The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-07
rhlse. We See and Hear.
- MORE THAN WAS TOLD.

KuuD MORE THAN WAS TOLD.
The writer Of the notes that appear in
eunday S.ar under the head "Single Tax"
deals only In abuse not arguments to
TURNER his cause, The writer has only
hae she kindlie It regards for tho men who
have been promulgGting the Single Tax
theories In our midst, but for the writer Of
the notes In the Sunday star, no does not
vi rive even the notice that these few
Hines takc of him, or his wild vagaries in
! y old REPUBLICAN,. The writer knew
more abou what came near resulting In
siisgraceful fight whom TIE delegates from
the Seventh ward to the Democratic meet
ing which was held in Turn Hall on
Thursday morning last and the least said
Of Single Tax, in Delaware.
"a, 1. Shields the great criminal lawyer
81 PHILADELPHIA when he was u boy res i'd
ing with his parents. lived up on the hill
IN. the Western part of this city. He at
stended No. A school on Washington above
Hec0nd street His teacher was Mis-, Van.
Never. Ho was thu orator Of his room
g which was known as No l. Ho corid de-
claim any thing from Little Jack Hor-
ner' who sat in the corner to the BATTLE
,iof Bunkel's Hill" Re found Ii no trouble
Z 70 commit his lessons to memory by
merely going over them once. His bump
Olcombativeness was very largo developed
z md he had frequent passages of arms,
6 generally 'brick bats" with. what was
Known in those days US the ''Heigev lille
gang" Many day after school they
A chased him home filling the mir with every
Z thing conceivable TO cheer his weary way
halheward bound.
Ek.Post Master Harrity of Phiiadcl-
phia who with his brother John attend cd
h No 4 School at the same time and who
have also been making their homo in p hill
adelphla for some twenty-five years, Peter
], Ford, Harry Conrad, Harry Jackson.
Thomas McCorkle, Harry Cranor, Freder-
y l0k Robinson, j. Frank Ball, Frank
Moody, George H, Mccall, Samuel White.
mud numerous others who have since
grown to manhood and driftod from our
pity, attended in the long ago. Miss Laura
DsgOod was then principal. My, how she
4 made tthe boys stand around, a4 1t WAS
her province to weld the birch. The rti-
oles Of torture consisted of several rattans
\ and large heavy ruler. The writer will
never forget them, she welded them about
three times a week on an average in his
presence. But 1t was like pouring water
On ducks back for all tho impression it
( made on his memory" to walk in the
path Of school discipline. Miss Sallie
Miller, who now holds the plincipal.
ship of No. "a school was then teaching in
3 10. Q room. They were days when the
schools ran the Board of Education and
\ mot the Board the schools.
The school system did not then embrace
half the number Of schools in those days
tina, ere to-day found in Wilmington. Our
school system has certainly made wonder
full progress in the last twenty-five years,
and is to-day second to no other city of Its
size In the United States Much of the
success o. the school system is due to Prof.
David w. Harlan, who has begun to grow
old In the service.
* DEATH FROM TRANSPORTER SAUsAGES.
Word comes that Frankfor:er sausages
eAhsed the death of Mrs Andrew Contiold
Of Bridgeport, Conn. The sausages were
analysed and found to be made CT diseased
horse meat. We had always heard that
there was liable to be a "barK" III Frank
forters but never knew that our old horses
were utiliyzed for the purpose, or could
poison any one Bus such IL the fact Us
CLEANED from news item before US.
POLITICIANS ANDNEwSPAPER WRITER'S
Politics like writing for newspaper has
. certain infatuation for Il great many per-
sons who seem to think they are especially
lifted for either n politician or pencil
pusher The paths of life is strewn with
lots off wrecks, who started out with
youth, hope and ambition Many were call
ed but few lived to survive the ordeals
Through which they had to pass in the
STRUGGLES to arrive at the conclusion that
they had mistaken their calling or ocoupa-
<ti0n. New ventures in the journalistic field
like theatrical enterprises, always bring
along their wake those who know it all,
and are ambitious to tell the public what
10 little they really do know that Is reliable
after you have perused it. Politicians are
mpre numerous 3ecalsh the hope Of reward
10 greater ii III y are sncce 'sful and sue
cesd In capturing any OF the fat county
offices. But look back at the number OF
.men who have sat in City Council for the
past twenty-five years.
How many have heen successful III Blu ST.
ness or In polite ? You can count them on
the fingers of ono hand. But paying at.
ttnton to The city S business, They neg
lected their own and the result was what
can only be expected bankruptcy and drop
ping out of political life more rapidly than
they ever entered it,. No man can hope
to serve two masters at thu same time.
We remember Caleb Windle butcher
In the Eighth street market also Levi
Garrett another butcher in the same mar
ket. Amos Eastburn who Kept a large
grocery store over Third street bridge.
@ aries oil her, Henry f. Nickels
>, lillian kaynt, James McKcnna, Robert
II. Taylor, Lewis Taylor. Geoge Adele
George r. Barnhill, John NJ. Newell,
William G. Baush, Samuel Speakman
Dennis J. Mention, q A. Mayec, Samue
B. Lawson, Henry W, Perkins, w. j
iEharkey, John White and Samuel c. Van
dsrgrift.
FoU nTH GENERATION IN THE AIMS HOUSE
Did any of our readers know that there
Is a descendant of s. family in our
tF.,- h.ttl h, 10 hn nj ,l,
scendant that has lived in the Almshousc
off the bounty Of the taxpayers of New
Castle County? Well, such is tho fact ;tht
name of the party we cannot at This IN n
tute recall. This is something startling
hut nevertheless true. But why we can.
not any or understand. In this country
where everyone has Il chance to make Il
living it could hardly be believed bu5 thcl
some people have the sense Of shame to b
known rs paupers, but insist that th'
,Almshouse was built Tor their cspCCia
accommodation and that they are priviln;
el class to be kept by the County. They
have no sense of shame and COnsidp
+ lCnarily MS a right they can c0EmaHG
with no one to gainsGy them. TA'y VI
not always pleased with their quarters HLt
act as II they wCrJ Il a Al 6 ina ! .rge h.
/. .tal and should have a"rrU.ItS ~ nn,we
their beck and cnli. Their IDEAS Of ifs ar
in fact amusing. And these are no
all foreign pHuper:, but u great many &
them born in America
$ I Edunato Your Bowels with Cnscar,ts
Candy CDthar tc, cure constipation forever
DC. nc c. c. fail. druggists refund money
Attempted Larceny
New Castle. Feb I'VE hen Burnc
.EogeS the blacksmith whose shop is IA
Ahe intersection Of Third and Fourtl