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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
A BULL IN THE SERMON MARKET
Remarks of a Minister Invited to
Preach in a Fashionable Church.
From the New York SUI

Presbyterians are discussing the recent
attempt to bull the sermon market which
was made in Buffalo by a young minister
of that city. In the particular instance
the attempt was a brilliant success;
whether or no it will act as a precedent
is the thing which is interesting clergy
men in general. The young minister in
question was left with very considerable
fortune by his father, a wealthy manu-
facturer In mind and method he is as
independent as he is in fortune, so his
ministerial work has been hampered by
none of the restrictions which young pas
tors usually find so troublesome.
Al the outset of his career, instead OF
irving TO get a fashionable church, as he
might easily have done through his in
Nuential connections, the Rev. Mr. Blank
went TO a little nilsson chapel in Bufralo
with the avowed intention of making a
substantial church out of 1t. Most of the
CONGREGATION were poor, and the salary
of the new preacher was small. When
tbe parishioners discovered that Mr.. bank
kent good horses, had a handsome house
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
And they digged great holes as the wa

And they digged great holes as the wa
ter spirit babe them
I'hen said the water spirit: Take Theses
ANIMALS and plant them in these holes
with their tails in the air."
ana they did as he commanded. And
they buried all the alligators with their
taiis in the air, all except one poor little
alllgator, who had crawled away so far
INTO the thick tropical forest that the wa
ter spirit did not find him.
lt was late in the day, and the sun was
nigh up in the sky when he awoke. He
at once crawled out from the thick wood
ana went in search of his companions. And
when he found them all with their tails i'm
the air and their heads buried In the earth
ne NED IN terror down the river, and never
stopped until he reached his home. Theirs
ne tod what he had seen.
or many days the old people mourned
Tor the youth and pride of Alligatorland
But they never returned They are still
there on the edge of the terra templada,
ana the stranger and the Indian knows
then as the rabos de lagartos
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

"A discovery Of zlrcon -coverlng8an area
of l05 acres has been made on the north
east coast of Tasmania. halfway between
Emu bay and Circulas Head. According
to analysis made in Melbourne the min
eral contains from 60 to 6i per cent Of
zirconia and variable proportions of the
other rare earths. The mineral is found
disseminated in a bed of gravel about 90
centimeters thick. which lies 20 or 30 cen,
timeters below the surface The zircon-
bearing stratum lies on a bed of clay 60
centimeters thick. The zircon Is separated
from the gravel by washing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02
From lhe Baltlmore News.

I'm AbG DdillHlOre NEWS.
Cash paid for old postal cards uncan-
celed' Is the unique announcement
through which an enterprising firm ia
building up a profitable business. Two
million of these singly Insignificant bits
OF Uncle Sans pasteboard have been re-
claimed. -Four hundred thousand have been
earned In Philadelphia, and now out-of-
the-Way corners are being searched
throughout Baltimore i'm the hopes of
bringing to light unexpected assets of this
sort which had been written or printed
upon, whether one or both sides are in
VOWED, provided they have never been run
through the postonice
ABOUT two months ago man in New
YORK discovered preparation which will
remove ink without leaving. behind the
slshtest trace. The idea occurred to the
new york man TO clean the numberless
spoiled postal cards. He feared to patent
ms preparation, and If any one can find
QUE It's component parts ii may be freely
used. So great is the secrecy preserved
that, though now he has a factory en-
ploying % hands in cleaning the cards that
pour IN, the work of making the solution
IS done entirely at night No employee is
trusted with the formula, but the discover
ers TWO sons work when the world sleeps
90 prepare the liquid necessary to keep the
factory running the next day.
Il company was formed to collect cards
over the country. It's agents buy them. ship
rhem TO New York, where 5000 are clean
ca IN one day and shipped to headquarters
IN Philadelphia, where they are printed or
addressed for business houses Printing Is
more easily removed than writing, because
IN writing the pen scratches, allowing the
INK to be absorbed, while type but spreads
the ink upon the surface. Cleaning causes
the card 20 swell somewhat. and after the
bath 1t is passed between hot rollers, which
reduce it to us original thickness and dry
1t at the same time
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

Gas cannot escape from new burner
when the light is blown out, the key hav-
ing a spring attached to it which is
wound up by turning on the gas and
automatically closes the key as soon as
the tip of the burner cools and contracts
sufficiently to release the tip OF the crank
arm mounted on the upper end of the
key.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-02

Aopotts East India Corn Paint cures
every time; 1t takes Off the corn; no pain.
cures warts and bunions and is conceded
TO De a wonderful corn cure. Sold BY all
druggists.-ad
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
ATT A HOSPITAL.
Marie g. Fontenailo to be Kept Ont of
HARMS Way-Io Undergo Treatment,

Marie q. FontenaiIo to be Kept Ont of
HARMS way-ro Undergo Treatment.
Marie g. FonIenallo, tho 11-years old
girl who recently testified in the Mu-
nicipal Court against three Italians
who were charged with committing an
outrage upon her, was sent gu Thursday
from the residence of her parents at
Front and Shipley strests to the
Homeopathic Hospital, where she is
to be treated for internal trouble, which
has developed during the past few
days Her condition is not thought to
be serious, but it was deemed advis-
able to take the matter in hand in
time, and serious consequences to the
child may be thus averted.
Some of the friends Of the child
assert that it was probably we'll for her
that she was sent away from the neigh
porhood. as IL is alleged that sOme OF
the friends of the accused men have
been acting 10 such a manner as to
cause those interested in the child to
fear that some harm might come to
her, or she might be spirited away to
prevent her from going before the
grand jury or the Court Of Oyer and
Terniner next month.
The house was visited on Friday
but the mother was not at home and il
could not be learned whether her sus.
PIGEONS have been aroused, but others
made statements upon which the above
ia based.
II is said that an effort will be made
to have the child placed 10 some other
institution after shs is discharged from
the hospital, as some of the friends OF
the family would like to uee her KEEP,
out of the neighborhood until her
presence is required before the grand
| iury
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Wilmington and New York People Have a
Narrow Escape From Drowning ut Penn.

Wilmington and New York People Have n
Narrow Escape From Drowning ut Penn's
Grove.
Mrs. Alfred Jones and two daughters
of No. SOB East Tenth street, Miss
Bertha DAZZLING. also of this city, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCort OF Nav
York City recently went to Penu'a
Grove for a short soiourn anu tool.
temporary quarters in floating cabin.
All went we'll until early Thursday
morning, when, during a severe storm,
the cabin broke away from it's moor
ings and drifted out into the river to
the end Of the chains which hud been
made fast on the beach.
Tho river was exceedingly rough and
the cabin was tossed about for q while /;
the rough j0lting terrifying the occu.
pants. They were unable TO do any
thing, however. and, as high wiud
was blowing could not make themselves
henrd when they called for assistance.
as it was about O'clock in the morn.
ing and the other people in the vicinity
were asleep.
Shortly after the people in the cabin
had been SO rudely awakened the cabin
careened and finally settled on the
beach, being submerged IN aevsral feet
Of water This capped the climax and
the already badly frightened occupants
were compelled to take refuge on the
roof, and after they had heen on the
roof for short time they succeeded in
alarming people on shore, who, by a
great deal Of hard and hazardous work,
managed to rescue the ontire party.
All returned to this city on the
steamer Ulrica Thursday.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
fmosnr ron ponr wAnDrss.

An Ordinance Making Extraordinary APP
preparations Given Two Readings mt the
Meeting of City Council.
At the meeting Of City Council Thurs
day night Mr.. Oberly introduced and
had read twice and referred to the law
and finance committees 40 ordinance
making an extraordinary appropriation
OF 5000 Tor the salary account and one
Of $500 for the committees on patiga-
tion. The appropriation OF 5000 was
made necessary by law passed at the
last session OF the Legislature requir-
ing Council to pay each OF the thres
county assessors in the city $500 for
making the assessment under the
Adams Tax law. The Board of Port
Wardens recently asked for an appro-
priation OF $500 for current expenses
and the $500 for the navigation com
mittee 10 for the use OF the board, no
provision having been made for it when
the regular appropriations were decided
upon.
The ordinance is similar to one
which was introduced about month
ago, with the exception that the
feature appropriating 81, 500 for the
Phoenix Fire Co., has been omitted.
What action Council intends to taks
with regard to the Increased nppropria-
| tion Of the Phoenix Co., which was
| authorized by tine Legislature at its
last session, the members have not in
| timated,
Very little other business was trans-
acted at the meeting Two communi-
cations were received from the Joseph
Bancroft & Sons Co., one asking for
| the refundlng of money paid as taxes
on building at Kentmsre which had
been torn down, and the other asking
for the refunding of half the money
paid ma taxes on Charles IL. Wat.
thoughts house, the taxes having been
paid twice by mistake. Both COM
munications were referred to the com
mittee on finance.
| City Treasurer Curry reported a
balance of 500, 919. 81 10 the Union Ma
tional Bank and 334, 336 in each of the
four depository hanks; also, park
land fund amounting to 1923, 034. 30.
The collections for the week were as
follows: From Tax Collector Sayers
81, l25; Collector Lewis. $il0; ex.Col
lector MICHEL, 5000.
On motion Of Mr.. Oberly, the Board
Of Health was allowed It's annual ap-
propriation of $3.50.
Council accepted the invitation Of
Chairman Cannon OF the fire committees
to accompany that COMMITTEES next
Monday and Tuesday evenings on the
semi-aunual inspection trip to the
various firehnuses in the city.
The report Of the superintendent OF
the crematory, which was accepted aud
fled, showed that the crematory was
In operation % days last month, during
which time S13, $40 pounds Of garbage
and l3s, 500 pounds of coal were con-
humed.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25

The jackson 4 Sharp 20. is pushing
the work on the six cara for the Ches,
ter trolley connection. They will be
longer and have greater seating CO
pacity than the Elsmere cars, but will
be similar to them in having the seatn
at right angles to the aisle, They will
have double instead of single trucks,
will have two so horse power motors
each, and will be painted like the Will
mington cars. The road-bad for the
extension is being laid between Clay
mont and Chester. The Chester Trao-
tion Co. will replace its rails ON Second
street. Chester. Later the car wheels
are to be changed and the tracks relsid
to fit them. The company is putting
up lot OF Chestnut poles to take the
place of pine poles.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
THE D0VER MYSTERY.

Gov. Tunnel Receiv,ng Praisa on all Sides
for His Prompt action IN Offering Re
ward.
Dover, Aug. 10. --Gov. Tunnel is re-
ceiving praise 90 all sides for his
prompt action in offering a reward for
the arrest and conviction of the peraon
or persons who caLsed the deaIh of
Mrs. Ida ii. Deane and Mrs. Mary e.
Dnnning. and it is heliYved that the
inducsment will result in the ultimate
capture of the guilty person or persons.
The reward, which was printed yeHter-
day, by direction of the Governor, in
the form OF large posters, reads MS fol-
lows; ia
Reward IA reward of $1,000 will be paid
by the State of Delaware for the arrest and
conviction of the person or persons who
caused the death Of Mrs. Ida II. Deane and
of Mrs, Mary Z. Dunning, Of the town of
Dover. on the 18th and 10Th days of August
1898, BY poisoning through the means Of q
box OF candy sent through the mails.
Ebe W. Tunnel, Governor.
August 18th, 1893.
After Gov. Tunnel had been in con-
sultation With Attorney General White
he made the following statement TO a
reporter concerning the terrible crime,
which shows bis feeling in the matter (:
This is the most horrible case that
has ever occurred In our State. Ii was
brutal, terrible crime. The person
who sent that box of poisoned candy is
| as bad, yes, 10 worse, than the miser-
| able anarchist who throwH a. bomb into
crowd Of innocent and unsuspecting
people. The reward which / have
| offered is the largest ever offered in
\ Delaware believe, but the gravity OF
the CESS demands it. hope that the
reward is large enough to orente an in
terest 10 the cass and TO induce officers
and detectives to give their time and
attention to it In order to capture the
murderer. hope that this mystery
will be unravelled and the guilty per
son brought to the punishment de
served. The details Of the case and ita
Investigation are 10 the hands of the
attorney general. With that l have
nothing to do and shall refer every one
to him. but am sure that everything
possible will be done to place the gull
| OF this crime"
Deputy Attorney General Peter L.
Cooper, Jr., has returned TO town from
Falmouth Heights, Mass, to give his
assistance to Attorney General Robert
O. White In the investigation.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
W. Q. I. d. NOTES

"Charity is kind"
"And now abideth faith, hope, charity,
these three, but the greatest of these Is
charity."-I. Corinthians -, 4, 10.
We are indebted to last weeks Voice
for the following:
A lady reader of the Washington Post
contributes this story OF the late Miss
Wizards kindness:
When the great temperance leader lay
dead in Chicago, among the flowers near
her was bunch Of violets from Wash
ington newspaper woman. u never saw
Miss Willard but once" said the news
paper woman to me the day she sent
the flowers. ut was in Western city.
was reporter on local paper, dis
couraged, overworked, blue, homesick,
and Altogether miserable, for was-weli
/ wasn't out of my teens, and had been
away from home only few months.
Miss Willard came 20 the city TO organize
W. @. I. U. chapter. was sent to her
hotel to ask her something impairment
Miss Willard was Ill, but sent word that
might come up. / found her sitting in
an easy chair, very pale but very sweet.
had only begun to tell my GRAND when
she rose and came toward me. She put
her hands on my shoulders. why,
dearie,' she said, 'how tired you look;
take my chair, childp And I-nobody
had called me 'dearie' for SO long, no.
body had called me Child that I-well,
l put my head on Frances Willard's
shoulder and cried it all out. l had never
seen her before--I have never seen her
since, but for the memory of those few
kind words, l say God bless Frances
Willard ! And somehow | feel sure lie
has blessed Frances Willard"
In reference to the Temple, the Union
Signal Of August 18th states: "We hope
| that white-ribboners will be content tO
| find answers to their questions In what
has already been printed. By common
consent the field of endeavor for the
| 100000 is open till November. The w.
q. 4. U. can, therefore, now that the facts
are before them, we'll afford to leave the
more weighry question of entire owner
ship, TO tho National Convention"
Our national organ also gives this item
| of interest: "The recent Congress OF
Temperance at Staten Island created a
provisional committee to nominate an ad.
| f'Sohy SNiAhattSSt "hiSh ohOutu
a plan of campaign in which temperance
men of all shades OF belief can unite
Among the important movements urged
by the conference were an effort to in.
duce boards OF education to insist upon
total abstinence as a qualification for all
teachers in the schools; to urge insurance
companies to grant total abstainers re-
duced rates of premiums on life insur'
| n haf mi nd n
leges be urged to protect their students
by providing places for their socia
| pleasure minus bars, and that the uni
yersilies and colleges which do no
formally outlaw the drink habit be ex
posed to public and parental censure
that pressure be brought to bear on mill
tary and naval officials to enforce tota
abstinence in the army and navy, ant
that every opportunity be improved fol
impressing upon employer and employ,
the economic value of total abstinence
The work as proposed is practical and WI
believe feasible"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25

the mornings, with the big lcghorn hat
hiding her face from the sun, when she
wore her dainty colored lawns in the
afternoons and her white gowns in the
evenings, the girls who were very much
dressed began to look at her and wonder
II simplicity were not the right frame for
youth. Effie enjoyed her life as only
good girl can, and her chaperon was too
clever n woman to open her eyes to the
wickedness of this world.
One day they had little unpleasant
ness, Nine. Grandame thought that she
didn't quite understand what she was
doing when she refused the hand, bank
book, fourth hand and what lie was
pleased to call heart of the young man
whose grandfather had probably arrived
in this land of the free in the steerage,
not that that was disgrace to him, but
as Effie said, "Why should marry him
when | love somebody else and have ac-
cepted him !"
Then Nine Grandame did lose her
temper. She screamed. She had hys-
terra, and she only came to when she
heard that the future husband of Effie
was TO be gentleman whose fathers
name was in the peerage and who owned
no end of boats, steeragos and all, and
who had come over in his pretty yacht,
the Sphinx, to see what an American
girl was like. Then Efile was Rugged
and kissed, and that night at dinner her
engagement was announced, and her
chaperon believed she was the first TO
really know it. But Effle was too good
girl for that. Before anybody dreamed
of it the commander OF the Sphinx had
gone away down south and with dignity
asked in person for his ladylove.
But what amused Effie was letter
sent her by her mother. 1t was from
Nine. Grandame to her cousin, and she
said:
My Dear Geraldine-You have probably
heard from Efiie about that dear English
man who is reallyso noble. My dear, what
pity YOU haven't some more girls who
wish husbands for could marry them all
for You and get for them, ms Ellie has, the
catch of the season. Your mode of ednca-
ton Is q great success. Effle was perfectly
well bred, well informed and attracted men
who were tired to death OF the fetching girl
the fast girl and their ilk. once doubted
your wisdom, but really it does seem posi-.
BILE now that quiet home and an education
supervised by mother who is lady will
result i'll the right kind of daughter. Effit
seems to have no idea Of her betrothed's
| great wealth, but seems satisfied with hi.
| love. My dear, it is beautiful. 1t seems tc
me there ought to be a contract issued by
the government whereby ouch mothers a.
you are should control our daughters Evei
faithfully, Clotilde Grandame.
And this was the end of Newport
romance. Yet it was simple romance
after adjust a pretty girl, handsome
man, the usual accessories, the air oi
Newport, all of which resulted in the
| union of affinities. l never knew before
that l was acquainted with 80 many bic
words. Probably that is the air of New
| port as 1t affects Bah.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25

The successful mercha ants of the
world have been great advertisers.
John Wanamaksr, for example, ia a
merchant prince and a millionaire be-
cause he was clear sighted enough to
see the value of printers ink, aud w.
Il. Douglas. tho shoe manufacturer. has
reached his present or viabls position
in the business world by persistent and
iudicious advertising. Very likely
others made as good a 90 shoe as he
did, but he took palma to tell tile puh-
lie where they could get a good ehoe
for three dollars, and he bias had hiH
reward. This is just what advertising
is-telling the people where they can
get what they want, and telling il in a
truthful. straightforward way. A msn
NAV have excellent goods on hand, and
these may be Just what good many
people would like to know about, hut
If he will not take pains from week to
week to tell people what he has he
10 pretty surs to lose trade.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-08-25
DELEGATES SELECTED.
New Castle Democrats Namo Delegates ior
state and County Conventions.


state and County Conventions
New Castle, Aug. 10. ,--Lnst evening
Democrats of New Castle hundred met
in the Town Hail. for the purpose of
selecting delegates to the state and
county conventions and one candidate
for inspector from each OF the four dis
tricts. The meeting was one OF the
largest held here FOR several yearH and
was very harmonious. Chairman lat
rick MoGrory of the executive commit
tee presided and George W. Eckles was
secretary.
After stating the object Of the meet-
ing, Chairman McGrory was instructed
to appoint three members from each
district US committee to report names
for the various nominations. The fol
lowing were reported and afterwards
ratified unanimously as the choice OF
the meeting:
Delegates to the State Convention
Northern district, William Morrison
Eastern, Charles Shearer; Western,
Edward McCallister; Southern, A ndrew
NJ. Gallagher; at large, John Q. Ma
honey.
Delegates to the County Convention
-Nortbern district. Frank Dell. Jan
vier; Eastern, Moses b. Fleming
Southern, A. Hermann padberg; Vest
srn, Mark Stapleton; at large. John
II. Rodney. s.
Observation-Disclosures district, Denny
Smith; Eastern, William I. Farley
Southern, Edward l.. Davidson; West
ern, John Megonigle.
John II. Rodney explained various
matters ia relation to the payment ui
the registration fee, and stated that the
poll tax would not be collected, as the
Levy Court had made arrangements &c
have all the poll taxes returned as
errUrs. sIt
The hundred committee was empow,
cred to fill vacancies in either the
State or county convention delegations,
and appoint candidates for inspector il
case Of the Illness or inability Of any
of those animated to serve.
1t waH also stated that any one desir.
ing TO have his name placed on the
ticket as u candidate for nomination
must give notice to the hundred com
mittee NOT later than September Let.
1t was also decided to hold the com
ing primaries In the four regular voting
places in the eity.
The meeting then adjourned.