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The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
THE DELICIOUS cANTALoUPE.
A Native of Sunny Spain, Yet jersey D.
scendants Are Rarer and Richer.

In the light, sandy soil on the sunny
side of the walls of the famous Castle of
Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, says
ths Washington Star, which reclines on
the eastern slope of the Appennines, the
cantaloupe, or cantaloup, or canteleup,
or candeloupe-there are four ways Of
spelling it-frst ripened Its ellipsoidal
body and pale green and yellow nut
megged ribs, and with it's delicate flavor
tickled the palate of man. When Trajan
built his great mole and erected his mag
nifcent arch at Ancona he lunched off
cantaloupe, and the little melon grew in
popularity until 1t was eaten all over
Italy. have bought twenty dozen this
year of the American brand. and out Of
the entire 240 only eight were fit to eat
AS the price was ten cents apiece and 232
were thrown away the eight must have
cost me $3-each.
There is tradition that cantaloupe
were first cultivated by the monks and
friars of olden times, and that the world
never would have known the fruit had it
not been for poor wayfarer, who, hav-
ing been fed by the Carmelites on melons
saved the seed and gave them to a gar
dcper Let us accept the story. 1t Is
pretty But the Jersey cantaloupe is far
ahead Of anything ever. grown by monks.
By careful cultivation 1t has reached the
perfection of development, and. its sweet
ness is that of honey in the comb. AS
many as 400 bushels to the acre have been
grown. For breakfast they are dream,
for dinner poem.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
SHE RECOVERED
But the Man Who Effected the Cure Go
No Thanks.

"There was miraculous cure out at
the Hennepins' night before last, says
the Cleveland Leader.
"How was that?"
"You know Sarah, the Oldest girl?
She's about 35 now, and seemed to give
up all idea, several years ago. of ever
getting married.
Yes; she's been bed ridden for long
time, hasn't she?'
"Csuldn't walk step. Doctors didn't
know what was the matter. Well, the
folks got to talking about this healing
business, and were wondering If there
was any hope for Sarah. A Mr.. johnson,
one of the neighbors, happened to be
there, and he ventured the opinion that
he could make her walk inside of five
minutes. OF course, the whole family
got excited, and wanted him to try it..
So he says to her mother: Now, you go
up stairs and tell her that there's young
man down here who wants to see her. !"
''Well?'
'Well, she came bounding down stairs,
in about three minutes, as well AS ever,
and it was mighty lucky thing for
johnson that he didn't wait to see wheth-
er his plan was going to work or not!'
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

Mr.. Dingley is quoted as saying that
the clause of the tariff bill allowing re-
turning travellers to bring in s1OO worth
of clothing, should have been left out
but not for the reason that may at first
be supposed. why asks Mr.. Dingley
"should women who are able to 90
abroad, have the privilege of buying 500
worth of goods and landing them free OF
duty, while those who remain at home.
If they want the same things, pay the
duty to the shopkeeper?'' A despatch
printed Saturday emphasizes the force
of this alleged query by Mr. Dingley.
Among the first victims" OF the duty
were some ladies of the families of J.
Pierpont Morgan and G. q. Bowdoin,
partners in the great banking house
which has made SO much money out OF
the recent bond issues They paid be
tween $4,000 and $4,000 to the support OF
the government for the articles of ap
parel which they had bought abroad, and
would have brought in free of duty, but
for the new tariff bill. 1t may have
been vexatious, but SO is it vexatious for
the many other citizens to contribute tc
the support of the government. Yet the
great mass of citizens consider it pub
llio duty, and perform it cheerfully.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
The Ideal Panacea.

James l.. Francis, Alderman. Cbicspo.
says: II regard DIR. Kings New Disooy.
cry as an IDEAL Panacea for Cough, Colds
and Lung Complaints, having ssed it
in my family for the last five years, to
the exclusion Of physicians prescriptions
or other preparations"
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk. Iowa.
writes: - have bean Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal Church for 90 years
or more, and have never found ANYTHING
so beneficial or that gave ma such speedy
relief as DR.. Kings New Discovers. -
Try this Ideal Cough Remedy now. ri j..
al bottles at H. z. s. Goold's drug store.
81 Congress street, Under Congress So.
Hotel.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
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The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The Journal of Commerce says that the
somewhat singular statement by u writer
to the London Times that, as concess-
ion to the silver crusade, the Government
has authorized The Bank of England to
keep one-ffthsof its metallic reserve in
silver coin seems to have been less nsri-
Gus utteranee than "feeler" put out to
elicit publicsopinion. But be this as it
may, the reference seems to have brought
out a storm of resistance to any such
change OF policy which is likely to give it
an effectual quietus.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The aggregate transactions of all the
-clearing houses of the United States for
, thu first week of September amount to
2 81 ,2l7 900. 600. This is an increase Of 43
: PSF cent over the figures for the same
period of last year and the largest total
ever reached at this stage of the fall seas
on. This evidence undoubtedly affords
7 the most accurate test available as to
!. present business conditions and leads to
I the irresistible conclusion that the coun
try has, beyond the shadow of reasona-
BILE doubt, recovered from its late depress-
ion
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

Orleans in summer as matter Of course.
In S53 the deaths were so numerous that
the corpses could not DO buried, and 1t
was necessary to burn them. When Cen
eral Buffers army occupied the city dur
ing the war, the Confederates, basing
their expectations on the results OF long
experience, predicted that the yellow fever
would soon drive out the invaders. 1t
was to prevent this that General Butler
took his remarkable action to clean the
city. He first established rigid quaran-
tine to prevent the Introduction of the
fever from other places. Then he cleaned
the city. The residents heard with con-
sternation or derision his peremptory or
der that all baok-yards, meat markets,
sheds and tenements be cleaned at once.
Old walls were whitewashed and foul
places cleaned, without force If the owner
was Reasonable and at the point of the
bayonet If he was sulky. The result was
that yellow fever did not trouble General
Buffers troops or the inhabitants. The
lesson was not lost upon the people Of
New Orleans, and the fever has never
ragged since as it used to in the old ante
bellum days.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

Not since ls47. the year of the great
famine, has Ireland been in SO desperate
a condition as at the. present time Not
only is the potato crops an absolute fail
u . but now there is danger of famine
IN fuel, for the turf cut will not dry. 1t
looks as though Ireland might profit as
much by diversified crops as by the diver
sifed government for which she sighs.-
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The German Emperor seems to be a
colonel in the military organization Of
every country in the world except Ameri-
ca. Should the Kaiser be pleased to
make short sojourn In the blue grass
region of "Old Kentucky the missing
link in his worldwide chain of titles
doubtless would be Immediately supplied.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

In the current number of the North
American is an article from the pen Of
Major Arthur Griffiths, British Inspector
of Prisons, which gives sort of side
light on the benefit that the British pro-
tectorate has been to the people of Egypt.
Speaking of the prisons in particular, he
says: Down to 1884 the Egyptian police
was ineffective, the law often dead let
ter, the prisons a disgrace to humanity
and civilization. Before that date the
country was covered with Zaptiehs, or
small district prisons. in which illegal
imprisonment and every form of cruelty
were constantly practised. 1t was quite
easy for anyone In authority to consign a
poor devil to custody" He points out
that amo ng the many reforms instituted
was the required registration Of individ-
uals received at the prison gate and the
exclusion of all who were not committed
to prison by a recognized judicial author
ity. Again, before the coming OF the
British there was an "unconscionable de-
lay in bringing the prisoners to trial.
Hundreds, - says Major Griffiths, "were
thus detained six or nine months, some
times one or two years" OF course, the
British authorities have done much more
in the line of prison reform and perhaps
it is well now and then to have testimony
of this kind as to the effect of British
rule upon the natives of the lands which
fall under their control. With the posi-
BILE exception of Ireland British rule in
the last half of the Nineteenth Century
has meant civilization. Justice and pro-
gress to the people 60 fortunate as to
come under it. India would be land of
horrors without the English administra-
tors; Burma is coming out Of darkness
and despotism through the same means.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The annals of the turf this year show
no trotting records lowered and very
meagre winnings by even the most brill.
liant performers We're it not for the bril-
liant work of the PAGERS, one might think
that the shadow of the horseless carriage
was already over the land.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

A silver campmeeting at Springfield
tomorrow is one of the features of the
Ohio campaign. The infallibility Of the
prophecies will hardly be the topic of dis
cussion, or
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The Austrians have passed a law regu-
lating trusts. 1t cannot then be true, as
the Bryanite orators contend, that the
Republican party creates all the trusts.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
THE PRESS.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IA.

"It is long time between Kisses" is
what the Emperor Of Germany probably
said to the Emperor of Austria at Totis.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

The widespread interest occasioned by
the very few cases Of yellow fever in New
Efficacy Of modern sanitary precautions.
lTde yellow fever used to rage in New
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

Students and physicians in Berlin can
now avail themselves of a newly founded
circulating library containing only medi-
cal books.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14

Mr.. Cleveland's proverbially good luck
still seems to attend him. Pitchfork
Tillman is hurting abuse at him.
The Portland daily press., 1897-09-14
PORTLAND WAREHOUSE &
TRANSFER co.

The undersigned have entered upon the bust
ness Of general warehousing at Nos. !, 2, 8 and
the name Of PORTLAND WAREHOUSE &
TRANSFER co. Mr.. Simeon Malone will act
as manager of the business and is authorized to
receive and receipt for goods, and to deliver
same upon presentation OF Warehouse Receipt
SIDNEY W. THAXTER,
VIM. FL. THAXTER,
SIMEON MALONE.
Portland Me- Sept. LIST, 1897.
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Evening journal., 1897-06-21

into "factional contests" and com
bines." The fact remains, however,
that there are no warning factions and
no rival leaders contending or com.
bining.-Cecil Democrat.
The fact that Wilmington and New
Castle county bonds are selling well at
an interest rate of 31a and per cent.
when other communities are paying Az
to 6 per cent. speaks we'll for the es-
TEEN in which the municipality and the
county are held in the financial world.
Sunday Star.
The appointment OF the judiciary by
the governor under the new Constitu-
tion has been made, and barring the
disappointment which naturally follows
where the friends of many worthy gem
tlemen are seeking their promotion,
the appointments have been well re.
ceived and approved.-Delawar Pilot
We are now living under a new Con-
stitution and we feel like a boy with a
brand new suit of clothes. II fits us
nicely and gives us a better appearance
We have lived long enough under the
old Constitution. The new one is filled
with twentieth century ideas, and dis
May we prosper under it.-New Castle
News.
Whatever may be the merits or de-
merits of the Olivet Church war; there
is one thing that everybody knows, and
that is that Mr.. Montgomery has been
vindicated by nine-tenths of the con-
gregation. He has offered to resign and
step down honorably, but his congrega-
tion has declared that they will not let
him go. His case now rests between
the Presbytery and the congregation OF
the church.-Sunday Herald.
Mr.. Boyce was named it is said a.
the personal friend of the governor
No governor should so indulge himself
with gifts so elevated nor by a stroke
of the pen tax the people with $500
But we think a faction of the party in
sisted upon this selection as a rewart
for devotion to factional interests. 90
Middletown Transcript.
Mr.. Hughes is lawyer Of good stand
ing at the Kent county county bar, anC
therefore meets the requirements of th'
office from a legal point of view. Fol
while 1t is not absolutely necessary tha
the secretary of state shall be a lawyer
it is very desirable, as he frequentl!
stands in the position of the governor
confidential adviser, and a knowledg
of the law becomes a decided advan
tage.-Every Evening.
| How we'll Governor Tunnel know
the leading lawyers of our state
shown in his selection Of the judges o
the court this week. The men appoint
ed does the governor much credit, an
we hope his future appointments vii
be men fully qualified to hold the OF
fees to which they are appointed
Milford News and Advertiser.
Evening journal., 1897-06-21

tionmaster at Edge Moor, Del, spent
Saturday and Sunday sightseeing at
Washington, ID. c., and Alexandria, Va.
Francis H. Hoffecker will go TO New
port ON Saturday evening and address
the graduating class of the public
schools.
Prothonotary Victor B. Woolley is
home from Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. Evans spent
yesterday at Atlantic City.
William S. Prickett spent Sunday
with his family near PerTyman's, Md.
Herman Nailor has returned from
Middletown, where he has been attend
ing the academy commencement.
Mrs. Edward Gambrill and son are
visiting Mrs. George H. Phillips, at No
S18 Washington street.
Miss V. Adele Phillips has been Wis
iting friends in the country.
Miss Martha Burns. of Philadelphia
spent Sunday with Miss Anne Stirling
on Kennett turnpike.
Miss Nellie McCarter, formerly of this
city, but now residing in Philadelphia
will be married on Wednesday. After
a trip to Niagara Falls they will reside
in West Philadelphia.
Franklin Hopes, of Philadelphia
spent yesterday in this city.
Rev. NJ. l.. Hutton, who has beer
quite sick, is well once more.
Horace Mccall, of Hockessin, is visit
ing his friend, Alvin Morris, No. 60i
West Fourth street.
John A. Gafney, of No. 304 Broom'
street, left for Brooklyn on Saturday
and returned yesterday with Mrs. CAT
ney, who has been visiting relatives
and friends at several points in New
York state.
William Beadenkopf and family ar,
occupying their Summer home at Cor
don Heights.
Evening journal., 1897-06-21
N WAS HARDLY cREDTBLE.

The report that ex-Cuban Consul
Ramon o. Williams was to beappointed
United States minister to Spain was
hardly credible. Such an error
on the part of the president
would have been an insult TO Ameri-
can Justice. Mr. Williams is con-
spicuously not the man for that impor-
tant post. During a service Of some
twenty years as consul-general at Ha-
vana he became thoroughly amenable
to the Establishments of Spanish influ-
ence and deplorably indifferent tS
American rights and interests. TIT
closing days OF his official career il
Havana were characterized by earnes
complaints OF his treatment OF Amerl
can citizens whose duty had called then
to the island, and the records OF tn
State Department will show that Il
some instances these grievances too
the form OF definite charges and pro
tests against his continuance in office
Mr. williams is under obligation I
Spanish hospitality for the high socia
favor which he enjoyed In Cuba; n
has boundless sympathy FOR Spain an
none at all for the Cubans. and. eve
Evening journal., 1897-06-21
4 CHRISTIAN HEBREW.
A WOMAN WHO breaches A
CREED OF HER OWN MAKE Is TO
APPEAR IN WILMINGTON.

CREED OF HER OWN MAKE Is TO
APPEAR IN WILMINGTON.
Another religious revivalist is TO ap-
pear in Wilmington in the person of
Mrs. Esther Sagrees, an earnest look
ing woman, judging from photograph.
of rather less than middle age. She
wears a dress which is a combination
of the Salvation uniform and the plain
garb If the Orthodox Friends, and she
is, she says, the only travelling preacher
of a sect calling themselves the Chris
tian Hebrew.
Mrs Sagrees generally follows the
other evangelists, but takes no part
until the tamborines are silenced and
the flags unfurled, when she steps for
ward before the crowd and proclaims
her mission. The sect, she says, was
founded by an Englishman named
WrOe, in 1922, and for more than fifty
years has maintained a sanctuary il
New York.
The cardinal principles of her creeC
are that as man lost Immortality
through woman, through woman h
must regain it, and that there can b'
no redemption of the world until tbs
twelve tribes of Israel are brought to
gether again.
Mrs. Sagress was to have begun he
conquests of reform last night at Fifu
and Market streets, and a large crow
of Hebrews congregated there, but tn
Christian Hebrew did not come" Sh
will be here, however.
Evening journal., 1897-06-21
soCIAL AND PERSONAL NoTEs.

Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Coursen, of No.
21O West Fourth street, have issued
cards for the wedding of their daughter,
Miss Lourettia Barbara Coursen, TO
Frederick V. Stapleford, of Philadel-
phia, on Tuesday, June 20, at their
home on West Fourth street.
Howard Pennington and John Sal
mon are in Rhode Island.
Mrs. Mary G. Foard and William
Bowen. OF Baldwin, Md. spent Sunday
with relatives in this city
Miss Mamie Hitch will visit friends
in Wyoming.
Mrs. Wooley, Miss Sallie Wooley, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Greenman, Mr.. and
Mrs. william Heald and Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Janvier are occupying the Sell
ers mansion at Edge Moore this Sum-
mer
Miss Lola Stats, Of Marcus Hook
who has been visiting relatives in this
city. has returned home.
Colonel John Wainwright and wife,
of this city, we're the first guests to ar
rive at Maple Heights. Their daugh-
ters. Mrs. Shakespeare. of New York
and Mrs Pyle of this city, are now Wis
iting them.
The following Wilmingtonians par
ticipated in an evening party at the
home Of Miss Helen Carey, IN South
Chester: David Cameron, Charles
Stokes, Thomas Gordon, Harry Deemer
and Harvey Leibert.
Rev. J. r. Milligan and family will
spend the Summer at Cape May.
Harry Johnson and J. Leonard John
son have returned from an extensive
business trip through the South and
West.
Bishop Monaghan has gone to Balti-
more for visit.
General John P. Donahoe was in Do
yer on Saturday.
Miss Harnet A. Bolen and Miss Mary
Cole, Of Elkton, Nd, are being enter
tanned by Wilmington friends.
Guy E. Wells sprained ankle ha:
improved so much that he is able to b'
B., about.
: Miss Emma Cavender, of Glasgow, il
visiting friends in this city.
Miss Marion Cunningham, of Greel
p Valley, Pa. is entertaining her cousin
: Miss Cunningham, of this city.
J. Mr.. and Mrs. George Hillgartner, o
= Baltimore. after a wedding trip :
J, Philadelphia and Atlantic City, visite
their uncle, Charles c.. Hagner, OF thi
city, yesterday, returning to their HON
last evening.
+ Miss Rumford. of this city, has bee
II the guest Of Miss Alice Darlington, G
s Hedgely, Pa.
e Miss Ella Steele, of Newark. ha
3 been spending few days with her un
I Gle, Joseph c. Pierce, at DowningtowI
Pa.
William ]. Gilmore and Miss Laur
y Baker, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
! Baker, of No. los West Seventh stree
- will be married on Wednesday evening
- a reception following the ceremony.
d Charles Brooks. assistant yard mas
ter, and +. c. Bratton, assistant sti
Evening journal., 1897-06-21
IN HONOR OF MISS PETITE.

A hack party from Wilmington, OF
twenty-five, drove to the residence OF
Mr. and Mrs. John II. Petite, of FELTON,
in honor of their daughter, Miss Molllc
Petite. A very pleasant time was spent
Games and music were the leading fea-
ture Of the evening. Refreshments
were served. Among those present
were: Misses Lottie Speakman, Esse
Speakman, Laura White Anna Hick-
man, Alice Chadwick, Anna Rayne
Edith Ridgway, Mary Rutter, Jennie
Bowers, Matte McElwee, Maggie
Woodrow, Grace Farra, Alice Starr
Name Maslin, Mollie Petite, Tillie Pc.
tite, Mr. and Mrs. John Petite, Mrs
Maxwell, Messrs. Howard Stout, John
Goodwin, Robert Barnett, Royal Wood
row, William Gilling, Moses Speakman
James Mitchell, Edward Anderson
Marshall Yetman, Robert Chadwick
Joseph l.. Carter, Mr.. Marvel.
Evening journal., 1897-06-21
A GREAT MUSICIAN.
PROFESSOR EMIL ENGEL MAY BE
SELECTED TO TEACH MUSIC IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

PROFESSOR EMIL ENGEL MAY BE
SELECTED TO TEACH MUSIC IN
THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Professor Emil Engel, who is being
mentioned as the possible candidate for
professor of music in the public schools
of this city, is without a doubt the
greatest musician in Delaware
Professor Engel was born in Switzer-
land in 1865 and is S2 years of age.
When a small child he came to this
country and began the study of music
when 8 years of age under the tutor
ship of his father, who was fine mu-
sician. When 13 years of age he went
to Europe and studied at the Leipsic
Conservatory and graduated from that
institution with high honors. He then
studied privately under the tuition OF
Florian Zaijc, of the Sterns Conserva-
tory in Berlin, and received from ZaijC
special diploma of efficiency in mu-
sic.
Professor Engel was violin soloist al
the great symphony concert given in
Berlin in 1890. He afterwards came tC
America, settling in Philadelphia, where
he gained a name for his brilliant lead
ership and his fine execution on the
violin.
Professor Engel is professor of music
at the Sharon Hill Academy at Ches
ter, and teaches a special class of stu
dents in Philadelphia. He also taugh'
music at Hyatt's Military Academy al
Chester. Professor Engel enjoys thu
distinction of being a member of tbs
Association of Professional Musicians
of Philadelphia, undergoing a rigiC
cross-examination before being admit
ted to membership. The professor re
sides at the northeast corner of Mint
and Walnut streets.