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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06
Iris quite clear that officially as well as

IT is quite clear that officially as well as
unofiicsally England is in sympathy witt.
the United States and shares our desire TO
have the Spanish msrule in Cuba endsd
England does not propose to interfere, but
she may be counted on not to tolerate
unwelcome interference from others. The
continental powers have been disposed to
combine against her and she nigh. not be
ayerse to an opportunity to show her COM
munity of interests with the United
States. England and America combined
could defy the world. 1t is unlikely, how
sver, that any of the powers would assume
other than friendly attitude toward us in
this matter, and their proposals would be
entitled to consideration out of courtesy.
Great Britain's refusal appears to have
left their mediatory efforts in chaotic
st ate. Even the Pre- dents message and
the action Of Congress expected today will
not make this impossible. Uncle Sans
object is not to fight Spain, it is only 20
redeem Cuba and allow its subjects to
govern themselves,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

NJ OTlCE-l, STANSBURY MURRAY ill.,
~ owner and occupant Of the house
situated at lO4 E.nt Front Street, in the
Second ward IN the city Of Whining
to'. county OF Newcastle. state o Dol. in com.
plIanee with t"n requirements OF the acts Of
tho Genera! ha4"GiJly Ia such caae made ant
provided. do bcr"sIy GIvo notice that I shan
npply in writing to the judges OF tha Cuurt
OF Geliural SessOns o: t,sp state of Delaware
10 and forNew Clsiin COMFY Y. on MonIay,tl,.
10Th day Of May, lYE, h1iU= the next term ut
sad count for u Icen Z for SAL NOUS IA All
lhn or tavern for the saie ticrein Of !ntDxi-
calling liquors in loas Il rartIt!es thaul q mart
10 be drunk on the premises, Andthe roi!rw.
ING respectable citizens Of snd wsrd,a lnast
twelve OF WHOM are substantial freeholdnrs
or said ward. recomm@ nd tbs said app ication
tn wit.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

/ CHARLES K1NsLOw, Of Clayton, it lying
at deaths door, with bullet wound in
his neck as the consequence Of attending
q cake walk at Friendship, near kenton,
on last Friday night, Scores of others
arc nursing their wounded legs, Caused by
indiscriminate shooting.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

Cupping and leeching. lG3 II. Second st
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

ALBERT 1RrslY, coiurod, will have to
stand trial for causing the death Of Fran
els Harris, colored whom it is charged, ho
threw lighted lamp Al and struck him in
the middle Of the bncl. on Tuesday n4Urn-
ing. Trusty has boon arrested and will
await the actions Of the coroners jury,
who will hold an inquest.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

Az effort i, being made to have tho par.
Goning board grant jeremiah Harrigan,
who has been confined in New Castle Jail
for killing Dennis Shea, pardon. He has
been confined some fifteen years, and is
one Of tho best behaved prisoners in the
jail. His GOODNESS certainly saved Warden
Pierce Gould from being either killed or
wounded by pistol shot from Mitchell,
man serving q sentence for breaking into
and robbing the Banning house.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-04-06

THE farmers in the vicinity II Delaware
City owe it to themselves to try and find
ont the man or mon who have bcGl en-
gagged in burning the properly Of Mr..
Henry P. Scott of our city Their is no
doubt but that the mansion and barn were
set on fire II may be thlt soma persons
had spite against Mr. Scott and are tax
ing this dastardly way Of getting even
with hin. Such persons are not fit to run
ct large and the sooner they are run down
and placed in New Castle Jail, the more
safety tho farmer, will be liable to have,
as it Is not known whose barn is likely to
have the torch applied in the future.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

Button is rich and proud. He comes of
d good old family and is a recognized So
ciety leader of his city. He, with some OF
his swell bachelor friends, organized the
"Buckers and Kickers," of which he was
made grand high contortioniSt. The order
had no object but fun, yet it maintained a
show of mysticism and announced its meet
ings in a way to arouse general curiosity.
Button went East for a rest and change.
His immediate family and relatives did not
like his belonging to a fraternity with such
a name and such doubtful aims They saw
an opening and proceeded to get even. The
first day at New York hotel he received
a dozen letters and on the envelope of
EACH in big type, was his name and his
title as grand high contcrtionist, followed
be returned if not called for. The clerk
noticed it, and others who were getting
their mail could not but what was as
plain as a hand bill. He was Indignant at
this use of his official envelope, and indig-
nation became explosveness when Goth
am theatrical manager called on him. asked
If he belonged to the ''perfesh,' and if he
were open to engagements.
Button fired hot letter home, bearing an
immediate delivery stamp. He informed
the folks that it was in the worst taste to
send private correspondence in a business
envelope. He wanted no more Of it. 1t
had cost him great annoyance and he was
going to change his hotel at once. But
that grand high Scontortionist'' pursued
him like an avenger until he returned home
raked all his relatives over the Goals, re-
signed from the Buckers and Kickers and
held as grand high contortionist- Detroit
Free Press
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Snake Caused n Wedding.

A snake as a cause for wedding is the
remarkable circumstance in the lift of
Mrs William A. Furnish, of ST. Louis Size
has a deadly fear of crawling things and
this fear brought about her first meeting
with her now wealthy husband. He tells
the story thus:
You may not believe 1t. but l owe nv
welded happiness to a snake, and n dead
snake at that. One summer afternoon
years ago l was driving along a country
road when piercing Shrek from a little
schoohouse l happened to be passing
struck my ears. The Shrek was follow ed
by a general exodus of pupils from the
doors of the little wooden building.
hastily sprang from my buggy and en-
er, as pretty a girl as l had ever laid eyes
desk, the lid of which was open. Inside
the desk, as l saw by hasty glance,
was a snake, dead, but coiled up as If
alive and ready for all sorts of funny
business. l picked the young woman up
and carried her out into the open air
where she soon revived Then l took her
home in my buggy, and six months later
we were married.
How did the snake come to be in the
desk? Why, a couple of mschievous bow
pupils eager for holiday, had killed 1t
on their way to school and placed it there,
well knowing what the consequences
would be. Before that little episode l
never was much Of an admirer Of snakes
but since then-well, l can't say that l
feel so harshly toward them.''-Chicago
Chronicle.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
FOR BRAIN WORK ERS.

DR.. Sophie Lepper, the English food
specialist. says in speaking Of the pecul-
iarities Of various food, that:
Banched almonds give the higher nerve
or brain muscle food; no heat or waste.
Walnuts give nerve or brain food, mus
Gle heat and waste.
Green water grapes are blood purifying
tbut of little food value) ;>reject pips and
skins.
Blue grapes are feeding and blood puri-
flying too rich for those who suffer from
the liver.
Tomatoes, higher nerve or brain for
and waste, heat They are thinning
and stimulating. Do not swallow the skins
Juicy fruits give mre or less the high
er nerve or brain. and some few muscle
food and waste; no heat.
Apples supply the higher nerve and
muscle food, but do not give stay.
Prunes afford the highest nerve or brain
food, supply heat and waste, but are not
muscle feeding. They should be avoided
by those who suffer from the liver.
Oranges are refreshing and feeding, but
are not good if the liver is out of order.
Green figs contain nerve and muscle
food heat and waste, but are bad for the
liver.
Dried figs contain nerve and muscle
food heat and waste, but are bad for the
liver.
All stone fruits are considered to be in.
furious for those who suffer from the liv-
err and should be used cautiously.
Lemons and tomatoes should not be used
daily in cold weather; they have a thin
ming and cooling effect.
Raisins are stimula ting in proportion tC
4,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Saving Carbon Ends.

1t is not unreasonable to conjecture that
the primitive talfow candle had become a
very familiar means of household ilumina-
ton before it was considered worth while
saving the stumps for remelting and it is
interesting to note that the arc light has
been in commercial use for twenty-five
years before it Sfas@been found that there
is a much better way of dealing with the
unburnt ends OF carbon taken from lamps
than throwing them away. Regret has
often been expressed that carbon prepared
with much pains to keep it pure and
homogeneous these lighting sticks
could not be serviceable for some Of the
many purposes for which charcoal is re-
CURED, instead Of pselessly adding to the
litter of city streets. A use has at last
been found for it. The foreman of smiths
and woodworking shop in a Philadelphia
locomotive works has instructed the man
who changes the carbons in the lamps
throughout the works to save the partly
consumed pieces and bring them to him
daily. After he collects some sixty or sew
enty stumps he utiizes them for making a
small charcoal fire of great heat and puri-
ty, suitable for any kind Of special work
which will not be perniciously affected by
the copper coating on the outside of the
carbons 1t is believed that this step will
be followed by other publications. of the
waste stumps. In cases where the copper
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
A FASCINATING PLACE,
The Island of Tahiti IL Land Blessed
by Nature.

"Of all fascinating places under the
SUM- said a gentleman who has travelled
much, to a reporter of the New Orleans
l1mes-Democrat, 1.-The Island of Tahiti. one
OF the Society islands, is the most fascnat-
ing. In that country, little earth lost
IN a vast ocean, nature has done every
thing to make lndOlent souls happy. The
climate is temperate and even all the year
round, the vegetation is luXuriant the wo-
men beautiful, and the nights, full of per-
fume and mystical light, stir the most prac-
teal mind to love of meditation and dream
ing. The influence of this dreamy. lazy life
is very insdious. 1t is not necessary to
work the island furnishes food with
out the labor of tllage. I know a number
of Americans and French who had gone
there for visit. and have become SO en-
rap;ured with the. dangerous existence
that, like the visitors to lotus land, they
lie GOWN and forget friends. home, ambi-
ton and everything. | remember how
used to feel the influence steal upon me.
Many d time | wished earnestly to east my
lot with those languorous people l can
look back now and see myself as | lay one
night against 4 cocoanut tree in a sort of
ecstasy of meditation. Overhead was sky
bright with a million stars Sounds came
to me III a strange fashion, blending into a
murmur. A short distance away a group
of natives girls and men, We're shouting
the rhythmic chant of tn upu-upa dance.
| thought Of myself this little isle,
with ocean on every side and New Orleans
so many miles distant. Nothing seemed
real to me but that spot in the sea, with
it's bright sky overhead. l could hear dis
tinctly the chant of the singers and the
sohbing of the waves; d mysterious charm
possessed me-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
LINCOLN GOT HIM THE FURLOUGH.

Col. Cunningham. of Gens Falls. n. Y,
in Lincoln day talk before the high school
of that place, related among other personal
"reminiscences of the war president the lot
lowing incident: I'm the spring of ISL L
was on duty at the Old Capital prison,
Washington. One day quite young soldier
of the guard of New Jersey troops came 10
me with a telegram informing him OF his
fathers fatal illness and urging him to has
ten home. The young soldier was much dis
tressed, and said he must have a furlou@h
so he could leave for home .hat day. J. said
l would do what l could but that at best 1t
would take from two to four days for MS
application to go the rounds OF the several
headquarters, and that even then success
was not certain.
81 must see my father before he dies.
he said and then if grasoinS at straw
of hope, he continued Phi 20 to President
Lincoln-thats what I'll do. # l can only
see him l know L can get away today Just
give me note saying as good things as
you can of me-that you believe me honest
and all right-something of thc7 sort, and
please hurry.
Il did not discourage him by speaking Of
the difficulties l was sure h would eacodn-
ter in trying to see the preSl !clt. but gave
him the note and wished him success. Ar
irving at the White House 1e was decidedly
told that he could not sec the president,
but while he was earnestly pleading his
urgency. Mr. Lincoln chancel to make his
appearance. and. noticing the soldier, in
CURED what he wanted
"'Oh, Mr. Lincoln sail the boy, L was
told I couldn't see voI. but do see you
/ want furlough. My father is dying Mr.
Lincoln. I want lust a few days-only a
few dayS-sO j may see him one, more
Please read these handing the president
the telegram and note.
1.-The president read them, and kindly
placing his hand on the boys shoulder, sad
OF course you want furlough. / am 60
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
BAD POLL PARROT
Though, Makes a Pretty Good
story.


Able MARITIME, farmer living near
Metushen, NJ j., has pet parrot which he
prizes. The bird is a great talker and
uses sometimes words which some men use
when in hot temper
The parrot has lots of freedom and wan
ders about the MARITIME place at it's own
sweet WILL Sometimes it is necessary to
search the place for the bird. Monday
Polly took a stroll out of doors When it
had been gone several hours it's owner
went in search for it. But the parrot
wasn't to be found.
Shortly after this the hired girl, an
Irish maiden, rushed into the house
screaming:
oh Lordy that snake! Sure it's the
divil himself
When MARITIME asked what the mat
ter the girl gasped something about be
hind the barn. and there MARITIME went
The only thing he saw was a big black
snake with bloated appearance and its
jaws gaping. Suddenly there proceeded
apparently from those jaws, a torrent Of
profanity that seemed to Justify the hired
girls remark about the "dvil." But Mr.
MARITIME doesn't drink any, moreover he
recognized the voice as that Of the missing
parrot. So he dispatched the snake and
with knife released his pet.
The parrot emerged from it's close quar-
tiers and as it smoOthed down it's ruffled
plumage, remarked
That snake came near
croakins me-"
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

Nickel He Tried to Save Dishonesty
Cost Him a Situation.

There are some people who seem to be
born to bad luck. Misfortune seems ~
shake hands with them at every turn in
their lives. A rising young man Oh the
North Side has had a distressing eAperi
ence lately which he attributes 20 a per-
petua evil genius which follows MIN.
Some time last fall when n a Clark
street cable car he became deeply lntcrto
ed in the paper which he had just bought
and paid his fare twice. AS soon as il
flashed across his mind he felt very fiat,
but determined to get it back some day.
Consequently from that time forth good
deal of his attention while on the street
cars was directed toward this end. This
laudable design was partly baked because
ne did not travel so much formerly,
having lost his situation. But a friend Of
his negotiated an opening for him.
One morning a week or so ago he was on
his way down slip into his berth, hav
ing nothing to do but introduce himself to
the proprietor. He felt in a very good hui
NOR and he bethought himself of mis- pur-
pose to recover the nickel. The car was
unusually crowded. He busted himself in
d newspaper and looked very demure. For
once al least in his life his perseverance
was rewarded. He got down without pay
ing anything. But he six eight
times on the point of giving up because of
the looks that his fellow passengers gave
him. There was portly gentleman seated
di1ectly opposite who seemed especially
indignant, but contrary to the young man 5
expecta tons he did not call the conductors
attention to him. He stepped off the car
at Washington street in better humor
than he had been in for months. Then he
stopped to have his shoes shined. This
done he hurried off to the office of his
prospective employer congratulating him
self that for once in his life he had eS-
capped his perennial bad luck. But his
cheerfuness faded into horror when on
appearing before the magnate he discov-
cred him to be no other than the man who
had sat opposite to him in the car. He did
not get the situation.-Chicago Times-Her-
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
AN ACCURATE IAN.
How an Effort to Be Sociable Turned
Out Badly.

Out Badly.
A mlddle-aged man who had made his
way through the mob of depot employees
VINO use this style of vocabulary was happy
10 ma the conductor the sleeping car
young man with gentle voice and a de-
nDerdte and refined manner. He was more
IMAM grained when he saw him, later on
the journey, take copy of one of the Latin
classics from his pocket and begin to read
Ills pleasure al the spectacle made him al
most forget that in his haste to catch the
Train ne had neglected to eat any lunch
con. Approaching the conductor, he en-
agreeable intercourse
Have you been on this road long?'' he
inquired
NO, the conductor answered, without
looking up. This is my first week"
DO you like the work?'
All labor is distasteful. But l endeavor
not TO allow my mind to dwell on the irk-
some phases of my duty
Inc conductor had not taken his eyes
from the book and his questioner aban-
doned all idea of sociability and proceeded
with the matter nearest to his heart.
"Will you tell me-" he asked, when and
Tor how long this train stops for dinner?'
Not at ALL.
Are you sure of that?' came the in
quiry in tones of protesting anguish
Yes, the gente-voiced conductor re-
piled, as he leisurely turned leaf II am
quite sure. The train does not eat.'-Wash-
ington Star
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
PIGEONS TO CARRY MESSAGES.
Advantages of Their Use For Rapid
Concentration of Naval Forces.

The twenty-third volume of proceedings
of the United States naval institute just
issued has among its contents several ably
written papers on subjects interesting to the
navy. Lieutenant E. w. Eberle contributes
paper on 'Homing Pigeons as Messengers
or the Fleet in which he refers to the adj
vantages and practical workings of a mes
senger pigeon service, and points out condi-
tons under which it may be used to the
Meet. In his paper Lieutenant Eberle says:
From its geographical surroundings Key
West Will become our most important pigeon
station on the Atlantic, and Port Townsend
which controls the Straits of Fuca and
entrance to Puget Sound will be the most
important on the Pacific. Port Townsend
station can control the entire entrance to
the Western possessions of Great Britain,
ana this would prove of great value in the
event of hostilities with that country.
The rapid concentration of naval forces
at the point of attack or the movement of
forces to intercept the enemy is only made
possible when we have system by which
we can communicate rapidly with the shore
station from long distances at sea, and the
messenger pigeon service is the only sys-
tenn by which we can obtain such commune
cation This service might be called, very
appropriately, telegraph system and
although its messages cannot be dispa tched
with the speed and absolute certainty of the
telegraph, yet the system has the advan-
tages of forwarding its messages from any
pCSlIlOn Wltnln DEFINITE limits, ana there
fore it is not necessary to seek the telegraph
station in order to send a message
In the event of hostilties many more
messages than those given in the above
ilustra lions would De sent in order to in
sure the receipt of important information
and if only one of the many little meSsen-
gers should arrive in time to enable our
fleet to vancouver so as to engage the
enemy before he could infiict appalling de-
struction of life and property upon some one
of our seaports, then this service would
prove itself most valuable to the govern
ment and well worth the small annual sum
required to main tain its efficiency.
1t requires but practical Illustration
to strike home and to open our eyes to the
merits of this service. Let single human
life be saved from shpwreck in a time of
peace, or let one 1naneuVer of the enemy 5
fleet be frustrated in the midst of war by
the timely arrival of of these swift
winged, trusty little carriers with its urgent
message, and all the country will realize the
value of a messenger pigeon service upon
the seas
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23

ing to the war departmenet, so come win
me anG We'll arrange it,
On the way the. president asked his age.
about his father. mother. family and other
kindly questions. Mr.. Lincoln procured at
once a war department furlough for 10 days
delivered 1t to the young man in person,
and with a warm goodby hand s!icke SAID:
My boy, l hope you will find your father
safely home again. after the war is over.
The New Jersey soldier boy was back
from the White House in less than TWO
hours, and with tears of gratitude told me
the simple story Of his interview with his
great hearted commander-in-chef."- New
York Tribune,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1898-03-23
Farmer Writer'S Mistake.

Old Farmer Writer'S son, being head
strong and full of visionary ideas ran
away from home when he was little more
than half grown. and for ID years the folks
at home heard nothing of him. Then the
name of Homer Witer began to appear in
the paper. He had made a great hit on
the stage, and was becoming famous
"Marthy," said the old gentleman to his
wife one evening, Il reckon | better find
out We're both mighty curi'us to know
whether it's our Homer. l never been in
no theater, and I bant got nuthin in COM
mon with them actor people! But l guess
I'll slip down there to the city 'ithout
sayin nuthin' to nobody and see if it's our
boy on the stage.
The mother tearfully approved, and nut
in anxious hours until the old man re-
turned lie looked disconsolate beyond
comforting, and it required good deal of
persuasive inquiry to draw him out
well, l might well make clean
breast of it, he said at last though
meant to break it to you kind of gentle
It's Homer 1 went there, and seen Fin
kickn' up all kinds of monkey shines |
never had no idee that livin man and
growed up could make such fool of his
self The people jest roared and laughed,
and it only seemed to make him foolsher.
| was never so 'shamed in my born days,
and l got away 'ithout telln' anybody who
| was He'll never mount to nuthin' in
the world, and We might well make the
best we kin of it..
But when Homer came home and paid off
the mortgage, ordered some new buildings,
hired two men for the farm and a woman
for the kitchen. the old folks began to sus-
pect that they might have made a mistake.
When he had them down 10 the city, biz
yards couldn't keep them away from the
theater.-Detroit Free Press.