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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-04

The oli-fashioBed dotted and figured
swss@@s have been revived tizas season. ard
are SURF - BE Dos, popular. They were
worn by a FEW last summer. There Is
nothing w4siieh gives girl a dsinticr or
cooler look than - fresh. dasutily trimmed
Rwtse However. The new organate and
S3mitss- are equally pr-tty and attractive
and hswitch the heart Of women who
have fondness for summer dresses.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-04

A portrait Of Hawthorne which has
hitherto been little known will make its
appearance In the forthcoming work
Memoirs of Hawthorne" by mis- daugh-
ter. Mrs. Lathrop.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26

Of all men as being one of the most
conservative and one Of the staunchest
business houses in North Carolina.
And it owes it's success in a great meas
ure to the activity, the unfailing energy
and untiring industry of him whose de-
parture we are now called upon to
mourn. for he devoted all the powers
of his active mind to make it h 1t
now Is.
If called upon to name the most
prominent characteristic Of Mr.. Worth,
we should say that integrity formed its
basis; he was an honest man in the
broadest acceptation Of the term.
Nothing could swerve him from what
he believed to be right, he was sincere
In everything and hated shams OF
every kind, and was one Of the last men
on earth who could bend the pregnant
hinges Of the knee that thrift might
follow fawning." His actions were gov
erned by principles and he could not be
swayed from the performance Of what
he regarded as a duty in business or in
morals, by any allurements that might
be offered hin, it mattered not how
tempting they might be. His judgment
was remarkable and seldom led him
into error in his business transactions.
He had no ambition for poll
cal life, but believing that the post Of
honor was a private station" he kept
aloof from the turmoil and excitement
of politics and was content in the
faithful discharge Of the every day
duties Of life. He had the entire con-
fidence of his fellowmen and his hon.
esty Of purpose and u~nblemished integ-
rity were plainly exempliied in every
action of his life.
Such a combination Of qualities could
but insure a marked success in any
undertaking in business, and In his
case his labors were a~bundantly re-
warded, for prosperity came to him in
full measure and without, as is too
often the case, chilling the kindly i'm
pulses of the heart, for he remained
the same modest. unasSuming candid
Ildl dS liz lhiu Always DSeli lIuil HIS
early youth. He was for some years
president OF the Produce Exchange of
this city and succeeded the late Hon.
r.. Il. Bridgers as president of the
Navassa Guano Company, which latter
position he held until his falling health
compelled him to retire from active
business and discharged the duties of
both to the entire satisfaction of the
public. For many years he was a trus-
tee of the University of North Carolina,
educating his sons there, and honoring
his alma mater with substantial gifts.
He was somewhat reserved in
manner and not given to making pro-
fessions, but was charitable Ind liberal
to those in need, giving freely
OF his abundance to the poor, to the
church and to educational institutions.
He was a consistent member of the
First Presbyterian church of this city
and for a long time held the position
Of deacon and the higher one Of elder
In that communion.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-11-26
DEATH OF Mr.. D. G. WORTH.
OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY BOW
ED IN SORROW.

A Life That is ~ Priceless Heritage To .
Devot~d Family and "a Worthy III mpiAr
for All M-n-B-xunfui ir,bu'~s by DIR.
H"g-, C"Ipn-I w~dd-ii AID the Produces
Exch.ds--O ,her Bodies To Act-lhe
Funeral Tht. MOrning at IL D'(l"ck.
There passed from life unto death on
Sunday night at Ills o'clock. at his
residence, All South Front street. Mr..
D. G.. Worth, one of Wilmington's most
prominent citizens and leading bus
mess men. After a long and painful
illness he passed away in the 66th year
of his age, leaving a devoted family
consisting Of a sorely bereaved wife and
three sons. Messrs. Charles w. Worth,
membe Of the firm Of Worth & Worth.
DR.. George c.. Worth, a missionary at
Wusih, China, and Mr.. James $.
Worth deputy collector Of the port on
Wilmington.
David CASTOR Worth was the only
son Of the late Governor Jonathan
Worth and was born at Ashboro, Ran
dolph county. N. c., in 1881, and conse-
quently was in the Goth year OF his age.
He received a collegiate education ana
graduated with distinction at the Uni
versity OF the State. After leaving col
1ege he embarked in the turpentine
business for a brief period, until 1851.
when he came to Wilmington, which
he made his future home. In 1865
he formed a copartnership in business
with the late N. Green Daniel, who Is
60 favorably remembered by our citi-
gems. under the firm name Of Worth &
Daniel, for the transaction OF a gener-
a commission business, which proved
eminently successful and which con-
tinued up to the time Of Mr.. Daniels
death, when the present firm OF Worth
&c Worth was organized. OF the sue
cessful business career OF that firm 1t
Is not necessary to speak, it Is known
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
MOTHER LOVE.

The flaming red of the evening sky
was paling into violet shadows. Night
came upon the earth, over the little vii
lage, and the lonely house near it's bor-
ders.
Dark shadows crept into the low, old
fashioned windows. They painted the
whitewashed ceiling a somber black,
and filled with gloom the narrow angles
Of a room in which an old woman sat
bending over her knitting.
Not a sound was heard save the mo-
notonous click, click of the needles,
and now the whirr of the clock just be-
fore the striking Of the hour
Eight o'clock! 1t is night. Before
long he will be here
A sigh relieved the breast of the
gray-haired woman. She pushed aside
her knitting and set the smoky little oil
window that the light might greet the
wanderer on his Homecoming, and
then took up her knitting again.
Three years had gone by. 1t was au-
tumn now, and the old woman sat in
the self-same place near the big warm
stove, waiting for the return of her
only son. Yesterday he had been re-
leased from the army at the expira-
tion of his term of service. But the
night passed, and then day and an
other night, and still her son came not.
Almost week went by, full of tedious
waiting. One day at noon the postman
rode up to the little house in the
meadow.
"a letter, Mother Kathrine, a letter
from your only one'!' he cried. He
recognized the stiff, ungainly charac-
ters of the absent peasant lad.
Mother Kathrine fortified her eyes
with her old horn spectacles and hob
bled with her letter into the broad strip
of the MONDAY sun that came stream
ing through the small window. The
wrinkled hands trembled, as she broke
the seal. Is he coming home at last?
No, not yet!
On the worn eaten bench the old
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
On Horseback.

One must travel ON horseback in Ice,
land, as there is no other method of
transportation in that roadless country.
Even the bride paths are remarkably
simple in their construction. Bridges
are a rarity, and the general methods
of crossing stream are by ferry or
swimming. The houses are partly of
earth and partly of stone and have a
turf roof, which in summer time is so
green that it can scarcely be distin-
guished from the surrounding fields.
Timber work is seldom to be found.
Iceland being a woodless country and
the cost Of transportation from the sea
ports being very great. Wooden houses
are only found in the two principal
towns. The Icelandic house, however,
is no hut, but possesses intricate in
teriors, and is sometimes quite artist
cally arranged, though more frequently
it is little more than an earthen bur
row, low, smoke stained and filthy. \
good deal of the interior dirt is due to
the fact that the houses are mostly
built without fireplaces For the ac-
COmIuOudllOl Ol Uuo1E sheep anu CdIllc
the farmers have small turf window
less houses, erected a short distance
from the residence The stables have
no stalls, and the horses move about as
they like. Generally speaking the
farmhouses are built close together,
each farmer requiring a large grass
walk for his fiocks, which sometimes
are very numerous, and for hay for the
winter store The Icelandic agriculture
ist cares nothing for gay colors, and
his house is always painted of SOM
Der gray or dark red. Cereals can
not be grown with any success in this
country, the only native grain being
wild sand-oat, from which an eatable
kind of bread can be made. In add-
ton to grass, which is the principal
vegetable produce of the country, little
else is grown beside potatoes and tur-
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
BABY HAS GONE SCHOOL

The baby has gone to school; ah, me!
What will the mother do,
With never call to button or pin,
Or tie little shoe?
How can she keep herself busy all day,
With the little hindering thing away?
Another basket to fill with lunch,
Another goodbye" to say,
And mother stands at the door to see
Her baby march away;
And turns with a sigh that is half relief
And half something akin to grief.
She thinks of possible future morn,
When the children, one by one,
viii go from their homes to the distant
world,
To battle with life alone,
And not even baby be left to cheer
The scattered home of that future year.
She picks up the garments here and there,
Thrown down in careless haste,
And tries to think how it would seem
If nothing were displaced.
If the house were always as still as this,
How could she bear the loneliness?
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07

1t would be well for the public to
keep cool about Cuba and commit some
useful data concerning the island to
memory. The greatest length of Cuba
from east to west Is 760 miles. and its
greatest width is 135 miles. Its area,
including dependencies, is only little
less than that of England. Cuba had
in 1894 1,631 ,696 inhabitants, So per
cent. of whom were white. The cap
ital must have a population of more
than 100000, since ten years ago its
inhabitants were estimated at 19S,000.
1t is a powerfully fortified city. Next
in population TO Havana comes San
tiagO de Cuba, with more than 10000.
Puerto Principle has nearly $4,000.
Here Is a country which would afford
scope for many campaigns to an army
better organized and led than that of
Spain, more especially as the island has
a mountain chain which affords innu-
merabie Businesses for guerrilla bands.
These facts and figures should be borne
in mind by those who wonder at the
duration of the war and the tremendous
eXertions Spain is making to get at
close quarters with the elusive insur-
gents, who know far too much to risk
a pitched battle in the open. Each side
has q literary bureau that manufac-
lures fakes in quantities to answer the
demand for news from Cuba, AS a
matter of fact, it Is difficult and dan
gerous for business men in this coun-
try, with interests in Cuba, to learn the
of mouth from somebody recently from
the scene Of action, the censorship of
the Spaniards making it perilous to in
trust to the mail anything relating to
the operations in the field unless it be
eulogistic Of the Spanish side.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
Golf.

One of the great advantages of the
game Is that you can play and have
good sport even If there is no one to go
around with you. You can try to beat
your own best previous record, and, if
possible, to lower the best score ever
made by anybody over the course. If
you succeed in this last, you will have
gained the proud distinction of holding
the record for the course" Another
good modification of the game is the
''foursome," where there are two part
ners on each side, striking alternately
at the same ball. But the ordinary
match is against one adversary, and
there Is no reason why a girl may not
play an interesting game against her
brother She may not be able to hit the
ball quite so far, but once near the
hole, where accuracy and not strength
is required, she should be able to hold
her own, and 1t is an old saying that
many game Is won on the putting
green. Or, again, she may be handi-
capped by All allowance of so many
strokes, and in golf, as in billiards,
handicapping does not detract from the
interest as it does in tennis. There is
no fun playing tennis against a very
much weaker opponent, for you win
rather on your skill, and this is fatal
to true sport.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07

1t has been commented urCn : : SOY "
what strange that in the year OF mas
Sacre in Armenia no man Of that com
try has risen to the stature of hero.
gathered around him a band of his
countrymen and, if nothing better, died
fighting. There is much to account for
the submissiveness of the Armenians,
and if their men have given no CON
spicuous evidence of valOr, the Ar
menian women have afforded ample
proof of heroism. On several occasions,
when resistance was hopeless and
when confronted by the alternative CT
Islam and worse or death. they have
welcomed the latter by throwing them
selves from lofty rocks or into rivers.
There have been and there are heroines
among the Armenian women.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
a DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
When and How to Plant Corn-Beet
Sugar as Food for Stock-Mistake of
Covering Seeds Too DeepIy-CIeau
Out the Grain Fields.
The Corn Crop.


The corn should be planted when the
soil Is warm and moist. Have the
ground mellow and rich. Put the corn
in with planter, and drop 200 pounds
Of some good corn fertilizer In the hill.
Bone phosphate or dissolved bone,
either will answer If the sod was
plowed last fall, the cut-worms will
be killed by the frost. Spring -plowed
sod should have a dressing of coarse
salt, two and one-half to three bushels
to the acre. Fish or bacon salt will
do. Sow the salt broadcast after the
first narrowing, and cross harrow it in.
The young cut-worms and the larvae
Of the worms will be killed by the salt,
and the salt will also benefit the corn.
When no salt can be used, and there
are many worms, harrow and roll the
field once every five days, and plant
the field the last of the month. The hot
sun and the constant stirring of the
ground will kill out the worms. Plant
corn on well pulverized sod. If you
plant on fallow or thin soil, and have
little manure, spread the manure broad
cast as far as it will go. Harrow it in
WE'LL and then put the corn in with a
little phosphate in the HILL If the
manure is very coarse, it should be
plowed under not more than four inch
es In depth. 1t will not pay except In a
small way to manure corn In the hill
Phosphate alone will not bring a crop
Of grain where the field is destitute of
vegetable matter.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
woman dropped, clutching the letter
which waS Snnn Sna knd with tho tears

woman dropped, clutching the letter
which was soon soaked with the tears
that rained from her poor old eyes.
No. her lad was not coming! He
may never come again. He was locked
up in a prison cell because he had
killed man in drunken broil.
Mother" he wrote, II am innocent.
1 don't know how it happened
Yes, she knew. First a boys rejoic-
ing, because he was free to go home.
then spell in the tavern over the wine
cup-a quarrel, insulting remarks,
fierce, angry blows, a knife, and then,
murder. Yes, she knew!
Three more years to wait! At the
end Of that time his sentence would
have expired. The trembling lips never
complained The wrinkled hands reSo-
lutely wiped away the tears. Mother
Kathrine arose, put on her Sunday
bonnet and her friendless mien, and
went to see her relations in the village
She told them, hesitatingly at first,
and then glibly enough, that Jano, her
only son, had shipped as a sailor on
Ol5 W al anu w Co LleIhluS 1t lIlD
around the world. The relations lis
tened to her tale with astonishment,
and praised the lads courage. Soon the
whole village knew it. The women
came and congratulated her, and she
simple woman, turned dissembler in
her old days for the love of her son.
Mother love must shield him from
disgrace. The villagers must never
know that Jano was murderer. No.
nor Katha, his sweetheart, who loved
him and had been true to him, count
ing the days till his return.
In the night, when the villagers slept,
Mother Kathrine sat weeping before
her Bible, and prayed for Jano, her
only son. Another care presented it
self to the ever-thoughtful mother
heart. Jano must have new clothes
when he returns, and money-his saw
ings from his long journey. And she
began to save and stint to pile up 4 lit
tie store of silver. Like most women
of her age, Mother Kathrine was fond
of the sugar in her coffee, but from now
on she drank it unsweetened. All day
and half the night she knitted socks for
large concern in the city, and every
week she carried the humble product
of her industry to the store for the
small. hard-earned pay. Nobody ever
saw Mother Kathrine at these things,
for nobody must ever know, for Jano's
sake.
Thus, the time sped by. Three years
and this was the day that would
bring him home. The old woman
opened the cupboard and took from
within a package of warm, woolen
! socks, a knitted kersey. a pair of new
boots, and a large silk neckerchief.
! These things she laid out on the white
! pine table. From under the pillow of
| her bed she added a coarse linen bag,
such as sailors carry, filed with clink-
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
Orange and Lemon Trees,

The young oranges and lemons raised
from seed last year should be trans
planted into larger pots. After trans
planting, water Immediately, and set
the plants in the shade In the green
house for few days, until they are
we'll rooted. Seeds Of the best oranges
and lemons may now be sown in boxes
Of good garden soil. Sow the seed
about five inches apart and two inches
deep, and cover with fine earth. Set
the boxes upon the ground, partially
protected from the hot sun. The soil
should be kept moist. Fruiting orange
and lemon trees should not be set out
before the Goth of the month, when
the weather becomes warm and set
tied. Set the trees partially In the
shade. From six inches to one foot of
the top earth In the tubs should be
taken out and good garden soil put
back. Wash the leaves off and water
every two weeks each tub with one gal
lon of weak manure water-The Amer
lean.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07

The night was unusually dark, not
even the stars came out. The crickets
chirruped in the corn to tighten the
gloom. The splash of the river was
eery and sad, and from away off there
came shrill cry of anguish.
In the dawn of the early morning
little procession wended it's way to-
ward the village. Two men carried
stretcher, over which black cloth was
thrown, outlining a human form. Be-
hind the bier strobe the miller and the
justice.
Il don't know how he got into the
mill pond, but when we found him he
was stone dead. He must have come
down with the current in the river"
Il wonder" said the justice
I'm sorry for the old woman" con-
tinued the miller. ITO be taken from
her like this, after waiting so many
years for him.
'Yes, poor old Mother Kathrinew
reiterated the justice.
They reached the little house. "Wait
outside" said the justice, till we
break the news to her."
The sun was on its upward way. The
sky was afame with red. Its reflex
licked the tiny windows, swished over
the white pine table, and over the face
of old Mother Kathrine, who sat with
folded hands in her armchair The
small white head inclined upon the
breast. A sweet, peaceful smile how
cred around the pale lips, only the
Wide-open eyes were CLASSY and set.
She had been spared the blow.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
Jenny Lind's Last Appearance.

The last time Jenny Lind sang in
public was on July %, 1888, in the Spa,
Malvern Hills, England, writes Mrs.
Raymond Maude, daughter of the
Swedish Nightingale in the Ladies
Home Journal. The concert was in
aid Of the Railway Servants Beneyo-
lent Fund, and indeed was a red-letter
day to the country folk who came from
all the country round with the modest
eighteen-pence which secured them
standing-room. On one of my walks,
during the last sad week | helped to
nurse her, l found an old woman in
remote cottage who eagerly asked for
the good lady who was so IL up there.
Upon finding WHO | was she assured
me that it would have been worth even
more stinting and a further walk to
have had such treat in her old age as
that singing"
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07

A sailorman or marine who comes
aboard his ship drunk is let alone if he
minds his business, goes forward, and
goes to sleep. The quiet man will prob
ably receive no further punishment
than to have his liberty restricted for
a time. But if he announces as soon
as he gets to the top of the gangway
ladder that he is able, willing, and
even eager to massacre and to do up
all hands on the ship. he Immediately
finds himself in a peck Of trouble. No
where can a man who is hunting for
fight find it so quickly as on the spar
deck of a man-of-wa Marines, who
have no manual work to do on a ship,
like an occasional stint of violent eX-
ercise, and they gloat over a chance
like this. The drunken sailorman is
man-handled with a swiftness that
makes his head swim, although he will
often stay with the game until he has
knocked out the whole first attacking
party of marines. A few welts over the
head with the shank of a bayOnet do
the work for him, however and he is
carried, bowling and struggling, to the
brig, up in the eyes of the ship on the
berth-deck. If he is particularly vio-
lent he Is chained to stanchion.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
Shallow TiI1age Best.

All tillage Of crops should be shall
low. The time to go deep is when the
ground is plowed in the fall. Deep
tillage of a growing crop serves no
good purpose whatever, while it is very
Injurious to the plants. 1t is folly to
move the soil in which the roots Of
plant are growing unless 1t is desired
to check the growth Of the plant What
is needed is intelligent shallow tillage.
After every rain the crust that forms
on the surface must be broken up, and
any implement that runs one or two
inches deep will accomplish that pur-
pose. During drought the surface Of
the soil gradually packs and forms
crust, and hence surface or shallow cul-
uvaHon is as necessary as after q
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
. story which tries to identify O.

A story which tries to identify Os-
man Pasha with Charles A. Crawford,
who deserted the Confederate army in
disgrace thirty-three years ago, is GO
ing the rounds of the American press.
The story was first started in 1878,
when Osman Pasha made his famous
defense at Plevna against the Rus
slams. 1t obtained great currency at
that time and many believe it to this
day. There is no ground for this iden-
tification. Crawford, it is true, left the
country and is supposed to have taken
service in the East, as did several other
Confederates at later date, but it has
been firmly established that Osman
Ghazi was born at Tokat in Asia Minor
in 1882, and that he entered the mili.
tary service in 1855. 1t would be fiji
material for the novelist to connect the
cowardly deserter of Bull Run with
the hero of the matchless defense OF
Plevna, but unfortunately it cannot bu
done and adhere to the truth.
The Winslow mail., 1897-08-07
Covering Seeds Too Deeply.

The mistake in spring planting that
is most common is covering the seeds
too deeply. 1t Is good rule to put only
twice the depth of the seed in soil over
it. This with some very fine seeds
means merely sowing ON finely pre-
pared seed bed when they will natural
ly fall into the depressions, and then
pressing the soil over them. The root
naturally strikes down for moisture,
and very slight hold on the surface,
so as to give the young plant light and
air, is best for its early growth. There
are usually plenty Of rains in spring,
so that some soil will DE likely to be
washed over surface-sown seeds, and
this is better than any way Of covering
them hy cultivator, harrow or drag.
Even the smoothing harrow Is apt to
cover small seeds too deeply. Grass
and clover seeds are sown early enough
so that alternate freezing and thawlng
does the work of covering better than
man can do it.