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The Delta independent., 1898-11-11

Old papers for sale at this sftice.
The Cooley coal mine is opened up in
good shape.
r. Travis art studio.
Miss Florence Leonard returned Mon
day from Lake City.
The very latest in ladies' capes and
cloaks and dress goods at w. Mathers-
A quarrel that came near ending in a
shooting scrape occurred in town cleo
tion day.
Wm. A Friend OF this city lost his
mining Office in the big fire at Pitkin.
last Monday.
Miss Minnie Girardet accompanied by
Mrs J. J. Weigman of Telluride came
down Saturday for the winter.
Miss Brehanny is a beautiful singer.
with clear mezzo voice which appeals
to the heart.-Abilene Daily Reflector.
| Mr.. Eben Blachley left for New
Mexico last week for a warmer climate,
and more work.
Rarely will one find a musical combi-
/ nation so evenly balanced in uniform ex-
ceiience as the Louise Brshanny COM
cany.-Hastings. Neb Record.
Mr.. George Folsom came home Mon
day from Aspen, where he has been
mining. He will remain during the
winter.
There will be a football game between
the Delta and Montrose teams Thanks.
giving day, but the place has not yet
been selected.
Miss Brehanny sings lullsbys divinely.
Her simple ballads are very sweet dainty
and graceful.-Denver Republican.
Mr.. Z. P. Balch. from Paonia. brought
down load OF fruit from his fruit
farm near that place last week. which
he shipped out.
Thosc who heard the Louise Brehanny
company last night we're well pleased in
every way.-Fremont Daily Tribune.
Miss Lavina Thorn Browne, sister OF
Graham p. Browne. OF Rogers mesa.
left Monday for her home in Omaha
after a six months visit to her brother.
Al OF the musicians Of the Brehanny
CON pany succeeded in establishing them
selves quickly in the esteem OF the aud.
ience and recalls were the rule rather
thar the exceptiou.-Lincoln Journal.
|
George E. aud Isaac NJ. Couklin re-
ceived word last week OF the dangerous
illuess OF their father at Canisteo. New
YORK. Mr.. George Conkiin left for that
Pises last Saturday morning.
MrD. Sarah Cheek from California, a
sister OF Mrs. Mary A. Blacbley. is visit.
ing her sister at Garnet Heights. Mrs.
Blachlev will accompany her sister back
to California in about two weeks.
Every member Of the Brehanny com
pany is an accomplished artist and the
vocal eol's rendered by Miss Brehanny
number among the finest We have ever
heard.-Grand Island Daily Republican.
The Delmonico restaurant is now run
10y Mrs. Kate Sullivan who is setting
one of tho best tables in Delta and in
uites the public to call and get one OF
her 25c meals.
A very charming concert was that
given At the Broadway last night. Ex.
quisite music intelligently and delight
fully Interpreted. The Louise Brehanny
company rs whole is a singularly gift.
ed one. The concert concluded with one
act Of Martha" well cos,umed and ad.
mira6ly sung.-Denver Post.
G. T. Clingenpeel. who has been in
the jewelry business a, Stockton was in
town last Thursday and called upon us.
He has closed out his business at the
above place and was on his way to Delta.
Colo. to look up a new location. Mr..
The sun., 1898-11-08

Republicans Democrats 80; Silver and Popust 12 doubtful J.
The sun., 1898-11-08

500 REWARD.-THE SUN
will pay 500 reward for the
arrest and conviction Of the per-
son or persons who violated the
election or registration laws Of
Delaware on Saturday, October
22, 1898, in the county of New
Castle, as charged by Jerome B.
Bell in the Sunday Star, dated
October 90, 1898. The informa-
ton may be lodged with Attor-
ney General White or Hon. Peter
L. Cooper, upon whose order the
500 reward will be paid at THE
SUN Office, No. 1903 East Sixth
street, Wilmington, Del.
THE SUN.
The sun., 1898-11-08
REWARDS.

$50 reward-The above reward
will be paid to any one who will
give me information which will
lead to the conviction of any
person who directly or indirectly
gives or offers to give money, or
other valuable things, as a bribe
for voting at the election to be
h ed on November s next.
Any one who is charged with
such an act will be tried before
the court without the interven-
ton of either a grand or petit
jury. R. c. WHITE.
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$50 Reward uT MI
$50 Reward

will pay $50 to any person who
first furnishes the Attorney Cen
eral of Delaware, R. G. White,
ESQ.,, with information which
results in the conviction of any
person or persons guilty of fraud
or bribery at the election to be
held on November 8. This re-
ward applies alike to the three
counties. The first conviction
in each county will be rewarded
by $50, making the total reward
offered $15o.
THE SUN.
The sun., 1898-11-08
THE SUN. WILMINGTON. DELAWARE. TUESDAY
PROBABLE ROLL OF THE NEXT NATIONAL HOUSE,
KANSAS.

Dist, Name. Dist Name;
!. Charles Curtis, r.; 5. W. 4. Calderhead' X
8. L. Il. Ridgeley, r. l. Jerry Simpson, f.
4. J. NJ. Miller. Il.
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| n. ". Gardner X. .. Roswell p. Bishop, H.
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| MINNESOTA.
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| l. James II, TawneyR.s s. Loren Fletcher. r.
2. Jas r.. McCleary r. 6. Page Morris. r.
3. T, p, Heatwole, r." Z. Frank NJ. Eddy, r.
| A. Fred G, Stevens. r.
MISSISSIPPI.
Dist Name. Dist. Name.
/ John M. Allen, D.. sd. s. Williams, d.
g Thomas Spignt, y. g. W. i. Love. ID,
g. r. G. Catchings, d. T. Patrick Henry, d.
4. A. +. Fox D.
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1 4 n 7 IlOyd d. o. Champ Clark, D.
| D W w Rucker D. TO- X. Bartholdt, r.
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| s. Il. p. Bland, D.
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| AT large rge...............A. 7. Campbell d.
| NEBRASKA.
Dist. Name. Dist. Name.
2. David II. Mercer, r. 5. Il. D. southerland,F''
The sun., 1898-11-08
ALABAMA,
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4.G. 4. Robbins. D. o. o. ". Underwood,D.'
8 W. Brewer ARKANSAS.
DIST Name Dist. Name
Up. D. McCuiioch 1r., !. VIM L. Terry. d,
9. John g. Little d. O. s. Brundige Jr.. D.
5. Thos. G. McRea. d..
DIST a.j. A. Bs.san, sa%s R.. psf j. F. 1ssa. j..
4 l. 1sssSe 1caSf Reteaii Ne e,fs e. H. Castle Pop
:. James H. Barry; yt;olonApo. Z;
D':' IT, F. sls's& ss"i soys.5S4 N; 5Sss c Ss Pop
.'i !. i. S. Henry, r.. 8. Ghas. 4; Russel' r.
n. D. sperry' R.. r., wiz 4 n J. Hill. H.
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4; Jane. e. 1f'essi r. ssisss 3 D.. II Iss Tssssa
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s. G. l.. Bartlett, D.
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ILLINOIS.
Dist. J. JAIME. l. S'ns Hspp R''t vs.pssn S'"' Warner
p William LOrimer, r. r.
3E, p Foster d. IA. c. N. Barnes. X.
i. D. W. Mills, r. Is. ]. f. Roy, D.
s, George Il. White, RIG. W. Il. Williams, ID.
6. Henry s. Bouteli ,R.'17. l. r. Mills, r.
4 George e. FOss, r. 18. Thos. NJ. Jett, f. d..
s. Albert Hopkins r. 10. William Smith, D.
q Rohert RI Hitt, r. 20. ]. r. Williams, D.
10. Geo w. Prince. r. 81. W. A. Rodenburgh r.
II waiter Reeves r. 90 George W. Smith, Il.
12 J. G. Cannon, r.
INDIANA.
hist Name Dist Name
j. A. Hemenway r. 8. Geo W. Croner, K.
. r. w Miers. D.s g. Chas. b. Lands, X.
3. ", T. Zenor, D. 10. f. D.Crumpacker, r.
4. F. NJ. Griffith d. II. Geo. W Steele, X
b Geo. W. Faris r. ~. J. M. Robinson, + ID.
g. James E. Watson, II. 49, Abram H. Brick, II.
7. ]. Overstreet, r.
IOWA
Dist Name. Dist Name.
l. Thomas Hedge Il. ~. A. r. Hull, r.
3 Joseph r, Lane, H. s. W. =. Hepburn, r.
3D b. Henderson, Rs o. Smith Mcpherson, II
4, c. W. Hogan, Il. 10. j. p. DOlyer, r.
s. Robt. G. Cousins. r. II. Lot Thomas, X.
q. John +. Lacey r.
The sun., 1898-11-08
EASIEST PLAN

to earn bicycle is to sell 600 Of my 40
Nights in a Bar Room" at 10 cents
piece. Retail price Is cents. A 2-cent
stamp brings particulars. IL cents copy
of the book and full particulars.
BICYCLE BOX, ~. Lititz. Pa.
The sun., 1898-11-08
a District Map
of Delaware

The STATE SENTINEL of Dover is hav-
ing prepared and will soon be ready to
deliver New Map Of Delaware, giving
the boundaries of the Representative and
Senatorial Districts as provided by the
New Constitution. $1.1O will secure
this valuable Map and the STATE SENTINEL
for one year. The number is limited;
subscribe at once. New subscribers will
receive the paper the balance Of this year
free. Address, with remittance,
TIE STATE SENmNn., Dover, Del.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
VISITING A SHRINE.
lieutenant RawlinsOn's Daring Entry In
the Sacred Citv of Kum

lieutenant Rawlinson's Daring Entry Into
the Sacred City of Kun.
Kun, walled city of Persia, ranks
second to Meshed in sanctity, on &C.
count of the famous shrine of Masuma
Fatima, sister of the Imam Ria, IA
nous saint of the Mohammedans.
While Lieutenant Rawlinson was on
his way to Teheran he heard much of
this sacred city and the glories of the
shrine, which, it was said, no Euro
pean had ever entered. Death, SO rumor
whispered, would be the portion of the
audacious infidel who should be discov-
cred within its precincts.
To a young and ardent spirit danger
Gus adventure is an irresistible attrac-
ton. Young Rawlinson determined to
visit the shrine. Disguised as Persian
pilgrim, thousands of whom annually
journey to the sacred city, he joined the
crowd Of pilgrims. His knowledge of
Persian and of the customs of the coun-
try enabled him to pass undetected
through the temple gates and to make
his way to the tomb Of the saint. The
guardian gave him the customary form
of words and he repeated them.
But his curiosity almost caused his
detection. Attracted by magnificent
suits of steel armor which hung on the
walls, he was gazing at them, when
suddenly he found that he had turned
his back upon the sacred shrine where
in the saint was entombed.
A thrill of alarm startled him, but
the discourtesy, impossible to true
believer, had not been noticed. If it
had been, there would probably have
been no further career for the young
lieutenant, who subsequently became
the decipherer of Assyrian and Babylo-
nian inscriptions and texts, and died the
renowned orientalist. Sir Henry Raw
linson.-Youth's Companion.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
FEAR OF RAIN IN CUBA.
The Evil Effect of Water Is Not a Mere
Superstition There.


The Evil Effect of Water Is Not Mere
Superstition There.
The average Cuban is dreadfully
afraid of rainwater. He believes that
drenching in a rainstorm, followed by
exposure to the rays of the sun, pro-
duoes fever-not necessarily yellow fe-
yer, but an attack something similar to
what is known as swamp fever in Mis-
sissippi or chagres in the isthmus OF
Panama.
The same belief prevails in Central
and South America, but in a greater
degree. On both coast lines Of Nicaragua
a light shower is the signal for gen.
eral scampering indoors and disin-
clination to come out again until the
sky is perfectly clear Up on the high
plateau on which the city of Caracas in
Venezuela is situated and where there
should be little or no fear of fever the
natives are afraid to get even their
faces wet At the first appearance of q
rainstorm the cab drivers, of whom
there are more than 400, put up oilcloth
screens in front of them and direct the
course of the horses through couple OF
peepholes, avoiding even slight splash
in the face.
All strangers from northern latitudef
visiting Caracas are advised that not
only is rain dangerous, but that it is
not safe to take a bath within ten
days after their arrival. Men accustom.
ed to daily plunge find this advice
difficult to follow, especially in such a
warm climate. Most of them disregard
1t and find that it does them no harm,
and that it is superstition based upon
the laziness that follows residence in
an atmosphere SO enervating that the
dogs are too tired to get out of the way
of the horse If the horse wasn't toe
tired to step on them.
The Cuban fear of rain, however, is
based upon experience and is not a mere
superstition. New York Press
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
THE CLOTHES OF AUTHORS

Some Structures Upon the Dress of Eng
lish Literary Men.
Novelists and playwrights in sample
quantities are the latest class to come
under the basilisk eye and measuring
tape of The Tailor and Cutter. These
members of the sister profession of jour
nalism, and perhaps even the severely
judged members Of parliament who
have appeared in like connection, may
be relieved to know that the novelists
and playwrights scarcely excel them as
glasses of fashion and molds of form.
BY way no doubt of sharpening his pen,
the tailor critic begins with 1. Gang
belonged to any period during the last
ten years, - and had even reached the
stage of the shabby genteel." How
ever, it is consoling to know that Mr..
zangwill's literary success enables him
to wear frock coat that nearly passes
muster, even though the accompanying
trousers are too short.
Mr.. Jerome, J. M. Barrie, Henry Ar
thur Jones and Hall Game might al
most be called moderately well dressed
in a nonstylish sort Of way. At all events
they avoid the shuddering solecism of
wearing light coat and waistcoat with
dark trousers, attributed to Robert
Buchanan, or the mixed styles of W. S.
Gilbert. But the only two members of
the class who UnreservedIy enjoy the
approval of our contemporary are Sir
Walter Besant and Clement Scott. The
former will no doubt be rejoiced to
learn that his clothes might cause him
to be mistaken for "a prosperous city
merchant" while Mr.. Scott might
easily be mistaken for prosperous
tradesman," says tailor. The force of
fiattery could surely no farther CO.
London Chronicle.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20

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The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
Swapping Telephones.

The following story comes from the
Grand Rapids Press and has to do with
a man and a woman who are employed
in different offices in one of the large
buildings of that city. Each office has a
telephone, but as il happens one is an
instrument belonging to the Citizens
company, the other a Bell instrument.
One day the man had occasion to use
the Citizens line and stepped across the
hall to the lady's office.
"Have you Citizens phone?" he
asked, and she replied in the affirmative.
"Well, he ventured: "I'm citizen.
May use it?"
Why, of course he might use it, but
inwardly she was inclined to envy his
ability to stand up and assert his citi-
zenship in this way, for some of her
womanly propensities were Of the "new-
ish" sort. An hour later she balanced
accounts with him.
"Have you Bell telephone?" she
asked on stepping into his office He did
not try to deny it.
well, I'm BELLE May 1 use it?''
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
MATES OF GREAT MEN.
The Wives of Both Disraeli and Gladstone
Were Brave.

The Wives of Both Disraeli and Gladstone
We're Brave.
Once when Gladstone was making an
outdoor speech it began to rain. Quietly
Mrs. Gladstone, with her sweet, moth
erly face, and who always accompanied
her husband, stood up, and, opening a
domestic looking umbrella of the Camp
species, held it over him The spectacle
which the old couple presented there
standing together was so touching and
appealed so thoroughly to the good feel
ings of the crowd, because Of the strik-
ing picture of Darby and Joan domes-
ITCHY, that when burly costermonger,
who had been loudest in his catcalls
and hooting of Mr.. Gladstone up to
that moment, suddenly shouted, "Three
cheers for the grand old womanp' every
one responded with will.
Lady Beaconsfeld showed similar de-
votion to Gladstone's great rival on
more than one occasion. She; too, was
devoted to her husband, and many old
parliamentarians recall the story of how
after having had her hand terribly
crushed in the carriage door while driv-
ing down to the house of parliament
with Disraeli she refrained from utter
ing cry or from saying word about
her injury lest his mind should be divert
ed from the great and important speech
which he was to deliver that night. 1t
was not until he reached home and
found the doctor at her bedside that he
was made aware that she had sustained
any hurt.-New York Herald.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
STORY OF A HAT.
Revealing the Secret of Its Two Tri
Around a Table.

Revealing the Secret of Its Two Trip
Around q Table.
A number Of literary men were at one
time gathered in we'll known chop
house In New York. The conversation
was of course brilliant, and the repartet
sparkled with mirth and wit. During a
lull in the talk the door slowly opened,
and an old southern darby, grizzIed
with age, poked his head in and then
slowly drew his body in after him. A
waiter started to eject him, when one
of the gentlemen cried:
"Wait moment. Let's see what the
old boy wants.
The darby bobbed up to the table
where this gentleman sat and held out
his hat. Throwing wink to his neigh
bors, the gentleman took the hat and,
making show of placing something
into it, passed it on to the next man,
who did likewise. The hat made a tour
of the room, to the puzzled wonder of
the darby. The last to receive it SOL
EMMY handed it back with polite
bow, saying:
There, sir, don'tyou think you have
something to be thankful for?''
The old darby looked solemnly around
the company and, mechanically taking
the hat, he said:
"Gen men, I'ze indeed glad dat 1 got
chen de hat backl''
The reply was SO thoroughly enjoyed
by the company that the darby left the
place much richer man than when he
had entered it.-Kansas City World.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
The Confederate Mules.

General Banks was besieging Port
Hudson, La, the southern gateway to
the control of the Mississippi river. A
body of troops had marched into the
back country to look for lowering Con
federate cavalry and were sleeping one
moonless night behind stacked rifles in
readiness for a night attack. The attack
came in an unexpected form. Some six
or eight army mules, getting somehow
detached from the wagon wheels to
which they were tied at night, were
seized by panic and came charging
down almost the entire line of the Fifty
second Massachusetts volunteers. Every
man lay covered with "shelter tent, -
piece of white cotton cloth about five
feet square.
AS the mules rushed over each one OF
us he woke suddenly with a cry and
sprang up, raising his shelter tent in
one hand or upon his front, so that he
seemed like a sheeted and gibbering
ghost. This successive rising of over 400
apparitions added wildness to the panic
Of the mules, and they fairly few down
the line. Now, the remarkable thing is
that while many a man had his side
rubbed hard or his scalp abraded by
the hoof or the leg of mule not man
was really stepped on or badly hurt. 1t
was for months a subject Of comment
with us that the mules in their intensi-
fed panic should nevertheless have been
able to see where to step, should have
cared where they stepped and in their
speed should have been able always to
step on the ground.-Spectator.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20
CITY FIRE FIGHTERS.
Tho Deadly Perils They Encounter In 81
inc Human TXvaa

Tho Deadly Perils They Encounter In Saw
ing Human Lives.
A great tenement house was burning
like finder wood In one Of the poorest
quarters of the metropolis. The stairs
had gone up in smoke before everybody
had left the building, and even the fire
escape down the outside of the building
was cut off by the hot flames from the
lower windows, which had already
peeled off part of it. A young girl of
ID or 10 was frantioally shrieking for
help in one of the top windows, and a
mother was wringing her hands In pitt
full despair down in the street.
The chief called for volunteers to
save the girl, and three men came for
ward on the instant, without hesitation
and without awaiting to count their
chances for success. This Is the custom
in such cases, for no one would take the
responsibility Of ordering fireman to
his possible death.
A strong young fellow who had yet
to win his spurs was selected for the
task, and he disappeared quickly
through the doorway OF the adjoining
building. When next the crowd saw
him he appeared at the window just
under the roof, and, grasping the tin
cornioe of the burning building next to
him, he swung out into the air and
made his way, hand over hand, for 80
feet through the dense smoke that rose
In black clouds from the lower windows
to the sill where the girl was seen.
She had fallen back into the room
unconscious and was overcome with
smoke by the time he reached her. A
thousand anxious faces in the street be-
low were tortured with fear for the
hero, hundred muttered prayers went
up for his safety as the fireman disap-
peared into the black cloud, and thou
sand threats sent up a lusty shout of re-
lief as he appeared again at the window
a moment later with the limp form of
the girl in his arms.-Harper' Round
mohfo
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-09-20

Commodore John A. Howell, who
has just been promoted to the rank Of
rear admiral. is the inventor of a sell
propelling torpedo that differs in sew
eral respects from the Whitehead. The
chief novelty of the American system
relates to the mode of driving the screw.
Whitehead stored compressed air in
chamber in his torpedo and placed in
an adjoining compartment small en-
CINE which should be operated thereby
at the right junoture. Howell employs
a heavy fywheel, which is put in rapid
revolution, inst before the torpedo is
launched, by connecting its projecting
axle with steam engine that is entire
ly independent of the torpedo. The
Howell system has been improved since
it was first patented in 1871, and it has
been extensively used in the United
States navy