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The sun., 1898-02-26
COMING CITY ELECTION.
Prominent Candidates MCnt iOnrh to
E.ll Vacancies in he Board or
Education.

Sever days from today the Board Of
Education election will be held in this
city. Up to The present time but very
little interest has been manifested by
either political party.
1t is expected William j. Ferris and
William 4. Nickcry, whose terms ex-
pir, can be reelected il they so dc sire.
Among the other prominent candi.
dates named are John McFarIan. james
f. Biggs, David W. EIkinton, Thomas
Gravel and John {. Mnhoncv.
A light vote is expected as it is
thought that the tax collector will insist
on the payment Of taxes as a q,alitica
tion.
The sun., 1898-02-26
MAY MINER At NEW CASTLE
= Frank Duncan Held For Assault
and Battery. aud John Bland For
Carving Deadly Wea,DnS.

Frank Duncan was given II hearing
before Judge Ball, IN Municipal Court
yesterday morning, on he charge OF as.
sault and b cry on Charles White
duncan was intoXicat ,d on Thursday
evening, and meeting White beat him
without any pruvoc;lti"n.
He was rrlnandcd in the sum of 500
bail
Delaware lIpl!ngsworth, arrested for
drunkenness, was fined and discharged.
John Drake, arrested for Il similar Of
icnsc, was fined 81 and costs "f the case.
Jchn Bland. cnIorcd, was renandrd
in default Of $50 for carrying concealed
deadly weapons, and also for using a
pair Of steel knucklcs on Il number OF
persons at a dance on East Fifth street.
The sun., 1898-02-26
Anna Held'S Car Finished.

The Harlan 4 Ilolingsworth Company
has just completed the car to be used bv
Mss Anna Held, the famous Fen h
actress. This car was formerly owned
by Lily Langtry and was used by her in
starring through the United States. 1t
will be- sent to Philadelphia where Miss
Held and her company viii meet al d
take possession. The body OF the car Is
painted dark blue, with white and gold
trimmings, while tie running gear and
all he lower portion is IL bright bronze.
The interior OF the ear is conveniently
arranged for he purposes for which it is
to bccnployrd.
The sun., 1898-02-26
HinIl Sr,lOnl Trial lsnurS.

The trial races OF the High school
Athletic Association will be held on
Thursday afternoon OF next week, when
candidates will be selected to run on
April %, in the relay races OF the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania, ut Philadelphia.
j. +. Whitehead will manage the base
ball team for the coming seasoa. Chal-
lenges have already been received from
Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Md, the
Maryland Agricultural College, and
villa Nova.
The sun., 1898-02-26
vaiur of the Cargo.

The tug Harry Schaubcl, ,Jr, re-
manned alongside the Ericsson last
nIgnt
The steamer William Chapman, be
longing to the Merritt Chapman Com
pany, with the big derrick Monarch in
tow, left New York on Wednesday, to
assist in til" work Of raising the sub.
merged vessel.
The purscr's books were not lost at
the time of her submersion, as sup
posed, but are in the safe aboard the
boat. The divers have succeeded in
saving Il greater part Of the cargo, which
was insured for the amount af $5O, 600.
The sun., 1898-02-26
Farewell Party.

Last evening about fifty members Of
the Wilmington Bicycle Club was en-
tertail ed ly I har es II. Sassee, at his
home, III East Fourth street. The
members Of the club wished Mr.. Sassee
God speed in his contemplated trip to
Europe. An elaborate menu was served
and disc ussed during the evening.
The sun., 1898-02-26
Slightly Injured.

Thomas Boyer, colored, was slightly
injured yesterday through being struck
by a car on the Wilmington Passenger
Railway line, at Front and Market
streets, .' '''
The sun., 1898-02-26
Presented With Il Badge.

Charles II. Sasse, who at an early date
will sail for Europe in company with
Ferdinand Blumenthal, was on Thursday
evening presented with gold badge by
Wilmington Conclave, 4. o. L. W.
The sun., 1898-02-26
Missing Man Last Seen on Board
the Ericsson.
DAUGHTERS SEE SMITHS BODY
The Remains to he Taken to Philadel-
Vessel Valued at $5O.OOO.

No tidings have been received Of the
man Murphy, of Baltimore, who took
passage on the steamer Ericsson.
The body is not aboard the boat, and
the only way Of accounting for his dis.
appearance is that he was drowned and
the body carried away by the tide and
possibly drawn under the ice which was
floating on the river at the time Of the
accident. '
The horse which Murphy had aboard
was drowned, and as soon as IooseDed
from it's fastenings tioatcd away on the
tide.
The missing mans wife and relatives
have made dilgelt search in all the
places usually frquented by him, but he
has not been seen at any OF them.
The last time he was seen by any of
his friends was " hen he went aboard the
Ericsson with his horse, and there is
little doubt but lie met his death in
much the same manner as did George +.
Smith, but his body must in some man
ncr have got ont OF he cabin and then
tloated away from the vessel.
If the body had IA life preserver on it
would float hithcr and thther on the
surface of the water, and much more
freely than would be the case il it was
without. as the bouyancy OF the cork
would cause it to be more easily inf1u-
enced by the tide.
The sun., 1898-02-26
Smith to Re Buried Sunday.

Arrangements have been made for the
removal of the body OF George 7. Smith,
the Ericsson victim, to Philadelphia for
burial.
Mrs. Nellie Piper daughter of The dead
man, was in the city yesterday after
noon and made arrangements with Dep.
uty Coroner Chandler IT, ship the body
this afternoon.
The funeral will be held from the resi-
dcnce Of Mrs. Piper, Sunday afternoon.
Another daughter came to Whining
ton Yesterday morning and called at the
morgue to view the remains
When the face OF the dead parent was
exposed to her view she was almost
overcome with grief.
THE scene was very affecting and those
who were present were conipel!rd To
turn away from the scene to hide their
own feelings.
The sun., 1898-02-26

The Farmers Bank AZ Georgetown
is holding worthless paper today
given for cash that was paid out for
Democratic votes during the last ten
Star.
The sun., 1898-02-26

II. \. Richardson, Of Dover, was II
Wilmington visitor on Wednesday.
A new stylish lady's b 8 slue, made Of
wooden materials, is plain double
breasted affair with rever and coat back,
which may be pointed If desired.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

wright Memorial. the record Of three military
and naval heroes descendants of that famous
Ncw-fork Bishop. Jonathan Mayhem VAIN
wright Commodore Jonathan Mayhem VAIN
wright was killed in action at Galveston in
1SC3. Major Daniel Wadsworth Wainwright, an
other son, died six months later of wounds re-
ceived in conflict and a grandson, Of the
Bishops own name. a son OF the commander.
lost his life on the coast of Mexico In 1870.
The achievements of all these are faithfully
set down on that block on which the Bishop
holds the first pacc-a block that naturally,
therefore. has the emblems Of the Church upon
it instead Of the insignia Of war
A Revolutionary soldier is buried here as
well-Jacob Reed. though the stone is too worn
To tell Of his military victories History records
naught Of him, though this much is known, that
he lived to a ripe old age. ninety-ciGht dying
in 1SjS. Other men Of battle on land and sea
ontombcd here are Major General Garrt Hoop
er Striker. Of New-York: James Courtlandt
Parker. the Younger. n lieutenant Of artillery.
who was killed in Virginia in 1862; General
lam Wilkins D.sosway Of the LIST New-York
Mounted Rifles. shot down at Williamsburg.
Va. in 1863 "a granite sarcophagus marks his
last resting place.. and Captain Peter j. Henry.
whose tomb has on il a dove above and cap
and sword in relief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Woodlawn has as perhaps Its chief monument
If yyarlike interest the shaft erected over the
grave Of Admiral Farragut. 1t Is famous
tribute to the illustrious dead beneath IL Il
column OF white marble cut to represent IL
broken mast and ornamented with naval en-
Llcms Fifteen feet or more in height. this Is
placed in the centre OF n large circl" one hun
drcd feet in diameter, and looks down on the
railroad side Of the cemetery. IL has stood th"ic
a ouarter of a century, having been raised soon
after Farragut Iassed away
Peacefully at rest in old East Chester village.
or ,be Sound and on the border now OF tn"
CITY Of New-York In ST. Pauls Churchyard.
there lie the bodies Of Il score ana more OF i'c'o-
,u,ionarv soldiers None CT them attained great
r,o,ronco i'm The war for American lndepcnd-
nrco hut ALI are honored In the local annals OF
.ho ala town There was Major Samuel Peli.
,.boee tombstone now bears tie insignia OF war
.c,rro, and rifles: Major Turnbun. OF the fchh-
oyivanja Line; Philip Pell, Judge-Advocate Oh
~, American Army; Colonel Daniel I. Icl.
o,t Tboodosius Fowler and Nathaniel
,e,,n,s The war Of 1912 has It's representa-
,,,,os there. too-Phlemon Fowler ana AbiJah
vo,oar 10 wlt-hut the company of Wor'h'cS
H. u,is churchyard Is chiefly Revoluuonarys
A., - ebouII be so. for ii was at fc'ham
r.,,ro hard by. on october Is. l716. that the
n.,,,ah ,roops landing had their first rebuH Oh
A.. nor and but few miles on at Mile
souarc" Washington had his camp 'his oeins
lust before the Battle OF White fiains' va Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Paurs at East Chester was used hospital
In Revolutionary days.
SOLDIERS WHO LIE IN GREENWOOD.
Soldiers He on the slopes 81 Greenwood, near
~ all men of the Civil War Slocum Dakin
and Strong all generals OF valor, rest here.
Slocum's grave on the further hillside Of the
cemetery. lust above Beechers tomb. has Il
superb shaft tall and stately. Of polifhcd gran
ito. plain and unadorncd. marking il. Major
General George G. Strong's monument Che was
wounded at Fort Wagner in 1863 and died
shortly after in New-York) s exceedingly elab-
crate In contrast. OF white marble. tOwrrinE
high it Is surmountcd by figure Of an angel
holding "A laurel wreath above her head. The
shaft Itself has an angel in relief with sword
and flag. The pedestal is high. Eagles OF
marble guard the corners. and below these Is
an cntabiature o. wreaths and sabre and its
scabbard crossed.
The Thomas :. Dakin monument is somewhat
palmer It's chef ornam mt being eagle
pcrchcd on the top Of the high pillar The lot
itself however liz elaborate. Four high vases.
| constantly filed with towering plants. surround
the shaft. and steps OF granite lead up to the
inclosurc. Militlry in an extraordinary degree Is
the grave Of Colonel Abraham =. Noshurgh. Of
the list New York. killed in active service. 4
circular fence K mushe's hay"ncts Downward
surrounds this tomb. Their" Is torch II Sit
| on the black iron. standard " the G. \. H.
stands just .,i,hin this fence. The ~haft has
atop an eagle 4 fierce Il .fIranor. and on tn"
side Of the column are wrcaihs. On III" front a
medallion IA stone 4 Nosbuigh himself
This Is near the highest point # Battle Hill
on the very grinmlt a few feet away is thu
renowned Soldiers Monument a colossal gran
lie shaft erected by The city Of Ncw-York in
h, nor OF the 1iNWO men she sent to the Civl
War. At the rasc Of this monument are -four
black bronze figures Of soldiers in service Of
life size at each corner. The shaft ITSELF
bears four hass-rclicfs - military scenes, four
insignia Of war. ana four tablets. all metal
plates Of great beauty of execution and design.
And Greonwood's roster Of her military dead
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

honorod by monument IN Central Park ana
Hancock al the iuncture OF One hundred and
twenty -fourth-st and ST. Nichoas-ave. THIS
latter monument is not familiar to New
Workers
Battles as well as soldiers and sailors, have
their cOmrnernoration In bronze and stone
Regiments and heroes in groups are honorcd az
are individuals. on the grounds ~ the NJ"
Columbia University there is n recently erected
tablet cut in sharp relief marking one turn OF
the Battle Of Harlem Heights. ON the wall oil
Trinity Cemetery. at c-hundrco anu"
fourth ST and the Boulevard Is another taDic'
In memory OF the same battle. Al the entrance
TO Prospect Park in Brooklyn stands the grea'
arch In cOmmemoTatiOn OF the soicicrS anu
Sailors Of the Rebellion In Prospect Park itSeii
Is the monument raised by the Sons or the
American Revolution to mark the spot where
the Maryland Line made its historic stand IN
the Battle OF Long Island q century ana
quarter ago.
BATTLES COMMEMORATED.
On the slope from the backbone OF Manhattan
Island to the Hudson In Trinity Cemetery far
uptown a round dozen heroes or many wars
sleep their last sleep. There will be fOund the
'omb Of General John A. Dix. who wrote In an
o'fcial dispatch one day. In words that TING
down the ages before the first shot Of the Civi
war was fired: IF any man attempts TO hauI
eown the American flag. shoot him on the spot
small white marble Runic cross. whose IN
scnption says nothing OF his military record is
=" 'nat marks his grave. Near by Ii the VAN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

uorrjs Quackcnbos. who died in lS62' OF the
cctb Regiment, New-York Volunteers. Lying
,ore too identified with great page in Amer
,or naval history is Charlotte j. Bullus who
was 4 passenger on the Chesapeake in 1907.
rbon that vessel was fired upon by the frigatc
Ioonard At the side of st. Marks Church rests
With \ tablet above him, Peter Stuyvesant,
soldier and Governor. In the church Itself Is
another tablet in memory of Nicholas FISH
rou,enant colonel in the Army Of the American
Revolution
Scattered in the squares up and down are
.ome naval and military memorials. Most
famous Of all probably. is the Worth Monumen;
., the upper end of Madison Square-a tall
granite column. its tone much dccpened by age.
decorated with military insignia in relief Few
NJ those that pass it daily know, however. thai
This monument covers an actual grave. Such
,s nevertheless the fact. Major General Worth's
body resting beneath it. This warrior is New
York's hero OF the Mexican War. and in the
shat, itself are cut the names of many Of his
most famous battle-feds.
In city Hall Park stands MacMonnicss finely
modelled statue of young Nathan Hale 1t
needs no description nor does the reader need
10 hear the story of Nathan Hale In Madison
Square Admiral Farragut has a monument TO
him that we'll depicts the characteristics Of this
Nelson Of America. Alexander Hamilton is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22
OLD MAN or THE MOUNTAIN.
CALIFORNIA; INFAlLIBLE WEATHER PROPHECY
From The San Francisco Chronicle.

From The San Francisco Chronicle.
This is bound to be a dry year. Scarcely any
least that H. what the "old man OF the noun
tain" says. AMI the Indians say that ne never
fails rs a weather prophet.
The old man OF the mountain is species OF
sarchrush so called on account OF the sot gray
ton that forms OF il in the fall Of the year. In
some parts IF the State it is simply called oid
man" and in others "maidenhair sage LIS
scientific name is ArtcmiSa California.
For countless moons many OF the lndian
tribes of this state have looked upon this plant
as the greatest weather prophet that ever eX-
isi.d Will the season be wet or dry? ASK the
Old man.
This IL easy to do. but you must know a
litfl,. # his language before you can tell what
no says The old man speaks with his roots.
When there is to be plenty OF rain MS roots are
short and VII N there is To be little ram ms
roots are long.
The old man knows there Will be no water
from above 50 he goes below for it, How does
a senseioss plant know there IS 10 be no ram!
I;y the same unknown force that caused seed
pods tn be- thick before long cold winter whHo
they are thin when the winter is to toe mild
All over the hsides Of Marin County can he
found specimens IF old man. and ITS roots ara
longer now than they have ever been known 70
hc before. At the Begin ing Of rainy season
the roots of a plant twelve inches high are about
six inches long. This year the same plant viii
be found to have roots as much as elghtecn
inches long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

Is In no wise yet exhausted. There are tho
unnumbered unmarked graves OF Civh war
soldiers on Battle Hill, half hundred graves
Of soldiers, gathered in one spot on the siope'
Of the Hill Of Graves. the iron statue OF 'iie
Little Drummer Boy or the loth N's""cn.,
killed at the age Of twelve In ba't'c !" 'ooi'
among them, anc in quite another part u INV
cemetery the grave OF captain H""n'" WI"
chester. Of the 10th Regiment, New-fork VOL
,ntccrs. The inscription on this stone reaus:
.Vounded at Fredericksburg. Va. Doc l5, ana
diod Dee &c. 1Sc2 | have fought for my coun-
try and lie for my country a true Union
man"
The Mena star., 1898-03-16
SOMETIME.

Sometime we shall know why Our sunniest mornings change to moons of rain, And why our steps are shadowed so by pain,
 And why we often lie On couches sown with thorns of care and doubt; And why our lives are thickly hedged With bars that put our loftiest plans to rout.
 Sometime we shall know why Our dearest hopes are swept so swift away.
 Why song is lost in sigh. Why clasping fingers slip so soon apart; Estrangement. space and death rend heart from heart, Until from deepest depths the tear-drops start
 Sometime we shall know Each other. aye. we ourselves are known, And see how out of darkness light has
 And He who loves us so Despite our willfulness and blind com Dlaint, Win show us how Ills kind and calm re- stralnt Can mold human soul into saint.
 Sometime our eyes shall see The silver lining in the darkest cloud, While silvery echoes follow thunders loud;
 Sometime our hearts shall be Content forgetting all our restless mood. And knowing everything has worked for good The how and when and why be under stood IN. Y. Tribune.
The Mena star., 1898-03-16
A PRECIOUS BIT OF SHAMROCK.
It's Touching Effect Upon Homesick
 Irish Yoyngers.

Kneeling in an upper bunk near me, middle-aged lrishman was hanging to pot containing a shamrock plant. I entered into conversation with him and learned that he was going to join his son in California, to whom he was taking the shamrock as present.
 "l hope it will live" he said, looking wistfully at the pot as it swung from the beam. Twas the wan thing the bhoy wanted. Lave iv'rything,' says he in his letther, an come over have enough for the both of us now, says he; an l can make you comfortable for the rest av your days. But says he, fetch me Twin root av shamrock if ye can. ]" All Sunday we were in smooth water, running under the lee of the Irish coast The day being fine and warm, the steer age swarmed on deck in full force. Men, women and children all crowded about the after hatch, some playing cards some dancing and some already malS- ing love; but for the most part they law about the deck, sleeping and baskino in the sun. In the afternoon my friend the Irishman appeared with his sham rock. He wanted to give it a taste" of fresh air, he said. At sight of it many of the Irish girls shed tears. then seating themselves about 1he old man they sang plaintive Irish melodies un- til the sun went down. The sad faces of the homesick girls and the father sit- ting among them holding in his lap the precious little bit of green presented sight not easily to be forgotten.-H Phelps Whitmarsh, in Century.
The Mena star., 1898-03-16

II smell the dawn" Lee-Uai4H. .4h tbs raised his head. I'm coming Wi'n .no dawn know how it will rise' mn ', tho wet rlistening side of whlte pun pun orar inc sodden rim of the marshes. oh the plorv of itl" he shrieked. All the men who have passed away into , 1ne unknown and died on the edge ol 'no food. All of them!
 "rEor ever riding up and down
 To guard the land they won. .h,.,n And when Armageddon comes, they II he there. the glory of the ages! me ,ran who were planted with a stone on their chests to mark the frontlers oA the world" . ho
 With an unexpected strength ne sprang up and tottered forward HIS voice still calling, as he ran wlth wild shambling run into the dlinnesS of the daybreak. ,.
 The lirht was Altering through the cold gray air as Grammel came up "lli him. Lee-Carson lay with his heaa among the brown leaf-soekets or d wa ter-plant, his hands full of black ooze- dead.
 Grammel raised him with strong, ten der hands.
 "Feyer breeds fancies-and visions We know that. Yet" he glanced aDou' him oddly into the mists, "the Frontier Men may be more by one" he saio s.yybo can tell ?n-Cornhill Magazine.
The Mena star., 1898-03-16
rENNYsoN AT FREsHwATER.
How He Was Regarded by the Simple
 Rustics.

How He Was Regarded by the SAP~
 Rustics.
 Many stories have been published about the late laureate having been constantly pestered by Amencans' many of whom flattened their noses against the windows of the laureate's dining-rocm." Mir. J. F. Fasham, who was d neighbor of the poet at fresh- water. describes these stories as ar rant nonsense" As a matter ot 1act, not once in a month would an Amer Ican tourist be seen in the ncighbor- hood of Farringford house, and MT. Fasham affirns that his experience ot such tourists ill that part does not justify the notions that Americans on tour are in the habit of behaving less decorously than other people.
 One thing that impressed Mir. Fasham when he first went to live at Ireshwater was the little local rustics appear to know of the great English man. From the conversations with them he learned that they regarded "Muster Tennyson" with some respect because they had heard he was gum mat to the queen" but what that gum mat was the bucolic mind seemed in- capable of realizing. That the poet could be urbane and suffering, even in the presence of awful diseord, must be acknowledged from the fact that during a good part of the sixties there was a village drum and tin whis- tie band, led by a screeching piecolo; and on many aR occasion these disturb CTS of the stilly night played while the laureate dined; and yet not only were they permitted to depart with their lives when the din was over, but coals of fire, in the shape of substantial hon. orarium, were frequently heaped upon them. .--Westminster Gazette.
The Mena star., 1898-03-16
' Hoods spssHl ps2iiia
1e sold hv all druggists. sl; six for s5.

nOOu . iiIo Hoods Sarsaparilla. 25c
The Mena star., 1898-03-16
Dear Thinr.

"Pshaw" he said; that's nothino Why, when l was boy fell out Of 2 third-story window and struck right on my head Of course it hurt me sorna / the time, but got over it all right"
 How do you know you got over f. all right" his wife asked. "It,s hora ly possible that you would have had ordinary good sense if that hadn't hap- pened to ou."-Cleveand Leader