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Beautiful! Mana"

The worldwide reputation which
Suchorowskys famous painting, Mana"
has acquired as marvel of art has pre-.
pared the people OF Wilmington for
something unusual in the exhibition
now in progress at G04 Market street, but
no one who has not seen the picture pre-
viously is at all prepared forthe startling
realistic effect that it produces upon the
beholder. At the first sight it is difficult
to realize that Mana is not living
and breathing form that may move or
speak at any moment. The life like
tints OF the flesh seem to change, and the
eyes to move, and the limbs to palpitate
with life. This illusion is increased
when the visitor turns and behoIds the
reflection OF the picture in the mirror on
the opposite side OF the ROOM The de-
tails of the picture are absolutely perfect,
and whatever point the eye rests on re-
veals something new for admiration. The
treatment of the subject is chaste because
OF its natural simplicity. At the request
of Il large number of influential patrons
to have a distinct time set apart for ladies
to view 5uchorowskys superb painting,
the management begs to announce a
matinee on Wednesday afternoon, be.
tween the hours of > and ) p. m.
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HELP WANTED--FEMALES.

WANTED--Four business girls to work in this
city. Can make from So 30 tn $50 day. Apply
between 9and II II. m today at No. III East
Thirteenth street
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Grain Movement.

Receipts at Observation-Disclosures, Is,
4SG; Corn, 2l,OG0; Oats, 27,5G6. Ship
ments at phiIadeIpha:-Wheat, 1900:
Corn, "a, 45S; Oats, y, 45}.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
Sunday, May 8, 1898.

GOOD morning.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

uyANTED--A man Of ability to repre- cent Q
w firm Of high standing; must have small
capital for goods carried. W. II. Kelley man
ager. Gibson House.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

WANTED-Situat for coachman " house
w work In private family. Address SO7 Tat.
nall street.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08
Situation or help advertise
mentS in THE sun will be run
for Is cents until either have
been secured and ordered out.
HELP WANTED-MALES.

pOY-l7 years Of age, wishes position in store
ID Address "F," sun Office.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

NyANTED-A man in every town in Della
w ware. Legitimate paying Isiness, with
responsible concern. Apply at cnce, Box 8,
Philadelphia Pa.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

NyANTED-5G boys to cell the Sunday edi.
w tOn of The Sun. Biggest sale IN record
last Sunday. More Profit. Apply l09 East Sixth
street.
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WANTED-WOuld like to purchase a good
second handed breech loading shot gun. Give
price and full particulars.
Address -"
Sun OFFICE
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

WANTED-At Shirt Factory, Fifth and French
streets, Operators and Experienced Cuff Turner'S.
The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-08

OltA0tAVn VI uClV OUVCTtloc'
mentS in THE sun will be run
for q cents until either have
been secured and ordered out.
HELP WANTED-MALES.
- Address IF, '" Sun Office.
WANTED Would like to purchase a good
second handed breech loading shot gun. Give
Address -"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. shoe. maker. Address
or call ut 707 Church street.
WANTED-At Shirt Factory Fifth and French
streets, Operators and Experienced Cuff Turner'S.
NIANTED.A man of ability to repr,e 3
w firm of high standing must have small
capital for goods carried ". II. Kelley man.
ager, Gibson House.
Situation for coachman v house.
w work In private family. Address 807 Tat
nall street.
NTANTED--56 boys to cell the s-nday edi.
w tiOn of The Sun Biggest sale IN record
last Sunday. More Profit. Apply l09 East Sixth
street.
WANTED--A man in every town in Della
w ware. Legitimate, paying lsiness, with
responsible concern. Apply at ence, Box 5,
Philadelphia Pa.
WANTED-John Jackson, formerly butcher
in Great Hampton Row, Birmingham. England,
who many years ago went to America under the
name OF James johnson, and traded for some
years as cattle dealer in Kansas City Jackson
lfalive), is now entitled to property in England.
Information to WILLIAM JACKSON (brother),
Shakespear Villa Sparkhi :, Birmingham, or
THURSFIELD d MESSJTER Solicitors, Wednes-
bury England.
WANTED--A PRESS FEEDER FOR
small jobbers and cylinder press. Apply 1G3 f.
Sixth street None but experienced feeder need
apply
WANTED--By an experienced man, position
as press feeder. Address ID" sun OFFICE.
WANTED:-Position wanted by indus
trious young man, willing to do any
thing for a legitimate living. Address
II Sun Office.
HELP WANTED--FEMALES.
WANTED--rour business girls to work in this
city. Can make from 81 30 to $500 a day. Apply
between 9and II II. m today at No. III East
Thirteenth street
VXIANTED.--A white girl for general house
w work, must be tidy and experienced Apply
at No. G2l Van Buren, street.
WANTED A half-grown white girl for house
w work. State wages. Address ?. o. Box
49, city.
NTANTED-Mar lady canvassers to sell
w private books for women. Gl3 King street,
S a. m. or y.
NIANTED.-GEN AGENTS FOR A
w new household article just out; sells at
every house. Call at Lafayette Hotel, sos Mar
ket street. JOHN D. WILEHER.
! NvANTED-W Women to sell Brassne Liberal
w contract. sale at every door. Brassine
Manufacturing Company, River and Union
streets, Wilkesbarre, Pa.
WANTED-To buy II 4 or J., h. p. electric motor;
must be in first class condition. at II low price.
g. f. Kibbans, l0j L, 2nd st.
/ I'OE SALE-A first class Ladies Bicycle
4 cheap, So. Apply at 2l2 West Fourth
street
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neatly clad and can rarely sit
down, and enjoy regular meal,
at wages that can scarcely keep
body and soul together! Look
at our car-drivers and conduct
ors, who are engaged for ten
hours a day in all sorts of
weather and in very responsible
occupations at scanty wages.
Look at our agricultural labor
ers, whose wages, according to
the United States Census,
amount to little more than
5000 a year without boarding
and lodging, but to much less
with full board-and to about
half as much all over the
South! Look at our, tenement
house cigarmakers, tailors and
shoemakers, who in company
with their wives and one or
more children are huddled to-
gether in miserable dens, at
work for II, Is, 18 hours a day
at wages that are a disgrace to
civilization. ....-... ~.
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~Bumuer.D

When people are trying to be very
polite in their language, they avoid
the use of the word "bummer,
yet it is a most respectable word
and is not slang by any means. It
is not even an "Americanism," but
has come to us from our English rel
atives and is found in the English
market bylaws of two centuries ago.
In the form "bummaree" it ap-
pears in advertisements in The Pub
lick 1ntelligencer of 1860. H..
Originally it meant a fish peddler.
You are likely to get your head bro
ken, however, if you mention it to
an honest American citizen of that
occupation now. -s s
The United States did not acquire
the word until the early ffties, when
it appeared in California. New
York World.
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ETIQUETTE OF STATE.

Rigid Rules of Precedence Govern the So.
cial Events of the Administration.
"The wife of the president makes
and returns no visits The wife of
the vice president pays first visit
only to the wife of the president, !"
writes Mary Nimmo Balentine in an
illustrated article on Women Of the
United States Senate in The Wom-
an g Homo Companion.
''The wives of senators make first
calls on the wife of the president,
the wife of the vice president, the
wives of the en- bassad dors, the ladies
of the supreme court and upon each
other in the order of the length of
service Of their husbands in the SEN
ate. Tho wife of the vice president
holds receptions on Wednesdays,
cabinet day, because her husband is
a member Of the president 9 ca binet,
while the day Of receiving for SEN
ators' wives is Thursday, between
the hours Of 8 and s in the afternoon.
These receptions begin after the 1st
Of January and continue to be held
until Lent begins. Some ladies OBJ
serve the day for receiving all the
time congress is in session. The GUS
toma1y preparations for holding an
afternoon reception are to station
one man at the drive to open and
shut carriage doors and call car
riages and another at the hall door
to admit callers and take cards.
The hostess receives the visitors
standing near the door Of the en-
trance and is dressed in high
necked gown, which may otherwise
be as elaborate as taste may dictate.
Visitors may be announced by name
to the hostess by an usher or may
speak their names themselves.
"Any person is at liberty to make
the visits at the homes Of senators,
and all persons are cordially re-
ceived. Those leaving cards expect
their visits to be returned. Resident
and nonresident sightseers who call
without introduction Of any sort
do not leave, cards. A large proper
ton of the official folk owe first calls
to the ladies Of the senate, the ladies
Of the cabinet, the wives of foreign
ministers and the wives of the mem
bers Of the house Of congress. These
are termed duty calls and must be
returned in person. A woman whose
husband is in the upper house can
be quite as exclusive as any lady Of
private position if she so desire.
The women of the cabinet could not
close their houses to the public,
however much they might wish to
do 80 - w. 4.-.
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The first mention of the pipe Or
gan in history is in connection with
Solomon's temple, where there was
an organ with ten pipes.
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

Turkey repudiates Americas claims
for damages growing out of the massar
cres in Armenia.
Assistant Secretary Vanderlip is now
lending to subscribers about 5000
bonds day and this number will b
increased later on.
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ARE We ALL CRAZY?
The Claim That Socialists Want
to HDivide" is a Base
Fabrication.
The "People" Denies the Charge
in a Sweeping
Article.

"Down with the Socialists!'
This cry has been often raised;
not improbably you have heard
it before now, dear reader;
possibly you have joined in it
yourself, or at least it may
have hung upon your ips-so
general is the belief that
socialism and wickedness are
identical. [ can well imagine
your transport of indignation
at the deed of the fend Nor
cross, who, in the insane pur-
suit of his own selfish ends,
was ready to sacrifice the lives
of scores of human beings; ]
can imagine your readiness to
tear him to- pieces, to impa1e
him as a horrible example, to
bury him alive, to consign him
to the flames, or to wreck any
other act of vengeance upon
him. No punishment inflicted
upon 50 reckless. a criminal
would seem excessive. Now,
then, are not the socialists
criminals of the same stripe
with Norcross? And we are
told they propose to do away
with everything that is sacred
property, wedlock, the family?
Have they not been charged
with arson and murder? Are
they not, at bottom, more
damnab1e even than a Nor
cross? Is it not their purpose
to inflict their pestiferous
ideas upon the whole of
humanity, while Norcross'
deed could at worst destroy the
lives of one or two. hundred
people only?
These and such like thoughts
have probably some time
crossed your mind, dear reader;
and if you yourself did not
think so, some neighbor Of
yours, someone or other whom
you have met, has certainly
felt this way and given vent to
his feelings.
IF, indeed, you have ever in
dulged in such thoughts and
have put to yourself the honest
question, what, after all, do ]
actually know about the
socialists?" you must have ad-
mitted to. yourself that your
knowledge on the subject was
next to nothing; that you
have been influenced, not so
much by a clear knowledge OF
the wickedness of the aims OF
socialists, as by an ill-defined
prejudice against them. But
an intelligent man must know
what he does; he must be able
to account to himself for his
acts; when he hates and per
secutes others he must be GER
tain that his conduct is just.
No good and intelligent man
will be willing to hate and per-
secute people whose aims are
sensible and whose motive is
justice.
Let us, then, dear reader,
look into these socialists, and
ascertain what it is they want.
At the close of our investiga-
ton you may then with clear
conscience and deliberately,
either set your face against all
socialist aspirations with re-
doubled force, should you have
become convinced of their
wickedness; or, should you
have discovered that their aims
are good and just, add your
efforts to theirs. Whosoever
you may be, dear reader, l wish
to believe that you are not in
clined to hug wrong and re-
ject right.
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self to a bone to keep his pro-
perty free from debt, and even
then he does not usually
succeed. His distress comes
from the circumstances that,
under existing economic con-
ditions, agriculture can not be
carried on profitably unless
large tracts of land are worked
with the most improved agri-
cultural machinery. What
agricultural land is now ex-
periencing, urban, or land
used for industrial purposes,
has long ago experienced.
Capitalism has invaded the
fields as it has the cities. The
day of small production is gone
byaever to return, only pro-
ductiol upon a large scale,
carried on comparatively and
impelled by powerful machine
ry, can be successful. This is
fact of which done more than
the socialists are penetrated,
and which they preach at all
times. The division of the
land would, accordingly, imply
the division of forces. Social
lists stand for just the reverse.
Again, with regard to the
division of money, an anecdote,
invented years ago for the
purpose of ridiculing the aspir-
ations of the people, may be
here quoted with contrary
effect. The yarn is that a rich
New York banker was once
accosted by two workingmen
with these words: "Sir, you are
a rich man; we want to divide
with your The banker was
no wise disconnected but
cal mly pulling out his purse,
said: With all my heart; the
thing can be done on the spot;
il de no cornpl ted arit th
metic; / am worth fifty
millions" great glee on the
countenances of the would-be
dividers -"there are today fifty
million inhabitants in the
United States; each one is,
accordingly, entitled to 81 from
me; here is your share, saying
which he handed the two
workingmen 81 a piece, and:
walked off, smiling in his
sleeve, while the two fellows
stood looking .at each other
with: long faces. IN.
This anecdote is. a boomer
ang. The charge that the
socialists would divide the
land, investigation shows to be
a lie Of the whole: cloth; the
charge that they would divide
even so: divisable a thing as
money is self-evidently ridicu-
1ous. The whole charge about
division" is a fabrication to
deceive the people; it is an in
suit to- the: intelligence of our
masses. But this insult will
be resented. People cannot
long be fooled with nursery
tales and bugaboo stories.
They cannot fail to realize that
the increasing numbers of
socialists cannot be animated
by insane objects. There are
crazy people enough in the
world, but the 1900 citizens
who cast last November their
ballot for the candidates of the
socialist labor party, in the
State. of New York, and the
$4,000 who voted for the social
ist presidential ticket last year
in the states of New York,
Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
New Jersey and Pennsylvania
cannot possibly be all crazy!
Behind and at the bottom of
such a movement there must
be something else than in
sanity. -.
If you attend the public
meetings held by the sections
@f kI,o o1~, o1;e% ,1ol-- ~a~kx1 {sf
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duction, aim at the abolition of
'ttdivision." This may sound
strange to you; yet it is the
fact.
The socialists hold that it is
now, under the present system,
that "division" is practiced
upon the other peoples pro-
perty. But it is by no means
the socialists who first dis
covered the secret that
"division" is practiced to-day
and in most unjust manner at
that. The fact is attested even
by people who rank among the
adversaries of socialism. You
have surely heard of an
Englishman named John Stuart
Mill; he is considered one of
the greatest intellects among
the foes Of socialism, and his
class has heralded his fame
everywhere. Now, then, this
great political economist of the
capitalist class has this to say
upon the subject:
Gas we now witness, the pro-
5ceeds of labor are being distri-
buted in almost inverge pro-
portion to labor 50 that the
largest shares thereof fall to
the lot of those who never
work at all, the next largest is
harvested by those whose lab
Or is nominal only, and 50
sdownwards, the reward of lab
or shrinking in the same pro-
portion as labor becomes hard
" and more disagreeable, until
the more exhausting and re-
pulsive kind of labor cannot
count with certainty: on earn
ing the most indispensable sup
port Of life"
This sounds shocking; new
5ertheless, if you look around,
Iif,,.you draw your own expert
,,ence,s do you not, dear reader,
End the statenne onfirned? !?
Those into whose laps new
riches flow day by day, those
who can tumble from one en-
joyment into another have not,
probably, done during their
whole lives a single stoke of
useful work; Without them
selYes Working, theT sponge
up the fruits of the Iabors of
others. On the other hand,
look at those who eat their
daily bread in the. sweat of
their brows; look at the work
ingman at him who is con-
strained to work for wages. If
he is skilled, diligent and
strong and withal is not left in
the lurch by bad luck, he may
possibly succeed in laying by a
few savings; the large major
.ity ofthe wage workers do not,
however, despite all their skill,
industry and strength, succeed
in doing even that little; when
they breathe the last breath
they are as poor as they were
on the first day they started in
to work; and how many are
not those who, despite all their
industry are unable to shield
themselves and their families
from hunger! Just, go, dear
reader, among the weavers of
New England; the coal and
iron miners of OHIO, Pennsyl-
vania, Michigan, Washington;
the cigarmakers and all other
manufacturing hands in all our
large cities; look, in fact, into
every corner of our country;
what will you see?-industrious
human beings, men, women
and children, working, if they
at all have a chance to work, at
starvation wages during inhu-
manly long hours. Do they
ever get the full proceeds of
their labor?-No, never!-Do
they ever get one-half thereof?
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property; that they will then
divide up this plumber equally
among all; and that, as soon
as inequality in property shall
have again asserted itself, a
new division will be under
taken, and so on. Above all,
we are told, are money and
land to be the subject OF
division.
Now, pray tell me, dear
reader, have you ever met any
one who actually proposes such
a plan? Never! Such a person
you cannot have met. there is
none such. Such a plan of a
general division would be the
craziest the human brain ever
conceived. To whom would a
railroad, for instance, be allotted?
Who is to receive the rails, who
is to receive the locomotive,
who is to receive a coach or
car? AS everyone would be
entitled to as much as anyone
else, there would be no method
of equal distribution other than
to smash up everything, and
let one man carry off the spokes
of wheel, another the splinter
of door, a third a coupling
pin, a fourth a section of the
boiler, and so forth. Such
things, assuredly, are not
thought of even in lunatic
asylum.
AS to a division of the money
and soil of the country, the
thing does not, at first blush,
seem 50 ridiculous; no physical
impossibility stands in it's way;
and, accordingly the charge
may have a color Of truth
But let us see. #s
In the first place, the money
and soil of a country constitute
only a part of the total wealth,
while the money alone is very
small fraction thereof. Even
if socialists did contemplate
the division of these, the
charge that they want to divide
all property would fall, and
would have to be limited to the
smaller portion of the nations
wealth. But even this amend
ed charge will prove upon
closer inspection as essentially
silly as the other.
In the second place, with
regard to the soil, there would
have been as. many barns and
homesteads, or. factories and
other improvements as there
are ,allotments of land. each
proprietor would have to- be
equipped with all the means
requisite to cultivate the soil
or. produce upon it; without
these the land itself would be
of no use whatever to him.
To understand this, while
keeping in mind the necessity
of production upon large
scale, is to understand the
utter futility of division of
the land. History has taught
that such a procedure can
bring no help During the
great French Revolution of
1854 revolution initiated and
carried through by the class
that has now become dominant
namely the capitalist class-it
was believed that the
French agriculturists could be
made happy by dividing among
them the large landed estates.
And what was the result? The
French farmers are 50 poor to-
day that millions of them live
in novels that hardly deserve
the name of houses. And are
our own American small
farmers, who constitute the
bulk of our farming population,
much better off? Only the
large bonanza farm /or planta-
ton proprietors thrive; as to
the small farmer. desDite the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1898-08-13

AS early as the year AZ B. C. the
great Alexandrian library contained
over 40, 900 valuable books.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-06-19

M y that no better 1T
~ ted man for the
presidential ONCE could be found, and
that no man has accomplished services
to the island which could better entitle
him TO the honor. Cisneros u said TO
have admired Masso 80 much that he
offered to resign in his favor when
he heard that Masso was spoken Of for
the cfice.
Masso IS one OF three brothers who
learned from their own father indy
ing hatred TO Spain. and who got their
first lesson In warfare in their fathers
company during the ten years war that
ended In 1874 The father was a half
Spaniard and the mother a Congo
negress. Despite the partial spanish
descent there Is not a drop OF blood IN
Mlsso's veins that flows In sympathy
with the Spanish cause. So bitterly
did he fight during the former war.
when The chances for Cuban success
we're not thousandth part as good as
they are now. that he rose 10 the rank
OF major general. After the restoration
Of peace the Masses reconclled them
selves. as far as the name OF the thing
went. with Spain and took the oath
OF allegiance. thus escaping punish
ment. They soon. however Ioined
Garcia. the bandit. IN his road" move
ments and were somewhere In hiding
In the Santiago De Cuba Mountains
when the present revolution broke out.
General Masso Is naturallzed Ameri-
can citizen. He secured his papers
while working for Colonel Figuerado
at Tampa some years ago: Although
possessed OF little education. and I'M
able TO read English. Masso Is a man
OF considerable intellect. and lie has
ulekaH m a yaaf amnuuf ~ toguruNa-