAL
BISHOP COLEMAN OFFICIATED
THIS AFTERNOON AT THE pom
DER FUNERAL.

DER FUNERAL.
Bishop Coleman and Austin Harring-
ton left for Milton at S.13 this morning
to attend the funeral of former Cover
nor James Ponder.
Bishop Coleman is to officiate at the
services, which will be held in the p
e. Church of st. John the Baptist, in
Milton, at l o'clock this afternoon. The
former governor was active in that
church since bOyhood Prominent
Protestant Episcopal clergymen from
various parts of the state also went
down to participate in the services.
The new Queen Anne railroad Off
cials ran special trains to accommodate
all those who wanted to attend the fu-
neral.
In addition to the governors large
shipping interests. he also owned up
ward of 1900 acres of excellent land in
Sussex, being probably the largest land
owner in the county.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

How the vanity of the festive Cuban
reyolutionist must be tickled when he
considers the simple fact that it is cost
ing the Spanish Government $1O,OOO,0OO
a month to make big bluff at pacify-
ing him.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

The infant industry of Frederick has
assumed such proportions that the pub
lie school has to be enlarged to accom-
modate it.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

The Daily Republican declares that
the committee having charge of the sill
yer Offering for the gunboat Whining
ton is human. Is it possible that they
have been suspected of being something
else?
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
DYSPEPSIA,

dors positively cured. Grover Gfanaih
Dyspepsia Remedy Is a specific. one dos
all distress and a permanent cur
OF the most chronic and severe cases !
guaranteed. DO not suffer A 50-cent bot
tie viii convince the most skeptcal
Agent, n. b. Danforth, Druggist.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

This is the season of the year when
the uncoched gun gets in its fine work
on its careless owner and his imme-
diate friends.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
reautiful Costume for q Eride.

The gown is OF white saun-that
beautiful cream white that you adj
miFed so much--and Il Is made with q
full but plain skirt. The tulle veil, not
worn over the face. is fastened to the
high coiffure (the hair must always be
arranged high when veil is worn)
under a cluster Of orange blossoms.
The long, pointed sleeves, prettily full
at the shoulders, are finished with fril-s
of real point lace, and q frill in har-
mony flares out at the back of the crush
collar. The crush belt is laid in soft
folds and docs not show its fasten-
ing, which is at the side. You will be
wise in having no orange blossoms on
your gown. They would have to be
removed immediately after the we'd
ding.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
GLYNN TO MEET LEON.

: John Glynn, the clever. Wilmington
bantam fighter, will meet Caspar Leon
tho New York fighter, in a ten-round
bout before a New York Club tonight.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
In the Past Tense.

~That was a lovely song, wasn't it?"
"Yes, it was-before he sung IT,
Pick-Me-Up.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
Not as Tender as Her Henrt.

Housewife-No, I haven't any angel
cake in the house, but you can eat piece
of thfs apple pie that have just made.
Tramp (dubiously)-Well, l don't
know, ma'am. 1t looks good deal
like -Somervllle Journal.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08
WHERE SOME CITY PEOPLE
SPENT THE FIRST NOVEMBER
sUNDAY-CTHERS WHO REMAIN
ED AT HOME TO ENTERTAIN
FRIENDS.

All communications Intended for inser
tiOn In this column should be addressed tn
Society Editor care of the Evening Jour
nal. Communications should be written
on one side Of the paper only.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

Bananas are scarce, but the sleet will
soon be at work as an understudy.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

AUTOMATIC HARNESS HANGER.
Sergeant of Patrol Howgate has pat
ented an automatic harness hanger. Tn
Police Commission may adopt it at the
patrol stable.
Evening journal., 1897-11-08

Pennies and small change car be ma
at the counting-room of the Evening
Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05

In the Hottest tower in the city Of
known as the horoscope. constantly at
tended day and night, for the purpose Of
locating fires. 1t consists Of good tele-
scope, which is solidly attached to an
arrangement Of levers, while graduated
sections Of circle are arranged horizon
tally and vertically in such way that
the moving Of the telescope sideways or
up or down results in change Of posi-
ton Of the hands attached TO the levers
in reference to the graduated scales.
Thus, the stability Of the apparatus be-
ing assured by the firmness Of the fas.
tening, whenever the telescope is focus
ed upon the same object the hands will
point to the same figures ON the hori
zontal and ON the vertical sextant, and
since an index Of the whole city has
been made it is but matter Of a few
seconds, when a glare Is discovered al
night. to direct upon the spot the topo
scope on the side, to read of the mum
bers, to look up the object and to tele
graph to the central station the detail
observed. Local conditions are, O
course, necessary for the successful oper
alton Of such an apparatus, but in thi
case they are said to be almost perfect
The tower is over 500 feet high. and al
uninterrupted view Of the great area o
the city is thus possible to the watch
man II the atmospheric conditions ar
favorable
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05
General Repairing & Horse Shoeing'
North Main Street,
Madison Township Trustee
Notice.

Notice is given that hereafter the Trus-
tee of Madison township will be at the
store room of Mr.. John p. Norman. IN
Ireland, on every Saturday, for the pur-
,ose of attending to township business,
and all persons having business with tne
township are expected to confine 1t to
those days.
The township library is kept at Isaac
Alexander's in Ireland, where all may
obtain the books.
The Indiana School books will be
found at Norman 4 Gray's store at ali
times. JOHN +. NORMAN,
Auo 10. '95-y Trustee Madison TIP,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05
OFFERED HIM TWO WIVES.
King Cetewayo Appreciated the Teuor's
singing Of ''Oid Dog Tray"

Singing Of ..OiS Dog Tray"
"There is much in name, or at least
think so. said Albert Gerard Theirs.
the tenor. who once sang for old Cete-
wayo, king Of the Zulus- Mr.. Gerard
Theirs several years ago bore the leu
tonic cognomen Of Thesis and had IL
changed TO Theirs. His fame spread, and
his middle name was welded to his sur
name with hyphen.
II am more French than German. :"
ne continued. land my vocal method Is
not mt all German. hisny people i'm
agine that a German vocalist is mas
ter Of the cultural. and that is one rea-
son why had my name changed. have
no prejudice against the German meth
cd. only prefer tho French method OF
singing. People who were introduced to
me used to ask IL was German. As l
speak French and not German, l con-
cluded to change my name to Theirs.
NV wife is an American. but she has
lived so long in Paris that she speaks
French like a native and has nothing
German in her appearance or manners. =
Ibid you sing in French ~ King
Cetewayo?"
"No; l sang in English. The old
Zulu was in captivity when l saw him
in Africa. ! was singing in Cape Colony
in my boyhood days with an English
opera company, and after it stranded l
visited the dethroned African monarch.
The English kept him guarded at a
farmhouse, but allowed him privileges.
sang several operatic airs for him, but
they did not please him, and in despair
| tried Old Dog Tray He liked it,
and when told the story he said dog
was faithful and wished me to sing it
again Then he embarrassed me exceed
ingly by presenting me with two of his
wives Each was more than six feet in
height and black as the ace Of spades. /
declined his royal offer, although he de-
clared the wives would not be missed. "
New York Commercial
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05
PROMOTED FOR CALAMITY.


A New York Policeman Rewarded FOR
Cstshirs . burglar.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt writes an
article entitled Tho Roll Of Honor Of
the New York Police" for The Century.
Mr.. Roosevelt says:
Early in our term we promoted pa
trolman TO the grade Of roundsman for
activity il catching o burglar under
rather peculiar circumstances hap
pened to note his getting burglar one
week. Apparently he had fallen into
the habit, for he got another the next
week. In the latter case the burglar es-
capped from the house soon after mid
night and ran away toward Park ave.
nue., with the policeman in hot chase
The New York Central railroad runs
under Park avenue. and there is a
succession Of openings in the top OF the
tunnel. Finding that the policeman
was gaining ON him. the burglar took
desperate chance and leaped down one
Of these openings at the risk Of break
ing his neck. Now the burglar was
running for his liberty, and it was the
part of wisdom for him to imperil life
or limb. but the policeman was merely
doing his duty, and nobody could have
planned him for not taking the jump
However. he jumped, and in this par
ticular case the hand Of the Lord was
heavy upon the unrighteous The bur"
glar had the breath knocked out OF him,
and the "cop" didn't. When his victim
could walk. the officer trotted him
around to the station house, and week
afterward he himself was promoted, 1t
appearing upon careful investigation
that he was sober, trustworthy and
strictly attentive to his duty.
Here again it seems to me that we
followed the eminently common sense
plan of promoting a man who had earn-
ed his promotion by faithful and dis
tinguished service and by proved supe-
rior capacity. We cared no more for
the policeman views on the tariff OF
the currency than we did for those OF
the burglar. Our interest and the inter.
est of citizens generally was to have the
officer catch that burglar and otherwise
do his duty. II he did his duty, We
were for him; if he did not, we were
against him. In neither event did we
care whether the officer had or had not
the backing of the congressional delega
ton of the city or the central committee
of the county. OF course, as before, thii
exposed us to wild outcries from the
local political bosses and heelers and
much sneering at "civil service reform, ;
but all the outcries and sneers mean,
was that we were doing our duty as de
cent men and as public officials, with
some slight appreciation Of what wa
implied by the words honor and up
rightness. Political organizations arr
eminently necessary and useful, bu
when they are seized by professions
spoils politicians Of low morality, wht
run the machine" in their own inter
ests, who clamor against honesty ant
defy decency and rail against that de
vice for obtaining clean government
which is known as civil service reform
then it is time for all citizens VIII,
believe in good citizenship to rise in re
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05

The Japanese wrestlers are a race OF
giants; they often weigh from Ia to "a
stone. At the Imperial hotel in Tokyo
once they brought their champion wres-
tier to my room. He was prodigious in
size and as fat and fair as baby. He
was Hercules in strength, but looked
like an overgrown cherub Of Correggio
"What do you eat?" / asked
"Rice. nothing but rice"
"Why not eat meata"
"Meat is weakening. Beef is 70 per
cent water Rice is 80 per cent food.
ate lean beefsteak once and my strength
left me- The other man ate rice and
threw me DOWN
My courier said: This wrestler II
the champion OF Japan. No one car
throw him. Pearson Weekly.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05

A certain young widow Of Indianapo-
lis, who has just changed her weeds for
brighter hues, gave dinner party moi
long ago, says the indianapolis Sentinel.
The rooms were decorated with a great
profusion Of flowers Roses in masses
were ON the mantels, and the dinner
table fairly blossomed. In fact, the
abundance Of flowers was unusual. One
Of the guests could restrain her curiosity
no longer, and when the dessert wa
brought In said:
"Well. Mrs Blank, you're rather
spreading on the flowers tonight"
"Yes, replied the fair widow bright
ly, but tomorrow l am going to tax,
them out to Crow Hill and put them OF
poor Toms grave.
A regular "l3" shiver went round
the table
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05

In spite Of being college bred the abil,
ity to earn o living in the most bust
nesslike manner has been proved by
Miss Anna T. Hayes Of Louisville She
is now taking personal supervision Of
her fathers farm Of 200 acrea She IL
devoting time and money to the devel.
opment Of o special breed Of pigs for
the specially cured hams Of which there
is a growing demand in the state The
pigs are fattened on sterilized milk,
meal and apples and are brought up to
q uniform weight The hams are cured
ON the farm. The young woman is max
ing complete success Of her venture.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1897-11-05
DINING AND FEEDING.


American Table Manners Not So Open to
Criticism ~ Formerly.
It has been conceded that the degree
Of civilization people has reached may
be accurately measured by its dietary.
Now, some one has said that 1.-The
American feeds, the Englishman de-
YOURS, the Frenchman dimes" In view
of this statement one wonders what the
English have been doing through the
centuries to have advanced 80 little. We
do not pretend to answer for them, but
would say for ourselves, we have been
hewing our way through forests, pio-
neering In every direction, in every
sense-ample apology for feeding in
stead of dining
But, Of course, it was q Frenchman
who made the declaration, and, OF
course. he made it long ago, when, NOR
tifying though it be, honesty compels
us to acknowledge that we may have
been guilty. Times, however, and con-
ditions have changed, and not even the
most bigotej Frenchman will refuse to
admit that when the American has
reached the dining point he will have
more to dine upon than any other man
in the world. The culture Of man in
America will demand all the art in his
cuisine that France by study has evolv-
ed, with the added merit Of honesty in
his food, the DISCUSSES incident to pow
erty of material not being necessity.
There is no department Of supply in
which we have not the advantage, and
we are learning to use our materials as
rapidly as we have been Obliged tc
learn all other things Ella Morris
Kretschmar in Woman's Home Com.
panion.