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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20
Long Wants an Increased Naval Force

Long w ants an increased Naval FOfce
Washington, Oct. 2O.-Secretary Long
will probably ask congress to increase
the number Of sailors allowed for the
naval establishment from 1900 to
about 10000. Commander HaWley, in
charge of the enlisted service of the
navy has prepared some figures that
show the necessity Of this. In April
last, when preparations for war We're
well under way, the enlisted force was
13,oHG men, and under the authority al
lowed in the conduct Of the war this
was increased until the maximum
strength was reached on Aug. Is. when
there were 2i.124 enlisted sailors in the
service of the United States. Since
that dale there has been a regular, but
considerable diminutiCn. The navy, it
is stated, cannot get along with less
than abeut 10000 men at a minimum.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

NJ Judge Speer, of Georgia, at the opens
ing meeting on Tuesday was revela-
tlon to those who had never heard
him, and the address of Clark Howell.
of Atlanta, who responded last night
to the sentiment, "Our reunited country
north and SOUTH" was in all respects
equal to that of the eloquent speaker
from his own state who had preceded
him. 1t caught his audience and caught
them hard.
"The President" was the next toast
on the program, and to that ex-Vice
President Stevenson replied. Mr.. Ste
venson's address was continuously in
terrupted by applause.
Chairman MacVeagh paid an eloquent
tributs to the American soldier, as he
called upon two men most prominent
in the late war. Generals Miles and
Shafter to reply to the toast "The
Army" The toast was drunk amid
wild enthusiasm, cheer after cheer
ringing through the hall as General
Miles rose to speak of the glorious deeds
of the American regulars and volun-
teers. Every allusion to the deeds per-
formed by the American fighting men
burst, and the frantic waving of nap
kins and handkerchefs.
The welcome extended to General
Shafter, who followed the address of
General Miles with another on the
same subject, was greeted with no less
acclaim than that accorded to his su-
periOr in rank.
"The Navy was the next toast, and
Captain Charles D. Sigsbee responded.
international Arbitration" was the
next, and President Angell Of Mich
igan university, was it advocate.
The glories of "Our Future was di-
lated upon by Secretary Lyman j.
Gage.
Samuel Gompers followed Mr. Gage.
and the last regular speaker of the
evening was President Northrup, of the
University of Minnesota.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20
Down State News.

james L. Shallcrnss. OF Mount Pleas.
ant has shipped l75 barrels OF pears to En-
gland.
1t is said that band of gypses n.ar
Seaford has fortune teller among thoir
number who is l0i years Of age.
James H. Waller, IL farmer living near
Seaford raised 800 pounds Of buckwheat
from half 4 bushei which he sowe',
A special from Lewcs dated yesterday
says
William Byron, native Of the Island
of Malta. for thirty years junk dealer in
this town, died to-day ut the age of lC0
years and few months. He was born ut
the timo Of the holnbartlment Of the island
ty Napoleon in June, l79S.
Uncle Ptlor, as he had been familarly
known, liyoi Il miserable life and is sup
posed to have amassed goodly sum of
money. From the attitude In which his
body was found he is supposed to have
died while at prayer.
MIRA NJ. II. Smith, widow of Joseph nj.
Smith, of Philadelphia, and daughter OF
the late Captain Sylvester naputy Of Mil
ford and mother of Mrs. &. w. Bowman,
died at the NJ. f. Parsonage on Monday
evening. October, II, after week of sutf-
ering. She was 81 years of age. and was a
member of the M 4. Church for seventy
five years, a devoted Christian and loving
mother, and will b. missed. The remains
were taken TO Phil il,delphia yesterday from
Frankford depot.
Cheswold and Kenton Sunday schools
have formed Il Convention,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

Doctored Nine Years for letter.
Mr.. James Castor, merchant, of Wilkes
barre, Pa, writes: For nine years l
have been disfgured with letter on my
hands and face. AT last l have found
n cure in DR.. Agncws Ointment. 1t
',ur.l III, from The first arn'i'ation, and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

| lation bo wiped out and land bs prof1ta bl,
to users only, but the vast sum of fifteen
| hundred million dollars yearly (Which Ii
| the estimated amount Of taxes paid 10 ths
United States) would be saved to coh
sumers upon whom nearly tho whole Of
this awful burden rests.
4 The Advertiser sess no advantage to tn.
people In letting them keep that vast sum
In their own pockets and Lha further ad
vantage which would ensus by unlocking
the millions Of acres of GOAL and other
mineral laud, vast agricultural domains
and oity and town lots which are now
hold by the speculators in defiance Of Gods :
law and the rights Of humanity. 1t is es
timated that the ground rent appropriated
annually in the United States amounts to
s2,000. D0) 900. From the land comes
tho gre und rent and taxes. The ground
rent Is twenty five per cent more than the
present taxes and yet the Advertiser
says that land could not bear tho bur
den of paying all the taxes. whsE II now
does 1t, besides producing tho ground rent
and all the things we use aad which ARE
described as wealth.
The article of the Advertiser has been
reprinted by the Morning News anu the
Every Evening. They say in commenting
on 1t that the Single tax Is wildly inpruc.
ticable. and yet they all prove the Single
tax will work by admitting that tho TAX
ing of the ground rent by the community
will destroy its selling value. This adInis-
sion proves that Single tax kills land spec.
uaton and raises government revenue at
the same time, which Is what we claim for
It, The man who cannot go one step fur
ther and SEQ the advanta of opening up
natural opportunities to labor and capital
and tho abolishment of Indirect taxation
must have twist in his thinking appara
tus
The former must remember that the sin.
glo tax Is n tax ON land values and not Oh
land and that his taxes therefore would be
less than they are now, while the valuable
city lido land of which In Wilminvtou
four fitlhs is in the grasp Of spsculatorr,
paying on an average probably not more
than one half OF one por cent. on its va!no,
would be put to uso and produce four or
i've times more revenue than now The
impetus that would be given to production /
thereby enabling the farmer to sell more
goods at better prices. 1t would be pros,
perity all would share In. There are in
Delaware very few landlords that would
lose by tho single tax for the reason there
by that the larger per cent. would produce
yery much more as lnborers and capital
lists than the annual value of their land
TO. Respectfully,
GEO. w, kNEER.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

euro that Cough with Shlloh's Cure.
Tho best Cough Cure. Relieves Group
promptly. Ono million bottles sold all
year. 40 doses for % cents. Sold by N. B.
Danforth, Second and Market reefs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20
American Laundry, No. GIG W. Front S..

That yellow color together with bloches
on the skin and constitution arc nicely
cured by Dr. Simms' famous Vegetable
Liver Pills. Depot 006 King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

Dyspepsia-bane Of human e-isto nee
Burdock Blood BitterS cures it, promptly
permanently. Regulates and tones the
stomach
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

Smms Compound Psnuroyyal Pills.
Tho ladies' remedy. BY all druggists, ii q
box by mail Depot 6J6 King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

For sale by q James Bolt, Seventh and
Market and N. B. Denforth Secoud and
Market streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20
The Weather.

For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Delaware and Maryland: Fair;
rising temperature; fresh westerly
winds becoming variable.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-10-20

Buy the Ludwig Plano, 6lb shipley
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
OCEAN GREYHoUNDs SAFE.

They Will Pull Through Any Rough
Sea without Serious Injury.
From the New York Times: The
days run at sea by the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse suggests one or two con-
siderations, pertinent to ocean travel
ers, as to the influence of size and
power on the safety and comfort Of
transatlantic transportation. Sailor
men are fond of saying that a good
sailing ship of 1000 tons burden is as
safe as any big steamer afloat. A
staunche well found ship of that ton
mage, or even less, will, when properly
prepared and skillfully handled, ride
out as hard gale as the roaring
forties" can produce. But she must 10
it by heaving to and suffer herself to
be driven to 1eeward. A big, power
der Crosse may possibly have to "slow
down." hut she will keep on her course
and thunder headlong into a furious
sea with impunity. Old Ocean, hurl-
35 feet in height at a speed of some
thing like thirty miles an hour against
her, while she is proceeding at y or
Is knots against them, is powerless to
do her serious injury. But it must De
mighty uncomfortable for passengers
A ship can not be hit by several thou
sand tons of water at a projectile force
of forty-five miles an hour without
giving her passengers a tremendous
shaking up. Yet the length and depth
of such a ship make her steadier in a
seaway than smaller vessel. And shs
is across the sea and through it all in
period as short as that taken oy the
smaller ship in good weather. The
theory of seafaring men is that the
more quickly they cross the ocean the
safer the voyage.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
oREwsoME GOLDEN WEDDING
All the Male Guests Present Were Pub
lie Executioners.

All the Male Guests Present Were Pub.
lie Executioners.
From the report of the celebration
of the golden wedding of William
Reid and his wife at Magdeburg, Ger
many, and the silver wedding of his
son Frederick and his wife, it is to be
inferred that hangmen are not held in
such disfavor by the women of Ger
many as the fair sex of other countries
evince toward men of this profession.
AT the celebration there were present
800 men, whose occupations were the
same-the execution of criminals-the
majority of them being accompanied
either by a wife, sister or sweetheart.
The elder Reid is chief executioner Of
the domains of Kaiser Wilhelm, while
his son Frederick is also a public exc
cutioner of long service. The eldest son
of the latter is a soldier in the German
army, but his father declares that as
soon as he is discharged he will secure
him a place where his work will be of
exactly the same nature as his fathers
The old gentlemen is only 70 years of
age, but he boasts that he has only Ii
more people to string up on the scat
fold in order to have made the record
of sending 1000 persons into eternity
by his own hands. The son has a rec
ord of little more than one-third of
this number. Although brought to-
gether for the purpose of doing honor
to Germany's chief executioner and his
son, the assembly Of executioners ac-
tua1ly turned itself into a convention
of hangmen. The various new meth
DDS of killing off murderers were unan-
imously condemned, and the old-fash-
Toned hanging method was pronounced
the one most satisfactory from every
standpoint. The men came from every
part of Wilhelm's empire and included
all the executioners of note The
wives and sweethearts intend to or
ganize club for the purpose of aiding
the widows and orphans of the men
their husbands hang.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
THEIRS FOR 500 YEARS.
Farm in Norway Which Has Been Owned
by One Family Since 1881.

by One Family Since 1881.
The Freeman of Webster City, Iowa,
says: "Last Saturday morning j. e..
Sogard received remarkably interest
ing document from Christiania, Nor
way, and one which he prizes very
highly. 1t came from the government
museum at Christiania, and is an exact
copy Of two deeds of yer. ancient date,
the original deeds having been pre-
served and placed on exhibition in the
museum. The deeds are for certain
farm which the Sogard family has pos
sessed for centuries and upon which
two of his brothers-Simon of Web
ster City and John of Iowa City-were
born. The first deed is dated July 1,
1881. or more than 500 years ago. A
better realization of the age of this
deed is had when it is remembered
that the Sogard family was in posses
sion of the farm more than 100 years
before Columbus discovered America,
and it is probable that their ownership
dates much farther back than is SHOWN
bv this deed The later instrument
was executed in 1548, nearly seventy
five years before the landing of the pill
grim fathers at Plymouth" A gentle
man from a neighboring town tells
the Troy Times that he has seen the
ancient document alluded to, but was
unable to read it, as it is written IN the
Norwegian language. He adds that
the property is in the town of Oalen'
near the town of Hamar, and that the
largest city near the place is Chris
tiania. and that the document states II
is given in the reign of King Hakon'
by the grace of God king OF norway
and Sweden.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
UNSPOILED MAN.
This shows How Admirable He As be
fore Civilization Touches Him.

This Shows HOW AUuAHdDAO 80 -
fore Civilization Touches Him.
According to the mail news from the
west coast of Africa, it is reported
from the Kittam Boom river that q
Human Alligator" society infests us
banks. Fishermen and boatmen nave
been enticed from their canoes by the
members of the society, who, after
numbering them and stealing their be-
longings, Toasted on their bodies. one
man who was enticed onto the river
bank. when fallen on by the human
'alligators," killed one or his assallants
and wounded two others, but was him.
self eventually killed and eaten, ex-
cepting one of his legs, which was
found in the river and identified by
some marks upon it, So common were
the outrages becoming in the district
that the attention of the authorities
was being drawn to the matter.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
EDUCATION AMONG INDIANS.
Many of the Students at Carlisle show
Capacity for Knowledge

Many of the Students at Carlisle show
Capacity for knowledge.
From the New York Post: That the
indian has a capacity for higher ed
ucation appears from the facts given
in the eighteenth annual report of the
Indian industrial school at Carlisle,
Pa. During the past year five students
from Carlisle have attended Dickinson
college, one at Metzger college for
women. Others have attended the
Carlisle high school, some have
been at the normal schools of
the state, Drexel institute at Phil,
adelphia and the nurses schools of
Philadelphia; New Haven and Hart
ford. One of the pupils, after grad
uating from a New England normal
school, was employed last year il a
high school in Connecticut and ia ght
so successfully as to be recalled and
given permanent situation as teacher.
Thus far no difficulty has been expe-
rienced in placing all those who show
ed a desire for higher education than
is given at Carlisle. There, for mani
fest reasons, the education is of prac-
teal industrial character, as best fitted
to make the Indian self-supporting in
his changed condition. AS a further
means of inducing the Indian boys
and girls into civilized family and ma
tional life the outing system has been
adopted. During the fiscal year 1897
there were placed out from the Car
Isle school for longer or shorter pc
RODS 401 boys and 319 girls. Of these
104 boys and 101 girls remained out all
winter, attending district and other
Americanizing schools with the young
people Of the families in which they
resided, earning their board with their
work out of school hours. By an ex-
tension of this system the school could
economically care for 1900 children, or
about twice the present number en-
rolled. The children placed with fam
lilies last year earned total OF $2O,-
44839, of which the boys earned $1S,-
1922 and the girls $7,263.12. From
these amounts the boys saved Sc, 426.O3
and the girls $3,288.21. Boys and girls
who have been out number OF times
have acquired the ability to earn full
wages.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
The Clerk Tainted.

A young lady whose sense of shame
would not permit her to address GER
tain unmarried clerk in ordinary Eng
lish. called for pair of carriers thus:
cit is my desire to obtain pair OF
circular elastic appendages and ex-
handed by means of oscillating bur-
nished steel appliances that sparkle
like particles of gold leaf set with
Alaska diamonds and which are util-
lied for keeping in position the ma
biliments of the lower extremltles
which mate delicacy forbids me to
mention" The clerk tainted.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
q - 3YToRTA-c
The fac u "a A.
'is ''S !; .lIzzzzzS1 1 i:;;S

number of friends Thursday afternoon.
All report very enjoyable time.
E. C. Wiswall returned home Thurs
day from Milwaukee, after attending
the annual meeting of the Wisconsin
State Teachers association.
Miss Martha Gonnermann, who has
been spending several days with Keno
sha friends, returned to her home in
Chicago Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Howard Van Wyck, who has
been visiting friends in this city for the
past few days, returned to her home in
Milwaukee Thursday evening.
There are prospects of prize fight
between Deacon Dodge, of Kenosha,
and James, Davis, of Racine. 1t will
most likely take place at Ives.
Miss Bacot expects to resume her
popular reading meetings to a few
friends on January z, in Miss Stevens
perlors, corner of Prairie and Ashland
avenue.
A man on Market street last night,
who seemed very anxious to find a
" shloon," as he called it, has good
reason to know that the wicked stand
in slippery places.
Prof. O. Trenary returned home
Thursday evening from Chicago, where
he has been attending The federation of
principals of the business colleges. He
reports very pleasant time.
There is no need of little children
being tortured by scald head, eczema
and skin eruptions. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve gives instant relief ard
cures permanently. Woodward q
Conlev. dwtf
DR.. O. F. Brauns has concluded to
change his situation from this city to
Iron Mountain, Mo. During his stay
in this city the doctor has made many
warm friendsswhose good wishes follow
him to his new field of labor.
Speaking of the pool tournament be-
tween Ives and Gould, Oshkosh play
ers, and Shea and Grede, of Milwau-
kee, an ardent admirer of the game in
Racine said that he would back Peter
Schmitt, of Kenosha, against any OF
the above named men for single or a
series of games for any amount named.
Warning: who suffer from
coughs and colds should heed the
warnings of danger and save them
selves suffering and fatal results by
using One Minute Cough Cure. 1t is
an infaIlible remedy for coughs, colds,
Group and all throat and lung troubles.
Woodward N Conlev. dWtf
Charles Dodge, who was arrested
on Christmas day for assaulting a man
named Robert Thompson, was dis
charged from custody today on account
of lack of evidence against him
Thompson, the man who was assault
ed, has very mysteriously disappeared
from the city and the police officers
claim that the man was hired to leave
the city to avoid trial of the matter.
During the past two years Mrs.J. W
| Alexander, wife of the editor of the
WaYnesboro, (Miss.) Times, has, in :
great many instances, relieved bel
baby when in the first stages of Group
by giving it Chamberlain's Cougt
| Remedy. She looks upon this remed,
as household necessity and believes
that no better medicine has ever beer
put in bottles. There are man.
| thousands of mothers in this broa(
land who are of the same opinion. 1t i
the only remedy that can always b.
depended upon as a preventive AM
cure for Group. The % and 80 cen
bottles are for sale by Starkweather Z
Co., Druggists.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
(From Fridays Daily.)

Miss Grace Werve is reported seri-
ously i'll.
Albert Puffer isJ.reported seriously
i'll with tonsilitis.
George Warvelle is spending week
with friends in Kenosha.
Will Quarles, of Milwaukee, spent
Thursday evening in KenOsha..
j. S. Swandale, of Chicago, spent
Thursday evening with friends in Ken
osha.
Allie Sharp has returned to Kenosha
after a short visit with relatives in
Morris, I'll.
Miss Nellie Overkamp has gone to
Chicago for few weeks visit with
friends there.
r. r. Kimball returned home Thurs
day evening after short visit with
Chicago friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Lewis and Miss
Georgia Parker spent Thursday even
ing in Pleasant Prairie.
The Kenosha Gas company has been
making some extensive additions to
their office equipments.
Paul Sauber and Charles Burbank,
of Chicago, are spending a few days
with friends in Kenosha.
Miss Belle Slosson came home from
Chicago Thursday night to spend a
few days with her parents.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
Eorpot Who 1t Was.

A small boy in neighborlng town
was being gotten ready to go to Sun
day school for the first time. His
mother told him the teacher would ask
him who made him and he must an
swer Good" And sure enough, about
tbe first thing the teacher asked MIN
was. "Johnnie, who made your The
little chap hesitated a moment and
then said: 81 have forgotten the gen
tIeman's name, but it wasn't papa.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
A Delightful Picture.

A home-like picture Of Mrs. Wash :
ington and her favorite granddaughter
is given by Mrs. James Gibson, who
frequently visited her when, as the
presidents wife, she resided in Phila-
delphia, then the capital of the United
States. Mrs. Gibson's language is
quoted by Miss Wharton in her MAR
tina Washington Mrs. Washington
was in the habit of retiring at an early
hour to her own room, unless detained
by company, and there, no matter
what the hour, Nellie miss Custis) at
tended her. One evening my father s
carriage being late in coming for me,
my dear young friend invited me, to
accompany her to grandmamma' S
room. There, after some little chat,
Mrs. Washington apologized to me for
pursuing her usual preparations for
the night, and Nellie entered upon her
Accustomed duty by reading chapter
and a psalm from the old family Bible
after which all present knelt in even
ing prayer Mrs. Washington's faith
full maid then assisted her to disrobe,
and lay her head upon the pillow
Nellie then sang verse of some sweet
ly soothing hymn, and then leaning
down, received the parting blessing
for the night, with some emphatic re-
marks on her duties, improvements
etc. The effect of these judicious hab-
it's and teachings appeared in the
granddaughter's character through
life.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
For sale.

To Whom It May Concern: Tho
undersigned now offers his farm of 80
acres on Grand avenue for sale. The
stock, teams, tools, hay and grain can
go with the farm if desired. For par
ticulars call on or address S. I. Rice
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06

Daniel Webster proposed to Miss
Fletcher while aiding her to unravel
a skein of thread. Grace" he said,
1--WE have been untying knots. Let us
see if we cannot tie one which will not
unite in lifetime"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06
Religion In Topeka.

A Topeka preacher, in announcing
a church festival, bids the guests to
come in this classic language: "Rea-
son will kiss truth and electricity the
soul, while the physical man will
swoon before the delicacies of the sea-
son. Come one; come all!''
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-01-06

You can't cure consumption, but you
can avoid it and cure any other form of
throat or lung trouble by the use OF
One Minute Cough Cure. 1t cures
quickly. That's what you want.
Woodward IL Conley. dwtf