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Evening journal., 1898-04-18
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Notice Is hereby given that Letters Of
Administration were I'm due form OF law
day of April, A. j. 1898. land that al
persons having claims against the estate
OF the deceased must present the same.
duly atteated. 20 the said administrator
on or before the 1ith day OF April, 1899 or
abide the Act OF Assembly IN such case
ROBERT HI.AKLEY,
Administrator.
Address, Henry Clay p. o., Delaware.
Evening journal., 1898-04-18
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGIsTER's ORDER.

REGIBrEH'S OFFICE,
New Castle County, Del, April H. 1893.
Upon the application Of Robert Blakleyl
OF Emma Blakloy late OF
Chrlstinna hundred, IN said county de-
ceased, Il Is ordered and directed by the
Register. that tho administrator aforesaid
give notice Of granting OF Letters Ot Ad-
ministfntlon upon tho estate OF tho do
ceased. with tho date OF granting thereby
by causing ndvertHementa TO be posted
within forty days from tho date OF such
lettera in SIX Of tho most public places Of
tho county OF New Castle recurring all
persons having demands against the es-
tate 20 present tho same, or abide an act
OF Assembly IN such case mndo and pro
vidcd; and also cause the same to De IN
serted within tho sarno period IN the
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OF the Register aforesaid,a VIII
mington. In New Castle county
H.. 81 aforesaid the day and yoar
above written.
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Register.
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Me Manl 70 enpaqs roc

~ take ufucra Tor OUT
uaic-in.orier and meas.
ure eusif .aiaiiorlnriMenis
huiir, Pants aud over.
coats Werutyonin thu
way % take orderaffom
almost every man in
your county.a business
bettortlian ast0rc With
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have no Cumpelluon
Evening journal., 1898-04-18

we are the lafQcsi
makerain Americn ufnnt
luatom.inado ClothinIri
We buy cur CLOTH fiffert
from the largest Eare
peal and American mllll
Wecontrul the product
n several vuoion mills.
We uporntoth most "a.
touslsc and ccun oluid
Custom Inilofiun planis
inexiatence thun fpdno.
ing rho price OF male-t,A
order nulia ito 4l.eu nnd
upwar'lsi pantsfrouti. ~
10 q5, prizes - fou taat
nearly eferTeue b. snta
county vllibcFlnt ~ sn1~
their floihinH uad.
der and manTurn.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
BEST TINE TO KICK A MAN.
First Save His Life and Then Yos
May Apply Your Bost
with Impunity.

Perk and Quirk were walking along the
crowded street, feeling very kindly toward
themselves and the rest OF humanity. just
as they reached the middle of a crossing
one of those aggravating individuals who
walk one way and look another stepped di.
rectly in front of cable car which was
rounding the corner. OF course the ca. had
no fender on it. Nearly everybody in the
vicinity yelled, and naturally the bewiL
dered man looked in the wrong direction.
Quirk didn't yell. though. He jumped to
the side of the track and grabbed the man
By the collar and yanked him clear Of the
tracks and almost out OF his shoes. Then
he gave him another ferocious jerk to get
him out of the way of an express wagon,
and, getting him at proper range,at Shx same
time, he gave the poor man a kick that must
have driven his spine up INTO his hat. And
with the kick Quirk roared:
"Confound you, keep your eyes open when
you are on the street,"
Quirk looked unutterably savage, but Perk
tottered to the curb, sat down and laughed
until the tears came. Then he said:
"You are the only big enough idiot on
earth to save a mans life and then kick
him for it."-Chicago Times Herald
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

gether with the good care of thei-
foster mother, the little speckled hen,
brought the other six through TO
warm weather. By this time they were
able to make excursions about the
nearby prairie.
But their troubles were not over
At the first rain the whole flock crowd
ed under a haystack, and they pressed
forward so hard that one of them
was smothered to death. A fortnight
later a cEickeu-hawk swooped down
and carried of another. although
the little hen fought desperately and
lost half her feathers in the struggle,
There were but four left now.
But the wors; was yet to come. 4
week later there was a great rain
storm. Shortly before its coming Mrs
Dassy had seen the turkeys under the
barn, SO she supposed them safe: bu,,
in point OF fact, when it began they
were twenty rods out on the prairie. At
the first drops he hen began to fiui-
ter and cluck wildly in an attempt IL
lead them bacE. but they refused 10
bulge. There on the open prairie they
weathered il out, and when the rain
ceased and Mrs Dassy discovered them
and spattered out through the puddles
she found three Of them drowned.
There the fools were" she cried
coming back. carrying the only living
one left ."all drowned standing up. with
their mouths open SOS TO get the
most OF it There never was such fools
as young turkeys!"
81 always said it, Me'vira." replied
Mr.. Dassy, gloomily. They're the big
gest fools in al! creation. That ends
our plans for Thank giving"
NO. it don't. William Henry" re-
turned his wi, vigorously. This ones
alive. and he going to stay alive!"
And she rolled him in a flannel cloth
and put him in the oven to dry. Mr..
Dassy shook his head.
mo hope, Melvira, no hope" he an
swered. He turn up his toes inside
Of week. Is bound to come! I've
felt il in my bones all along. Why, II
that turkey can't de any other way
he'll up and 20 off and commit sui.
cidew
stop your croaking, William
Henry" said Mrs. Dassy, sharply. This
turkey is going to live till Thanksgiv.
ing, and then he'll die natural death
for turkey"
"Oh, we'll, / hope so, of course He
did pull through the flood first-rate,
there's no d~UyiDg that. Almost as
well as Noah did through his flood
That's what wei! call him, Melvira-
Noah"
"All right, William Henry; his name
is Noah"
Mrs. Dassy was right about Noah's
chances for living; a half-hour in the
oven made him as sprightly as ever
In fact, he wriggled out of the oven
himself and went plaintively peepinc
away out Of the open door to the
speckled hen, who was delirious with
Joy at the sight OF him.
The storm seemed to mark turn.
ing-point in Noah's life. There was
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Some short Sentences IJntaining
Truths Which We All
Recognize.

Cupid has snap when he encounters an
idle brain.
Bucket shopping is about the only kind
men indulge in.
Some wives prepare for war by rifing
their husbands pockets.
Any man who will enlist to get away from
his wife's mother is a coward.
Marriages may be made in Heaven, but
there will always be few doubters.
Political economy is the art OF getting the
most votes for the least money.
Lots of friends are retained by not say
ing the smart things we might have said
Education benefits man but little if he is
unable to recognize an opportunity when he
meets it.
The possibilities of penitentiary sentence
are about the only thing that can add to
the dangers OF football.
It's sometimes difficult for girl to find
her ideal man, but she's nearly always will
ing to accept a substitute.
A man may be the moneyed factor during
the engagement, but after marriage the
woman always appoints herself eashicr.-
Chicago Evening News.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

II takes a week for some OF US TO make the
journey here;
But we wouldn't miss Thanksgiving II we
travelled all the year!
We Ali the dear old homestead to the attic
rafters quite,
and the bees could scarce hive closer than
de We. Thanksgiving night.
We bring a host OF children but there's no
distinction found:
We're all a pack Of children when Thanks
giving comes around.
You ought to see us playing tag behind the
Old red barn,
All running. twisting tangled. IKE 4 living
skein OF yarn.
And then We all 90 coastIng on the slope
Of Mutton hill,
And, Ike as not, get "sIewing" round and
take d Jolly spill
Oh. what = n appetite we have when mother
blows the horn!
How good the crisp. brown turkeys smell.
all f4ttened up with corn!
The puddluvs and the pumpkin pies. the
jelllos white and red
All mothers cooking is boast from Maine
to Marblchcad!
when dinners over. all round the wide old
hearth we Sit
And live our youthful pleasures DER. and
crack our nuts and wit.
0 happiest day Of all the time tha, through
the hour-glass runs.
Thanksgiving in the oil-timc was at Grand
pa RobinsUu'si
Paul Pustnor. In y. Y. Independent.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

IL not in the whole world. and that
he habitually caught and ate 1.OOU
grasshoppers each day. Dassy. withou,
intended it. exaggerated; but Noah
certainly was fine bird.
Ii was one evening early in Septem.
ber, just after sundowu. while Mrs
Dassy was finishing getting suppe.
and her husband and two of the boys
were in their places at the table wait.
ing expectantly. that a wild shout was
heard from George Washington out.
side
Hes done it. pop, he's done It'll
Noah's done it! Come and see!" cried
the boy in huge excitement. They
all rushed out.
There he is-see him!" went on
George Washington, leaping around
like a kitten. Look at him! i saw
him do i'll"
The others looked up in the direc-
ton the boy pointed Far out on a
long and scraggy limb of the pine tree,
dark blot against the red of the
western sky. sat Noah, craning hisneck
this way and that a he gazed at the
world below.
Good gracious alive. Melvira," cried
Mr.. Dassy, when he fully took in the
situation. "he has done it, sure's
you're born! Noah's flown into the
lone tree to roost! Who'd have
thought he could have done i'll"
1T was big fly, and that's a fact"
asseuted Mrs. Dassy.
Big fy!" roared Mr.. Dassy, u should
say it was big fly! Its the biggest
fly any turkey in America ever made.
That Noah is the most"
Just then the turkey stretched out
his neck and gave loud gobble. the
first he had ever been heard TO utter.
Mr.. Dassy stopped short, struck one
fist against the other, and went on:
There, it's begun! l knew that
pesky gobbling would have TO come.
Nothing else but gobble, gobbIe, COB
BILE, now!"
We'll, come in before supper all gets
cold. Let him gobble if he wants TO,
You'd gobbie, too, if you'd just flown
up into The lone tree"
They went in, and Mr.. Dassey seemed
to forget, or at least to forgive, the
gobble, and said: mo, sir, Meivira;
there isn't another turkey like shat
there Noah in America. l wouldn't
take quarter section of the bes: land
in keyapaha county for him."
you'll get SO took up with him." an
swered his wife, that you cant kill
him when Thanksgiving comes"
"Oh, pshaw." retorted her husband
IN show you. Think I'm a woman,
hey? What are we>raising Noah for?
/ like him. of course. and I've got re-
spect for him, but we raised him for
Thanksgiving-that's what he's for
and when the time comes, whack! off
goes his head"
Mr.. Dassy paused and seemed 'ost in
thought; then he continues: "Of
course. to kill Noah-just TO kill him
plain, you know, in cold blood, as they
say-might be little hard. but III
just wait till he's gobbled at me. sassy
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

like, once or twice, and then you'n see
-slap!-head's off and we've got him
on the blue platter!"
From this time on Noah roasted each
night in the lone tree. The fight
seemed in no way to disagree with
him. for he waxed bigger and bigger
and fatter and fatter. He gobbled oc-
casionally, but no more than was nee.
essary to keep him in good voice.
Through the fall he continued to
range the prairie and gather belated
grasshoppers. Nothing ever RULED
his dignity, and only once did he be-
come excited, and that was whcn Mr..
Dassy and his sons one afternoon
burned circular firebreak quar-
ter of mile out around the buildings.
When Noah saw the flames and heard
the cracking of the dry grass. he ut
tered al alarmed gobble and flew into
the pine, where he gobbled some more
and stayed till the next morning.
The sason advanced and the weather
became wintry, but all efforts to in
other fowls were useless. Even the
COlC WluUs OF NOVemDcT ulO DOt see III
to disturb him. To be sure there was
no snow, or only few fakes, even up
to Thanksgiving week. but the winds
blew chill, and tossed the top of the
pine about and threatened sometimes
TO sweep him OF; but he clung to his
perch.
1t was late Tuesday afternoon be-
fore Thanksgiving. Mrs. Dassy had
been bustling about with the work
since dinner time, but her husband had
sat by the fire and scarcely spoken.
She knew that he was thinking of
Noah. but she said nothing. She had
her own private feelings about Noah,
but she knew that he had got to die.
After some time she said: well.
William Henry. I'm waiting for that
turkey now"
"You are, are your" snapped the
man, impatiently. swell, why didn't
you say so? What am I here for?
What have I been setting around all
the afternoon for? Andrew Jackson,
you and George Washington 60 ou, and
catch the critter."
The boys started out, and Mr.. Dassy
went on: "Melvira, when you want a
turkey killed you want to speak about
1t. not 60 around thinking can read
your pesky thoughts. I'm ready to
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

no more trouble. The rains either
ceased or he defied them. The chick
en-hawks never made any more at
tacks. Indeed they would shortly have
had trouble in carrying him off, since
he grew with the most astonishing
rapidity. The speckled hen was soon
the smaller of the two, and found her
self following behind as he wandered
here and there. Then he began -
ignore her entirely, and al night took
to roost!ug on the ridge-pole IF the
barn.
This was too much for the hen; sh e
gave him up. and he went his own way
in the world. The grasshopper sea-
son came on. and he developed wonder
ful skill in catching these insects. to
the great delight Of Mr.. Dassy.
81 tell you what, Melvira," he one
day remarked, there isn't another
turk in Nebraska that can gather in
hopper like that Noah of ours!
You ought to watch him. Ee sees a
hopper sitting on blade of grass and
not thinking about anything. and he
just up and points him like a pointer
dog, and creeps closer and closer,
steady, never saying word. his head
getting little lower all the time, till
he's just right; then he makes one
shoot and puts up his head sort OF
like this, and swallows the hopper"
and Mr.. Dassy twisted his neck about
in ludicrous attempt to look like
Noah.
"Well, We got something else to do
besides watch turkey catch hop
pers!" answered Mrs. Dassy. Though
I hope he'll get right smart lot OF
them, because we don't need the hop
pers, and they do say there's nothing
like hopper-fattened turkey for ten
der eating and flavor"
That's so, Melvira. But you ought
to watch him snatch them. I've lived
in five states and two territories. and
I've never seep anything like It! Never
knowed him to miss. l calculate he
gobbles 400 Of them every day"
The hot. dry Nebraska summer wore
away, and Noah continued to thrive.
The grasshopper crop was good-bet.
ter than any other crop-and Noah
never failed to get his daily share OF
it. Each week Mr.. Dassy grew more
enthusiastic in his praises of Noah. He
finally. came to boast that Noah was
the finest turkey In the United Etates,
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned By Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL


THE bill providing for a treaty com
mission was lost in the Cherokee SEN
ate by a tie vote, a TnhIrquah. Il. r.
lispatch said. The Cherokees will
low be governed by the Curtis bill.
Bv the terms of the bill the tribes were
givcu their choice OF treating with the
Dawes commission or accepting the
provisions of the Curtis bill
ASSISTANT SECRETARY VANDERBILT
left Washington on the 18th for Porto
Rico to famIliarizc himself with the
financial conditions OF the island, its
possibilities of revenue and its require
mcnts Of expenditure One of the
most difficult problems which presents
itself for solution in connection with
the change in severe gnty is that of
the currency.
ISsCHGENTs in some of the Philip
pine Islands were reported on the 18th
n> being very active by Admiral
Dewey II caused considerable CON
Germ to the authoriti 5 AT Washington,
As the United stats forces, by the
rule, pf war. were unable to move
from their positions.
JuIIS ~, kEELEY, the inven tor of the
krcirv motor. died at Philadelphia on
The 18th from pneumonia, aged 81
wears.
SURGEON GESREAL STERSBERG made
hls report to the secretary of war. 1t
relates mainly to the work of the med
.cni corps during the war.
GES. Dos CARLOS BUELL., one OF the
most conspicuous ugurcs in the federal
army early in the civil war. died at his
country place Paradise, in Mullen burg
county, Ky, on the 10Th. aged 5, years.
.loHN W. PAEsoN>. Of New York, was
elected general master workman Of
the Knights Of Labor at the meeting
at Chicago on the 10Th. J. Il Schou-
fabcr of Baltimore, Md, was selected
to succeed Henry BOstock on the ex-
rcutivc board. All the other general
officers were reelected.
The report sent out from Paris on
the 2Ist to the effect that on present ia.
tion of the United States ultimatum
demanding absolute cession of the
Philippine islands the president of the
Spanish commission broke off peace
negotiations was a fake.
SPANISH dispatches giving the inside
history of the Santiago campaign were
published by the New York Journa.
on the 2lst.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

THE grand total of appropriations
made by this congress at the regular
session and the extra war session last
spring aggregates Ss93, a3l ,6l5. OF this
amount s36!, $50, 727.26 is to meet ex-
penses incurred on account of the war
with Spain. At the session commenc-
ing in December there will be regular
appropriation measures to pass, in ad-
dition to the new bills, which will un-
doubtedly swell the total appropria.
tions by the Fifty-ffth congress to
81, 500, 900, 900. This will be the great.
est sum ever expended or appropriated
by any one congress during its life OF
two YearA
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

The Usage Indians are proba bly, the
wcalthiest people per capita on earth,
are aristocrats and scorn manual la Dor,
according to Gen. Pollock's annual re-
port to the interior department They
own over so acres of land for each
man, woman and child. each receiving
an annuity of over 500 in cash. II an
Indian and his wife have eight chill.
dren the annual cash increase of the
family is over 5000. An Usage pre-
fers the convenIences and designations
OF village life to agricultural avoca.
tions; he loves to sing and dance and
has money to support his family in
idleness.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

The amendments which will be made
to the war tax bill next winter will
not materially cut down the sum total
of receipts from that source. Unequal.
tiles will be leveled, a few features
which are annoying to the masses and
which embarrass business may be
stricken out, obscure points may be
cleared up, but the law as whole will
not be changed. The principal reason
for this non-action will be that the
government will need the revenue.
The war tax produces about $40. 600. 00o
and that amount will be required In
addition to the revenue from laws pre-
viously enacted.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
Al He.x.nlx Foret..,..

II there is one week in the year more
than another, when our burdens and
cares. and vexations, and complaints
ough, to be forgotten. and our
mercies counted, and talked, and
sung. and prayed over. II is this
Thanksgiving week. In Heaven every
day will be Thanksgiving day; but
there ought to be for us. at this sea.
son of the year, at least, a foretaste Of
the Heavenly Joy. - United Presby.
terian.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

MRS BALLINoruS EuDTu. wife OF the
commander Of the Volunteers Of Amer
lea, recently went to Chicago at the
,ulIcitation of Gov Tanner and the
warden OF the Illinois state prison to
start a home for discharged prisoner
in that city.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

NEW design for the one-dollar sill.
yer certificates has been completed
at the bureau of engraving and print.
ing, and the notes bearing it will
: be issued soon The new design is
somewhat less artistic than some of
the present silver certificates. but
probably Will be more popular among
those wko handle money. The ob ject
OF the clear display Of white paper on
both sides of thu note is to afford
safeguard against countcrfriting. The
device for the silver certificates is
substanti TALLY the same rs that which
will be used for other forms of paper
money.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

a CONDUCTOR on the Texas Pacific
railroad has invented a device for an
uOuncing to passengers on trains the
nainc OF the station at which the next
stop" will bc made. The device con
sists of a cylinder, upon which are
painted the names of all stations alonS
the line over which the train runs. BY
means of lever the truinmrn can turn
this cylinder until it indicates the town
at which the next stop will be made.
At the same time thai the cylinder
turns gong is sounded, which attracts
the attention OF the passenger to the
announcement made on the cylinder.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

Coz. +. {. AINswoITu. chief OF the
record and pension Office in the war
department in his annual report to the
-ccretary Of war, SAYS that 1855, -gt
casrs we're received and disposed OF
during the pas, hsca! year, a net in
crease Of A., $50 cases received and dis
roscd Of
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

~ Anglican clergyman of London
suggests the formation ~ an order OF
Journalists with - Paul for Is patron
saint ST Paul, he says was the best
reporter of tho r.rn, tines" and,
therefore. the best med a,or for jour.
uausts between Heaven and earth.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

Coz. !. A. SNuTH United States gov
srnm"nt engineer, who recently in
,pcctcd the Atlantic coast dcfenscs,
and especially the harbur dcfcnses at
New York, Eostun and Portland, Me.
speaks in terms uf high praise of them
and SAYS they are as good as any in the
world for their purpose, that it would
bc suicidal for u foreign warship to
enter those harbors il we objected, and
that when the work on our coast is
completed it will be wclI-nigh impreg.
nable.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
Not Legal Tenaer.

81 must request the congregation to con-
tribute generously this morning." said Rev.
Mr.. Slimpay, sadly. MY salary is eight
months in arrears, and my creditors are
pressing. / of course work largely for love.
and love equally of course is tender, but
it isn't legal tender."-Harpers Bazaar.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

THE grand lodge Of masons of Vir-
ginia has determined to mark the cen.
tennial of the death of George Wash.
ngton by suitable Masonic ceremonies
At Mount Vernon, on December Is,
1899. In these services and ceremonies
the grand lodge of Virginia will have
the cooperation probably of all the
grand lodges in the United States and
many of those in foreign lands. Masons
from all parts of the world are ex-
pected to be present The lodges of
New Zealand have already indicated q
purpose to send delegations.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
CURRENT COMMENT.

A CRUSADE against American chew.
ing gum has set in in London. III,
English health authorities issuing 8"
warning against IL, use
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25
All Arran~ed.

Mr.. Wigsby--See here, my love, there i
some mistake. The baggage delivery man
has left seven trunks on our front porch.
the mountains)-Imbecile! Don't you un-
derstand? He's coming back after dark for
the extra 6ve.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Holly chieftain., 1898-11-25

r TRADE publication in Chicago
SAYS lhnt enough l. known OF The iron
and steel trade for the year 1895 to
establish thu fac, tDat the production
for the year will exceed ANYTHING in
history, The demand from car works
is almost pr,digIuus, carriers losing
traffic in large volume because they
clunul furnish ears