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Evening journal., 1898-07-20
PLACING OF FURNITURE.
Much May he Added 10 the Attractive
ness OF Room by
Good Taste.

It requires q display of good taste 10
arrange the furniture of a room in the
way which gives the room the most
satisfactory appearance. Everyone real
ICES the soothing restful effect OF some
rooms and commonplace effect of 9th
ers. There is often no great difference
In the quality or cost of the furnish
lngs of two parlors. but one room is
restful, quiet place, where no jarring
color offends the eye, while the furni-
ture in the other appears TO have been
tossed into its place without care or
thought. The want in most parlors Is
not the expenditure of more money, but
of the use Of more harmonious colors
and the more graceful arrangement Of
the furniture. Exceedingly pretty cot
ton upholstery materials may now be
purchased In the paint mistletoe greens,
terra Gotta reds and other artistic col.
ors now used by the most intelligent
decorators. A coat OF grny green or
any pretty tint of enamel will revolu-
tionize the appearance Of or old chair,
and when a pretty cushion Of cotton
upholstery in harmonious color is added
it becomes q thing Of beauty If It is a
graceful. sensible shape. After adding
one such chair TO a room IL will usually
be necessary TO fl over some other
pieces to prevent their looking shabby.
It is astonishing to one who has never
experimental in this way what o
change a little dainty color will make.
The recovering of too gaudy a piece
here, the bringing forth of a daintily-
shaped chair TO this point of the room
and the setting back of another may
make an unattractive room most at
tractive. The arrangement Of a fern
or palm in this place, and of table, books
or papers in that place all change the
effect OF q room. As rule. remember
that no one article Of furniture should
be given undue prominence. The colors
of the sitting-room should blend with
each other, but should not be of the
same tone Of color. Bedrooms and 9th
er rooms, like a dining-room or music
room, where there is one, may be prop
erly furnished in one color. Monoto-
nous color becomes very tiresome in
the parlor or in the living-room.-N. Y
| Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
THE ARMY OFFICERS TRUNK
"a ~ Made More Especially FOR Use in
Times Of Peace, Hut Il drought
TO Notice Now.

The army officers trunk, which Is
an article Of limited but regular sale in
peace times, being sold chiefly to reg
ular army officers, Is a stout, well-made
trunk of rather generous proportions,
so divided inside as TO afford spaces for
both military and cisilinn attire. There
is a place for an officers chapeau and
one for the SILK hat OF civilian and
room for the different clothing. and the
trunk is large enough to admit a
sword laid dlagonally. A trunk Of this
sort is made, notsof sole leather. as
nigh, be supposed, 70 Withstand rough
wear. but with a rigid frame, so that
It can be roped or strapped onto load
or packed with other things piled on II,
In the exigencies Of wagon or other
transportation. without being crushed
or damaged.
The army trunk Is brought to the
front now on account Of the war. It Is
not expected. however, that in active
operations, when transportation is com
paratigely limited, all officers will take
trunks Of such bulk. but rather that
their use at such time will be confined
10 field officers.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
SLIPPERY ELM TIME.
the Crent Joys OF Ills noyhood
Days In the Couatry. &c

about this time OF the year, when
wEs boy. and the irst warm days be-
gan to start the sap flowing in the
trees" said the man with the white
mustache. I'VE boys used to swarm out
In the woods after slippery elm bark.
or slippery ellum,' as we called II. In
fact, slippery elm time was as much Of
an epoch in the year Of II bog of those
days as marble time, birch time. winter
green time, sassafras time swimming
lime. says the New York Sun.
After picking out a suitable tree
preferably a small one, as the bark on
the smaller trees was the more tender
we'd line out with our jackknives an
oblong us large as we cared TO, cutting
through the bark TO the wood Then
we'd loosen up ole corner and with d
tug or two the whole oblong would strif
of as slick as whistle.
"rhe bark required little preparation
All Il needed 10 be ft for use was judi
clous scrapng oil Of the rough. seal,
outer bark from the smooth, Whit
layer Of inner bark. Afterward 1t wai
cut up into strips lengthwise OF the Oh
long. There's nothing nicer in uh'
world TO chew than "A bit of fresh slip
perry elm bark. Our mothers wou''
generally levy a contribution upon TN
spolls and dry IT for medicinal purposes
such as slippery elm ten. which WA
frst-rate for a sore throat. while rs 70
a sore finger or 4 boil or anything ~,
that slippery elm poutice couldn't b
beat.
I'VE boys overlooked these usefu
characteristics OF the humble slipper
elm bark. however. All we cared nbou
was to get II TO chew II took the plnc
Vt gum. which was ranked with cand
and other like luxuries."
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
FLoGGING AT CARTS TAIL.
Latest InGictions of the Ancient Pua'
ishment for Criminals fin
England

Although logging at the CARTS tail
Is generally supposed TO have ceased
after 1897, various instances are on rec
ord up to 1886, when a man convicted
Of robbery from the person was slowly
paraded through the principal street Of
saltash with bare back and hogged at
the carts tail, to which one Of his hands
was lashed at either side. Two
men, armed with cats-of-nine-tails,l laid
on heavily, and were scolded by the
beadle. or crier in uniform, for not hit
ting harder"
The punishment was sometimes re-
duced to farce when the administrnt-
ing hand had been well "oiled," or be-
longed to a soft-hearted officer of JUS
tice, as In a case mentioned by the poet
Cowper, where the thief was the only
one concerned who suffered nothing.
A youth had stolen some iron work at
Olney. "Being convicted" says Cow
per, "he was ordered to be whipped,
which operation he underwent at the
carts tail, from the stonehouse to the
high arch, and back again. lie seemed
10 SHOW BIedJ AoIAlluues buG ~ Nuo Uil
an imposition upon the public. The
beadle who performed 1t had filed his
left hand with red ocher, through
which, after every stroke, he drew the
lash Of his whip, leaving the appear
ance Of a wound upon the skin, but IN
reality not hurting him at all. This
being perceived by Mr.. Constable
lIinschcomb, who followed the beadle
he applied his canr, without any such
management or precaution. to the
shoulders Of the two merciful execu
toner. The scene Immediately be
came more interesting. The beadl'
could by no means be prevailed upon e
strike hard, which provoked the con
stable 10 strike harder; and this doubl,
nogging continued till n lass of Silvei
End, pitying the pitiful beadle, thus
suffering under the hands of the pitt
less constable, joined the procession
and. placing herself Immediately be
hind the latter. seized him by his capil
liary club, and, pulling him backward
by the same, slapped his face with I
most Amazonian fury. y."-Gentleman'
Magazine.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
cUNBoAT IN 1900 PIECES.
rbnt Is the Way n Warship Is 10 he
shipped from England 90
Lake Nynssa.

English naval constructors are very
much interested in gunboat which has
Just been completed for service on Lake
Nyassa, in Central Africa, and it is TO
be shipped to that point in pieces like
Il Chinese puzzle. This boat, the Guen-
dolen, is now split up into 1,5Oo pack
ages for transportation. Areporter Of
the London Echo describes the boat in
his account of his interview with J. A.
Rennie, of the engineering firm which
huilt the Guendolen:
$50 there is going to be lighting on
Lake Nyassa ?" remarked, tentatively.
"I never said So" he replied. with ft-
ting diplomacy.
"Then that's my mistake; merely
judged so from the fact of yoa taking
out what on a lake would be ccA-idered
q nrst-class battleship, for the Guen-
dolen is heavily armed. is she not?"
"Yes, if you call six MaXims and four
llotchldss guns a big armament. She
is intended to replace the three small
gunboats now on the lake which are
practically obsolete, and IS a vast Inn
provement on them in every way. Her
length is 1876 feet, beam % and tonnage
$50, and with a draught of four feet six
Inches is intended &c steam 70 knots"
Il suppose the depth Of the lake did
not necessitate shallow draft vessel2"
by no means, as there is plenty OF
water even close inshore; that enabled
us 70 have twin screws, for on shallow
water such as the Niger or the Khoja
(by means of which the Russians In
1894 penetrated far up toward Chitral)
n sternwheel is absolutely necessary
She Is quite a normal type. except for
the fact that she Is fitted with Fraser's
underfred boilers, and will burn wood
fuel, of which there is an abundance IN
and around the lake; coal Is only
brought up from the coast for the use
of two or three forges. at cost Of some
e1O per ton. such Is the difficulty o.
transport"
"And that difficulty will be increased
in the case of gunboat, should I'm
ngine?"
mot so much as you think" said Mr.
Rennie. "You see, we can only bolt
not rivet her together in the yard here
so as to insure the perfect fitting 10
gether Of every part. In this condition
the Guendolen was inspected by Sir Ed
ward Reed, who expressed himself a
thoroughly satisfied with her. Thei
she was taken TO pieces, every piece be
ing previously numbered, and on
small model these numbers are marke
of, the internal flttings-of course IN
model Is only OF the outside of the hu
having their proper numbers marke
on scale drawings. Drawings an
model accompany the ship, which
split up into 1900 packages. that cor
talning the boiler Of 21s tons being III
heaviest, so that on her arrival ther
need be no difficulty whatever In pu
ting her together again"
Mr.. Rennie added that II one of th
packages should be lost, Il would I
difficult 20 replace it. The package
are to be transported for miles over
rough country by bullock wagons, an
as extra weight IS IN important consi'
Grafton no spare parts are carried. Con
mander Cullen, r. n. r., the command,
in chief on the lake. has charge OF II
transportation, and he will superlnten
the assembling of the parts.-N. y. SUI
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
PROOF AGAINST FooTpADs.
rhe Timid Man Had Queer way
OF Conceniing Hia
Money.


When the iimid-looklng man got out
Of the barber chair after being shaved
he fumbed in one pocke, after another
while the porter busted his clothing.
says the Kansas City journal.
"Well." be said, with note OF faston-
shmeut In his voice, us he plunged bis
hand for the fourth time Into his right
trousers pocket aud felt around.
That's funny. thought had a quar-
Yer 10 that pocket"
lie repeated the search OF his other
pockets, while the barber who had
shaved him leaned his elbow on tbs
back OF the chair. crossed one leg oyl r
The other aud eyed him suspiciously.
Guess mustve lost H." said tho tim.
d-loolsing man as he put his right foot
on a chair and began to roA up his
trousers leg. Tho barber wlnked at the
artist In charge Of tho chair next TO his
and moved nearer the razor case. The
man rolled aud pulled his trousers leg
above his knee, and by this time every
ono else IN the shop was watching him
with iutense interest. They sow that
be wore q woman's black stocking. Just
above his knee he wore two garters, one
about four inohea above the other. III
slipped tho upper garter down, rolled
down the top OF the stocking carefully
and there were several treasury notes
lying spread out fiat against the under
clothing that covered his leg.
"What do you cnrry mouey nfthai
way fof2" asked the barber, ashe handed
the man change for the fve-dollar bill
"Footpads," was the laconlc reply oi
the stranger.-Kansas City Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
Ingenious Sounding Apparatus.

Rnpid-test soundings were required
In some work on railway line between
Paris and uavre, where the cast-iron
viaduct of Dezons was replaced by an
arch bridge alongside. The old founda-
tions for six channel piers were re-
moved to the bottom OF the river. II
was required that the river bed should
be carefully leveled. After 1t had been
dredged the bottom was explored by
means of horizontal bar of iron about
90 feet long. which was suspended at
each end from a framework uniting
two fat boats In catamaran fashion.
This beam was lowered close to the bot
tom and the boats were gradually
moved along in the direction transverse
10 the iengtk Of the bar. When the
scraper encountered no irregularity,
the suspending chains hung vertically
but as soon as s.ther end was DETECTED
by contact with any obstruction an
electric circuit was closed, which
caused an alarms to be rung. The boat
was stopped. and the obstruction To-
Gated by means Of sounding poles. In
this way, small stones. down TO di.
emeier OF four inches, were easily To-
Gated. and the bsd of the river was lev
eled TO within that amount of irreg
ularity. This method proved rapid and
Auccessful.- Savannah News.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
ECONOMY AT scAREAsY,s.
IL Hns 10 Come, hut There Is sOmo
Doubt as TO Who VIII BeEin
TO Retrench.

Il tell you, Mary, this war business
Is going to bring the price of everything
away up, and we've simply got to econ.
Omize," said Mr.. Scareasy to his wife.
I'm willing to humble my pride and do
a good many things I haven't felt l
could do or need do before business got
so bad"
'Well, if you feel that way, and I'm
glad you do, you might go out and help
Jane beat and shake the carpet I've
got out on the line. It would save"
'Not much don'tl I'm willing to
economic in a good many ways. but
when it comes to whacking away q an
old carpet before all the neighbors I'm
not there!"
well, the grass needs moving. and II
you'd do it yourself this year in your
spare time and not send for man to do
It every time it would save"
81 don't care what it would savel
Hanged if I cut the grass Next to a
furnace there's nothing on earth hate
as I hate a lawn mower! III not cut
my own grass If flour goes up 10 s4s a
barrell"
VERY well. The cellar needs a thor
ough cleaning, and I was going to tell
the washerwoman to send her husband
around to do it. He'd probably charge
a dollar and a half for it. and IL you
want to save" 9|
''No, thank you! don't want TO save
in that way. I'd see America licked
by the Spaniards before I'd put on a
lot of old togs and dig and delve around
in a dirty old cellarl No cellar clean
ing for mel"
well, then, why not paint the laun-
dry woodwork yourself. It's got to be
done, and you could do it ~ easy as not
and save"
The last time 1 tried TO paint any
thing I swore by nine gods I'd never
touch paint brush again on earth, and
I'm going to keep my word if coal goes
up to S35.62 a toni"
II suppose I could make the table a
good deal palmer"
"But you shan't do it, by George
I'm going to have what want TO eat
as long as work and earn it. It's about
all fellow can get in this life, and IT
be hanged If I'll starve myself, war oi
no war!"
"Why can't you cut down little or
your clothes. You dress"
ayes, and I'm going to keep right or
dressing as a gentleman should dress
by cracky! A fellows got to dress wei
nowadays to fill any sort Of position
creditably, and I'm going to wear goo,
clothes if the country goes to ruin ant
have to mortgage the house to pay TO
it. What? You'd like TO know how
I'm going to economize? Don't yol
worry! You just economic as mucl
as 1 do, and we won't 60 to the wal
right awayl It's time I was Off
Shucksl my Cigar box is empty and
wanted couple 10 smoke riding int
the city. I'll have to order anothe
hundred to-day. Remember. I'm goin
TO bring three of the boys home to din
ner with mo this evening, and you &c
up a dandy good dinner, and I'll Civ
you the ten dollars you want for you
hat tomorrow. All the same, we've 60
to economize. No question about thatl
Detroit Free Press
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGlSTERs ORDER.
REGIgTERfg OFFICE.

lkl4lI - OlA|iaAAs
REGISTER'S OFFICE,
New Castle County, Del, June q. 1895.
Upon the application OF Alice u. Lloyd,
admlnistratrix OF John B. Lloyd. late
OF wilmington hundred, IN said county,
deceased, Il Is ordered and directed by tho
register that the ndmlnstratrix aforesaid
give notice OF granting OF Letters OF Ad-
ministraton upon the estate OF tho do
ceased. with the date of granting thereof, by
causing advertisements to be posted
within forty days from the date OF such
Letters In six OF the most public places Of
the county of New Castle, requiring all
persons having demands against the ea-
tate TO present the same, or abide by an
act OF Assembly In such case made and
provided. and also cause the same TO be
Inserted within the same period In the
Evening Journal a newspaper published
in Wilmington. Del, and TO be continued
therein three weeks to. o. do
Given under the hand and seal
OF Office or the Register afOro-
said. at Wilmington, IN New
IL. e1 Castle County Aforesaid. tho
day and year above written.
CALVIN w. CR0SSAN,
Register.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
Heat Holidays.

In the public schools Of Switzerland
heat holidays have been established by
law. Recognizing the well-lnown fact
that the brain cannot work properly
when the heat IS excessive, the children
are dismissed from their tasks when
ever the thermometer goes above a GER
tain point.-Chicago Times-Herald.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
NnrIcIa

Notice ls hereby given that Letters OF
Administration were In due form of law
granted unto the Undersigned on the 2itl.
day OF June. A. ID. 1898, and that all per.
sons having claims against the estate %
the deceased must present tho same, duly
nttcstcd. 10 the said Administrative, on -
before the 2ith day OF June, 1899, or abide
tho Aot OF Assembly In such case made
ALICE b. LLOYD,
Administrators.
Address; 1919 West Third street. VIII
mlnEtOn, Del.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20

More round potatoes are being
shipped to the Northern markets this
year than ever before. From ten TO
twenty carloads have been shipped
daily over the D.. NJ. & V. railroad,
during the past two weeks.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20

Take your trade to the storekeeper
who sells what you want to buy. and
does not wear out your patience trying
to make you accept something you do
not want.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
Nhnt cnnscs RnIn.

According TO the Americas Primary
Teacher. the following answers were
recently given 10 written examination
to the question, "Whnt causes raini"
Fog"
Faucet"
God"
The ocean"
Heaven"
'plpes from the ocean,"
"The sun gives H."
"The sun gets il from che ocean,"
AT night the sun goes down and gets
IL"
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
nnn anNa thn I,inr.

Phe first use on record OF the expres-
sion God Save the King" occursin the
Bible. In II Kings where the GROWING
Of the king of Juda is described. Hail
Columbia" Is ahogelher american.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20

Alexander Close, who has been in
Georgetown jail upon the charge of
shooting Frank Truitt, in Bridgeville.
several weeks ago. has been released
upon bail by Judge Boyce, upon habeas
corpus proceedings.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
m, nIcbe. An nenI D.tate.

The groundin the vicinity Of the Bank
u England Is estimated 10 be worth not
ess than Slo.0Oo.0O0 per acre. and land
IN Pal Mall has changed hands at ST.
100000 an acre.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20

Those Spaniards probably thought
that Colonel Satan, Of Tennessee, had
arrived and opened business when the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius got to toss
ing 'em over the plate. cleveland
Leader.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20

= It looks rather as if Dewey would
have to lick Aguinaldo, the self-pro-
Claimed president Of the Philippine re-
public, inro shape. He seems to be
suffering from swollen cranium.-New
York Commercial.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
InpnssIonrd.

First Deaf Mute-He wasn't so very
angry. was hep
Second Deas Mute-He was so mad
that the words he used almost blistered
his fingers.-Indianapolis Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
The Longevity OF canned rood.

II is only fair 10 state that timed
meat still holds the record for longey-
ity. Witness the case of that preserved
mutton vouched for by DR.. Letheby IN
his Cantor lecture, which had been
timed "A years, and was still In condl-
lion at the end OF that time. Those tins
had an adventurous career. In 1924
they were wrecked IN the good ship
Fury. and cast ashore with other stores
on the beach at Princes Inlet.
They were found by Sir John Ross
eight years afterward in u state of per-
feet preservation, having passed
through alarming variations oftemper-
ature nnEually-from 90 degrees below
zero to so degrees above-and withstood
the attacks of savage beasts, perhaps of
savage men. For 10 years more they
lay there broiled aud frozen alternate
"; then her maJesty's ship Investigator
came upon the scene, aud sti,l the con-
tents were in good condition. For
nearly a quarter of n century they had
withstood the climatic rigors, and, "a
was but natural, some Of them were
brought home agsin, where they lived
on in honored old age, till they were
brought under the notice of DR.. Lethe-
by.-Good Words.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
A Failure.

smith-Have a good time on your
hunting trip?
Jones-No; we didn't have a decent
liar in the whole crowd.-Up to Date.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
REGIsTER's ORDER. ie""ii'7
REGISTERiS OFFICE.

New Castle County. Del. May 81 1898
Upon the application OF Robert Mclar-
In, executor OF Anna NJ McFarlin, late
of New Castle hundred. in said county.
deceased. his ordered and directed by tho
register that the executor aforesaid give
notice Of granting of Letters Testamen-
tary upon the estate OF the deceased,
with tho date Of granting therOb by
causing advertisements TO be posted
within forty days from ne date OF such
Letters I'm six OF the most public places OF
the county OF New Castle. requiring all
persons having demands against the es-
tate TO present the same, or abide by an
act of Assembly In such case made and
provided; and also cause the same to be
Inserted within the same period IN the
Evening Journal, a newspaper published
IN Wilmington, Del, and 20 be continued
therein three weeks (e. o. ID
Given under the hand and seal
% Office OF the Register afore-
said at Wilmington, in New
H. 81 Castle County Aforesaid, tho
day and year above written.
CALVIN w. CROSSAN,
Register.
Evening journal., 1898-07-20
N0TICH

Notice IS hereby given that Letters Tes-
tamentary were IN due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned on the 3ist
day of May, A. u. 1S9S, and that all per-
sons having claims against the estate OF
the deceased must present the same, duly
attested, to the said executor. on or
before the 3ist day of May, 1899, OF abide
the Act Of Assembly In such case made
ROBERT MFARLIN
Executor.
Address. ]. j.. Smith, Esq, Attorney-at-
Law. Wilmington, Del. 'i..f
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-04-13
nj >,othcr.sHis Sweetheart.

His mothers his sweetheart-the sweet
est the best.
So say the white roses he brings to my
breast;
The roses that bloom when life's sum
mers depart;
But his love is the sweetest rose over my
heart
Tho love that hath crowned me
a necklace around me.
That closer to God and 10 Heaven hath
bound me!
His mothers his sweetheart Through
an the sad years
His love Is the rainbow that shines
through my tears,
Ny light in Gods darkness, when with my
dim eyes
I SEQ not the stars in the storm OF His
skies. II
When I bow meath the rod
And no rose decks the sod
His love lights the pathway that leads
me 10 God,
His mothers his sweetheart" Shine
bright for his feet.
O lamps on lifes highway and roses.
lean sweet
To the lips Of my darling! and God grant
His sun
And His stars to my dutiful. beautiful
onel
For his live It hath crowned me
necklace around me.
And closer 10 God and 20 heaven hath
bond me!
Frank /. stanton In Ladies' Home
Journal