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Evening journal., 1898-10-08
DIED.

BROoM.-On October 5, 1898, Miss S.
Cornelia Broom.
CONNELLY.-In this city, on the 9Th
instant, Michael Connolly.
PENNINGTON.-Lo Ewes Penning-
ton, entered into rest October 4, 1898
SESTERHENN.-In this city, on Octo-
ber 4, 1898, Christian F., infant son
of Christian f. and Lizzie II. Sester-
henn, aged months.
.STOECKIE.-O the Sd instant, Katie
wife of Harry J. Stoeckle, aged 81
years and days.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
oTHE SLEEPING CITY" ."

New York takes the palm for bigness,
and "The Sleeping City takes it in the
line OF huge theatrical successes, the
scenes, of which, this new wmelo-dramatic
production, are laid in the American
metropolis. The piece has a strong
plot and counterplot, is replete with
brisk action, bright fun, exciting stu
ations, thrilling incidents and powerful
climaxes, and requires the services OF
actors and actresses Of more than ordi-
nary ability. There are at least three
scenes that will stir audiences to The
depths and create the widest enthu
siasm. The play is sumptuously mount
ed with especially prepared elaborate
scenic and mechanical effects. A mum
Der Of bright specialties give added en-
joyment to this great play, which will
appear at the Opera House next Tues
| day night
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
TRoHMAN's LArEsT COMEDY.

Charles Frohman will present next
Monday night at the Grand Opera
House the comedy from the French of
Alexandra Biseon, called "On and OFF, "
which will then have it's first prOduc-
tion here This occasion will perhaps
mean more to Mr.. Frohman and to the
play-goers of Wilmington than many
that have gone before, for not only will
it be the premier presentation of the
comedy in this city-but 1t will signal
ize the first appearance of Charles
Frohman's New Madison Square The
atre Comedy Company, organized on
the stock system for permanent resi-
dence in the historic Madison Square
Theatre, New York city, for the per-
formance there of comedies exclusively
Every member of this company hae
long been in Mr.. Frohman's employ
and all have given evidence Of peri ri
artistic adaptabiity for the very lins
work that manager has now cut Oul
for them. Edward Holland, one OF
Americas very best all-round actors
heade the list, and then there are Fritz
Williams, Samuel Reed, Byron Douglas
James Kearney and Ruben Fax amonl
the male players. Beautiful Amelia
Bingham, dainty Katherine Florence
and clever Anita Roth are among The
women, the list Of which also includes
Maggie Fisher, May Lambert May Gall
yer and Augusta Close.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
FAIL STYLES DERBY HATS.

Now ready at Ross, 210 Market street.
All the leading fashionable shapes for
Fall and Winter. The best $500 Hat
in Wilmington, unexcelled for quality
and finish. Stetsons S4.O0 and $500
for $3.50 and $500. The best values ever
offered at S1.O0, S1.25 and S1.50. Prices
guaranteed the lowest Headquarters
for Fall and Winter Underwear. Agents
for Stearns and Eclipse Bicycles. New
Bicycle Department, second floor.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
GETTYSBURG, LURAY. NATURAL
BRIDGE, HOT SPRINGS, RICH
MOND AND WASHINGTON.


The next and last eleven--day per-
sonally conducted tour Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company to the battle
field of Gettysburg, Luray Caverns,
Natural Bridge Virginia Hot Springs
and the cities Of Richmond and Waeh-
ington will leave New York and Phila-
delphia in a special train of parlor cans
on Wednesday, October 10. The party
will be in charge of a tourist agent and
an experienced chaperon. A whole day
will be spent on the battlefield of Get
tysburg, a carriage drive with lectures
by an able guide being included in the
ticket. Ample time will be allowed at
Luray and Natural Bridge to view the
wondrous natural formations, and al
the Hot Springs over three days will be
spent. The season at this great Au-
tumn resort in the beautiful mountains
of Virginia will be at its height. Al
Richmond and Washington opportuni
ties will be presented to visit all th'
points OF interest under intelligen
guidance.
The round-trip rate. including al
necessary expenses, is S65 from New
York, S63 from Philadelphia, and pro
portionate rates from other points.
For detailed itinerary apply to Ticke
Agents; to Tourist Agent, 1886 Broad
way, New York; 7S9 Broad Street, New
ark, N. j., or address Geo. w. Boyd
Assistant General Passenger Agent
Broad Street Station, Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08

ING PUT IN Ti1ltM TO IUdL YOU
TO SLEEP.
HER FORESIGHT AND H1NDSIGTIT
On the West Side Of town there re-
sides a business man OF the Wayfarer's
acquaintance who has a habit OF going
on periodicals which are characterized
by extreme eextragagance inthe expendi-
ture of money. when he is happy him
self he wants the rest of the world to be
happy at mis- expense. His wife loves
him dearly, and, being a frugal wo-
man, it grieyes her to see him throw
ing away his money in that manner, be-
cause she knows that his circumstances
are not such as to justify It, to say
nothing OF the moral side OF the mat
ter.
One OF the features of the home Is
a small fre-proof safe, provided with a
combination lock- in which the subject
of this sketch keeps his ready cash.
Both he and his wife know the comb-
nation and have frequent occasion to
use it.
One day early this week the husband
made some heavy collections, placed
the money in the safe and celebrated
his good fortune by going off on a
spree. Fearing that he would waste the
money she opened the safe, changed
the combination and then lOcked it
When he went to the safe to load him
self with cash he found that the door
refused to open. lie worked and sweat.
ed and swore, but all to NO avail. The
safe withstood his assaults for two ol
three days, by which time he had con
cmded that he had better straighten M
and attend to business. When he was
sober he told his wife that he expect
ed he had better get an expert to opeI
the safe and repair the lock. Then sh'
confessed to him that SHE had changet
the combination on him. Lake a sen
sible man ne congratulated her upon
her foresight and requested her to &c
him the money as he wished to bank
and draw upon it to meet certain le
gitimate business demands. She wen
to the safe and discovered that sh
had forgotten the new combination
and am expert had to be called in, al
ter all.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
MARCHED LIKE VETERANS.

when the Delaware soldiers march
ed up Market street / watched them
with particular interest and was much
impressed with the precision OF Their
movement" said a prominent real es-
tate dealer to the Wayfarer. "Those
at the rear Of the column moved with
a swing and step as free and easy ae
those who were mp towards the head
where the music could be plainly heard
They were so we'll drilled that they
needed no music. 1t came natural K
them to march in excellent form, an'
/ heard many compliments bestowed
upon them"
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
SOUTH SIDE RUNAWAY.

A team belonging to the Charles
Warner Company ran away from the
Johnson Forge Company yesterday af-
ternoon. The horses proceeded up Lob
dell street to Chapel, where they were
caught by Driver James Dougherty, OF
the Liberty Fire Company's engine.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
TRY GgAIN-ol Try GRAIN-oy

Ask your Grocer to-day to show you a
package OF GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee. The
children may drink It without injury as
well as the adult. All who try II like H.
GfAlN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha or Java, but Il Is made from purc
grains and the most delicate stomach re-
ceives II without distress. a the price OF
coffee. l5c. and 25cts per package Sold
by all Crocers.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
HANSCOM'S.
Mistakes

Oh, yes, we make theml So
does everybody that neglects
taking advantage of our lib
eral weekly bargains. Y on
make a mistake by not tryi ng
our matchless coffees.
Java and Mocha, $50 lb.
Regal, soc lb.
Santora Blend, I5c lb.
HANSCOM'S, 7tSm msFf.. sRS street.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
TEACHERS 10 MEET

The monthly meeting Of the Primary
Teachers Association of this city will
be held on Monday afternoon at 4S0
O'Clock at school No 9. Daniel Batch
ellor Of Philadelphia, will make an ad-
dress.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
Administration of Estates
THE EQUITABLE
GUARANTEE and TRUST co.

is authorized to act as EXECUTOR
under Wills either alone or in con-
nection with the trusted friend Of
the Testator, and as ADMINS
TRAITOR under appointment by
Court Of estates Of decedents.
Also acts as GUARDIAN of Mi
nors and as TRUSTEE to execute
all kinds of Trusts.
In addition to the Company itself
executing these Trusts IT ALSO
BECOMES SURETY ON THE
BONDS OF INDIVIDUALS Exc
CUTTING THE SAME.
Correspondence and consultation
invited.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08

$1,000 Sack Suits. These
are our popular
$1,000 prices. We have
good serviceabie
SO. 90 suits as low as S.,
$3.50 and $S. We
have finest imported Cheviots
and Worsteds at SIS and $40,
but at first named prices we sell
more suits than at any others.
Black and blue Cheviots, Fancy
Worsteds and Cheviots, neat
Mixed Cassimeres and Worsteds
New Fall styles of cloth and
cut, solid work and trimmings.
Black cutaway and sack suits
for dress. $40 to $25 for cut
aways, SIS to $15 for sacks.
Every suit guaranteed to be
worth the money and to give
you satisfaction in every way.
Evening journal., 1898-10-08
WAYFARER' S NOTE BOOK
Things, Pleasant and Unpleas.
ant, Caught on the Way.
sKITs ON PERSONS AND THINGS

F YOU READ TEEM BEFORE SUP
PER THEY WILL AID YOUR DI-
GESTION, BUT THERE IS MOTH
ING PUT IN THEM TO 1ULL YOU
TO SLEEP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
A WOMAN GAME WARDEN,
She Isn't Afraid of Indians, but is
Shnky as to Cows.

She Isn't Afraid of Indians, but is
Shnky as to Cows.
From the st. Louis Republic.
Miss Annie Metcalf Of Denver, has lust
Teen appointed as warden on the staff of
Game Commissioner Swan Of Colorado
Miss Metcalf Is well qualified for the pract-
cal duties Of the position. She is an expert
rife and revolver shot and can handle most
weapons as dexterously as any man. She
is also a clever horsewoman and as a dar-
ing. dashing rider Is without an equal
among her sex in the state. She has broken
vicious broncos, and nothing delights her
r.ore than to tackle QUICKER that has
ard revolvers, red Indians vicious bronchos
and wild beasts have no terrors for the
young woman, the sight of COW is enough
to give her nervous prostration.
Yes" she said, Il cannot deny 1t; am
ieathly afraid of a COW and would ride
fcrther to get out of the road of one than
would from a band of redskins. 1 do not
fear mice in the least, like some women
but cow Is my worst enemy. If should
be sent out to Routt county to fight In
dams or run down game violators, Mr.
Swan would have to give me a guarantee
that there were no cows in the vicinity or
l would hesitate about going. I was
chased by a cow about two weeks ago and
had hdeous experience. 1 ran an awful
ways and had to climb telegraph pole"
There is only one other woman game
warden in the United States. Her name is
Mrs. Warren Neal, and she serves on the
staff OF the game commissioner OF Michi-
gan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
Clothes.
From the COrnhill Magazine.


I have always liked the story of the old
fellow, who at home dressed badly, because
every one knew him, and badly when he
travelled because no one knew him. He
was one of the few men who have had
courage to dress to please themselves.
Most OF US dress to please other persons.
and even then, 1t must be added, rarely
succeed. The late Prof. Fawcett objected
on principle to make himself uncomfort-
able by dressing for dinner, but he had a
very charming way of disarming criticism
and propitiating his hostess. He had up
stairs, he would assure her. an excellent
dress suit, for which he had paid a high
price. and IL it would be any satisfaction
to the company his secretary would bring
ii down and display 1t. But one has to be
a Prof. Fawcett to carry off such an lido
syncrasy as this At many dinner parties
the guests have been asked much on
account of their clothes as their wit-the
man without a wedding garment in the
parable apparently had no compromising
distinction of intellect.
A good dinner story tells how Dean STAN
ley once arrived at table with one side of
his collar Tapping in the air. During the
meal his hostess asked him IL he was
aware OF its condition and IL he would like
any assistance in rectifyfhs 1t. "Oh. no."
he replied. genially, 1T broks while / was
dressing. 1 don't mind. Do your" These
are the men one envies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK.
ProOf That There Never Was Such a
Parsonage.


Parsonage.
From the st. Louis Glo,.e Democrat
Since the invention of printing it has be-
come increasingly difficult to transmit a
story subject to the laws of growth be-
cause the original statement is permanent
and easily accessible. One story, however
has seized on the imagination of the peo-
pie and fourished since the eighteenth GEN.
fury precisely as the old stories grew. The
story Of the Man in the Iron Mask" is al
most entirely destitute Of foundation.
Voltaire first gave the story currency
about 100. In the supplement to his Steele
de Louis XIV he sets down some bits of
gossip about the court. Among these ne
nints that a very important person was
detained at the Bastile whose identity was
carefully concealed and his features always
covered by a mask. Afterward the idea
OF an unknown prisoner behind an Iron
mask took possession of the imagination
o. the French people. and in this century.
Dumas the elder and DuBoisgobey have
constructed ingenious romances on the
story. NJ. -Yung has spent much time and
labor to prove that the Iron mask con-
cealed Lorraine adventurer hired to
poison the king. Various serious writers
have amused themselves with conjectures
as to the identity Of the prisoner. the ia
vorite theory being that he was a twin
brother of Louis XIV. whose appearance
might raise embarrassing questions of
primcgeniture. The notion that he was serv-
ed In great state by the governor CT the
prison only was a favorite fiction.
Examination proves that all the prisoners
committed to the prison are accounted for
by death or discharge: that 1.-THE plate
thrown out with a message scratched on
it, was not thrown from the Bastile but
from another prison by Huguenot. and
that a number of prisoners were allowed
to walk on the rampartS for exercise wear
ing not iron masks but hoods covering the
neck and shoulders and obscurng the face,
for fear that If they were recognized from
below excitement might be caused among
the populace who were favorable to them.
But a few years ago in prisons In French
country towns this favor of walking on
the walls i'm disguise was allowed to female
prisoners.
In brief there never was n Man in the
Iron Mask" there not even an iron
is the power of the imagination that this
man who never had a local habitation
name is as real to the people OF France
to the peasants OF Wales, where 1t is dan
gerous to express doubt that he once
reigned over Britain. Some Frenchmen be-
lieve that the mysterious prisoner was a
son of Anne of Austria and Cardinal MAJ
arin: others that he Monmouth. the
illegitimate son of Charles III of England:
others that he was a son of Oliver Crom
well. The story suits the French imagina-
ton well that the French people refuse
TO give 1t up. 1t has wider acceptance
than ii would receive If ii were true. At
the same time, the French are not an i'm
aginative nor a credulous people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
TREASURE SEEKING IN PARIS.
Belief That Great Treas
ures Are Hidden in the City.

Widespread Belief That Great Treas-
ureS Are Hidden in the City.
From Chambers Journal
Some Parisians are actually kept from
wandering by conviction that there is hid
den treasure behind the walls or beneath
the flooring, or in the chimney nook, or
under the roof
You are told that during the numberless
sieses to which Paris has been subjected.
and the internal revolutions it has under
gone, there exists not cellar or a garnet
out mas become the receptacle of some part
OF the immense riches accumulated in re-
llgious houses and old families There is.
perhaps. nothing irrational in the supposi-
tlon That in the good old times when con-
vents were made the repositories not only
OF the secrets Of the aristocracy but of the
ram1ly jewels likewise, instances must have
ecu. red wne c n these deposit were buried
and remain undiscovered, together with the
treasure of the confraternity. But human
Iolly mas or late years exalted this rational
possibility into dazzling certainty. Every
means is now resorted to. and more gold
and precious time expended than the most
valuable treasure could repay in order to
seize the secret which still resists discovery
w nile you OF the matter-of-fact, plodding
Anglo-Saxon race are toilng and broiling
In Australia and California searching for
gold. we gold seekers of Paris ind it here
beneath our feet In the old quarters of the
Vile, where gold is teening in greater
pleLty tran amid the rocky powders of
California, or beneath the soil of Ballarat"
Fald Dhcasse, tie great treasure seeker
AS ii to mock this feverish and never
ceasing chase. not one of the great tradi-
tfonal treasureS-Of which four are believed
to exist-has been yet brought to light, al
though now and then some token is vouch-
safed of their real existence. From time to
time, for instance, the tradition Of the
famous treasure buried by Napoeon's
order, on his hurried departure from the
Tutleries before Waterloo, Is justified by
the turning up in all parts of the palace
garden of gold pieces and silver crowns.
The boles Of the elm trees down the middle
alley of the garden were all marked with
hierog.yphc signs, which. ceasing at certain
points, began again on the lime trees of the
Terrace of the Feuilians But the elm tree
where these signs began and the lime tree
on which they have ended have been up
rooted and the soil all about them turned
over without avail. Then during the lay
Ing out Of the Bots de Boulogne great in
terest was excited by the fencing Off of
portion of the wood close to the Pre- Cate
Ian. and ransacking Of this small spot for
month, under the superintendence Of
government officer, while crowds waited
anxiously outside the line to see one of the
forty workmen strike upon the golden de-
posit confidently believed to have been
buried there by Fouche, Duke of Otranto.
The hoard Is actually calculated as part Of
the family wealth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01

ilarity of experience make them sympa-
thetic with a brother officer. Each should
col slider the difficulties of the other. The
officer on his part should not forget that
these who legislate for the army and those
who ask for legislation must consider pub
lie opinion. and the necessity of finding
some way to reconcile the demands of dis
cfpine with American conceptions of the
ciSnity of the individual man. The meth
DDS of peremptory punishment for minor
offenses. said to prevail in. the German
army, cannot be permitted here, or any
approach to them. Officers must reckon
with public opinion. whether they will or
not. and now that the army Is under the
searchlight of yellow journalism they may
be sure that the slightest departure from
the straight and narrow path of regula-
tempest about their ears. The situation
Is one that can be met only by the wise
and prudent management which tests the
quality of an officer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
The Hills of God.

We tourneyed through the iowiand shadows.
Though the dull, dull mist and the rain:
Oh, chilling the fogs Of the marshes
And the winds from the lonely plain!
ana our hearts grow sick with longing
:, For the beautiful paths .untrod,
For We know that away above us
Stretch the glad green Hills Of God.
Our feet are chained to the valley.
We Pillow and we SOW and reap:
Tnere are strtfes and tolls for the MONDAY
Ana q grave where at night we sleep.
But something speaks within us;
Look away from the spade and the clod
y soul. look up for thy birthright,
And away to the Hills Of Godi
In the winds that sweep their SUBMITS
Is healing for all thy Ills;
Up. mp! TIL thou feel the CURRENT
There II help there IL help In the hills.
Let darkness aRd sore disaster y
But sunder thee from the sod
And know thou shalt thrive In the sunlfehf ;
That crowneth the Hills Of God"
q W. BRONSON. in Boston Transcript
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
Up With the Emperor.
From London Sketch,

1 heard the other morning in a railway
carriage an amusing story with regard to
English and German jack-tars that was
new to me. 1t was told of the members of
the crews of two ships engaged In the re-
cent blockade OF Crete. These tars were
engaged in festal gathering ashore, and
one Of the Germans proposed the health of
his omniscient emperor, which was duly
drunk in rum by the assembled party of
both nationalities. Presently the English
boatswain suggested that the name of her
most gracious majesty should be toasted
with similar honors, but the tars of the
fatherland received the proposal with a
chilling silence. Amt you a-goin' to drink
the queens heafth?" came the English in
Quiry. "Nein, nein." was the Germanic re-
Spouse. Now. then. boys" exclaimed the
boatswain; Il don't want no unpleasant-
ness. but We can't have this, you know:
'taint fair. Take yer time from me: two
fingers down yer threats and up comes The
bloomin' emperor" 5.5-9s,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-01
The English Woman JOurnalist.
fb, E,rtntobxr~ D~.f.,u


The really successful women Journalists
successful, that is to say, from a mascu-
line and not a merely feminine standpoint
can be counted on the fingers of one hand.
Nor, as far as one can see, is this likely
ever to be different. The supposed free
dom Of journalists life, with it's possible
literary introductions. is at least as attrac-
tive to young men as 1t is to young women;
and which sex will In the long run prove
best able to withstand the inevitable
strain and unwholesome conditions of the
Journalists life? If woman cannot do
night work. and regular night work, the
prizes Of Fleet street are not for her
do not say that she may not make a living
but she will have to content herself with
a kind of journalism far enough removed
from literature-with the chatty article, or
nots, the Home Notes, the Nursery Chats
and the hundred-and-one scrappy periodI-
Gals which have so successfully hit off the
taste of the rising generation that they bid
fair to reduce England once again to a con-
dition of illiteracy. Indeed, there is a deep
er depth still.
What shall be said of the journalistic
tout. unconnected with even the most
ephemeral of newspapers. who lives by
bouncing upon little scraps of Information.
and hawking them round the different
newspaper Offices, eking out, heaven knows
how, the precarious existence doled out to
her In shillings and half crowns by the
shrewd business manager? Is that a life
which commends itself to an educated wo-
man?