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Evening journal., 1898-05-02
COSTA RIGA BANANAS.
Delicious Fruit Comes from the West
Indian IslRnd-CrODs the Whole
Year Round.

"The best bananas grown in the
world come from Port Limon, Costa
Rica," said a New Orleans man to q
Washington Post reporter.
They are shipped from Port Limon,
and the country grower gets about 30
cents per bunch in gold. lie is noti-
fed by wire from the seaport when to
cut, and has two daysin which to gather
and deliver to the railway. Trains COM
posed of well-yentilated cars take the
fruit 10 a fast steamer, which il wait
ing to convey it abroad. The punches
will average about IA hands each and
each hand has from II to IS bananas.
When the bunch gets TO New Orleans or
New York they are worth about four
dollars each, a tremendous advance over
the price paid the Costa Rican pro-
iucer.
''The planter, however, is surer Of a
safe profit than any other person hand
ling the fruit. Jamaica negroes do all
the labor attendant on the planting,
culture and cutting, being better adapt
ed 20 the work than the native peon.
Jamaica bananas often mako q finer
appearance, but are not so prolific as the
Port Limon product. The best planta-
lions of Costa Rica are subject to over
flow and the waters deposit a silt that
greatly enriches the soil. Crops are
ready for cutting the whole year
/ round"
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
IRISH BELIEF IN FAIRIES.
Tne story OF Lost Chnid who Waa
Found Recently by kSmokinE
Out the SpritS.s.

In a village in the west of Ireland a
few weeks ago a child wa ndered away
into the country and was lost. Its anx-
lous parents, after a weary and unav0il-
ing search, reported the matter to tho
constable In charge OF the lllage. After
carefully questioning them he told
them that any further search for the
child would be useless without certain
preliminaries, because It twas clear to
him that the poor child hhid been car
ried off by the fairies, according to
their well-known custom. The consta-
bic told them to make a Ore and burn
In it rs much of a certain horb as they
could find. They did so at .once. Then,
according to his instruction s, they went
again in search of the child He had de-
clared that the smoke Of the burning
herb would force the fairies TO bring
the child bnck, and, sure enough, on
going over the ground they had previ-
ously searched, they found the little
boy asleep beside q stream, says the
New York Sun.
The reputation and authority of that
constable have now increased a hum
drcdfold in all the countrywide, and
very few householders In those parts
now have the temerity TO risk offending
"the good people" as they call the
fairies (much as the Greeks used to call
the furies 'the Eumenides," or we'll
wishing ones), by omitting to leave out
every night the traditional bowl of milk
and the griddle cake for their'benefit.
The constable himself believes his
charm brought the child back. Yet,
like all the Royal Irish constabulary, he
has had TO pass q fairly stiff examina-
ton in order TO be received into the
| eerFice.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
THE BURGLARS ASSISTANTS.
They Made Great Preparations to
Receive HiIn ana lie Got All
There Was In sight.

There had been a great scare about
burglars in the little Connecticut town
where the two charming sisters, the
Misses A., lived with their old bach
elor brother. In the very height of the
scare bold but evidently drunken bur
elar had forced his way into their next
door neighbors house, and, lighting by
accident on the coachman's room at the
head of the back stairs, had frightened
that worthy almost out of his senses,
80 that he had just presence of mind
enough to hurl a convenient whisky bot
tie at the intruder's head and to get up
and bolt his door after the burglar and
the bottle had disappeared together
down the back stairs. In the morning
not a particle Of silverware was miss
ing, but the unfastened kitchen VIM
dow and the remains of the whisky bot
tie were ample proofs Of the coachman's
story.
Nothing was more needed thoroughly
to arouse the Misses A., whose turn
must surely come now, and whose
brother had just at this unfortunate
juncture been called out of town. They
spent that day in anxiously taking in
ventory of their valuables and gather
ing them together into one bundle for
safe keeping. Taking n strong, deep
basket they filed 10 with such Of tho
forks and spoons as were solid, old and
new iewelry, silver trinkets of every de-
scription, all the coins of most value
from the library cabinet, and, finally,
when they had washed out the silver
topped inlzstand and added that and the
pearl-set miniature of Uncle Addison,
they glanced proudly around the de-
nuded house and felt that the work was
complete. The basket was stored in tho
furthest depths of their bedroom closet
and the sisters locked their door and
went happily to sleep.
And that night a burglar-a genuine
live burglar-entered the housel lie
soon discovered the absence Of any
thing valuable, and it may have been
disappointment over that fact, or that
he was not so quiet as his kind; at any
rate he had been only a short time in the
house before the sisters were sitting NJ
in bed, almost frozen with horror at the
sounds that were coming up from be
low. Nobody can be heroic with not {
man nor a dog nor a telephone in thi
house. The sisters said barely a word
but hand in hand they slipped into tn
closet, brought out the heavy basket o
valuables, unlocked their door and sc
, the basket down in the hall just out
side. Then they rapidly locked the doc
aaain and took refuge themselves in tn
furthest end of the closet.
And as the burglar walked calmly a
the stairs and secured the basket an
carried 1t away with him he realize
that in this world Of trouble and ans
: iety II rarely happens 10 q man to be S
thoroughly assisted In just such an III
Z dertakng as this.-N. Y. Tribune.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
THE PEANUT ROAsTER.
An Invention That Is Used Every
where and Thousands of Them
Are Sold Annually.

The peanut roasters of black iron
such as are commonly seen in the city
streets, are likely to have a capacity OF
20 quarts. Such roastors are sold in
sizes ranging from ten to twenty-eight
quarts. Peanut roasters are made to
hold three bushels, which makes a
roaster as big as a barrel. Such a pea
nus roaster would be set up at q public
resort at the seashore, or perhaps at
fairs, says the New York Sun.
There are combined peanut roasters
and warmers made in various sizes, the
warmer having glass sides and hot
water reservoir below. Separate pea
nut warmers are made of various ma
terials or combinations OF materials.
including tin, iron, steel and copper,
and they are made In a variety of shapes
and sizes, and equipped for heating by
charcoal or oil.
There Is an automatic roaster of
which the cylinder is turned by a small
steam engine attached TO tho crank.
which serves to attract attention, and
Is oftenest seen at tho seashore and
other places of resort The most elab-
crate and costly peanut outfit Is the
peanut wagon, which Is equipped with
@ roaster and a warmer and Is drawn by
\ horse.
There arc moro peanut ronsters sold
now than ever. Indeed, thousands are
sold annually. They are used all over
the country, and in other countries
too, for people eat peanuts pretty much
everywhere nowadays.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
SUNDAY FIs-IING.

'h complaint is being made by the
fishermen here regarding the viO-
by some, of the Sunday fishing
Early last evening the river was
with the buoy lights Of many
rere engaged in fishing. There is
lgent law regarding the catching
fishing for shad, ETC., in the Del
river on Sunday, and it il the
of the fish commissioner of the
to suppress any Violation Of the
Id use force, if necessary, in case
sistance to his authority. The
" for each and every offense is a
( $50 and costs. one-half to go to
passed March y, 1891. Lo-
ihermen, as rule, are not VIOLA
IF this act, and do not consider
{ to them to have open violation
: law carried on before their very
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
LACKING IN BRAIN.
Smart Men who Have Conc Through
LILO with Ono Lobe
Missing.

Without the connecting structure
there can DO no exact cooperative nc
ton of the double brain. Now there
is ample evidence to show that defcien-
cy of the corpus callosum has notneces-
sarily been attended with the effects,
which, on the theory of the single ma
ture of the brnin, we should have ex-
pected. In instances in which II was
discovered after death that the connect
ing bridge between the hemispheres
was entirely wanting, neither derange-
ment IN intellect was observed nor any
other abnormality of life in the way
of movement or sensation.
Thus, in the notable case of Bichat
one of the foremost anatomists of his
day, one lobe of his brain was found
markedly smaller than the other. He
was, in fact, deficient in one-half of his
brain, and yet his mental and physical
life was in its way notably of high
order. In another case, reported by Cru
veilhier, man died In the. hospital at
the age of 40 years from heart disease.
lie exhibited no lack OF ofintelligence, yet
after death it was discovered that his
left brain was practically destroyed
and replaced by watery substance.
Another case. reported by Andral. was
of man who died at the age Of 2s. He
had suffered from a fall when three
years old, and as a result was para
lived on his left side. The right half
Of his brain had practically disap-
peared, so that the parts below this half
constituted the floor of an empty space.
Andral says Of this man that no "had
received a good education and had
proflted by it; he had good memory;
his speech was free and easy; his in
tefligence was such as we should ex-
pect to find in an ordinary man.
Harper's Magazine.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
BnIIoon US. IroncIad.

The use of the balloon in warfare will
be one of the developments of the near
future. a first-class modern ironclad
costs about $5,O00,OOO This would
construct and equip for war purposes
n great many balloons, and it would
seem as ifit might be used by the inhab-
itants of a besieged City with which 10
sail over an invading fleet and drop ex-
plosives upon the warships underneath
with deadly effect. They might also be
utilized to drop these explosives over
the cities occupied by an opponent. or
course there would be considerable risk
in such an enterprise, unless the bal
looms could be properly steered, but the
dirigible balloon is one of the inven-
tons that we may expect TO see in the
near future.-Leslie's Weekly
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
GEW CASTLE NEWS NOTES

Conductors and motOrmen on the
electric line donned their new Spring
uniforms yesterday and present a very
neat appearance.
The road commissioners are repair
ing the road between here and Will
mington known as Third street road. ."
New trenches will be dug and the bed
Of tbs road raised to the level Of the
car tracks. The fall will be made to
the westward, and sufficient to carry
off water from heavy rains and leave
the driveway dry in all weather.
Many visitors spent the day in New
Castle yesterday and the cars were
crowded almost every trip.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
A DIsoRDERLY HOUSE.

. house on West Third street, oc-
d by Walter jennings, colored, is
ly becoming a public nuisance,
lany citizens say that steps should
Ike at once to put an end to the
st night orgies that go on there.
flows freely, and the chasing the
,er" is a part of the business Of
occupants. On Saturday night last
graceful affair took place in front
lis abode about midnight. Two
ed men emerged, one apparently
: forcibly elected, and the most
language was passed upon the
b. "A challenge to fight was issued
Immediately accepted, and the pair
at it. An oath accompanied every
and. though the scrimmage was
,ort duration. it was fast and furi-
while il lasted. Blood was drawn,
no razOrs.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
HELL TRIEs no EsCAPE.

HE'LL TRIES TO ESCAPE.
ME" Mitchell, confined in New
Jail for burglary, and who so
Dusly assaulted Warden Gould
attempt to escape some weeks
we'd through the bars of his cell
me during the past week and
covered when about to escape
ay. Mitchell has been confined
No. is for some time, with the
Ir wooden door, closed upon
1he cell has been recently COW
.th "adamant," a composition
ID to withstand any instrument
cut away the plaster. Yet upon
ng the cell this morning the
was found to have been taken
md nineteen saws were found
ed behind the washboard. No
ows how he could have obtained
;truments, as it was impossible
one to see him. Should he have
out of his cell through the win
to the yard it would have been
Ible to get over the walls. The
edstead has been removed from
rs cell and the mattress thor
searched. An opening will be
the wooden door so as to allow
rdens to keep a strict watch on
all times.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
PENINSULA EEWS PARAGRAPHS

Extensive preparations are being
made for the Wicomico county conyen-
ton of Christian EndeavOr which will
meet at SharptOwn on June 16.
zoar camp meeting will begin on
Friday, August y, and continue ten
days this Summer.
The Maritime Exchange has offered
the government the iron pier emer-
gency station for reporting war news
from this point, says the Lewes Pilot,
and a corps of Naval Reserves have
taken possession.
James Messick, living near NAPLES,
Del, has a turkey egg which measured
~ inches around the small part and
9l2 inches around the long part, and
weighs three-quarters Of q pound.
The Delaware pilots are using the
! Red Stars tug Juno in their service
fsince they sold the Philadelphia.
The women of Milford are raising
funds with which to procure a stand of
kcolors for Company B.
Restaurateur Blackiston, Of Dover,
found in an oyster a blue pearl which
9 worth $40.
5,ev. J. T. Van Burkalow, Of Stockley,
Del, has been granted an original pen
sion.
a colored boy named James Adams,
/ residing at Delmar, has seven fingers
en- his right hand, four of which are
perfect. In place of the thumb, there
are three fingers about the size of the
little finger.
| Sturgeon fishing in the Mispillion
| thus far this season has not proved a
profitable industry. There are fifty
three boats at the mouth of the river,
and during the season the entire catch
up till Wednesday was only forty-three
fish.
The Official board Of Wesley NJ e.
Church, Dover, after the routine busi-
ness, voted the pastor a leave Of alb
leence covering one Sabbath, to recu-
pcrate his health and strength.
James =. Maull, Of Lewes, has
brought suit against the Queen Anne
Railroad Company for personal injur-
les received while in its service.
| James II. Maull, Regular Republi-
can, has been appointed pOstmastersRt
| Georgetown.
4 TOwnsend's shirt factory has started
up, giving employment to twenty-five
, women.
Elisha d. Long was yesterday ap
pointed postmaster at Selbyville, tC
succeed l. W. Long, removed.
W. II. Virden, of Lewes, has beer
awarded a contract for repairs at tn,
Cape Charles Quarantine Station, a
his bid Of $2,S96.
. Dr. and Mrs p. NJ Money and child
Of FELTON,, were seriously injured il
.. a runaway accident at Harrington las
evening. The carriage was completed.
! demolished and the horse broke lOOs
and ran several miles before being
| caught.
1t is said that a clever swindler il
| taking advantage of the war to worl
| the farmers in Delaware and on tn
Eastern Shore Of Maryland. He repre-
! | scnts himself to be a government vet
! ernarian and goes TO the farmer on tn
1 | claim taht he is purchasing horses 10
| the government The horse is accepte
= and a check rendered in payment. Tn
check is for an amount in excess Q
r what is to be paid for the horse an
4 th farmer gives the change. TN
4 swindler disappears, promising to ro
I turn for the horse. He never return
= and The check is found to be worth
n less.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
BOYS GOING BACK

rs OF COMPANY H RE
NlD TO CAMP TODAY.
ENTER REGULAR SER-
members of Company II, un-
Nand of Lieutenant Hammers,
this morning for Middle
NJ will offer their services, as
Is, to the United States gov
Enrolment papers are now
lamp, and all who desire may
service. Tomorrow the medi-
4nation will be made, and only
3ed men will be accepted.
|giment may be moved down
in a few days, or as soon as
Iuited up to the entire number
to make the necessary quota.
Boyd is in Newark to-day mus
men from that locality. 1t is
that the colonel will resign
staff TO accept a commission
sgular service.
people from here visited Camp
4 yesterday, going in teams and
i rs. During the early hours Of
numerous wheelmen passed
the city en- route to Middle
he Armory here presents a de-
|Dpearance, and after all mem
he company who intend vOlun-
have left it will be locked up,
one admitted. Those who do
|nteer will be mustered out of
|ice Of the state, and will no
e members Of Company II.
3 those who visited camp from
|sterday were: A. II. Padberg,
White, James Rodney, George
|ergeant w. f. Myers, Harry
William Saunders and sister,
|eba Saunders. d. +. Tindle
bwn yesterday and offered his
to the company. The boys are
hg we'll, and the camp is in
bndition- No one from New
Is on the sick list. Rev. Dr
from Washington, d. c., is act
rector here in DR.. Munson's
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
Nntivo shrn,rllnn..-

In the recent Abyssinian campaign
an italian captain who wore a glass
eye WIS accustomed to remove the
counterfeit optic every evening and put
st in his purse before retiring for the
night. Seeing this the natives declared
that he took out one of his eyes and
left it to look after his money and
prevent anybody from stealing it.-Cin-
Iinnati Enquirer
Evening journal., 1898-05-02

fit Of it's many patrons here. It
will occupy the room under the Town
Hall, formerly used by John A. Walls
as a meat market This has been
needed a long time, and will be much
appreciated by the New Castle public.
It is not likely that storekeepers
would desire to have their places Of
business used as waiting-rooms, how
ever much they might wish to accom-
modate the citizens Of this city.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
uismarck,s sins.

OF the neuralgia pains in his face,
which were so severe that he sometimes
had to press the points of his fingers
on his cheek bones for several minutes
to secure a little relief, Bismarck was
reported as saying: This is quite nat
ural. Ihave sinned in my life the most
with my mouth, in eating. drinking and
talking"
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
,orHER MIIlrIA COMPANY.

MOTHER MILITIA COMPANY.
e first decisive step toward organ
(. a new company of militia in this
will be taken on Wednesday even
when a meeting will be held in the
n Han by those who have already
fled their intention Of Joining and
.hcse who desire to become mem
No one need apply who does not
3 up to the physical standard re-
ed in a service Of this kind, or
e who do not intend to go when
where needed. After the required
her of men are enrolled a com
der and first and second lieuten-
will be elected. 1t Is the intention
hose who are interested in this
ter TO have none but the best ma
al that can be secured. The com
y will be placed on a military basis
,rpp
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
T,ucI,y Tbnt Tnates vary.

A lucky thing that tastes vary; that
lemons as well as oranges are in de-
mand; that the curves Of youth or
ihe more pensive lines of fruitloH in
womeu's faces both find their special
Ldmircrs.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
Refreshments in scotland.

In the course of the arguments before
the house of lords in a case in which
the necessity for additional refresh
ment accommodation at Oban Station
arose, Lord Watson, himself a Scots
man, interposed and remarked that re-
freshments in that part Of Scotland had
only one meaning, and that-whisky.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
A MAY WEDDING.

,seph Hesketh. recently of Newport
us. Va. and Miss Bessie Barr, OF
city, will be married tomorrow
ming at Z o'clock. in Wilmington.
! happy pair viii leave at once on a
nj bridal tour and upon returning
de in wilmington.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
THERE IS A CLASS OF PEOPLE

Who are injured by the use of coffee. Re-
sroeery cts stores '' a new new pSeparation &c called
GRAIN-O. made Of pure grains that
takes the place of coffee. The most deli
cate stomach receives Il without distress.
and but few can tell It from coffee. II
does not cost over q as much. Children
may drink Il With great benefit ~ cts
and 25 cts per package. Try IT, Ask for
.GRAIN-O.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
nrI1vEREn THE BONDS.

To-day City Treasurer Curry deliv-
cred to II. l.. Evans & Co. the $50 900
worth Of sinking fund bonds which
that firm purchased several days ago.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02

A manufacturer with a reputation TO
lose must keep his goods up TO a high
standard. Imitators don't care. See
that you get what you order when You
&c 10 bay. p
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
PATRIOrIC ORDER OF EIlKs.

TNTHIUTTJ UIlUER OF ETlNo.
At the fiag-raising Of Wilmington
Lodge. No 3O7, B. p. o. Ell1s, on Sat-
urday night, patriotic addresses. were
nlde by Edgar NJ. Hoopes, Arthur r..
Lindner, Horace G. Knowles. Hugh 9,
Browne and John T. McCracken.
Evening journal., 1898-05-02
A nav WATTTNG-ROOM.

he Wilmington and New Castle
,tric railway will shortly open a
ting-rcom in this city for the bene-
The herald., 1898-11-04

ing the laws of California, where its activities and property
the creator and advocate of the socaed Republican
ticket, the orators say "Nit."
During the bloody days of the reign of terror in France
sat by the gullotne knitting These knitted
for fell in the basket of that relentless
cruelty As these of perverted heart knit for
each innocent head that fell by their blind brutality, do the
hired corporate attorneys give nit for the head of each
human liberty they destroy.
When charged with seeking to substitute government by
and for the alien Kentucky corporation for government by
and for the people, these eloquent and able attorneys ask the
manhood of the give consideration to state issues
but to indose Ager and his horse docto to ndorse Marcus
Hanna and his methods nore Quay and his methods to
ndorse Abner Mckinley and his methods endorse the federal
administration and all that this implies. Their position is
confession that the real issues at stake in California they
too weak to make stand They confess that in our local
elections they must divert and deceive the people think that
the Endorsement federal officers the real question at ISSUE
That not issue California but if the federal Off
need quite much rebuke they deserve Endorsement
If election in California is to ndorse the federal admins
ation instead considering and determining its affairs
should at least have opportunity of discriminating in
what and whom ndorse. Los Angeles will ndorse
Russell A. Age No American citizen should ndorse the adj
proposal to break down the civil system
exists and to the disgaceul scramble for Of
flee political spois
The herald., 1898-11-04
The Herald on Morrison

Our fusion contemporary came out yes
terday with an exhaustive expose of the
will doubtless compass his defeat. The
Herald clearly demonstrates that Justice
Morrison has been guilty of acts that can
neither be explained away nor excused, and
that to continue him in an office which he
has abused would be a public calamity
There is no politics in Judicial positions,
and it is one Of the misfortunes of our. sys-
tenn of government that they have been
Jumped together with offices that are
strictly political, to the detriment, and fire.
quently to the disgrace, Of the public serv-
ice, and when man has been tried in a
judicial position and found wanting, it is
the duty of voters to disregard all consider
ations Of party and to unite for his defeat.