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The New South., 1898-01-15

Says the San Francisco Gall; In
Moxico The laws delays are loss yexa.
tioua than IN tho United States. In
decd, ono heare nothing at all about
delay in the administration Of Mexican
Iuatiee. A short time ago paymaAter
went down into Sonora with bctwten
10000 and $1,000. !Ia aioppsdL bgar
night af ranch, whore he was robbed
snd murdered. Tho robbers were
caught by the local police, but the
magistrate discharged them. Then
tho Government took hand In the
affair. The robbers were caught
again and shot immediately. The
magistrate who had acquitted them
wan also shot. The watchman AZ
whose house the robbery occurred
waa shot. Some distant accessories
after the factwere shot. Inall sixteen
mon were shot.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The initiative Japs have concluded
that, as England, France and other
countries send cruisers abroad to pro-
tect the interests Of their subjects,
Japan ought TO do the same. Hence,
according to Maiuichi, a leading Toxic
paper. ''one or two war ships win be
dispatched to American waters in the
course Of the next year" II will bs
novel sensation for this country te
be overawed in that fashion, but VIZ
ahall continue to indulge in the hum.
bio hope that Japan win temper jus.
tice with mercy and not shoot until
Uncle Sam has had ample chance to
apologize.
The New South., 1898-01-15

In her day New York has been, in
disputably, one of the ugliest cities in
the world. Happily, she has appar-
emily become conscious of her fault,
for Of late she has shown unmistaka-
BILE evidences Of her desire to grow in
loneliness; but there are as yet many
blois and blotches upon her face that
must be sobliterated before she can
hope to be considered thing of beauty.
Chief among her disigurements ranks
TIE typical New York house that sprang
into existence during the early COS
and multiplied apace well on into sstha
'70s. Its ngly exterior boasts, with
mistaken pride, of possessing q
''brownstone front and high stoop;"
rising in cramped pretension four
stories in the air from its scant twenty
one-foot lot. It's yet uglier interior
has for predominant characteristics a
narrow hall, with an aggressive flight
of stairs that all but slap one in the
face each time one enters the front
door; long, high, narrow drawing
room that reminds one forcibly of a
bowling alley, punotuated by couple
of marble mantelpieces, sometimes
white, usually black or mottled yell
low, furnished with skimpy CRATES;
shallow dining room, where gas
burns constantly, and the one dingy
bath room that is supposed to serve
for the entire household OF four
story domicile. illustrated American.
The New South., 1898-01-15

'sThe Court Testers Of England" Is
the title of an article by Amelia Wof-
ford in St. Nicholas. The author says
of the jester Of Charles l.:
Muckle John was the last Of the
court testers. Tom Killigrew, Master
of the Revels, Groom of the Bed
chamber, is often spoken OF assjester
to Charles H., but there is no ahthor-
ity to support thisclaim. He was q
companion of the king, he used his
tongue with the license Of the jest9F
Of old, but he had never an official
appointment to that Office. Some eF
fort was made. during Charles s reign to
restore the jester, but it failed.
The protests OF Sir Philip Sidney
and other grave writer's Of his time
against all fools were not without ef-
feet, but the rule Of the Commonwealth
was mainly responsible for the bans
ishment Of the court fool. They were
especially against the fools Of tie
stage, and SO pIaywrights omitted
them from their list Of characters long
before their disappearance from the
court, Bhadwell's play Of 'sThe
Woman Captain 1880 is probably
the last in which regular fool apss
pears. The character Of fool was well
liked by the old playwrights, and ia
several OF the old plays his disappeaf-
ance is bewaiied.
As has been said, the custom Of
keeping fools was common to AL classe{
The New South., 1898-01-15

This pcrsieteney with which men do
niare that they have seen a aea serpent
Ia eaualea only by the rersisteney
uilh which they are disbelicyed by
men who have never seen one, observes
tho New York Timca. Now the qnes-
Zion ia this, how are We ever going TO
know whether thero is sea serpent
or not? The people who have never
soon ono an declare that there is no
sueh thing. and those who say they
have seen enc are promptly called uu-
nitigatod fabriealora. And thoro the
ease seems likely TO rest through all
time.
The New South., 1898-01-15

Thomas A. Edison announces that
his new system Of recovering by cleo
trical means the iron contained in low
grade ore is now practical success.
His works near Dover. N. J., are now
producing daily 1000 70 1900 tons Of
almost chemically pure iron. The
orc contains only about twenty-five
per cent. Of iron and il would not pay
for handling by the ordinary methods.
His process, in brief. consists ofblast-
Ing the ore from the mountain sides,
and then, by means Of steam shovels
and miniature railway cars, conveying
il TO massive crnshers, where il is
broken up and passed on 20 other
mills, 10 be pulyeriged. The powder
Ii thcn allowed TO pass in close prox.
Unity 10 clectro.magness. which de-
tlccs the iron to one side, and non
rnetallic matter falls 70 the other side
BY gravity. From the time The ore is
blasted till il is resolved into this me-
tallic form and compressed into hfi-
quettes for shipment, The process is
entirely autolnatic.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The Times q India declares thes
ea.drinking is tho curse Of Thibet.
seTho people. 4 says, ''hayc sneh m
inaatiablo craving for the beverage
tiat they win sell their houses, their
fiocka. their very children, 70 procure
It. II ever mn apostle appears il
Thibot 70 regenerate the Nation, he
will have 70 preach a crusade In favor
Of whialsy-drinking in order 70 woan
sha inhabitantsf from the national vice. .
The New South., 1898-01-15
The Turks were Indepenaent.

The Constantinople correspondent
of the Frankfort zeitung reports that
Prince Mavrocordato, on arriving at
Constantinople to take part in the
drawing up of the final treaty OF peace
between his country and Turkey, was
exposed to such indignities at the
hands Of the Turkish customs officials
that he ordered his vessel to return to
Athens, and that only the urgent re-
monstrences of his friends finally pre-
vailed upon him to countermand the
order.
The New South., 1898-01-15
PiTH AND POINT.


sWhat's veal, Benny?'' "0h. it's
the part OF the cow we eat before she
grows up"
"Hipperton says he won't marry
any one but widow" II hope he
won't marry mine. - Indianapolis
Journal.
Hewitt Why didn't you laugh at
that Joke when told it?a Jewett--
~ don't believe in laughing at an old
friend. Truth.
She--"Why is il called the silver
moon?'p He--"Because it comes in
halves and quarters, / suppose. -
Chicago News.
Minister-sI once performed three
wedding ceremonies in twelve min
ntes." Miss Saylor--stThat was at
the rate Of fifteen knots an hour. =
Tit-Bits.
Spogs WAS it not disgraceful, tho
way in which Smiggs snored in church
to-day" Stuggs-sT should think it
was. Why, he woke us all up
Tit;Rits. Bits
Friend-"What did / see? Not a
single bouquet at your debut?" "Oh,
that fool OF gardener didn't under
stand me, and sent them to my house"
- Fliegende Blatter.
TT is predicted that the battles of
the future will be fought IN the air. !"
s'That won't work; no man can be
heroic in battle unless he can get be-
hind tree. Chicago Record.
sHe devoted his immense fortune
tp the perpetuation Of his memory"
"You don't say so?" Eyes, he left it
in such a shape that every dollar will
be litigated over. Detroit Journal.
"Well, my son, how are you getting
along at college?" asked the anxious
father. s.They call me Ihenom.,
governor. / started in as substitute
and now I'm full Detroit
Free Press.
Bostonian-- rs this friend that you
wish to bring to dinner much of q
raconteur?" Chicago Man--"Blamed
If + know; but say, you'll die laughin'.
If we can get him to tellin' stories. -
Cleveland Leader.
s'I am afraid that acters sometimes
deceive us about the salaries they
get" remarked the mild-mannered
citizen. "No, replied the keen OBJ
server; "they may think they do; but
they don't. " Washington Star.
sWhat know about riding
Wheel" said the scorcher, would
fiji a book. 4" EYES," said the police-
man who had gathered him in, s'and
what you don't know about it would
soon fill themorgue. Chicago News.
Moneyworth--"Why will the news.
papers publish columns of the revolt
ing details of murders? Here I've
wasted two good hours reading
through this mass Of trash about the
last one." - Philadelphia North
American.
Landlady--"The price Of this room
is thirty marks. VIII that suit you2".
Student" Perfectly. Landlady-
''Then You can't have it. A man who
meekly accepts such an exorbitant
price, obviously does not intend to
pay his bill "-Fiegends Blatter.
The New South., 1898-01-15

' Tho extraordinary progress which
American electric science has achieved
tn recent years IL substantially attest
"a ~ tho facl that etreet railway eyA.
sems during ibepast decade have been
nonatrnctoa by American electric 60
gsneers IN London, Dublin, Bristol
Coventry, Paris, Berlin. HAMBURG.
rrusaels. Ais Ia. chapelle. Dresden,
Yienna and Iladapesi.
The New South., 1898-01-15

Tho history of Hartford, Conn, IL
10 be written by dozen or 20 local
writer's for publication IN book q
about $50 pages. for use in The public
schools Of the city. The scheme orig.
mated with Principal W. + Twitchell
of one Of the schools, who thought
that tie children ought 70 know the
interesting aud instructive story d
their own home.
The New South., 1898-01-15

Brides are not the only ones who
seek some lucky token for their mar
riage habiliments. One OF the most
aristocratic Of bridgerooms went to
the altar wearing pair of socks that
were knitted forty years ago, and
which had already figured in two we'd
dings, both so far abundant in happi-
ness. The socks have gone into
camphor retirement for the use Of
future grandsons. " Nashington Star,
The New South., 1898-01-15

America is the greatest poetry
producing country on the face of thc
globe. A glance through the files OF
the suburban newspapers confirms
what is intimated by the city press. II
was always so, declares the New York
Times, from the time of the publica-
ton OF 'sThe Female Poets Of Maine, !"
down to the urban imitators Of Brown.
ing and Kipling. In other languages,
rhythm is the essential element to
verse; in America il is rhyme. Poets
here can't set along without 1t. To
rhyme gracefully; that is. without too
great distortion of pronunciation.
should be the youthful poets frss
study. For, no matter how harmoni-
GUS his phrasing, how grammatical his
construction, il he can't make certain
words jingle. he hears from the critics.
There are certain books published.
written by certain gentlemen, who
possess large vocabulary aud a
musical ear, called Rhyming Diclion.
aries. With these volumes in better
circulation, there is no reason why
America should not break her own
record.
The New South., 1898-01-15

The View York Independent gathers
irom the report q tho Government
experts who have been Investigating
The agricultural possibilities ot Alaaka
that there Is bare chance that
enough crops may ba grown 70 sus-
tain It's own population, but that the
markets of the world will MOI be scsi-
ously affected by any exports from
Alaska
The New South., 1898-01-15
Sow Is lhe lima . aubserlI,e.

The baroneis 81 England are abont
% hold meeting ia London % pfoteet
their rights snd seek redress ior their
grievances. IL xiew oi tho recent de-
rision according children, during The
legal life q peers, the title q honor
able and giving them precedent after
che younger children 81 baFons and
ahead of baronefs.
The New South., 1898-01-15

r'sce was Donald's own. Then, had
tnefo been any one at leisure 10 look
at her. might have been, seen blue.
brdecked gisl standing on the seas,
steadying herself with one hand on
Dvnaid Grants ehenlder, waving q
crimson flag like mad. and shouting
Harvard with ali The force and
music IL her fresh Young voice.
.~
II feel AZ IL I had done II all. " she
almost sehbed. turning 10 Donald
With tears Ia her eyes as we'll as her
veice. Her hlns Gag was nowhere tc
be snen, the gloves wore rolled into q
hard little ball, Abe poor innocent yio-
lets sxodden under foot, her hand war
on his arm. his eyes looking down
into hers.
t'yoa darling,~ he whispered, as
they struggled through The crowd,
making II his excuse for clasping The
little bare, cold hand. and feeling as
il they were all alone in the world, in.
stead of being in the midst Of twenty
four thousand disgusted people. going
home in tho blank disappointment d
tied game.
BY the time Miss Duer and her es-
cort had reached the gate they had
forgotten that they had ever had other
companions than at the present mo-
ment. Mr.. FORESTER making vain
efforts to reach the seat where he had
every reason to suppose his fair
charge was awaiting him, and Donald's
uncle and cousin, with whom he was
to dine, had alike ceased to exist. II
was dark when they boarded bliss.
fully crowded car; there are unlimited
opportunities for confidential coversa.
ton when packed like sardines in an
overloaded electric.
Kathleen cannot yet understand
how it all came about. There were
broken words, a good deal about un.
worthiness, little about poverty,
some more--but now from the other
side--about unworthiness; then little
bursts Of ecstacy, interspersed with alb
solutely unneeded explanations.
The coming home took SO little time,
and it had seemed so far to gol Har-
ward had not won, and when they re-
membered to think OF that they
grieved; but one Harvard man had
won, and il al the vide world there
was no room for grief. e ~
Poor old dufferr' Donald said,
I'm sorry for hint but Kath-
leen interrupted cheerfully.
That's the very reason you needn't
be sorry for him, Don. If he were
young it would be different, but he's
SO dreadfully old that he must have
had lots Of love affairs in his life.
When o mans almost forty he can't
care much for anything''
Would Mr.. Forester, driving home
alone, the blue rug carefully folded on
the seat before him -one is apt to be
neat at almost forty-the blue velvet
case unopened in his waiscoat pocket,
a single blue flag lying across his
knees. have agreed with her?
"Aunty," Kathleen cried, bursting
open the door OF the drawing
ssmay / ask Don to stay to dinner?'
"Donl" Mrs. Wolcott repeated,
bewildered, Fl thought-where is
Mr.. Forrester?''
II - we - lost him somewhere,
Aunty.'
'Lost himl' exclaimed Mrs. VOL
colt.
"What has become of your violets,
Kathleen?n asked one cousin.
where in the world is your neck
tic Kff9n craenad tha nthar
The New South., 1898-01-15
4 CRIMSON VICTORY.

r. FOKRESJER
had not found his
drive from the
city out 10 Sold
iers' Field rs
agreeable as he
had expected.
X a / h | e Q n
Duer, smiling up
on him in prefer
ence to any one
Of the crowd Of
The New South., 1898-01-15

r'sce was Donala's own. Then. had
taefo been any one at leisure 70 look
at her, might lisva been, seen hlue-
bcaecked aisi standing on the sea{,
steadying herself With one hand on
Dpnsid Grants ehenlder, waving q
crimson flag like mad, and shouting
Harvard with ali The force and
music ot her fresh yonng voice.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14
IT IS TO YOUR PROFIT
TO HAVE A DELMARVIA
TELEPHONE.

1t is to your advantage to have
good service. Why pay Tor poo,
service when the best costs nc
more1 Stop and consider wha,
you have been compelled to pay
while the telephone was in the
hands Off monopoly. What kind
OF service were you given1 Would
your ratehave been reduced ? New
en- Would it have increased ?
Possibly.
These are sober thoughts for the
telephone subscribers to consider
when offered are ductionto continue
with the corporation who forced
them to pay high rates and subject
ed them to petty snnoyances. The
Delmarvia is not foreign corpor-
alton but Home Company. Pa.
tronize home industry and you will
best serve your interests. Order a
Delmarvia Phone put in at once
You will receive immediate atten.
ton by addressing
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14


burning in the woman's breast she had
come to regard 1t as her right to say to
whom her prinoeling should tender,
when the time came. the heart and hand
that she had held in fancy as only hers
to bestow.
And he had dared to look with eyes
of love upon another, and now had
dared to say to her that not one word
would he believe Of her aspersion of the
girl he loyedi 1t stung her to quick re.
sentiment, to one supreme effort to re-
gain her old ascendenoy. Far down the
row toward the east front the slender
form of the fair young girl could be
seen. She had we'll nigh reached the end
of the walk. 1t was too early for the
band, too soon after the midday meal
for the ladies to appear upon the piaz.
zas. Only few children were chasing
about the gray green carpet of the pa.
rade, only few nursemaids and baby
carriages were visible, lazily trundling
along the sunlit path. Not a man was
in sight about the great quadrangle.
The barracks were silent and deserted
The guard maintained over the few
general prisoners had been drawn with.
in the wooden prison. Grace Maynard
was alone with her brother, weakened
as he was by wounds and suffering and
mental Worry, and it might be her last
opportunity.
Ronald" she exclaimed in tragic
resumption of the old, almost forgotten
tone of mingled amaze, distress and hor.
ror with which erring little boys are
made to vaguely realize that they have
been guilty of some objectionable crime,
Ronald, you never, never would have
dared to say such words to me were our
father still alive''
Grace, he answered, with fire burn
ing in his deep eyes. 'you would never
have dared to speak so of such a girl in
his presence. and I'll never listen to it
from you or any one again"
She had sprung to her feet, barely
listening to him now, and was gazing
with dilated eyes in the direction the
girl had taken.
You won't listenr" she cried in
:ones Of mingled wrath and triumph
You won't believe the sister who loves
md would stand between you and de.
cit. Well, then-look"
And, looking as she pointed, Ronald
Maynard saw that tall man in civilian
lress had suddenly issued from behind
he last house on the row and was bend
ng eagerly, closely over the dropping
read Of Nathalie Baird.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14
PTER VII

Nathalie, DEAR" said Mrs. Barry
looking up from her sofa a day or two
later, cit is high time you were indulg
ing in new gown and spring hat.
Why don't you drive to town with Mrs.
Freeman one of these warm afternoons!
She'd only be too glad to take you and
help you, and you'll be surprised to see
what pretty things you can get or have
made here in Cheyenne.
The girls color, ever betraying, came
and went, leaving her even paler than
before. She turned away as though
searching for book and for moment
made no reply.
II know how self denying you are,
Nathalie, but think, dear, a young girl
like you should not be so aggressiyely
plain in her dress, and while your jack
ct and hat are all very we'll for winter
our bright days are here now and there
are warm hours in the sunshine no INIT.
ter how cold it grows toward night.
You're not sending money home. are
your
'Im-Ive been helping dress Cousin
Ruth, faltered the girl.
but that isn't right, Nathalie, child,
and your uncle is the last man to allow
1t, If indeed he knows of It. Your little
salary should 60 to keeping you nicely
dressed and in laying up for a rainy
day. The major told me you had put
most of 1t in the bank. Do they allow
you interest on it? Forgive me, dear. /
don't wish to intrude on your personal
affairs, but you've become very dear to
me, Nathalie, and I cannot see you
pinching and denying yourself if it be
to provide for others who are quite as
well able to take care of themselves as
You are; more SO, fear, for you are not
looking bit we'll of late"
No answer, but the girls face was
sverted, and she was trembling now from
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14
raoyvsdtjyhsgJ % EnswH141 M1Je

1t was q better regiment in every
way, much as they had all loved "Old
Catnip, as they called the colonel, who
led them in the days of their exile, but
who, lucklessly, was too often and dis
astrously led by his wife. The new
commander, like the modern Tommy
Atkins, was "every inch soldier and
every inch man" and though Mrs.
Atherton loved cozy chat with her
cronles as much as any woman alive
she had lived and moved and had her
being in wider social circles too long
not to have learned the golden rule Of
silence. Several objectionables had been
eliminated in the course Of years, some
by transfer to other arms of the service
be it understood, one or two to other
spheres and still Buxton fingered
among the men and Mrs. Turner among
the women, and if ever there lived
lady blessed with unbounded confidence
in the infallibility of her opinions and
The unerring rectitude of her intentions
it was that same Mrs. Frances Turner.
Other women there were, of course,
to circulate her views, but in bold, in.
spring originality of conception there
was none to equal her. Mrs. Turner
might not be alone as disburser Of
reglmental gossip, but, as Lieutenant
Blake was heard to say, she could start
more in minute than could be stopped
in month.
And now Mrs. Raymond was actually
disturbed and jealous because of new,
sudden and mysterious intimacy that
had sprung up between the friend of her
bosom and the hitherto impressive and
unapproachable Miss Maynard. From
meeting only formally and semioccasion-
ally there had developed an unlocked
for and apparently unquenchable desire
for each others company, and where
Mrs. Turner used to be dropping in on
Mrs. Raymond any morning after her
toilet was completed for the day she had
taken to bustling by en- route to Mrs
Stannard's, never SO much as stopping
at the Raymonds' to explain the mean
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14
THE 26TH DAY OF MARCH, 1898,
at 2 O'clock p. m,

the following described real estate, Viz
All that certain lot or piece of land vii
three-storicd brick dwuling-huus.
thereon erected, situate la the city Of Viii
mington, Delaware, bounded and dc
scribed as follows, to wi:
Beginning on the casteily side of King
street, ut n corner OF lands formerly of DR.
William A. White, Mt the di.tanco Of .
feet from tho north side of Sixth street
Qa'c Hannvcr); thence south So degrees
east 20 fsut to stake by feet wide alley
extending to Six street: thence along
said alley north 81 degrees east 20 feet to n
stake; thence north IS degrees west 50
feet to King rect; thence along King
street south 81 degrees west 90 feet to the
place of beginning, DO the contents thereof
more or less
Seized and taken in execution Us the
property of Charles W. Horn and Emma
M. Horn. his wife, mortgagors and IT. s
and to be sold by
WILLIAM r. Finn, Sheriff.
eheriffs ONCE. Wilmington. Delaware,
March 8, 1893.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-03-14

the following described real estate. viz
All that certain lot. piece or parcel o
land with the brick dwelling -hous,
thereon erected situate in the City OF vii
nington aforesaid, bounded and described
rs follows, to wit:
Beginning ut pcaAt on tho westerly
side Of VanBuren street, at tho distance
Of 1856 feet nOrtherly from the northerIy
side Of Eighth street.; thence westerly and
parallel with Eighth street and passing
through the centre OF the party wall be.
tween the house on this lot and the house
adjoining on the south las feet to n corner
thence northerly and parallel with VaI,
Buren, street 25 feet to another corner
thence easrerly parallel with Eighth
street las feet to the said westerly side Of
Van Buren, street, and thence thereby
souther1y 25 feet to the place Of beginning
be the contents thereof what they may.
Seized and taken in execution AZ the
proper Of Israel w. Gibnoy and Helen
+. Gibney, his wife lnortgagors, and IT,
md to be sold by a.
WILLIAM r. FLIEN, Sheriff.
Saeriff's Office, Wilmington, delaware.
March 9, 1898.