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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
why Birds, Eggs are oolored,

The why and wherefore of the colors
of birds eggs has been favorite theme
for speculation, from the quaint sur
musings of Sir Thomas Browne to the
solemn guess. work OF Shufeldt, in his
ten biological laws explanatory of the
variation in color OF tine shells Of the
eggs in class Avee." liewitscn piously
concludes that the beauty of these
elegant and often ax1ulsitely attractive
objects is intended for the delight OF
human eyes; hence, as be says, eggs
simply white are put out OF eight in
holes He also sees in the larger mum.
her Of eggs laid by game birds pro.
vision by benevolent Providence for
the JOY Of the sportsman and the de.
lectation Of the epicure. Next comes
man who assures us that the colors
OF eggs arc due to the influence OF their
respective surroundings on the imagina-
tion Of the hen birds-the old story OF
Jacobs little trick on Lahan in the
matter of young cattle. This school
instances as an example the red
bIotches prevalent on the eggs Of
falcons, regarded by it as record OF
the bloody experiences OF the parents
but il does not explain why the equally
rapnciou1 owls produce pure white
eggs. or the bloodthirsty skuas and
shrikes lay greenish ones. --Harper's
Magazine.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

birds are killed the young are left to
stsrve in the nests. Persons who have
visited Florida at this season say thut
it is most heartrending to hear the
cries Of the young biriH. at first shrill
and piercing, then gradually growing
fainter. Surely no woman who once
knows this will be willing TO buy one
OF these ornaments again, no matter
how beautiful they are. The bird OF
paradise plumes are obtained in other
countries in the same way. Tho
plumags of all brtls is brightest at the
nesting season so that is the time
chosen for their destruction. 1t is
time that the wearing Of birds rs decora
tions should cease. Objection is not
made to the use of the plumage OF
domestic fowls, pigeons, &c, which are
killed for food, nor to ostrich plumes
that are taken from birds raised for tho
purpose, and without permanent injury
TO them.
It has been proposed that to tho
"Arhor Day" already celebrated in the
public schools all over tho United
StateB, except in Utah and Delaware,
for the purpose OF impressiag on chill
dren the value Of trees and now TO plant
and care for them, shall be added u
Bird Day" to interest them ir the
care of birds, and teach them tho off.
ferent varieties. This excellent idea
ought to be carried out. Mr.. Stone
suggested that for tho study Of birds an
opera or iisld guss is valuable aid,
and that a SNAP shot from a camera
gives retter results than one from Il
qua.
The Department Of Agriculture at
Washington issues farmers bulletins
that are full of valuable information
about birds and about all manner of
farm produce. These may lie had for
the asking. A. S.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

st. Louis, Mo-, Feb. "A special
from San Antonio, Tex, to the Republic
Gays: by the arrest, here, of Ii. NJ.
zekins and L. II. McCaho, Pacific Ex-
press Go. messengers. it is believed,
one of the most gigantic ard sys-
Dramatically conducted railroad rob-
berries of recent years has been re.
vealed. Tho line of operations of the
alleged thieves extended from st. Louis
to San Antonio. and covered q period
OF three years. Large quantities Of
wearing apparel, iewelry and other
articles Of value, which had been taken
from trunks of passengers between st,
Louis and San Antonio. have been re-
covered. McCabe has made full con-
fession. Trunks were opened with
skeleton keys, and small articles of
value distracted.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

III one wants glimpse of perfect sat.
isfactIon with ones self, let him 90
look in certain New York drug stbre,
A cat sits there in the window. gazing
serenely out at the pRssers. ny whose
neck ia not only adorned with a leather
collar, and hit of rod ribbun as we'll,
bot the tips of whose ears are pierced
and set out with pair of dismund
urrings a coquette might envy. THE
diamonds may be rhine6tones but the
effect is the samel. Since there are
only men in the stora and the cat has
evidently been adorned by one of thsm,
the passer.by is lad to wonder whether
woman's vanity is always Mt work 10
her own adornment. Does a man.
own instinct never play part in it,
And who can tell whether Eve's first
garland WIS not thu result OF one OF
Adams idle hours? That cats, like ths
rest of US. ara susceptible, no one will
deny. They pine without demoustra.
tions. and flourish under them. Have
two of them in the same house, dress
one up and neglect the other, and the
one denied decoration wastes AWAY.
This is fact, not fancy. And what is
true Of cats is true of us all perhaps,
Not many of us survive lines of dis.
tinction that are too finely drawn, -
Harper's Bazaar.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
oKIaiS Or THE CAT.
The Dog Believed to Have Been Domestb
cated First,

The Dog Believed to Have Been D0meeti-
Gated First,
II is impossible 10 trace the origin OF
the donitn 10 cat with certainty to any
existing speGies or variety OF the wilG.
cat, says the Chicago Record Indeed,
the time at which ths cat was first
domesticated and introduced to human
society is purely matter Of conjecture.
Prof. Shalsr expresses the opinion thst
the domestication of the cat must havs
heen much later than that of the dog,
while other nHturulisis give reasons for
believing to the contrary.
Some peoI lie agree with Prof. Shaler,
and for tEis reason; That dogs werd
probably first domesticated in order TO
assist in hunting and therefore, prob.
ably, in what is called the hunting ago
OF human society, whereas the cat has
nowhere boon generally USED as hunt
ing animal. This dog is esseni italy
greRarious; he loves to hunt in packs,
anu when introduced 10 human family
be regards the family at his pack and
hunts accordingly, so that he is easily
made serviceable by the human hunter.
The cat, on the contrary, ia unsocial;
il lives alone, hunts aluno and feeds
alone, so that it could not lie expected
to he easily trained to hunt either with
men or for them. In fact the only
member of the cat family that is known
10 have been trained to hunt ia tho
cheetah, Though AN ancient Egyptian
painting which may be seen in the
British museum, represents cat which
is apparently assisting hunter to
catch birds.
There is another reason for thinking
that the cat must have heen adopted by
man after the hunting age, namely,
the cats wonderful attachment to
locality Animals like the wolf, with
which the dog is most closely allied.
follow their prey over vast tracts Of
| country and seem 10 he entirely desti,
tute OF local attachment The wildcat,
on the contrary, settles down in par.
ticiar spot aud waits for its prey to
come. When removed from it's accus-
toned habit it seems to lose it's skill,
and therefore would be useless TO men
in hunting age, because in that age
men seldom bad liked habitations, but
roamed abroad wherever game was to
he found. Of couree, much of this is
conjecture Whether the cat or the
dog was first adopted by men cannot
now be certainly known. hut the cat
was well known as n domestic animal.
at IN early period of human history.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
DELAWARE GAZETTE AND STATE JOURNAL-Wl

manituds star Procyon marks the most
prominent feature in the constellation
CAMS Minor. About four degrees
northwest is Beta CAMS Minori, or
GomeIaa, the only star besides Procyon
OF any prominence in that constellation.
The line connecting those two stars is
almost equal in length and parallel to
the llne that joins Castor and Pollux.
Procyon is Grsek word signifying
before the dog as 1t rises about
half an hour before tie great dug star,
Sirius. If Orion is magnificent con
stellation by virtue Of its possessing
two first magnitude stars--the bright
Belt, ths Sword and an imposing CON
tour-Canis Major, or the Great Dog,
| is distinguished by tho presence OF tho
most brilliant fixed star in the whole
heavens. Sirius shines with planetary
splendor, wing in this respect with
Venus and Jupiter themselves anu out
stripping Saturn and Mars. This beau.
tiful star ia one Of our sidoreal neigh
bors, though it takes sight years to
transmit its light To liz. 10 south
westerly direction and at the same dis
lance as Pfocyon and GOmelaa, or the
two twin stars, ia Beta CAMS Majoris,
which marks the left foreleg of the
Dog, Its body is marked by quadri,
lateral OF four stars, with re-entrent
angle. Sirius forms with ProGyon and
Belegeuse splendid equilateral tri.
angle, each side of which measures q
degrees. Prolouging the line that joins
Procyon with Sirius by its own length,
its extremity will be marked by Alpha
COLUMBIA, or phaet, the brightest staI
in the constellation COLUMBIA. or thu
Dove, and by similarly extending the
line between Betelgeuse ana Sirius thu
star Leta, or Naos, in tho southern con
oscillation Argus, will designate it's ex
tremity. These two extended lines, in
tersecting at Sirius. constitute tn,
Egyptian y. Amigo with Capslla, AMI
Taurus with Aldebaran and tho twt
asteriems of the Pleiades and IIyades
though descending toward tbs west, ar
still high UP and add considerably t
; ths beauty Of the stellar aspect Pc
gasus and Cygnus, which for som
: months past have presented such
familiar and attractive picture IN th
skias, will have disappeared after tn
D middle of the month. In the east thos
consultations are arising, which ma
lie regarded as the harbingers Of til
spring season.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
rHE RIDDLE OF THIyGs TH4r ARE.

We walk in a world where no man reads
The riddle of things that are
From tiny fern in the valleys heart
To the light of the largest STAR
Yet we know that the pressure of Life is
hard
And the silence Of Death is deep,
As we fall and rise on the tangled way
That leads to the gate OF Sleep.
Weknow that the problems of Sin and Pain,
And the passions that lead to crime,
Are the mysteries locked from age to age
In the awful vault OF Time;-
Yet we lift our weary feet and strive
Through the mire and mist to gropc
And lind a ledge on Inc mount Of Faith
In the morning land of Hope
-Harpers Weekly.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
FRUITS Fon TINE rAsLE IN H1SrEE


Mrs. R0re- Tells the best ISinds-How They
should he served and when Eaten.
Ladies Home journal.
Fruits are more appcti2ing, and per-
haps, more easily digested. IL taken in
the early part OF the day-whether or
not before the breakfast must be de-
termined by the eater.
Grapes, oranges and shaddocks may
be served before tue cereal, Baked
apples, peaches, haked bananas, figs.
dated, prunss aud stewed fruits should
be served at the close Of the breakfast.
Raisius, sultauas, dried figs and
prUnes should he soaked thoroughly, SO
that they may take up the same amount
of water with which they have parted
in this process of drying and should
then he heated Just enough to soften
| the skins.
The sub acid fruits, such as apples
| fits, dates, peaches, persimtnOnH, pears
prunes and HpriootR, are, perhaps, the
best OF the winter fruits, and may be
used TO good advantage with animal
| foodB.
Acid fruits must at all times be used
most sparingly, especially by persons
inclined TO rheumatic troubles. The
continued use Ut an orange or Hhaddock
before breakfast will diminish the
power of stomach digestion, for which
reason they should be servad with
cereals, or such foods as require only
intestinal digestion.
The napuw and pineapple belong to q
class alone. They contain vegetable
pepsin which assists in the digestion
of the heterogeneous principles. ThesI
fruits, then, may 10 served with meats,
and will AID in their digestion; wher
served with broad and butter they d.
not form So good a diet. They arr
more dGestihle raw than cooked, n
thu beat destroys the activity OF thu
fermHnts,
Apples, as rule, are more easil!
digested cooked than raw, although
raw apples are more palatable.
The fashion of adding sugar to fruit
SHOULD be avoided, as they have alread'
been endowed With sufficient amour
of sugar, and as all the starch ant
cereals are converted into sugar an.
further amount would be stored 10 tn
system, to its dctriment. II our billion
friends would throw aside their live
pills, and with them, sugar, they nigh
be free from much discomfort.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
TURNED no SCIENCE.
He Found Place Where Bicycle Talk Was
NOT Alpha and Omega.

Not Alpha and Omega.
Washington star.
Tho papers read before a scientific asso-
citation had been of an unusually abstruse
character that evening, and the comments
on them more than ordinarily technical
and profound. But tho man who sat in
an obscure corner close TO the door lis.
tened with close attention 10 all that was
said. All the members of the association
regarded him ms the guest invited by
some other member, and, as a matter of
fact, he was an entire stranger to every
body. He never Joined in the applause.
hut his attitude was unvaryingly respect
full and attentive. Ono of the members.
in n spirit Of hospitality, stopped him bc-
fore he could get out of the door.
Glad to see Won here again. Mr.. -. I
must confess | have forgotten your
name"
Barker is my NAME" he answered,
with some embarrassment. Sirius
Barker
You have hcen a very regular atton.
dant at our meetings of late"
''ios: l took the liberty of dropping in
now and then. So long as didn't create
any disturbance, thought you wouldn't
object"
You are interested in science, then ~
Yes; in way"
"Arc Won student of any particular
branch?"
NO: ! must confess | am not"
| why, in thar ease great dea of what
is said here must he unintclligiblc to YOU
1T is. To tell You the honest truth !
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
10 EAJop A cIG ar.
But Few Men Ever Get tho Very Best
Results.

but rev Men Ever Get inc very nest
Results.
Washington star.
=" Personal observation has taught
me" said Cuban dealer to Star
reporter, that not one person in a
hundred knows how TO smoke cigar
to enjoy it thoroughly. For instance,
most men, after buying their cigars,
stick them between their teeth and
gnaw the ends off recklessly, thereby
tearing and loosening the wrapper.
Then they light their cigars and puff
away as il their very lives depended
upon finishing them in hurry. Thus
treated the finest cigar will burn ir.
regularly, and the smoker will, nine
times out Of ten, lay the blame on the
cigar. This cigar may be to blame, hut
In most Casea the fault lies In the way
il has been handled.
After cigar has been bought the
end should lie cut smoothly Oft by a
clipper or sharp knife. Tho reverse end
should then be placed ia the mouth
and the cigar blown through. This re-
moves all the little particles OF dust
which cannot be avoided in tie manu-
facture. and prevents them from being
inhaled into the thrOnt, and from pro
ducing coughing. The cigar should
then be lighted. and particular attention
should be paid to it's being thoroughly
ignited all over the surface of the end.
Then Instead OF pufling away like Il
steam engine the smoker will find that
three or four pulfs every minute make
the best way to enjoy tho cigar The
smoke should be kept in the mouth q
short time in order to appreciate the
flavor of the tobacco. Then it should
be emitted slowly.
''In case one side OF the cigar should
burn and leave ragged edge on the
other side 1t ia not necessary TO relighl
it as l often see many people DO. a
gentle blow through the cigar toward
tbs lighted end will ignite the ragged
side anu it will burn regularly. Smok
ing this way is a pleasure. II frets IN,
to see man smoking a cigar vino
does not know how to enjoy it and
often feel ike giving him few wordi
OF advice and would 40 so weru il moi
for fear of offending him."
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
hEEP A kfCRIAs

II your crop is pretty short,
Keep Il lticliin',
'Taint no use to rip and snort,
Keep a kickin'.
Six cents cotton makes one blue,
Specially when your bales are few,
But don't give up that wont do,
Keep kickin'.
IT you're 10 your neck in debt,
Keep a kickin,
Honest toll will free you yet,
Keep kiGGin,
Lots of FOLKS were inst like you,
But by pluck they busted through
And they got there" Why can't you
Keep a kickin'.
If your peoples way behind you,
Keep a kiGsin'
Some of them will some day mind you
Keep a kickin
Nary man was wiser made
Nor soul putOn up grade
'Cept he made n start and STAYED,
Keep u kickin'.
Can't start eer wheel turnin',
Keep kickin',
Chunks all scattered-nothin' burnin',
Keep a kicsin'.
BY and by twill come all right
Shadows gone, the day all bright,
And your darkness turned to light,
Keep kickfn'.
Helping Hand
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

1t is dark and lonesome here,
Beneath the windy caves -
The cold, cold ground my bed,
My cuverlet dead leaves,
My only bedfellow
The ram that vets my sleeves
If it.be day, or night,
know not, cannot say,
For am like child
Who has lost his troubled way,
Till see the white of the hOar-frost-
Then know IL is day
touch the silent strings,
The broken lutte complains;
The sweets of love are gone,
The bitterness remains,
Like the memory of SUMMER
In the time of the long rams
A few more days and nights,
My tears will cease to flow;
For hear voice within,
Which tells me | shall go,
Before the morning hoar-frost
Becomes the night Of snow!
-Harper's Magazine.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
MIDWINTgn ~ TnE NoRrn WEsr


Through all the dreary days the cold rains
pour,
And winters chilling gusts make sullen
moan;
Their outstretched arms the tall pines raise
and lower,
As if to silence that deep monotone.
No clear bird voices thrill the solemn wood,
And save the wailing wind, there is no
sound;
Where once the lilies in white beauty stood
The rotting leaves now robe the sodden
ground.
The slim. dead cedars standing on the
height
Seem bony fingers pointing to the sky;
The maple trees--ah, what wueful sight !
Mere skeletons that ever strive 10 die.
We look in vain for glowing sun at morn:
AT evening watch the dark blot out the
day,
And greet, mayhan, the old moon, pale and
worn
A groping ghost half seen through folds of
gray
Woman Home Companion
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Cambridge, Md, Feb. a. pc.
tition was filed in the Circuit Court
on Monday by Purnell IIorner and his
wife, Kate. aud Oscar j. wheatley for
a writ of habeas corpus to bring before
the court an infant child of the pc.
titiuners, Horner and wife, now in the
custody of Mary Homer, respondent,
and to have said infant given to the
keeping and care Of said Wheatley.
The court yesterday after hearing tina
evidence, remanded the child to the
respondent, Mary Homer.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
Oh EWINa CIV cRUsApn.


bisuop fluCeuts appear To tne hhnshh
Temperance Union.
Topeka. Kan, Feb. 3. --Bishop John
II. Vincent of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, appearing before the State
Temperance Union, appealed to his
hearers 10 take up the chewing gum
habit, and TO persevere until it is
crusaded out of Kansas.
He asserted that the chewing gum
vice has made millionaires OF few
men, in few years, and, instead OF
doing good. is encouraging dangerous
habits among the people. lie argued
that tho foundation of temperance re.
form should he laid at The chewing
gum age of childhood, as the habit is a
sort Of self.indulgence that should be
restrained. IL the child's will were
educated TO resist this habit, it could
be easier trained 10 resist other habits.
The bishop was particular in his
criticism of the chewing gum girl, and
urged that she should be given tc
understand that the indulgence of the
habit is TO her discredit.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
WH EN- JILTED.


When pretty, poutng lips say no
TO all your earnest pleading.
Don't go and plunge yourself in woo
Or change the life you're leading:
For other maids there are ms fair.
With ewes as blue and lips AS rare,
As she who drives you to despair
And sets your heart a-beeding.
Then Danish all dependency
And dire foreboding smother,
And seek them out where'er they he
And straightway WOO another!
Tho loves u fashion somewhat old,
Yet women's hearts arc not all cold,
And when the tale is truly told ~.
+ One maids MS good as tother. e.
Judge.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Detroit, Mich, Feb. IA special
from Ishpeming to the journal says
that tho advance in wages. made on
February 1st, at the Carnegie minee.
averaging 10 per cent, will be made
general throughout the Gogebic Iron
Range. and that between 1900 and
1000 employ es will be- affected by the
increase.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Washington, Feb. 3.--Uuited States
Minister Bethany Storer reports to the
State Department that the total export
of raw sugar from Belgium in 1897 was
a9i, 1871, GIG pounds, of which 1874, 723, DOS
pounds came to the United States. The
expectation of refined sugar was Ia, :
COS, l35 pounds, and of this l,1G2, Cos
pounds known as pulrerizsd came to
the United States.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Mattie-What has become of your
anti-sang society that you took 80
much interest in few months ago."
IIelen--Oh, it's in the cousomme.
The president got nut,y and imagined
she was the unly dent in the pan. 80
we gave her the williss and dinkydink
association shot the chutes. "--Chicago
News,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

New York. Feb. 3.--Willianl j.
Quinlan, Jr., cashier Of the Chemical
National Bank, has resigned his po-
sition. lie acknowledges in a letter to
the directors that he has lent 1893, 600
of the hanks money without consult
ing the president and knowing that
the directors would not approve his
action.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Sherlock Holmes lat the theatreJ--
"1hat lady in front of us has remsrka-
bly pretty teeth.
Or. Cubebs---" How do you know:
you haven't SOM her face?"
Sherlock Holmes But she has
laughed necessarily ever since the cur.
tain went up. "-Cnicago News.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10
Fire In New York t,,tv

New York, Feb. 3-Fire on South
strnet, yesterday, did $40, 900 worth of
damage to the building occupied by S.
W. Lewis, fish importer, and the New
York Stevedoriug Go. The extreme cold
made the work of the tiremen very
iliIfirult
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Chicago, ILL.,, Feb. s. w. 4. Gilss
of Frpeport, ILL.,, is dead at the resi-.
dence of his son, W. S. Giles, in this
city. after brief illness. He was an
old and widely known newspaper man,
and had The distinction Of establishing
10 newspapers. lie was in his 10th
year,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Detroit, Mich. Feb. 3. Earl Rey-
nolds tho champion professional sgator,
has set world's mark for 100 yards at
the Boulevard Rink. The hest previous
mark from standing start was nine
seconds, hold by himself. He cut the
record 10 8 8 seconds.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

baltimore, Md. Feb 3.-Clarenco
NJ. Richardson, 40 actor in Denman
Thompson Old Homestead Co., was
found dead In bed at the Academy
Hotel yesterday afternoon. Coroner
Abercrombie decided that his death
was due to apoplexy.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-02-10

Before you set me doing time, " said
the watch, II only ask that you Judge
me by my works"
"We shall see about that, said the
repairer, latter have looked into your
case. "-Cincinnati Enquirer.