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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

Mr.. s. S. Woodbridge tho well known
baritone so!otst and comedian has received
an invitation from the Union Singing So..
ciety of Boston, Mass, to tako a part in
their singing festival to bs bcld IN June,p
New York, Chicago and Washington, D.
e., will also be represented. j
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

Democratic politics in the Eighth ward
arc still in somewhat of II tangle which
makes prospects FOR Republican success
somewhat hottcr The Republican aspir-
and nail for the election and will be sue.
Cc.sful,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

Decoration day exercises will BE- held in
nnhiic schools. No and No. n on Friday.
The teachers and scholars Of No. school
wIll be addressed by Mr.. ). Redmond
Smith.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
FIRST PUBLIC REHEARSAL

The first public rehearsal of the Musical
Art Society," now organization in VILE
mington, will be held at the New. Century
Club on next Tuesday evening. An inter.
esiing program has been prepared and IN
enjoyable concert is promised.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Obituary.

Mrs. Robecca j. Virtue, agtt 49, rosid.
Ing at No. 7O2 e. seventh street died this
morning from an attack of pneumonia.
The funeral Of Mrs. Ellen f. Titus aged
81 years, took placs to-day from her late
residence, No. 81 W. Seventh Intermsnt
was made in Asbury Cemetery,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

With 4 h. of tea ut ?5c. We will give
h, fine creamery butter, lbs, best Oicine
sonp Poe; & cans sugar corn 25c; cans So
tomatoes Pc; this week only J. G. Sin.
glrs star Markets., N w. cor. 7th Sc King
and :. W cor. Jackson and Linden S.s
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Sudden Death.

Maggie, wife Of George 5 Charles aged
IS years, died suddenly this morning at
her homo No, $50 DUPONT street. Funcr-
al services will b. held On Saturday at ESQ
| o'clock. lntermGnt in Ait. Salem Gene
terry.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Straw Hats.

Notwithstanding the fact that we sell
straw hats at lower prices than any house
in this city we still continue to.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

There will be y strawberry festival in
the basement Of Goldman NJ Il Church
EourtCcnth and Scott Streets Friday and
baturday evenings, The admission to which
viii be Lrfn -...lH
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Shirt Waist

Beautiful latest patterns, made very
stylish with detachable collars worth CSC,
marked # 4oc
Fine percale Hundred waists were 81 at soc
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

II The Ladies' Aid Society Of CoOknnp NJ.
y. Church will hold a straw berry festival
n the basement of tho church, Friday and
Saturday evening Of lhi, week, April y
and 60 Admission free
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Silk Gloves and f1itts

Ladies' All-silk gloves and mitts In
BLACK and colors all sizes, all Que 50c goods
marked 25c
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
Dead Easy.

First LAwyer-Is it difficult case'
Second Lawyer-No, dead easy. All We
have to do 10 to convince the jury that
black is white.-Scottish Nights
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27

&. CO.
Ladies'
TailOr=I1ade
Suits.

We arc about clos
ing our lines of La.
dies ALL Wool Tailor
Made Suits, and if in
want or likely to be,
now is your time.
$40 ALL Wool Suits
at 1915. .: ~ .:
$50 Suits at $12.
$25 Suits at $1S.
Separate Skirts
Mohair, $1.95; Eta
mine, 1896, reduced
from IS. 90, lined with
colors.
Fine Serge Separ.
ate Skirts, $500.
Jackets in T a n
shades half price
$500 at $500; $40
at $500.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-05-27
HATS TRIMMED FREE OF CHARGE.
FIELDS Philadelphia Store,
No. 22S Market Street.
UNPRECEDENTED BARGAINS.

By always selling nothing highest thoroughly
selling all
keep lusy
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

large cities, the leading newspapers max
ing their own canvasses again this year,
have found that the demand for PaiDe's
celery compound surpasses that of all
other remedies together
Paine's celery compound, taken during
the early spring days, has even more than
its usual remarkable efficacy in making
people we'll 1t rapidly drives out neu-
ralgia, sleeplessness. dyspepsia and rheu-
matism from the system. 1t removes that
lassitude, or tired feeling" which be-
tokens weakened nerves and poor blood
Physicians recognize Paine's celery
compound as the one scientific spring
remedy, and it is universally prescribed
by them wherever there is great need of a
vigorous and prompt restorer of health
and strength to the WORKOUT system.
Paine's celery compound is the best
spring remedy because it is more than a
mere spring remedy. 1t brings about a
healthy appetite, complete digestion, reg
ular action of the bowels and the other
excretory organs, whenever taken,
whether in summer or in winter, but as
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
THE RAINBOW IN THE SPRAY.

The tide is foul that sweeps about the town
A yellow, turbid, Disseminating flood
OF city refuse mixed, and oil and mud.
But when ferryboat, big, ugly, brown,
Against the gale of March comes numbering
down,
The waves she filings to either side are bright
With spray as dazzling in the suns keen
light,
As white, as fair, as pure as snow at dawn.
And in the spindrift from each chopping crest
The colors of the rainbow meet and play.
So in each life, however dull and gray,
There comes some breeze of fortune at its best
Cheering the heart with love or hope or rest
And shining like the rainbow in the spray.
j. L. Heaton in ''The Quilting Bee."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

1t is not generally known that some
thing approaching military despotism
prevails in the Channel islands. Every
male adult born in Guernsey or Jersey
has to serve for long term of years in
the militia, Is years being the period
in Guernsey.
In addition to this, all males of 80
years Of age and under, of whatever ma
tionality, who reside in that island for
a year and day continuously have to
enter the militia and serve for 10 years,
or suffer fine, imprisonment or expul-
sion.
During the last two or three years a
great number of young Englishmen
have settled in Guernsey to go into the
tomato raising industry.
In order to avoid the military service
imposed by the "states'-as the gov
eminent of Guernsey is called-they
make frequent trips outside their juris-
diction-either to England or to Jersey
the last named having a government
independent of the rest of the Channel
islands. London Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
BETTING ON THE RAIN.
The Queerest Gambling Game In the
World Is PLAYED at Calcutta

World Is Played at Calcutta
One of the most curious forms of
gambling in the world is "rain gam
bling" which in the winter season of
the year is at its height in Calcutta.
The principal rain gambling den is in
Cotton street, Burra bazaar.
No one who has not visited the place
can have any conception of the vast
crowds which at every hour of the day
and far into night pass in and out.
The great majority are Mawaris, who
are born spectators, but there are as
well plenty of well to do Europeans,
Eurasians, Jews, Armenians and Greeks
and women too. All swarm into the
small courtyard where this strange
form of gambling is carried on, through
a narrow entrance barely feet wide.
The courtyard is about 200 feet square.
The far famed tank with a spout falling
into the courtyard is the one spot where
all eyes are fixed. The tank stands at
the edge of a second floor roof. 1t is
about feet long by feet wide and 8
inches deep, with the spout opening in
oOAiAO - VI 4 1uSuCS Uuc DOG-
tom. From this it will be seen that it
requires pretty heavy downpour for
at least ten minutes to cause the spout
to flow. Intermittent drizzles, which
partly fill this tank, do not count, as
the shower to fill it must pour down I'M
interruptedly. and then the bets are
won or lost.
Chances are taken either for or against
the spout running A gray haired,
wizened old man is the owner Of the
den, and there is another similar place
across the road, only smaller. On the
roof, over the fifth floor, there is a
small, square watch tower, in which
are stationed five or six men, whose
duty is to scan the horizon closely and
report on the formation of rainclouds.
On these reports the odds rise or fall
A bet made and won one day is al
ways paid the following morning.
Everything seems to be son the square, -
and indeed there is little chance for
cheating. The odds range as high as l
to 70 on some days, even in the rainy
season. Many have made fortune in
single day. One person won over e5,-
900 in the course of a few weeks. But
he worked the system ON scientific meth
DDS. New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
rhe Neighborliness Of Neighbor..

Talking about neighbors- people gen.
orally do, yon know-quite good story
turned up the other day. Whether OF
not it is true must he left to the reader,
but certainly it not inaptly illustrates 8
rather too common weakness of these
frequently too distant near ones.
An old lady who had recently moved
into fashionable locality with her two
daughters was somewhat aggrieved al
her distinguished neighbors not calling.
In truth. only seven of them did So
one to inquire as to the character of 9
former servant and the other six to Sc
cure subscriptions for various charitable
institutions.
Under such circumstances the de-
lights of social life were somewhat cur
tailed. Whether or not this went to the
old lady's heart cannot be said, but GER
tain it is that in few short weeks she
was dead. The neighbors focked to the
funeral. The rooms were crowded. AL
was pity, love and sympathy. In the
middle of it all the old lady sat up and
said it did her good to see so many kind
faces about, while the two daughters
handed around coffee and ices, the guests
finally departing in the funeral car
rlages. Brooklyn Life
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
HEALTH IN APRIL and MAY
Use the Only Spring Remedy in the World that
Has Stood Every Test Of Time.
PaineS Celery Compound Makes One Well.

No remedy in the world accomplishes
these results like Paines celery compound
1t nourishes, regulates and invigorates
the entire nervous system, from the brain
to the minutest nerve tilament 1t causes
an incre ased appetite and tones up the
stomach to deal with the increased food
Its nourlshing action is Immediately man.
ifest in clearing up of the muddy, un.
healthy skin, an increase in weight and
more refreshing sleep.
First discovered after laborious, scien.
ti6c research by the ablest physician
America has produced, Prof. Edward E.
Phelps, M. D., IL. D., of Dartmouth col
lege, it is prescribed and publicly indors
ed by the best practitioners in every city
of America. 1t has been so enthusias.
tically recommended by grateful men and
women in every walk of life that it is to-
day in every sense the most popular
remedy the world ever knew.
1t has proven itself the greatest of al
spring medicines
In New York, Chicago, Philadelphia,
Boston, st. Louis. and two or three other
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

In the spring use Paine's celery COM
pound.
And only Paine's celery compound For
it is natures remedy.
Do not for moment confound 1t with
any of the ignorant, catchpenny, short
lived patent remedies-sarsapari merry
ines and tonics that bear as much resem-
blance to Paine's celery compound as the
parasite vines do to the oaks that they
live on.
Paine's celery compound cures disease
1t makes people well. 1t has saved the
lives of thousands of sufferers. 1t makes
the weak strong.
It purifes the blood and enriches the
nerves.
Every condition of winter life has been
detrimental to health. There has been a
steady decline in nervous vigor. Now
that spring comes the body is ready to
cast off unhealthy tissues if it is only
given chance. This opportunity comes
when the excretory organs, kidneys, skin
and bowels are made to work actively
and the nerves are able to furnish sufi-
cient energy to the digestive organs.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

the greatest of spring remedies it has ex-
traordinary opportunities for inducing the
body to throw off morbid humors that
poison it and cause rheumatism, neural
gia, heart trouble and general low state
of the health, as in spring the system is
more pliable and chronic diseases so Sc
curely lodged in the system that they are
with difficulty ousted, become more
tractable.
Thousands of men and women have
found from personal experience that
Paine's celery compound makes people
well, and keeps all from sickness who
take it in the spring.
Many father and mother have noticed
the unmistakable improvement in the
health of their children from taking
Paine's celery compound in the spring. 1t
is the one scientifically accurate remedy
fitted by its composition to thoroughly
purify the blood and dispel that exhaust
ed feeling and get rid of skin disease,
headaches and fits of depression with
which children with weak, nervous sys-
tenn, as well as grown people, are afflicted
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
HE HAS MOVED.
Gradually Acquiring Information Concern
ing Methods of Collecting a Bill

Gradually Acquiring Information Concern
ing Methods of Collecting Bill.
"When we moved into the country, 4"
said Mr.. Changoofair, 81 almost won
dered at the absolute confidence of the
boss of the moving party. 1t was long
haul, two or three vans, and the bill a
matter Of $40 or $50, but they moved
everything out of the vans into the house
clean before the boss driver presented
the bill. wondered what they would
do if somebody should say then that he
would call at the Office and settle or
something of that sort But, then, I
knew was going to pay; that it had
been perfectly safe to get the stuff in
and collect the bill afterward of me, and
made up my mind that they were
keen men, who knew people when they
met them, whom they could trust and
whom not
well, after some years we moved
back. Same concern moved us in, but
they didn't know us at the Office any
more than if they had never heard of
us. Arrived in the city, the men with
the vans-it was a different crew from
that that took us out-began Juggling in
the things just as the men that moved
us out had done in the country. Nobody
said anything about pay, and wondered
again what would happen if they got
the stuff all in and then the owner
didn't pay. But they kept on hustling
the things in just as if they felt perfectly
easy and secure about that.
'After awhile the stuff was pretty
much all Theoretically all but the
piano-and I wondered why they hadn't
brought that in before, because I had
seen it loaded, and knew it was one of
the last things loaded on at the very
rear end of one of the vans. So I went
out to see, and there was the piano,
right where had seen it when it was
put aboard, at the extreme rear end of
the van, while all the stuff in front had
been taken out, carried around the end
of the piano and on into the house. In
front of it the van was empty.
Passing through the hall, met the
head driver, the boss Of the party, and
he, just casually meeting me in that
way IL ouo hall, Atnuou over tHo Dill IOr
the moving, and paid it on the spot.
Then, everything else having been
moved in, the whole gang tailed on to
the piano and walked it right into the
house.
"Of course it may have only just hap
pened that the piano wasn't moved in
until | had paid the bill, but this didn t
give me quite such fiattering opinion
of myself as the other way had, but it
more than confirmed my original opin-
ion of the shrewdness and ability of the
van folks. They made few mistakes and
took even fewer risks New York
Sun
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

Lord Beaconsfeld was in theory a
female suffragist. But his Irritation was
of a very platonic character, for, al
though he had often the power to give
practical effect to his pious opinion, he
took care never to do so. Once the oppo-
sition leaders were very anxious to find
out what course he intended to pursue in
regard to a certain matter. They turned
loose upon him well known political
beauty. She talked and talked, he gazed
and gazed. At length she asked him.
He pressed her hand, looked unutterable
admiration and observed, pretty dar-
lingP | remember how my admiration
for Lord Beaconsfeld rose when first
heard this tale. London Truth.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
Transportation of Bicycles Free on the
PannsvIvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that on and after April z, 1897
bicycles win be checked by baggage
agents and carried in the baggage cars Of
the company, when accompanied on the
same train by the owners, free of cost,
provided the passenger presenting 9
bicycle for carriage has no baggage; other.
wise the bicycle will be charged for al
regular rates.
This arrangement applies to all the lines
of the Pennsylvania Railroad System
east of Pittsburg and Erie.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13

Reduced Rates to New York via Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, Account Dedication of
Grant Monument.
For the dedication of the Grant Monu-
mental Tomb, April 81, the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company will sell tickets from
all points on its line TO New York, April
26 land from points within one hundred
and fifty miles of New York, April 26 and
81, good to return until April 90 inclusive,
at rate OF fare and third for the round
trip. Tickets for military companies in
uniform, numbering fifty or more, travel
ing in body on one ticket, will be sold
at rate of single fare per capita for the
round trip.
The parade on this occasion will be the
grandest military demonstration since
the war. Thousands Of veterans, United
States regulars, and State militiamen will
be in line.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
The Vinegar Bible.

The Vinegar Bible" was thus named
from ludicrous typographical blunder,
the parable of the vineyard, in the
twentieth chapter of Luke, being made
to read the parable of the vinegar. {"
This edition of the Bible was published
in 1717, and most of the copies were de-
stroyed by the publishers, though several
got into circulation before the blunder
was discovered. It is asserted that not
more than dozen copies of this book
are now in existence.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
She Got Left.

Some time ago the queen of Italy
asked little girl to knit her pair Of
silk mittens for her birthday, giving
her the money for the material A pair
of beautifully worked mittens arrived
on the queens birthday. The little girl
received in return another pair. One
mitten contained lire, the other bon
bons. Queen Marguerite inclosed lit
tie note saying, "Tell me, my dear
child, which you like best +" The reply
ran as follows:
DEAREST QUEEN-Your lovely presents have
made me shed many tears. Papa took the
mitten with the money. My brother had the
honhons
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
His Conventional Efort.

He did not know much about pictures,
and when she spoke of a girl friends
achievements with a brush he was q
little at sea. He said Eyes" and mo"
with reasonable accuracy until she
happened to say:
what / am especially disposed to
praise is her coloring"
"Her coloring!' he echoed with alac-
sity. ''It's superb You know always
did admire blends. Washington Star.
Possible Deficiency.
Jones-Mrs. Robinson is an ideal
wife. She says nothing and saws wood.
Smith-Does she bring it inr-New
York Sunday Journal.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
It Goes Without Saving

that when you are suffering from catarrh
you want relief right away. What is the
use then of experimenting with blood
''cures" upon a climatic disease Use a
local remedy. Use Ely's Cream Balm,
which relieves at once the attacks OF
catarrh and cures chronic cases. This
remedy can be used by all without in
furious results. 1t contains no murcury
nor injurious drugs
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
Tour to washington

The next personally conducted tour to
Washington via Pennsylvania Railroad
will leave New York and Philadelphia
April %. Tickets, including transporta-
ton, hotel accommodations, and every
necessary expense, will be sold at the
following rates: From New York, Brook
Ign, and Newark. $l450; Philhpsburg, N.
j., $14.50; Pottsville, $l430; Cape May,
$1275; Philadelphia, $3.50; and at pro-
portionate rates from other points.
For tickets, itineraries, and full infor-
nation apply to ticket agents. Tourist
agent, 1876 Broadway, New York, or Geo.
w. Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
Do you Pay for your Clothing?

No doubt of it. But do you
pay too much -? If you do it is
your own fault. The price you
give may not be any more than
you think it should. But do you
get full value for your money? l
am here to discuss that point with
you, and to give you the best
clothing at the lowest prices ever
heard of in this town. l am pre-
pared to make to order any article
in the tailoring line that can be
mentioned. This is no idle boast.
Years of experience with the most
popular establishments in Phila-
delphia is guarantee of the
truthfulness of this statement.
Securing, dyeing, cleaning, re-
pairing at reasonable prices.
M. II. LYMAN.
26 Mill Street, Mount Holly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
One Way to be Happy

Is at all times to attend to the comforts OF
your family. Should anyone of them
catch slight cold or cough, call at once
on Wells & Son, Columbus E. D. Prickitt,
Mount Holly; w. c. Jones, New Egypt
Edw. W. Rossell, Pemberton, and J. H.
Leeds, Rancocas, sole agents, and get a
trial bottle of Otto Cure, the great Ger
man remedy, free. We give it away to
prove that we have a sure cure for coughs,
colds, asthma, consumption, and all dis
eases of the throat and lungs. Large sizes
SOC and 25c.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1897-04-13
Last Tour of the Season to Old Point Com
fort, Richmond, and Washington via
Pennsvlvania Railroad


The last personally conducted tour O
the Pennsylvania Railroad will leave
New York and Philadelphia April Is
Tickets, including transportation, meal,
en- route in both directions, transfers O.
passengers and baggage, hotel accommo
dations at Old Point Comfort, Richmond
| and Washington, and carriage ride abou
Richmond-in fact every necessary ex
pense for a period of six days-will be
| sold at rate of $500 from New York
Brooklyn, and Newark, $34.00 from Tren
ton, $500 from Philadelphia, and pro
portionate rates from other stations.
Tickets will also be sold to Old Poin
Comfort and return direct by regular
trains within six days. including trans
portation, luncheon on going trip, anC
one and three-fourths days board at Ole
Point, at rate of $1,000 from New York
Brooklyn, and Newark, $500 from Tren
ton, $l4 from Philadelphia, and proper
tionate rates from .other stations.
Apply to ticket agencies, Tourist Agent
1196 Broadway, New York, or Geo. w
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.