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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

The Wilmington Police force yesterday
,njoyed their annual field sports at Union
iteeet park. The amusements consiste,i
VI game of base ball between the West
md the East sides, seven innings being
played, which resulted in "ctory for the
West side. A soap eating contest and u
pie eating contest ANA running races fin
shed up the sports. Prizes were given to
The winning officers. A good sized Grove
turned out to witness tho sports and were
we'll entertained watching the several
lvents rs they came off.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

HoBsoN's choice has stirred Congro5s up
to present him and his brave comrades
with gold medals for their bravery in sink.
Ing the Morrituac in the mouth of the
SantingO harhOr.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07
A Fine Potato Patch.

Lewis Potts has one of the most promis.
ing looking patches Of early potatoes In the
county. He Is rather proud Of their ap-
pearance and fatters himself that he will
have moss Of tubers Tor his family by tie
Fourth of JULY
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

Powell has on his stalls in the Third
street market blue fish, pogies founders,
sea bass, salt water trout. catfish and
other varieties of the flnny tribe
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07
TUESDAY, JUNE =, 1908.

NEWS Is received thata big battle took
place of Santiago on Sunday and Monday
and that two of the Spanish boats were
sunk, while one Of the American feet was
damaged. That 5000 troops were landed
IT Punis Gorda, under the protection Of
the warships aud will aid in the reduction
Of the city. The attack extended US fur Us
Aguaderes, to the eastward Of MORO.
The insurgents are within four miles o!
Manila. They have succeeded IN captar-
ing several towns and have taken as pris-
oners the Governors Of the provinces OF
Cayite and Bahamas
Like the Chinese puzzle, Camara's Cad.z
deet Is not to be thus far located. They
are thought to have been seen in the vi
sinity Of st. Pierre. But there is no tel =
ing what they will turn out to be whe
they get close enough to distinguish then
One report has it that the fleet is still it
port. Another that tho reserve Spaninh
squadron Is now week out and is 6oun,i
Tor Cuba. The fleet consists Of one fret
Mass battleship, one iron battlcship, on
srmored ana one protected cruiser, fv'
auxiliary cruisers and three torpedo boats
There Is one thing certain, Carmaras flee;
IS reality and not phantom. The SPAN
ards are good OF playing hide and seek but
lot the U. S. Feet do all the seeking.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07
Amusement.

Snapper soup, music and dancing this
evening at tho Sorrel Horse hotel, No. 104
West Front street. P, A. Pagan, proprie-
for
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

Will be held at the Lower Brandywlne
Presbyterian Church, on Wednesday aud
Thursday evenings, June $ and 9th, 1895
All are invited.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

BIG things are expected Of the revenue
10 be collected under the Adams law.
Will they be realized2
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

SA SNAP shot was taken yesterday of the
pie eating contest of Officers Head and
Wallace. They both received prizos.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

For eastern Pennsylvania, New Jer-
sey, Delaware and Maryland: Cen
orally fair; light easterly winds.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

WM. j. BRYAN regiment will be known
as the silver Offering Great things may
be expected of it in tho onslaught upon
Spanish possessions.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

THIS is the month when that luscous
bivalve, the oyster, is said to be in its dot
Age, but then September is coming
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

The boys of our navy arc remembering
tho Maine, and 20 will tho Spaniurds for
time to come.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

The city market cigar Is one of the finest
cent cigars in the city. Manufactured by
G. A. Bourbon, S. w. cor. I'd and Shplov
streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

If the fad keeps up OF begging the s oil
der logs for brass buttons, Uncle Sam
will have to order o new supply or fine
the soldiers five dollars for each of the
buttons disappointing from their uniforms.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

ALL kinds of job printing done at the
REPUBLICAN Office.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07
For the philiiDD;HeS

Word comes from Camp g'unnell that
tho Delaware regiment will move nexs
week The destination is said to heChiex
anauga or Manila.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

Is it burnP Use DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oh. A cutP Use DR.. Dr. Thomas Eclec-
rio Oh. At your druggists.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

OUR merchants should impress upon The
people residing on the Peninsula, tha;
Thursday Is Trades Day in Wilmington
De the means of laying the foundation OF
. big trade down tho Peninsula. VIII
mington being tho metropolis Of the State
aces not receive the trade Of the down
State people that it should. The mer-
shants have nwoke from their Rip Vat
Winkle sleep and the stores present IL pro-
yressiye appearance.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

Dyspepsia-bane of human existence.
Burdock Blood Bitters cures it, promptly,
permanently. Regulates and tones the
stomach
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

= ANOTHER Italian has passed in his &C
counts and settled with this world.
Giuseppe Boudi, was instantly killed yes.
terday at the Bellevue qua,rics by large
boulder falling on him. The coroner
Jury rendered verdict of accidental death.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

Evcryboly's liable to itching piles. Rich
and poor, Old aud youug-orrible the tor
ture they suffer. Only ono sure cure;
Doan's Ointment. Absolutely safe; can t
fail
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

The President made good selection In
appointing John w. Jolls postmaster Of
hiddIetown. Mr.. Jolls was q member Of
The Legislature and of the Levy Court,
which was legislated out of office by the
Democratic Legislature. He stood by Col
Dupont with his influence and vote for
U. S. Senator. He is deserving of the Of
ace which he has secured and will fill it
with credit to the people as we'll as his
party which bestowed 1t upon him.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

selves socially among their constituents
Success does not swell the heads of men
f position, who became like the toad,
iwelled up with their own importance and
'orget those who helped to make them
what they are. The good will of a cur is
rather to be desired than its ill will.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

nIF Governor Tunnel sees fit to veto the
,lectjon law passed by the Legislature, we
TOR one would not lose any sleep. We have
Always held that the Australian ballot was
delusion and snare, and should have
been done away with long ago But if
ihe immaculate sheet which speaks for its
owner, Democrat, sees no good in the old
sallot used by our fathers for years, then
No suppose we shall have the Australian
sallot to wrestle with, to cheat hundreds
4 Delaware voters out of their franchise
and rights as American citizens on election
iay. At honest ballot was never intended
!or the voters of Delaware by the men who
Are looked upon as leaders. Under their
eadarship, Delaware has gone backward
The State Treasury is bankrupt looted by
The very men who were sworn to project
4. Such spectacle has never before boer
witnessed in Delaware.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

IN lighting pipes or cigars, care should
be exercised in seeing that all fire is extin
guished when the match Is tossed aside
Carelessness on the part of somebody who
tossed aside lighted match, caused fire
at Samuel Patterson home, No. ll22
Brandywine street, on Monday afternoon,
which for time looked as If 1t would con -.
lume the contents Of the dwelling.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-06-07

50 cent @"4ssss'
Chemise pointed yokes, trim.
med with embroidery,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
A FORGOTTEN CELEBRITY.
BY AUSTIN DORSON.
From Longman's Magazine.

From Lon2man's Magazine.
Never have a porch your paper" Acting
upon this excellent injunction Of the late Master
Of Balliol may at once explain that Mon
sieur Tonson' is TIE title of "A long popular reel
tation IN rhyme Of the Wocot and Colnan order
|. relates how. in the heyday Of hoaXes and
practical joking. wag, called King in the poem
badgers an unfortunate French refugee IN ST
CHESS with repeated nocturnal inquiries for an
ina sinaTy Mr.. Thompson until at length his
prosecuted victim flies the house And here
comes in the effective point Of the story. After
a protracted absence abroad the tCrmentor re-
knock once more at the old door with the old
question. BY an extraordinary coincidence the
Frenchman had just resumed residence in his
former dwelling,
Without though; Of The rel antless foe
Who. fendlike. haunted him so long ago
Just in his former trim he now appears:
The waistcoat and the nghtcap seemed the
same.
With rushght as before he creeping came
And Kings detested voice astorish'd hears, -
''ne'er is heard of more The author Of this
merry jape' was John Taylor, the oCulist and
journalist; and ii originated in an anecdote
either founded on fact or invented by Gov
ernOr Of Jamaica After a prosperous career in
prose. Taylor versifed it for Fawcett. the come
dian who was giving Rotations at The Free
Masons' Tavern II had extraordinary
vogue was turned by Moncrien into farce
lin which Cattle took the leading part of
Monsieur Morbleu the Frenchman): Was illus
tra.ed 10y Robert Cruikshank. and still, We be-
lieyc, makes fugitive appearance in popular
"Reciters." BY describing himself the title
page of his memoirs the Author of Monsieur
Tonson" its writer plainly regarded it as his
chief title, 20 fame; and whether one agrees with
him or not, il may safely be taken pretext
for some account Of the gossiping and discursive
BEGINNING life as oculst. like his father
and grandfather, he achieved considerable repu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
ZOI4'S FAMILY HISTORY.

Rome correspondence Of The Pan Mail "a%e''e.
The French populace disdanfully speak OF
zo,a &C pItalen This reproach, If reproach IL
be is founded on fact. The ZoIas are ita,iaii'
ard Emile is the first of the famiy 10 ~ poi u
out OF Italy But he may be- anu propapS 80,
proud Of his lineage. for his ancestors nav lel'
an honorable record in the history vi thc
tan Republic and in the early euoi's ioI 1Iie
liberation Of the Peninsula His tather: IRAN
CISCO an able mathematician, belonged 10
noble family descending from captain Oh the
ancient Republic of ST Mark. He was a mem
Der of the secret political society Oh 'he cdl
bonari the first seriously TO conspie asdha'
the tyrants by whom the country was HhssoV.
synAd Fyancesco lola was one OF the most
daring ~ the conspirators, and soon conpro-
missed himself TO such an extent 'ha' 'h TO- "e
had to seek refuge in France: -,
He never returned to Italy but became III .ne
land OF his adoption a successful engineer Who9e
name is linked with several important "ofhs III
MarseIes and Lyons. He renamed III -,
spondence with his family IN i'aIy uIi.ii az ny
death OF his mother Benedetta hlriahi no. =
Of Corfu. From that moment ne was NJ CO.
heard of until the name OF Zoa became ceie
brated through his sons literary Woih' ~.
visit Of Emile lola to Rome in 1854, To STUDY
the varied aspects of the Eternal Clty, was hs
first 10 Italy. He had then an olpoi ui''y 20
seeing his only surviving relative IN 'hls eou ,
try a cousin named Carlo XOla, VINO is over seS
euty wears Of age and is councillor AT the
Court Of Appeal in Brescia 49, aroa ~,
The Southern imagination has been ilreo oy
Zolas intrepidity in Drawing French pun ~ 10
ION for tn. defence Of Dreyfus and shouiu ne
carry out his idea Of resting here after the cam
paign he is now waging ne Will be received do
q hsr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

tation in that capacity, and by good luck OBJ
tanned at Wenzels death the very appointment
which his father had failed to secure. But IN
mid career he relnqushed his profession FOR
journalism For many years he was proprietor
and Editor Of THE Sun" newspaper, and he
also published vOlu ne of verses. But his chleI
reputation was that of a rac0nteur In MS
later days" says The Literary Gazette IN us
obituary notice of May 10, 49,, he was per
haps entertaining in conversation, with ailec-
dote. payfulneSS and satire as any man Withih
the bills Of mortality Many of his good Things
are no doubt preserved in the two volumes Oh
Records of My Life" which appeared shorty
after his death and to the compilation or Whlch
he was impelled by the perfdy Of a quondam
partner and the invitation of an eminent pun
Usher" presumably Mr. Bull, of Holes,st'
whose imprint the volumes bear MS iecoiiec
tions are set down without any other method
tn an "A certain rough grouping; they nave the
garruity and the repetitions OF the advanced
age al which they were penned but they con-
tain in addition ia a good deal that he had heard
from others much that had come within ms own
experiences. AS he processes STREET VeTacIty i
is from the latter class that we shall CHIEFLY MAKE
selection beginning, as in duty bound with the
anecdotes of literary men.
Concerning Johnson and Goldsmith he has
not much to say. beyond the fact thal, as COY
he mad once delivered letter for the latter al
the Temple but without seeing him. IL is. now
ever to the Author of Monsieur Ionsoh INA,
we owe the historic episode OF 'he borrower 1u
ruipea slinped under the door which recurs so
prominently I'm all Goldsmith's biographies,
while he tells one anecdote OF Johnson whlcn. as
far as we discover, has escaped Dr birk-
feck hin Aeo1rding to DR. Messenger Monsey,
MUSICIAN of Chelsea HOspital-a rough Aber-
nethy sort of man. whom his admirers compared
with Swift-upon one OCCASION, When the age Oh
canrge III was under discussion Johnson burst
i'm with a pooh, what does it signify when such
AN animal was born, whether he had ever
been born at all?" an ultra-Jacoblticai utter
ancn which the Wing narrator did not neglect TO
accentuate by reminding his hearers that 1T was
to this very "usurper" that Johnson owed his
pension But Monsey did not IKE the DOCTOR
there is a story Of DR.. Parr, in which rs con-
cerned another Of the Johnson circle, Edmund
Burke During the n lstings trial Parr was Ell
f,siva fTavlor SAWS "diffusiveD about the
eneeches of Sheridan and Fox but silent as TO
Rurke's. a circumstance which led the great
orator to suggest politely that he presumed farr
sound II fauitless mot so, Edmund was the
renIv in PARIS best Johnsonese. your speech
Vas oppressed by epitbet dislocated by paren-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

thesis, and debilitatcd by application, "a
knock me-down answer to when .'Edhiuh"
made no recorded rejoinder. There is touoh Oh
the photographic manner in another ahecd"le,
TINS time of Hugh Kelly, the staymaKer turned
dramaiist and barrister, 'who was SO PROUD ol
his silver that ne kept even his spurs upon the
sdeDoard. Examining a lady at the ulai OF
George harrington. the pickpockct, Keily IN
quired, Pray. madam. how could YOU, IN the
immensely OF the crowd, determine the IDENTITY
f the mani" Finding that his question was UNI
ineligible to the witness he reduced II to How
do you know he ,hc man. Because,
came the prompt reply. Il caught his ha,o IN
my pocket" Taylor apparently knew hoth inc
BoSWellS, father and son, ana, indeed play
fully claims part authorship in the Famous
Life" upon tho ground that he had suggested
the substitution Of "comprehending Tor con
tanning in the tile-pag and certainly, II that
be proof, "comprchending" is there ana con
tanning is not. He had also relations WIN
Wilkes. whom he praises for his WI ana icaln-
ing. For his learning we have the witness OF ms
"Catullus" but his wit seems like much VII OF
his day to have been largely based upon bru-
tally. once a certain ovcr-soaded Slr Watkih
Lewes said angrily 20 him, I'll be your Dun no
longer" Wilkes at once merciessly retorted
With all my heart. | never like an empty
one"
Wolcot and Caleb Whi;cfoord, OF the Gross
Readings" Richard owen Cambridge and Rlch-
ard Cumberland. all figure in the records
Taylor thinks that the famous Whitefoord al
dition to "Retaliation' was really by GOLDSMITH
"A supposition which is not shared by modern
Goldsmith critics. or Wolcot there is n lengthy
account the most striking part Of which refers
10 his last hours. Taylor asked hn on ms
deaf hbod whether anything could be done for
him His answer, delivered in "A deep ana
strong tone was. Bring back my youth. after
which ne fell into the sleep in which he died
Cambridge Taylor seems To nave known nu'
slightly and. apart from long story, for the
authenticity of which he does not vouch' has
nothing memorable TO say Of him, except that
he declared he had written his 'Scrihierlad
while under the hands Of his hairdresser-a piece
Of fine gentleman affectation which suggests NJ
Oronte's "Je mai demcure qu'un quart dheure
a 10 faire" But he tells story Of Cumberland
which is at least well invented. Once, so ii runs,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

Cumberland stumbled entering a box al
Drury Lane and Sheridan sprang 10 ms ASST
ance "Ah sir" said the writer Of Ihe west
Indian" you are the only man to assist a lall,
ing author" Rising. you mean, returheu
Sheridan. thus employing either by maice OF
misadventure. almost the exact words WHICH III
The Critic" he had put into the NOUN VI
Sir Fretful Plagiary-a character adWltt'dS
modelled upon Cumberland himself. Shetldan'
too. supplies more than one page OF 'nese iecoI-
lections and their writer processes 10 nave oeeh
present when he lSherdan) spoke as foilows
concerning a pamphleteer who had written
against him: Il suppose that MI - thlnks !
am angry with him, but he is mistaken LOT
never harbor resentment. II his punishment
depended on me. | would show him that the org
nifty of my mind superior 10 an VhulcIiNe
feelings Far should be from Wishing 10 Ihiict
q can't al punishment upon him. grounded on his
attack upon me; but yet on account Oh MS gen-
eral character and conduct. and as warning
IN others | would merely order him To he pun
lcly whipped three times. to be placed III the
hillary four times to he confined IN prison seven
EARS and then as he would enjoy freedom the
more after SO long confinement WouIu h"Ne
him transported for life. -,
A. the date Of the above deliverance. the scene
~ which was a tavern in PortuSaI-st.- perhaps
the now vanished Grange PUBIC house in,nr
dan was lessee OF Drury Lane Theatre. In later
years Taylor was to become acquainted win an
other Drury Lane magnate; LORD Byron. WIN
whom ne corrcsponded and exchanged poems
Uho letters are in Moore). OF Lady byron ne
ranorte that Mrs Sddons, whom he regarded az
an unimpeachable authority, assured MN tna'
II she had other reason 10 adnllrr "is i-oi ~
hir,s judgment and taste she should he fuily
cnn,,inced of both by his choice OF "lIe-a
sentiment which should certainly be set down
10 the credit of a lady who is by no means Over
w Anone the Portugal-st. roiserers was
Picbard Wilson the painter. According to ray
H.. he must have been winner as wei since
most of the wine came from ms ceiiar jill I'm
nV Inn Fields Great Queen-stl. the company
bavine condemned the tavern beverages. Apart
from The fact that wilson's "favorite nuid
like Churchills was porter, TINS particular ,, -
ro out of keeping with his traditional lack OF
nnoo than another, also related by Taylor in
pwbicb he says that. upon one occasion. having
procured Wilson commission. he was Obliged
- lend him the money to buy brushes and can
os with artists, however, Taylors acquaint-
vac ae moi large He knew Peters. the
Academician. afterward the Rev: ana ne knew
o.. JJumnhrey the miniaturist who III MS
o,I 400 became totally blind With West and
t, a riSal Opie (who, like Wilson. lived in Queen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06
THE SECRET or sen"
ALLEGED VIEWS OF NINE. s-R-H GR-ND.

ALLEGED VIEWS OF NINE. s-R-H CIR Nd
From Punch.
professor Schenk of Vienna, has explained to
a correspondent that he can guarantee the onln
~ science and is not anxious to make fortune
Ne has accepted reward In the successful cases
be has treated. daily Paper.
Come to my heart, Herr schenk! the strangely
human
Charm OF the chaste and specious yarns you
Proves you 1.-THE leecM and me the writing
woman
one kin,
How often will timorous confusion
Redden the very nape of people necks
when anybody makes the least alluslon
To Sex!
Should conversation turn upon the gender
OF even SubStantives they change thelr nue..
But ! am not delcately tender;
Are YOU?
Nav hut whore common angels hardly dare
Fnotstep on dangerously shaky ground.
There in their clement both Schenk and S-r-h
Are found.
They say YOU know by name each blood-cor-
Respectiyely in mems and women's veins!
also haunt the scientist, hustle
His brains.
The nany-daughtered fathers of Vienna
Find Won dispensing golden gifts like dirt;
You make their blighted hope of infant men
Dead cert
A rule or two regimen Of diet; ..,,.
Gratis YOU give for JOY OF truth itseL, :.
you viii not sell nor do they want 10 buy II
For pelf
An. Schenk, Il shudder at the contempIauoh2
Had YOU some years ago matured your piah'
! might have been, to my humiliation
4 man
A man a mere male animal half-witted
NV body bloated and my mind a biank'
A specimen Of nature only lifted
To spank,
7 HESS nv horoscope whose leadlnE feature
SHAPED me a woman. feminine out nIlh,
And not a reptile. not a crawling creature
\ worm
Rut This in YOU O Schenk' / ind aphorrenl,
II SENS like putting swine IN front OF pears
Yon only promise boys; you give no warrant
For girls
Then let my sisters, wise through your ins'ruc-
Reverse your method in its full details
And 50 avoid the dolorous production
OF males!
The eternal feminines eternal hthesS
Nav thus attain 10 wipe all men away, $780,.
Though S-r-h hardly hopes, for one 10 "i'hess
That day.
IT'S well For mn. grant were born 10
grOyel; ~. ,,on
Yet were they once abolished in the lump
There might develop in the sexual mover
A slump!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-06

.,.,.5 M with weeds and moss. little shrine
eio ~ hollow II a tree with a crucinx and a
IN Of our Lady with little offerings of fresh
se"yrers and a tiny lamp alght. is also remem-
hcrcd as effective .
S.ve spoken Of the beauty Of the place in
,.rnsrv when a blue haze wells the hilsides
"a. ain downward Ia the plain, but If IT is
,owe,y then in a somewhat pensive and meian-
80 way if is raVshine in summer in fun Au-
u. e., Whom the lower garden is bursting with
sinn-n and riotous i'm color geraniums and other
W nlants are set upon the balustrades that
ss,y,ound the fountain, the flower beds are agioW
ard great pots Of white and pink and lavender
sdranreas are placed upon the terrace and
.tire ont against the shadows of the plane trees.
evidently a formal garden need not be an arid
,assrt but A spot full Of cool and shady places
ere large sunny area for flowers with chpped
aws and orange and lemon trees set formally
= boxes but the rest all overhung by great
trees and refreshed by the sound of falling
waters