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Evening journal., 1898-03-16
WITH THS LEGISLATORS.
BILL FOR THE ADMISSION OF PA
TENTS TO FARNHURST.


FAVORABLY IN THE HOUSE.
JOINT COMMISSIONERS WORK
ON THE DELAWARE-NEW JER-
sEY FISHERY QUESTION.
Dover. March 16.-In the House yes
terday morning Mr.. Cheairs gave notice
Of a bill providing that persons under
70 years of age shall not be admitted to
the State Hospital at Farnhurst. Mr..
Mccoy gave notice OF a bill providing
that the road taxes in New Castle
county shall go to the Road Commits
sioners. The Trading Stamp bill wac
reported favorably in the House, but no
time was fixed for taking a vote.
The Senate passed the House bills
providing that the Levy Court of New
Castle county shall pay the expenses OF
the election held there recently and
authorizing the appointment of a no
tary public for the office OF William II.
Robinson, in Wilmington.
The bill to allow Milton TO raise ST.
600 by taxation was called up in the
Senate, but was withdrawn for the
present. FAslN
General Robert G. White Is
In correspondence with the attorney
general OF New Jersey relative to the
work OF the joint commission Of Della
ware and New Jersey appointed TO set
tie the dispute between the fishermen
of the two states.
So far the preliminary work has pro-
gressed to the satisfaction Of all, and
II is anticipated that an amicable set
tlement will be made. The ground has
already been gone over to a certain
extent, and no obstacles have been dis
covered. Mr. White has written asking
for the appointment of time for meet
ing the New Jersey commission, and
nothing further will be done until it is
appointed.
SENATE-TUESDAY MORNING.
Dover, Del. March 15.-The Senate
met at IL o'clock.
Prayer by the chaplain.
Passed-House bill to provide for
/ payment OF the expenses of the recent
election in New Castle county; provid-
ing for a notary public for the insur-
ance and real estate business OF. VIII
liam H. Robinson.
| Withdrawn-Milton taxation bill.
Recess until p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
| DtnalG ltdHhillDltu at O.tO y tlOths
| Passed-House bill amending the
| charter Of the town Of Milton.
Adjourned until II a. m. tomorrow
HOUSE-TUESDAY MORNING.
House met ait 10.45 o'clock.
Prayer by the chaplain.
NOtices-By Mr.. Cheairs, in relation
to insane persons at Farnhurst; by Mr.
Thompson, to incorporate the Della,
ware Game Association; by Mr.. Mccoy
in relation to road taxes in New Castle
county.
| Introduced--By Mr.. Cheairs, in rela.
tiOn to state detectives; by Mr.. HAZEL
in relation to the compensation of Off
GERS of the General Assembly; to repea
chapter 677. volume 10; by Mr. Donald
son, to impose a tax on the occupant.
Of habitations.
Reported without recommendation
Joint resolution to purchase a type
writer for the insurance commissioner
Read first time-Senate bill in rela,
tion to undertakers in Wilmington.
Recess until 3 p. m.
HOUSE-TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
House met at 3.15 o'clock.
Introduced-By Mr.. Donaldson, t,
, tax investments
Reported unfavOrably-To amend tn.
OleOmargarine law.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. tomorrow.
IL
Evening journal., 1898-03-16

We are the LargesI
makersin America fine
Custom-made Clothing,
We buy our cloth direct
from the largest Euro
pean and American mills
Wecontrol the product
OF several wooden mills.
We operate the most er-
tensive and economic
Custom Tailoring plants
lnexistence, thus reduc-
ing the price of made-to-
order suits TO $500 and
upwardsi pantsf froms1.5O
10 S5, prices so low that
nearly everyone IN your
county uillbeglnd 10 have
their clothing made toor-
der and measure.
Evening journal., 1898-03-16

We iuInlSU lOu q large,
handsome and expen-
sive cloth bound book
containing large cloth
samples OF our entire
line OF Suitings, Pants,
etc. a book which costs
us several dollars TO get
uDaleo Enehlon Plate In
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red to me Is this: Suppose the accident
had occurred, what do you imagine the
verdict of a board OF inquiry as to the
cause Of the loss Of the ship would have
been? Since this experience the de
partment has adopted electrical means
TO prevent the discharge Of any OF tine
large guns until the breech is locked "
Electrical Review.
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IF YOU READ THEM BEFORE SUP
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR d.
GESTION, BUT THERE Is MOTH
ING PUT IN THEM TO LULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
The herald., 1898-03-20

the Auditorium. on the corner Of Jones'
and Eddy streets. for a term Of ten years.
The incorporators are Gregory de Kannet.
Sol j. Levy, A. Reuf, Thos. p. Woodward.
M. J. Waldheimer. H. P. Taylor and L. A.
Rea. The capital stock is 100000, three
fourths of which has already been sub
scribed for. The balance is to be reserved
as a working capital 1t Is the purpose of
the company to remodel the building in
the Moorish style. The theater. which
will be named the Alhambra, will have a
frontage of 100 feet on Eddy street and a
depth Of 1s7ih feet on Jones. Brick. ce-
ment and terra Gotta will be the principal
materials used on the exterior; while the IN
terror will present a combination of light
pink, light green and white, striped with
gold as color effects. The proscenium
will be forty-two feet wide, with depth
of thirty-seven and one-half feet. Ine
seating capacity will be 2300. There Will be
LOO seats on the ground floor. an equal
number In the gallery, and 1856 box seats.
About $25 900 will be expended on the build
ing. The electric lighting effects will be
something novel here. and electricity Will
be utilized in the ventilation. The gal
lery will have two special exits. DrGreg-
ory de Kannet will be the managing direc-
tor. 1t is intended that the performances
will be of the best vaudeville character,
and arrangements have already been made
to secure leading artists in Europe. 1t
Is expected that everything will be COM
pleted in time to open the Alhambra about
June 1st.
The herald., 1898-03-20

dency where all our arrangements had at
first been made. and were commended to
the care of the president of the court Of tho
Nizam of Hyderabad, Mr.. T. c. Chicheie-
Plowden. C. s. l., and of Mr.. F. 8. Bullock.
c. /. E., commissioner of the Hyderabad
assigned districts. just within the borders
of which the little village of Talni stands.
But though thus asked only at the very last
moment to- help, that help could not possi-
bly, have been more thorough and complete.
Capt. Horsburgh. deputy commissioner of
the Amraoti district, directed Lieut.. d. o.
Morris, his assistant commissioner to per-
sonally see that We lacked for nothing, and
that instruction was faithfully carried on,
both in the spirit and the letter. The
president and commissioner both paid us
visit before the eclipse, that they might
see that everything necessary had been
done for us. and that they might them
selves share in the spectacle of the day;
and IL was an additional interest to us to
see our little camp develop as II by magic
into far-spreading canvas village One
day our eight or nine tents stood alone. the
next they were Joined by score of others
two days later and they were gone and
we were also alone again. To make our
little "bunderbust" probably seemed a very
trivial thing to men accustomed to vastly
larger undertakings. but our gratitude is
none the less due to them, and the prompt
itude. precision and forethought with
which It was carried through enabled us
to appreciate better than any amount OF
description could do what British admin
istration means in India.
The herald., 1898-03-20

/ the east the two connected extensions,
something like fish's tail, which stretched
more than a full million miles in that III
rection, and on the west, the great ray
which might easily be followed to twice
to be recognized. Those curious and char
acteristic cylindrical curves could be plain
ly seen in the roots of the great streamers,
giving their brightest parts lobed or
| lleaf-shaped appearance. And then, when
one would gladly have looked and looked
again, and made out still more details in
that strange complex star of slvery, pearl
like light, with sudden burst an immense
rush of sunlight broke up the whole fairy
vision, and it was gone like dream. The
shock of returning light was so sudden
and so sharp that a watcher who should
have declared that it was accompanied by
a roar like thunder would almost have re-
ceived credence.
For US al Talni the eclipse lasted eight
seconds short of two minutes-four sec
onds less than we had expected. But dur
ing that short two minutes what number
of impressions we We're receiving over and
above the attention which had been given
to the actual work on which we were en-
gagged!
l made five exposures with my wide
angled lense, sixth at the instant of the
return of the light, and seventh on the
portrait phase for orientation purposes.
My husband had watched the eclipse with
n prismatic binocular and given the signal
for me to begin operations with my
camera
The herald., 1898-03-20
IBy Mrs. Walter Maunder, in Collabora-
ton With Her Husband. the Well
Known Astronomer

LONDON, Mar. 6.-(Special Correspond
ence to The Hera,d.) The eclipse is over.
The dsappointments of Norway and Japan
in 1896 have been most amply atoned for in
India The whole majestic phenomena have
been witnessed in sky undimmed by the
faintest trace of cloud. In the history of
astronomical science there has never been
an eclipse in which the observers were ia
vored with such completely unchequered
success at so large a number of stations,
or which was so fully and satisfactorily
observed. The little party, to which my
husband and l were attached, took up
their places in the observing huts on jan
uary 22d about II o'clock. and got in final
readiness for the great event. The fore
thought of our most considerate host.
Lieut.. d. O. Morris, assistant commission
er for the Amraoti district of Berar, had
secured that no one was within sight Of
us except three or four policemen, who
guarded the approaches to our station
To the south our living camp was partly
seen amid the pretty grove of tamarind
and Mango trees which sheltered it; 10
the southeast the white walls of the house
of the village patel cleaning through an
other grove marked where the village itself
stood; north and west the level fields of
cotton and jowari We're void of a single
human being. Perfectly secluded and un
disturbed, we waited, therefore, the event.
Mr.. Smith, the occupant of the most east
erly of our huts, warned us of the com
mencement of the eclipse at nine minutes
before noon, when the first slight indenta-
tion appeared on the southwest limb of
the sun. The hour and half that fol-
lowed seemed to pass with exceeding slow
ness. Gradually the dark moon crept over
the bright face of the sun. and as it ad-
vanced seemed so much smaller than the
sun-increased in appearance from the ef-
feet of irradiation-that one might have
been forgiven if a momentary fear had
seized one that the statement circulated by
The herald., 1898-03-20

Not only was the corona seen in a cloud
less sky. but it was itself of unusual size
and brightness, and, because seen with
such distinctness, of unusual beauty. The
first rough impression of it was that it was
rectangular in shape, but quickly the eye
learned to pick out its details, to recog
nize. above and below, the radiating crown
of delicate, plume-like streamers which
marked out the solar poles to follow on
The herald., 1898-03-20

A busy afternoon followed. There were
photographs to develop, kilograms to send
and receive, and reports to write. and 1t
was very tired, though jubilant, party
that met at dinner In the mess tent at
$3.50. Dinner was scarcely over when we
were invited to witness and take part in
the villagers rejoicings. These consisted
of an illumination-very pretty and effect
ive-of long lines of native lamps and a
liberal exhibition of fireworks. The fire.
works were all of native make, and resem-
bled what schoolboys call a 'fiower-pot."
but many of them being of considerable
size and throwing fountain of golden rain
fairly high. by combining and crossing
them in pairs and threes and fours. some
very effective arrangements were made.
and the whole did the utmost credit to
the organizers, the tashildar of the dis
trict and the headmen of the villages for
far around. To conclude the ceremony. the
headmen came forward and decorated the
party with garlands of flowers and made
the usual offering of betel-nut. To these
and other compliments Mr.. Smith. as the
senior member of the party, replied. thank
ing those present for their courtesy and
readiness to help, and reminding them of
the blessings of peace which they enjoy
under the present government. The VIII
lage fort just before them-ruined, because
no longer needed. as in the old times. for
protection against marauders-might re-
mind them how much safer they were now
than then.
So passed the day Of the eclipse. a men,
orable day to all who took part in it. Per
feet weather. perfect arrangement made
for us by our most thoughtful hosts. a
magnificent eclipse and this interesting
piece Of native ceremony to conclude.
had heard much before we came out from
England OF "how things were done In
India" but to actually watch the process
gave a very keen and additional interest
to the expedition. 1t was at the very elev-
enth hour. almost the twelfth. that We
were handed over from the Bombay presi-
The herald., 1898-03-20

formed their ideas of what to expect from
the descriptions which are commonly cur
rent, were not a little disappointed. The
approach of the shadow. though visible
enough to those who looked for 1t, came
very far short of that rush of wall of
darkness" which has some times been
spoken of, and in mid-totality there was
much more light than during a midnight
at the full of the moon. Those who wished
like Fear-nothing Hans" to be made ito
shiver and shake" were disappointed of
sensation. But for those who wished
to watch a scene of SURPRISING beauty
or for those who had scientific work to
do, the conditions were absolutely perfect
The herald., 1898-03-20

either horn, a few fine globues of light
fought for an instant against the ap
preaching darkness, We're swallowed up,
the shadow swept up and covered us, and
the eclipse was complete
There, high in midheaven, stood the sun,
turned into darkness" but crowned in
that very moment of defeat with new
and wonderful radiance. The pearl light
of the corona shone out serene and stead
The herald., 1898-03-20
Another New Theater

The following particulars of new the
atrical enterprise. as given in San Fran
cisco Music and Drama. will be read with
interest:
Although San Francisco is well supplied
with theaters We are promised another
in the near future. Last Saturday articles
of incorporation were filed by the Alham-
bra Theater Company. which has leased
The herald., 1898-03-20

fast. 1t is curious to read in the earlier
descriptions of eclipses that the corona
seemed "to turn round like a catherine
wheel" There was no hint of flicker or
motion in the calm, unwavering light
which now shone down upon us. From
one point of view the eclipse was less
impressive as mere spectacle than usual,
less impressive, even, than the cloudhid
The herald., 1898-03-20
SOLAR ECLIPSE PHOTOGRAPHED
Mrs. Walter Maunder Relates the Story Of Her Journey to
Snapshot the Recent Phenomena

Un the dry realms of science woman is
beginning to make her way, after the ire
eistible manner peculiar to her sex. A
great deal has been written about the sci
entific men who gathered in India from
the four quarters of the globe to catch
and keep indefible records of the great re-
cent solar eclipse, but nothing has been
said about the one woman who endured the
The herald., 1898-03-20

toll and privations of days of waiting in an
obscure corner of the Indian empire. in or
der that she might preserve photographs
of the solar phenomenon, taken with her
own camera and developed by herself
These photographs are shown in the ac-
companying illustrations. and the plucky
and determined woman's story is told by
her in the following delightfully."- graphic
manner:)
The herald., 1898-03-20

landscape, the sky became leaden, the
grass and trees turned to ink and the in
tense heat of the earlier morning gave way
to what the travellers from England AT
least regarded as a refreshing GOODNESS.
Then the event came on apace. The last
thin crescent of sunlight melted away al
The herald., 1898-03-20

den eclipse of August, 1896. The darkness
was very slight. Judging from recollec-
tions of the descriptions of different OBJ
servers, it would seem to have been the
lightest eclipse for many years past. Or
dinary spectators, therefore, who had
The herald., 1898-03-20

There is poetry Of thought far above
the poetry of dictation; the test is trans
lation; you scrape off all mere veneered
beauty when you squeeze an idea through
the doorway into another language.
The herald., 1898-03-20

the Brahmins among the natives was co.,
rect and that the eclipse would not he
quite total. after all. The moon, however,
kept or her way, and, the eclipse drew
near TO fuliness. seemed to quicken her
pace. The brighter colors faded from the
The herald., 1898-03-20

At times Ada Rehan suffers intensely
from vertigo, but her physicians have ad-
vised her that it is far wiser for her to con-
tinue to play than to retire from the
stage.
The herald., 1898-03-20

Notwithstanding the very low prices
quoted for Monday, Tuesday and
wednesday, We will give each pur.
chaserof s1.O0 worth or more who brings
above coupon the free choice from Is
different gamcs-cheap way to get
am usement for the child.on.
The herald., 1898-03-20
'Prices.....

Specials for three days which
we challenge any store In the
city to match.
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with fierce contact torpedoes laid by the
enemy, that one or both Of them would pc
blown to bits. We don't have to multiply
illustrations. Only those who have been on
the scene and personally witnessed the in
credibly charmed life of our war ships-how
row they veer continually around danger IN
other forms-can understand how clearly
all these wonderful occurrences point 10
Providence on side. They ride safely
through perfect showers of shot and shell
and from land batteries too. You'd think
think We would have got some bad wound
down there at Santiago when four of their
crack cruisers were banging away at US.
broadside on. There's an element of the
miraculous in it ALL"
But what about Wainwright's feat, cap
tain, in sinking two torpedo boat destroy
erS, single-handed, with q daring little UNI
protected yatch and few siX-pounders?"
oh. Wainwright has no end of pluck.
He was with me on the Maine and showed
splendid courage through it all. He was
itching to get a crack at the DonS from
the first and I knew well enough he'd let
TO chance slip through his hands, no matter
what the odds. 1t was nervy bit of bust
ness. no doubt of that. but no more than
his friends expected of him.
Captain Sigsbee vas up to his eyes in
work signing all sorts of papers and orders
preparatory to his departure tomorrow
with a regiment of men for Cuba. They
smile. and now I'm to be a transport. No,
don't want any heavier guns-don't need
them. The vessel is good for nineteen
knots, and q superb scout. but she's entirely
too destructible for battle work against a
heavy foe. Looks as if the scrap would
this killing Of men, for it makes widows
and orphans too"
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this possibility of social interchange and
intimacy is not recognized more fully by
fathers than 1t is! Six days in the week ths
mother has to regulate the child, with
the father as counselor only, II that.
She either does 1t six days In the week, or
she does not do it at all. The fathers oc-
cupation prevents him from studying his
wife in the training of the children. Sunday
dinner or tea might well be made chill
dren's meal. In those households where the
conscience of the parents does not make
entertaining seem wrong on Sunday, the
children should be allowed to invite one or
more friends in order that the parents
should know the children whom their chill
lutte rest for the parents in the sense OF
dropping all responsibility, and devising
methods of interest for the children which
will leave the parents free, then great
moral opportunity, a spiritual opportunity.
is lost, a moral obligation ignored. For
tunately, parents who love the woods and
trees and flowers, and who live in the coun-
gether study the visible expression OF Gods
love TO man as expressed in the beauties
of the world about them
The child is to be pitied who lives In =
home where the thought that Sunday is
day Of rest expresses itself in such q system
as excludes the children from the parents
society. Life is whole, not a series OF
terdays. the storehouse OF all that went be-
fore. Moral and spiritual training are every
day processes. Sunday Is always the par
ents opportunity for the child's intimacy:
hooks and occupations must be a common
interest Ia this day OF freedom from work.
ing-day affairs. In play. not work. does the
child reveal himself.
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mo. Marse Richard; Jim amt slept last
night. His bed amt been touched. No,
Jirn's gone!" walled the old creature.
The professor had finished dressing, and
his apprehensions had become unbearable.
Trying to assume his usual manner. he
strolIed toward the flower garden as if
merely to take the air. When screened by
the shrubbery, he FASTENED his pace and ap-
p1 reached the spot where his every thought
conferred At the first glance his fears in
creased. The grounds appeared broken and
uneven. In his haste the preceding night
could he have left the place in that untidy
state? He knelt beneath the rose tree with
shaking knees.
The box was not there.
The professor was standing under the yell
low jasmines on Miss Melinda's front YER
anda. The worst had been told. Two drops
glistened on Miss Melinda's laShes but they
were not tears of regret for the loss of the
precious thimble, but of sympathy and sor-
"And the worst is. / can make no effort
for their recovery. In order to do so must
confess to Corporal Jones that we suspected
him and his comrades of being thieves and
Then the corporal doesn't know of our
loss?" said Miss Melinda lifting her syinpa-
thetic blue eyes to the professors gaze.
Il haven't told him"
.Ah. Miss Price, Prudence whispered me
yesterday to exhume the box, and l re-
Trained because"
Another silence.
"Because?" echoed Miss Melinda gently.
Because, if l did so. / must return your
thinble. and that would end our secret"
Miss Melinda blushed.
but there's another, dearer secret, II I
dared tell it to you'll exclaimed the profess
scr. fired BY the blush.
There was a quick step and jingling of
spurs on the pebbled walk, and Corporal
Jones stood before them.
He lifted his nat TO Miss Melinda and
bowed.
The brigade is leaving, and I come to
bid you goodbye"
He turned to the professor.
"And to return to you this box that / Sc
cured from a thief last night"
He bowed again and was gone.
Samuel Minturn Peck, in the Outlook
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In the Old DAYS.

The old days. Do you ever think Of them.
When sitting silent as the shadows meet?
When lying broad awake at dead Of night,
To hear the rain that drips into the caves.
Do you remember how sweet your sleep
In the old days?
The old days, when you wanted to grow big.
Before you knew the sorrows II would bring;
When looking at the blue hills far away,
And thinking of the world that lay beyond
Do you remember how you Ionged for it
In the old days?
The old days! They are furrowed DER with
graves.
The sweet-faced mother, first and dearest friend
The old home faces that you used to know;
Your playmates and your sweethearts, where are
they?
Do you remember how you loved and lost
In the old days?
The old days. How they brim the eyes with
tears
And fill the heart with longing and regret!
oh, there are tragedies for every life,
And there are songs sweet ever sung,
And there are memories that never die,
In the old days?
u A. Edgerton.