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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04

SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF A
writ Of Levari Facias. to me directed,
will be exposed to public sale at the
Washington Hotel, at Newark, White
Clay Greek. hundred, New Castle County
State OF Delaware
ON FRIDAY,
THE nth DAY OF SEPTEMBER. 1897
at 10 o'clock. l. III.
the following described real estate. viz:
ALI that certain farm or tract Of land
with the buildings thereon erected situate
in White Clay Creek hundred, New Castle
county and State Of Delaware, bounded
and described as follows to wit: Beginning
at stone In the middle OF the road lead.
ing to Ogletown, and running thence by
land Of William Hawthorn, north 81 do.
gress east 60 perohes to a post; thence
north "A degrees west ITO $40 perches to
stake; thence north B3k degrees east 81
grees west 6t.10Operches to railroad; thence
es to the centre Of the road aforesaid,
theace along the centre of said road south
Az degrees east 10 and 80. 100 porches, south
"a degrees east 20 and 80. 100 perches TO a
stone; thence south t6N degrees east l07
perches to the place Of beginning. contain.
Ing 81 acres. rood IS pcrches Of land, and
premises more or less,
Seized and takon In execution % the
property Of John Hall. the mortgsgor, and
I. !. 3, and to DO sold by r.
! WILLIAM 4. FLINN. Sheriff,
shern"s Office, Wilmington, Delaware.
August 81. 1877, ~ f. "a Il
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04

NOTICE-lN COMPLIANCE WITH AOr
~ entitled IAN Act Concerning Private
Corporations passed at Dover. March 18th,
1888. notics ia hereby given that an appll0as
ton will be made to the Hon. William q
Bpruance. resident Associate Judge Of tho
Slate OF Delaware In and for New Castle
County. on Wednesday. the 9Th day Of Sept
A, ID. 1871 at 10 O'Clock q, III. at the County
Court House. In the city of Wilmington. Tor
the incorporation Of q company for the pro-
duction. pr PAL alton. manufacture.pu purchase
sale and disposal Of matches Of every KIND
and description. and of the materials which
enter into the preparation. prod uction and
manu- acture OF such matches to be named.
catled and styled, Wilmington Match OOsae
pany. WALlEh H. hh ho
Attorney for the Proposed ipoorEoratorS
ahG-l0t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04

Cupping and leeching, lC3 K. Second ~
Phone al.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04

Extract from the Lavss5f delaware. GOV.
ern,ng the colleot.5i or taxes Of New Cnstis
county-5eotion 81, Of said Act
Section 81. That on all taxes paid before the
first day OF August there shall be an Rbafe.
ment OF Ave per centum. on all taxes paid
before the first day Of December there shall
be an abatement Of three per eentum. on Ill
taxes paid after tho first day of December
five per centum thereof shall'be added thees.
to GEORGE MCINTYRE
Collector Of Taxes for Christiana lid.
a22.W-s-tf ,.4E5
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-04

BE mot deceived. A cough. hoarssness or
Group are not to Ue trillei with. A dose Ia
time of Shioh'S Cure will save sou muHh
irouh e. Sud ny N. Is. DaEforth. 2pl an
Market HtrGetS
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Kansas was pushed up from the ocean bed;
that the jack rabbit was descended from
the Kangaroo; that the Indian had come
from Peru, and that alkali lands would
grow watermelons from which brandy
could be made. Every ten inmates lie
led off with:
''GentleIneH, don't want to put myself
forward, but it's my opinion" and 80
forth
The thing got to be tiresome after a
while, but he kept it up until we hadeate
supper at IA stage station, and were wait
ing for the horses to bc changed. then
he had an opinion on some distant hills,
another on the river close at hand, a
third of herd of cattle, and fourth On
a petrifcation which some one had picked
up. one Of the passengers on the front
seat was little man, who had haIdly
opened his mouth all day long but All bad
noticed that he was put out by the man
with an opinion. He had stood ii just as
long as lie could, and when the opinion of
the petrification came he advanced Upon
the school teacher aud said:
''See here. my friend. there's one thing
you have forgotten today"
Whats that" was asked.
"To give your opinion on this"' con p
tinued the little man, as he pulled his
gun and touched the others nose with the
muzzle.
THAT, my dear sir, replied the school
teacher, without a wink, that is species
of deadly weapon termed revolver. II
was invented by Col. Colt believe"
"You know what It's for, do yOu?'
Il do, sir. 1t is weapon of offense
and defense. In the hands of a skillful
man it can do great execution"
Have you any opinion as to what
I'm going TO do?"
II think l have. ! think I've made
YOU tired, and that YOU intend to shoot
me rather than hear any more of my
opinions You needn't proceed 10 eN-
tremes, however, as it is my opinion
that shan't open my mouth again until
we get to Deadwood.'
Sure you've got through"
II know ! have"
Then there's no call to shoot"
1t was Il further ride of four hours To
Deadwood. and the school teacher only
opened his mouth once TO speak After
two hours of deepest silence, he fished
up a flask from his hind pocket and
said:
Gentlemen. 1 have no opinion ON the
subject, but ! think some of you are
splitting cotton, and this stuff is war
ranted to make it easier!''
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in him or she would not listen 10 his story.
In ten days. as he had planned, he
reached the village spoken of 10y the
ghost. and Monday afternoon found him
headed for the cottage OF Mrs. William
Jiuks: but when he knocked, the door was
opened by an old woman
wilkins made up his mind that the ghost
as this Mrs Jinks?" he inquired, po-
litely.
Law, no"-and the old lady smiled
I'm Mrs. Freesner that lives with her
But step in, and Mrs. Jinks Will soon
be here.
wilkins found himself stepping across
the threshold into Il room meagerly fur
nished, but neat and clean.
He sat talking to Mrs. FreeSncr, who,
in the course of her conversation, con-
fided TO him that Mrs. Jinks was really
better off without her husband; for u
lazier. more shiftlcss man than William
Jinks never drew breathe There's Mrs.
Jinks now she said, suddenly, and Viii
kins looked ont to see Young woman
coming up the walk.
She was tail and not ungraceful. Her
ewes were dark and the set of her chin
lent reSoluteness TO her face that Viii
kins rather liked. In fact, he was quite
impressed with the appearance of the
rebels widow. Mrs, Jinks listened in un-
embarrassed silence to Mrs Freesners s
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% q q p 90 q u q . y q q q
q John Wilkins, SharpShOOter %
~ q q q q q q e q n p q y II

Thirteen months had passed since the
close of the late civil war, and John
wilkins. -sharpshooter, by dirt of much
perseverance, was again growing accus-
toned to his feather bed. At first, when he
came home. he rolled hlank ket around him
and silent IN the dooryard; thence he passed,
by easy stages. to the porch, to his bed
room floor, TO straw tick, and finally
he sank TO sleep on the feathers, and his
mother, good soul, was happy once more.
She used to steal into the room at night,
with candle in hand, and bend lovingly
over her so 4 as he Snored rapturously from
the depths of the feathery hillows.
But another visitor came one night and
seated himself on the foot Of Johns bed
glowered down upon him with very
different expression from that in Mrs.
wilkins doting eve. John must have
felt this malicious, penetrating gaze, for
he stirred uneasily, rolled over several
times, then opened his eyes and lay
blinking at tie spectral figure upon the
foot of the bed "Wel, by Jinksl'' said
he. with hair on end who are you?"
-'Jnks / am, William links" answered
the stranger in husky tones. Il am the
ghost of the rebel soldier that you picked
Off in the hattie of Bull Run "
We'll YOU don't say" said wilkins
joyously, forgetting his fears Are you
the CHAP that kept ducking down behind
that old log. and did really hit you?''
Il should say that you did, seeing
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on deck and excitement reigned fore and
aft. In return for his story the sailor
got dose of ropes end, though after the
flogging he still maintained that he had
been hugged by ghost. On the quarter
deck we explain ed it away by saying that
the man was nervous, hut every man for
ward believed his statements and was
satisfied that the ship was haunted. We
thought it the best policy to treat the
affair with contempt, and although we
couldnot help but notice how the men hung
together in pairs after night had come we
gave the matter no attention. When ten
days had gone by and nothing more had
turne ed up we looked upon the ghost as d
good Joke, and the two men who had seen
it were the butt of ridicule.
At l o'clock Of a certain morning, the
breeze being small and the night without
a moon, though fairly light the first mate
stood looking to windwaTd over the port
quarter at what he believed was a san.
His watch were all wide awake, and ne
could hear the footsteps of the man on the
lookout as he paced to and fro. The man
had been standing still for perhaps five
minutes when he felt hand laid on his
arm an icy breath on his cheek. and. a he
WHGeNu dDOut tItit was tlit Sbuutl VI 3ON
laughter. To his surprise and consteIna-
tion no one was visible. His impression
as lie turned was that one of the ether
officers had softly approached him to test
his nerve Theman at the helm was nearest
to him, but he could not be suspected Of
having left his post to play Tick on
his officer. In fact, no sailor aboard would
have dared to take such a liberty. For q
few seconds the mate was as sure that
he had a human being to deal with as that
he lived, but when he found nothing before
him, and yet heard the mOcking laughter,
as if some one We're moving away, his
flesh began to creep. Going back to the
binnacle he said to the man at tie wheel
"Wiliiams. have you seen or heard any
thing queer?''
"Can l speak out, sir?'' asked the man,
who betrayed excitement in his voice.
Eyes, of course. What did you see?''
81 seen sunthin' like shadder beside
YOU sir and hedrd laugh that never
came from the throat of human being.
It's ghost, sir, and this is doomed snip. y
The mate pooh-poohed and buil-dozed
to make light OF the affair, as 1t was
politic to do. but though the man was
reduced to silence, it was evident that
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pocket is then exhausted through the pipe
and thence through the openings in the
pipe back into the vaporizer. The hot air
In transit from the pocket of the cylinder
mikes with tile supply of cold air which
is drawn in through the open top OF the
pipe This mixture of hot and cold air
assists in the vaporzation of the fuel that
has flowed into the vaporiZcr from the
tank, and thus a continuous supply Of
vapor for the first cylinder is maintained.
This makes it plain to he seen tnat by
the means described continuous rotary
motion is supplied to the cylinder and
thence to the wheel of the bicycle. In this
way an even, aud, if desired, terrific
speed can be maintained until the supply
of vaporizable material is exhausted, OK
the machine is stopped by the rider The
cvclist can stop at his discretion, and in
lust the same way as if there was no omotor
attachment TO his wheel.
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don't know but you did me a kindness at
Bull Run, after all, for now don't have to
hustle for an ythng to eat; the warm wealth
er doesn' t bother me, and / can rest when
ever choose. When Lisbethis provided for
I'll be well enough satisfied. but i must
warn You again about keeping IL dead
secret that you killed me. Lisbcth loved
me to desperation in spite OF everything.
and once she found out that YOU were my
murderer, Your ghost would so travelling
about as mine does"
William Jinks,' broke in wilkins, you
are toe talkatiye, and now il you VIII
kindly eyaporate, III try TO get some
sleep: and Saturday III start for Mary
land
Saturday noon saw John wilkins steam-
ing southward. Occasionally he stopped
off at the smaller towns and took orders
for his patent washing machine. He be
came quite expert in the art Of washing,
for in every house where he was permitted
to unload ne washed out a few pieces of
linen. to show how his machine worked,
and its advantages over the old-fashoned
method. This was all good practice, as
he intended. upon reaching his destina-
/. ton to get board at Mrs. LinkS to sell
his washer 10 the country people around
and to ingratiate himself into Mrs. Jinks
favor hy the offer Of his assistance and ma
chine on WASH lay He felt that he must
feel his way carefully before mentioning
the coal field. She must have confidence
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he deemed desirable In the accompany
ing illustration, it is shown resting on The
tank. Wires lead from the two poles OF
the battery into the cylinder through in
sulatng plugs ana are run INTO the
cylinder in such a position that the points
are very near together so near. in fact,
that an arc S formed and spark produced
by either making or breaking the current
a circuit making device consisting OF d
piece Of insulating material which may be
attached to any suitable place on the
bicycle, is. with the two contact points,
lei into one of the wires In this way
normally broken circuit : maintained
The circuit is alternately broken ana com
pleted hy the forward ana backward move
ments OF circuit making plate. which is
attached to n piston rod OF the piston
within the first cylinder referred to.
This plate is insulated from the rod upon
which it is mounted hy the use Of or
binary insulating material
Now as to The operation % the machine
The stopcocE of the pipe leading from the
tank is turned on sufficiently to allow a
small stream of the fuel To flow into the
vaporizer. owing to the small inlet being
partially closed, the fuel flows very slowly
dlffuses itself over the surface OF the sDher-
ical distributor, aud then vaporizes within
the chamber formed by the upper hollow
portion Of the vaporiZer- Then the bicycle
is started, the rider ppdaling iii the ordi-
nary fashion until the necessary rotary
motion is impaired to the SprOcket wheel.
and thence 10 the cylinder and pDinn. This
imparts continuous movement to the piston
contained within the first cylinder, and
the piston moves back ana forth. alternately
takingin supply of yapor and diScharging
the same. Just a Sooh as the inward stroke
Of The piston is completed, and the supply
of vapor in the cylinder exhausted into the
second cylinder, an electrical contact re-
suits This ausesthe production of spark
within the second cylinder, exploding the
vapor.
The expansive force thus obtained is
cxerted upon the driving cylinder through
the medium of one OF the pockets This
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The Rules of the Office.

A story i s told of a certain Southern au-
thor, who had manuscript accepted by a
Northern periodical that only pays on
publication, but lie has never had the
pleasure of seeing his production IN print.
Finally he went North, and, getting hard
up, called on the editor, who would neither
return his manuscript nor guarantee him
dav of publication. He repaired to his
hotel and wrote the editor threatening
letter, in which he mentioned pistols, and
coffee, etc. Shortly after he was arrested
and taken to the station-house, where he
remained all night. The next morning he
sent the following message to- the editor;
II didn't know the rules up here. For
heavens sake come down and pay my
fine. and take the manuscript as security" "
1--WE cannot violatethe rules of our office.
We will pay your fine when we publish your
story. we wish you well. Atlanta Con-
stitutiOn.
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BIue Moons and Green SIMS.

"Once in blue NOON Is a saying
which is not merely a fanciful expression
for extreme rarity, but appears to he
founded un fact Blue moons are very
rarely seen, however. much more rarely
than blue or green suns. The present
writer was fortunate enough 10 see a
blue moon several years ago, about the
time when tbe atmosphere was supposed 10
be irnpregnated with the dust of the Kra-
katOa eruption. The color was like that Or
a hedge-sparrow' egg, pale. rather
Greenish blue. and il gradually died away
in some minutes after he first caught Slen5
of it, Blue, or rather green. suns were Ob-
served at Madras and elsewhere aooutthat
time green sun was observed at sunrise
by Hicks Pasha in the SOudan Just before
the destruction Of his army. blue sun
was seen at sunset on July 2S last OF
Cape stat. Norway. by Capt. Salveson, OF
the EIlida.-LOndon Tit-Bits.
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THE ELECTRIC MOTOR BICYCLE

An invention has been patented by sum
ter b. Battey, of New York, which makes
the unusual combination of the electric
spark and either naphtha, petroleum or
gasoline The union Of the two elements
is accomplished by placing a battery on
top of the tank containing whatever fluid
NAV be preferred of the three mentioned
The former is connected by the necessary
wires with the motive apparatus SO that
the electricity may cause the necessary
explosion which produces an impe!inG
force, whenever it is desired.
Battery and supply tank are located back
of and Just under the saddle Of the bicycle.
The bicycles supplied with the usual chain
and SproCket wheels, GDe OF thelatter being
attached to the pc dal spindle, and the second
sDrocket vince! to the axle of the bicycle at
one side of the rear traction wheel. At the
end of the shaft opposite the sprocket
wheel is attached q piniOn adapted to gear
with the driving pinion. This is journaled
to stud that forms part of the casing that
surrounds the receivable cylinder, secured
to the shaft of the rear wheel. Its IN this
cylinder thatthe pockets are located-inthe
outer spction-which receive charge of
vapor thatcauses the wheel to revolve
Attached to the stud is a crank arm
and pivoted to the outer end Of this is
connecting rod which connects with the
piston that moves within the first cyl
inder Now it is absolutely necessary that
both of the cylinders shall be of size that
viii enable them to hold practically the
same number of cubic feet Of gas or
vapor Connecting these two cylinders
at a point near their outer ends is chan
mel in the form of tube.
This channel is supplied with valves
which automatically open to exhaust the
vapor from one cylinder and to close it
when the other is taking in supply Com
municating with the first cylinder at q
point about opposite the oulet tube is an
inlet tube that leads into one side Of
vaporizer This vaporiZer communicates
with supply pipe leading to the tank To-
Gated back on the saddle, and the sup
ply of whatever the tank contains to the
vaporizer is regulated by a stop COCK at
tached to the supply pipe
The yaDoriZer has an inlet in its upper
portion practically closed by pin rest
ing upon a distributor that holds the
fluid which comes from the tank to be
yaporized Beneath this sphere there is
cup-shaped receptacle which holds any
superfluous fuel, and prevents it from
being drawn into the cylinder through the
tube Leading into the yaporizer at a
point opposite the outlet end of the tube
is q tube which telescopes with still an
other tube of larger diameter This latter
pierces one Of the walls of the casing and
receives supply OF expanded and heated
air from the pockets on the outer section
Of the first cylinder described. There
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are apertures in this tube which receive
supply of cold air. and this mixes with
the hot air discharged from the similar
aperturcs of the second cylinder before
it is carried into the vaporizer. BY this
means the vaporization of the substance
used as d fuel is largely increased.
The reservoir located back Of and
beneath the saddle IL secured to the frame
Of the wheel by suitable braces, OF which
the casing forms a part. SO far as the
electric battery is concerned it is the
inventors idea that il Will he asier to
place it on top of the supply tank, but that
il is not imperative as it can he secured TO
any other point OF the wheel, which may
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wnrrime Relic.

An amusing relic Of the civil war is in
the possession OF Young woman, into
whose fathers hands it fell some years
ago with other effects of u Southern Tela-
tive.
At the time Of the siege of Mobile the
women Of the city We're busy for many
hours making bags to be filled with saud
The young ladies in one popular boarding
school not only made such bags, but dec
Grated them with notices insilk or worsted.
The relic referred to was one Of the bags
sent ont from this school, and bears
in faded blue the unpunctuated device,
"God save the South from Harriet Brcwn-"
Philadelphia Record
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introduction, and then the sharpshooter
added his explanation.
81 had the honor, Mrs. Jinks. Of rather
warm connection with your husband, Will
lam Jinks, in the late war, and it was his
earnest desire, if he were killed, that
should carry to you a message of his un-
dying affection. 1t has been impossible
for me to reach you until now
THANK you very much for your kind
ness, MIR. WILKINS said Mrs. Jinks, quiet
ly. II am glad to see some one who knew
William during the war"
wilkins WINGED at this allusion; but,
strange to say, Mrs. Jinks asked no more
questions. Wilkins did not pursue the sub
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81 ain going" said wilkins, nettled at
this outbreak Il am going as soon as
can get married, which will be in two
days time.''
well, well,' said William Jinks affa-
bly,, Il only hope that you get as de-
voted wife as my LiZbeth.''
1T is Lizbeth herself said wilkins;
land we shall be happy TO leave you in
possession OF the premises"
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Her Good Point.

~ want q good likeness she told the
photographer.
''Of course he said.
.sBut at the same time she continued,
..I naturally want the most attractive fea
lures given special prominence
Yes. yes he returned Under those
circumstances we'd better make it a full
length portrait so as TO get in all Of your
gown.''-Cbicago Post.
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The
Man With
an Opinion
S~~~~~~e @~~@ Am~~~mm@~Am@a

All day long, as the Stage rolled over the
plains of Kansas, one. OF the passengers,
who had the look Of school teacher,
kept giving the rest Of US his opinion of
this or that. 1t was his opinion that
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The Natural Result.

Glow did you happen to become such
a pronounced vegetarian" asked the oldest
.inhabitant. ''Ail my subscribers paid
that way" replied the country editor
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