Evening journal., 1898-12-19
WAYFaRER'S S NOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and UnpIeas'
ant, Caught on the Way.
sGITs ON PERSONS AND THINGS
W ron READ THEM BEFORE sup
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR Dl-
GEsTaoN. BUT THERE rs MOTH
MO PUT IN THEM TO LUd-L you
TO SLEEP.
MIR. CRANK. OF CHICAGO.

MR.. CRANK. OF CHICAGO.
one day early this month Sheriff Finn |
received from some crank in Chicago a
letter which was 80 virulent that he was
almost ashamed TO show IL to anybody. |
Hence, when the Wayfarer went TO him !
this morning and requested permission TO
use it, he expressed surprise that knowl- !
edge OF its reception had reached news /
paper office. At first he demurred TO Civ
ing Il for publication, but finally per- |
suasion prevailed and the coveted docu-
ment was handed over. IL was mailed IN
Chicago az n.30 a. m. on November 29. |
and received IN Wilmington on the morn |
ing OF December ]. The address on the
envelope Is For the Sheriff OF New Cas-
tie. Delaware Accompanying the en-
closed letter. which Is printed with pen, !
rather than written, Is a special dispatch
from Wilmington to the Chicago News
New Castle Jail on November 2S. OF Cato
J. Pennington, Jr.. the brutal negro from
Newark. Joseph II. Russell and others.
The text OF the scathing address OF the
Chicago crank IS as follows:
You miserable brute You worse than
oannlbal You and all concerned IN
this inhuman work ought TO be burned at
the stake for you and the miserable
hounds on the bench are a disgrace TO
your feilow-men and all humanity. Have
you children2 II so may you be made 20
rufrer as the parents OF those you so de-
lighted 10 lash have suffered-you con-
tempuble. white-ivered cur, who. no
doubt. would sell your offspring for self
gain May your fellow-citizens despite
and loathe you for the despicable Wre tch
you are for all days TO come and may
you meet ten times worse fate than
Pennington, whose distress and agony 80
delighted your low-down nature"
For such a kind, warm-hearted. sympa-
theuc man as Sheriff Finn to receive
such diatribo was simply poralyzing
A TOUCH OF COLOR.
Contractor william l.. Medholdt Is as
mad as a hornet, and so are some other
people In town. II has been more than
thirty tars since the war OF the rebel
lion was fought TO a conclusion and eman-
cipation OF the negro proclaimed, and
something less than that since the bill OF
civil rights was framed. but the color
line still exists. and In many places 10 IL
as tense as In the days Of slavery. 70
the best OF the understanding OF the
Wayfarer Contractor Medholdt built
row OF small and desirable houses on
Van Buren street opposite the Homeo-
pathic Hospital They sold like hot
cakes and this encouraged him to ex-
tond the row by adding six more houses
to IT, Before he had this extension COM
nleied ho MAS paralyzed by learning that
wealthy man. who had purchased one
OF the houses in the first row, had sold
or rented Il for the occupation of his
mulatto coachman and his family. This
was bad enough, but the condition WAS
made infinitely worse In his eyes by am
houses installing a full-blooded negro and
his family therein. This touch OF color
TO the landscape also incensed those per-
sons who had purchased houses and were
living In them. and some OF them now
want to sell at a discount and move out.
Heretofore no negro families have re-
sided In the district north Of Delaware
avenue and west OF Tatnall street, both
property owners and builders having
guarded against H. knowing the depre-
ciating effect on values OF such ownership
or tenancy
NOT BROWNIES ORCHESTRA.
The other day Postmaster Hugh G.
Browne was standing IN front OF a restau-
rant at Eighth and Market streets: lie
had Just had a substantial lunch and was
picking his teeth with the supreme con-
tent OF statesman who had his hll. The
Wayfarer saw man approach him IA
miharly and was near enough to hear
him inquire:
rs there going to be a show IN the
Opera House this afternoon?
II don't know whether there Is or not -
replied tho postmaster.
Amt you the fellow who beats the
kettle drum. the bass drum, the tom
toms and an those other things In the or
chestra up thereT inquired the stranger
no. don't even play old maids or ca
sino. retorted the postmaster and his
lnterlocutor moved on.
The mistaken Identity was due to the
fact that Postmaster Browne and Isador
Singer are built on the same broad lines
Of contraction in height and expansion in
breadth.
JUROR HossINGER's BUNDLE.
when james Hossinger one of the
jurors IN the Kenney trial, came 10 VIII
mington from Newark on Friday morn
ing he carried bundle beneath his arm
The Wayfarer understands that his asso'
cates on the jury accused him OF having
come determined TO keep them out ovei
night, and declared that his bundle wa:
made up OF his night-cap and night
shirt. Whether It was or was not. GER
tain it is that the Jury remained out ovel
night; and no doubt the other jurors were
heartily sorry, before morning came, tina
they had not brought bundles similarl,
COURTESY AND DISCOURTESY.
1t is astonishing what difference ther
Is In the actions OF women who are tn
recipients Of the courtesies and good OF
.nccs OF men whom they meet in mufo
travel. When a man opens a door for
woman 10 pass out she sometimes ac
knowledges II in such manner as 4
make him glad that he did IL; at othe
times the acknowledgement is so scant o
hacking altogether that he feels like kick
ing himself for going TO the trouble. I
is on street cars and other common car
riers that the Wayfarer has noticed thi
difference Of habit. breeding, manners o
whichever you choose 10 call Il. He ha
seen conductor assist woman OF ca
with two or three small children and
bundle or basket, and receive a smile
and Thank you" which more than CON
pensated him for what he had done. The
again he has seen similar courtesies II
ceived without a sign of acknowledgment
and the discourtesy made the conductC
feel that he was working hard for nj
salary. These are but instances. but III
rule will hold good In other ways an
no doubt many such eases have come bi
meath the personal attention Of n
reader.
DEATH DOES NOT DETER THEM.
There are always men who are viii
ing TO occupy posts of danger In whic
other men have met DEATH" said ma
connected with the L. J. DUPONT de n
mours Company 10 the Wayfarer 1t
strange thing IN connection with Il
big explosions out at our place that
matter how many men are killed, the
are always more applicants for the "
cancies than there are places 10 Fl
Powder making Is a dangerous Callin