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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

QUEEN VICTORIA has thus far ignored
the death Of William h, Gladstone, kuoN n
the world over as the Grand Old Man"
The Queen cannot afford to thus keep 81
lent on the death of the foremost man of
England, and who has occupied such n
prominent position in its history for yer
\ half century. The Queen sont a tcle-
SUam of sympathy to Mrs. Gladstone but
dc no reference to Mr.. Gladstone's col
10ef services. She never liked the man
who did more for the preservation of tho
prestige Of the monarchy of England than
NIL the other statesmen of the country.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

The combination sals at Parry's hotel
will take place on Thursday, june I'd. Per.
sons having stock to enter in the sale can
consult Edward Krause, Western Hotel,
this city, or Parry's hotel on the Concord
pike in Brandywine Hundred.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic full Of life, nerve and vigor. take MOTTO.
BAG, the wonder. worker, that makes weak men
strong All druggists, 50c or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

BASE ball news has taken back so It
for war news and the newspapers arc roll
Ing up big calculations in consequence
thereof.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
Five Percent Given Away.

A check given with every purchase, and
a dollars w.rth of checks good fora glass
of soda water. Danforth's Drug store I'd
and Market streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

educate Your Bowels with CascaretA
oandy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
] Wo. C. c. G. fall, druggists refund money
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
Adjournment OF the Legislature

The Legislature, after sc sion OF near
ly five months, adjourned this afternoon.
1t is said that the legislation effected
should have been compl ted in half that
time, The charter for this city WAS in
definitely postponed, the leading Demo-
Gratis being opposed to it. The bill Great
ing STATE Board Of Agriculture with an
appropriation Of 81 600 annually for tn
STATE Far, and q bill increasing the com
pansat!Ou Of the treasurer Of New Castle
county were passed, Us will rs some other
bills OF more Or less importance. We 10
n 1t wish to deal hlrshIy with tie III ,mJcrs
bat VIC hope that their success Ms may be
nearer up to the demands of the times
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

THE first pension Of tho var with Spain
has been granted to Mrs, Elsie H. Mont.
fort, OF Council B utfs Iowa, mother Of
seaman VIM. MunfOrt. who Was u victim
Of the Maine explosion in Havana harbor,
Feb. Is. Others will soon follow, but it is
TO be hoped they will not BIO many. Uncle
Sam has never yet refused to look after
the widows and orphans and the brave
soldier boys who have received wounds
battling for the defence of th4ir country.
All honor to the brave boys in blue and
may they soon come marching homo with
victory perched on their banners,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
DAILY WIIAGToN DELAWARE FRIDAY MAY ~ 1893

10 cure Caastipaslsa ysrsvsr.
Tnhe Casearsts Candy CAshsrtio 100 or s6e
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27

If the wet weather continues in this seq
ton OF the country, the potato crop will
be a failure, as we'll as the early vegetables
which should now be coming into the mar
kets in insxhaustible quantitie'. The
people Of Wilmington are blessed with one
Of the best markets in The country and the
price lower than elsewhere The supply Of
vegetables and berries is sufficient to meet
the demand and can be had fresh from tho
truck patches in the vicinity or from Flor.
ida, where they are shipped over the p,
W. g. B. Railroad Wilmington people
might go to good many other places and
not find better or more reasonable mar
ket for poor man than those on King and
Madison streets. Strawberries are now
Of their height and are selling as low as
three boxes for n quarter Asparagus has
been selling as low as cents per bunch.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
Choice SenQP0tat0GS

Just arrived and now unloading car Of
very choice seed potatoes, grown especial.
ly for seed in the best potato section Of the
country Western New York. They con be
depended upon as to purity and quality
and consist Of partly New Queen, Early,
Michigan, EARLY Harvest Early Market
Thoroughbred, Carmen, Great Divide and
many other kinds. Order early as supply
is limited and cannot be replaced Price
now very low and will have to advance.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
POSTERS
CIRCULARS
TICKETS
and
INVITATIONS
PRINTED a? AT
REPUBLICAN
OFFICE.

Societies, Sunday Schoole,
Lodges, remember to give the
REPUBLICAN Office a chance
to do your printing this sum-
mer when giving entertain
ments, picnics or excursions
Work right and prices to cor
respond with the times.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
NOW Is The TIME TO
BUY A GAS RANGE

We will S"nnec. Without Charge any
Gas Ranges orders:: Of us During tho
Month Of MAJ. Tba utility, convenience,
comfort and econ olnr OF the Gas Range is
now admitted. \ large assortment Of tho
most improvedC G.. Ranges, Water Heat
ers, Cookers and Gas Stoves In stock.
Call and see Il. ...,.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-27
A Queer Verdict.

The jury, In the case of VIM. J. Fisher,
colored, indicted for entering the house of
William Hunt, with the intention of COM
hitting felonious assault, retur ned u
verdict Of guilty with che recommends
tion of mercy. As the Court has no dis.
cretionary power, the prisoner will be son.
fenced to be hanged, unless a lew trial
shall be granted. This, 1t see MS to u5
should be done, unless the Board OF Par
dons can change the sentence to imprison-
meDt for term Of years. 1t docs not seem
right to hang man when no strenuous
effort has been made to carry into effect
the intention TO commit u crime. In this
case the man ran as sooa as the alarm was
given, and escaped from the house As
we'll might man be hung for shooting at
another, as hang this offender. The pun
ishment should fit the crime, and in this
case it does not do So There should b,
some change In the law, so that the mere
intent to commit felony should not be
made capital offrnse. Tho jury would
do wei! to explain what they mean by
their recomm andatlop Of mercy,
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
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On no ether occasion 6o>s n a..
play of tssnsendous poVsrs II the ~
norny Of the phyaica1 univsrss o1sr-
else 20 subdulnG an inlluenos over -
mind Or produce 20 hamllIakinx 1 .son>
rietion u the impottncs Of IN 1nnmun
snorfs TO tontrol the immutabls -
OF nature and arrcst the course -
events as when the sIorious orb e
day. wnilo rfdipx Ia the heavens with
uneiouded srlcndor. bcsins to melt
away from an unseen causc. and soon
totally disappcHrs. leaving the whole
Visible world wrapped in the sable
gloom. OF nocturnal darkness. Tho
scene 10 rendered stu more impress
sivc by the circumstances accompen,-
Ing 10 remarkable an occurrence. The
heavens assufne an unnatural asp<ct
which excitss a sssfing Of horror n
the spectator: a Iivid hue Il dI4used
over all terrestrial objects; plants
,ioro up their ieatea. a. % the sp-
preach OF night; tho fowls betaks
themselves 10 their resting pIncea:
no warbiing Of the grove 10
hufhcd In profound silence: In 9TH
er words. universal nature seems 70
rcinx her enorElcs. rs II the pulse
which stimulated her mighty move
meh's had all 1t once stood sts,i. .---'-Rs-
rent and Coming Eclirsez." By BH
S.rmnn Lockysr
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

BETWEEN Saturday morning and
midnight there were three muir
ders committed in Denver and
nothing but the smoothcst kind of
strategy prevented a lynching also.
Abolition of capital punishment
in the state is surely an incentive
to murder. A man premcditating
murder will say to himself: III
the worst should come to the worst
it is the penitentiary, with hope
still before me-" This has un-
doubtcdly helped many man to
make up his mind. We admit that
hanging is '.just killing" on the
man that is forced to stand it, but
no man is ever required TO stand
it who has not first caused his fel-
low man to stand being killed. We
were opposed to the abolition OF
capital punishment, and are now
in favor of its restoration.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
A MUCH MISSED LETTER.

i
! This anecdote has been repro.
luced in many forms, but is always
amusing.
"Wc are thorry TO thay," ex-
planned the editor of the 'Skedunk
Weekly News" that our compoth-
ing room wath entered latbt night
by thome unknown thcoundrel.
who thtolc every eth Isl in the
eth.ablithment and thucceedcd in
making hith ethcapc undetected.
1t hath been impothiblc Of courthe
to procure new thupply of etheth
III time for thith ithue, and we are
thu'h compelled to go TO prcth in a
tiituation motht embarra.hing and
dithtrething. but we can thec no
other conrthc to purthuc than to
make the betlit thtagger we can to
get along without the mithtling
letter, and we therefore print tho
Newth on time rcgardIeth of the
10th we have thuthtained. The
motive of the rnithcreant doubtlcth
wath revenge for thone thuppothcd
inthult. 1t thall never be thaid
that petty thpite of any thmall
thouled villain hath dithabled the
'Newth,' md il thith meet the eye
Of the detethtable rathcal we beg
to athure him that he underethti-
Match the rethourceth of firth
clath newthpaper when lie thinkih
he can cripple it hopelethly by
breaking into the alphabet. We
take occatbion to ihay to him. fur
thermore, that before next Thurih-
day we>sbnll have three timeih aih
many etheth ath he thtole.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
Animal nh.rp.han..r.

There are several families Of vcry
proficient shArpahooters among this
lower animais. The most expert. how
evcr. Of them all b to DO found In a
family Of fishes Eonsrn OF which ara
found in several localities both In the
old and new world. These nshes are
wonderful marksmcn. and seldom fall
to bring down the object at which they
aim. Their weapons arc their long.
peculiarly shaped muxxlca. and their
bullets are drops Of wator. The hsh.
after sighting It's quarry. slowly swims
TO = favorable position within range:
II thon rises 70 the surface. protrudes
Its muxzle, and. taking rapid aim. xipi
flres Its water bullet and knocks its
prey into the river. The struggling In
acct IL gobbled down Insianter. md the
hsh then proceeds In search Of other
game.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
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At the vcgetarlal Jubilee IN London
recently Homc remarkable exhibits
were made. One was vegetarian cat.
sleek and handsome pussy. who. hav-
Ing been brought up In Z veectarisn
family. had not only learned to love
vegetable TODD, but had forgotten the
cline taste for r1ouse fash Mice q
the plumpest and most tempting np-
pe1fancc could run ncross the door
with perfect impunity In the presencs
of this vegetarian tabby. She 5ust
~lnked sleepily ut them and gave q
sonteniptuous curl OF her anti-cnrniv-
orous tail. A new race Of cats Il thus
brought Into sight-ths reformed feline
Who Will not ent meat nor kill mica
i'vt the new vegetarian breed Of cats
VIII never become popular with the
aides.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

If war comes the News of Den
yer should and would be suppress
ed. Like snarling sycophant,
like sardonic Spaniard, the man.
agement of this paper perverts
every rule of decency regardless
of hurt to himself or anybody else.
To tako the scare-heads of this pa-
per for month and read them one
without forgetting another, would
make Dante's Inferno an ice cream
parlor. In using one of her tai
ents Spain has allowed herself to
grow up in weeds and fall to the
rear of the band wagon, while tho
proprietor of the News has done
the same thing. But it has ever
been SO; from the time Arklns ran
the paper with Patterson secretly
in the power house 1t has been the
Same. He has sacrificed principle,
politics and position to crafty
whims.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
Aet.a :. Min....rssx Anxsl

Tho fact that parental objectione
must usually yield to true love has
again been emphasized at shclbyviilc.
Ind, where. three months ago, whlio
returning from a festival at Genera.
George Maple proposed marriage to
Miss Bertha Van Gordon. who In
formed tho young man that owing to
the objections Of her parents ehc
would have TO refuse him. when Ma
pie reached tho Van Gordcn homo he
assisted his sweetheart from his bug
ny. bade her good night. climbed Into
bis RIG and started home. He had not
gone far. however. when the girl heard
two reports from a revolver. She
aroused her father. who, going down
tho road. found Maple on tho aldo of
tho road. waliowing in pool OF blood
and two bullet hoies in his abdomen.
Asslstanca was secured and tho young
man carried into tho Van Gordon
homo. whore he wns nursod To health
by the girl he loved. and where this
evening he wns united In marriage to
her, having gained the consent Of the
obstinate parents. ~
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

The Republican Record says
President Mckinley is a man oi
firmness and great wisdom. HI
stands as President Lincoln did al
the time of the rebellion. Presi.
dent Lincoln had hard work to gel
along with men of his own party
and Democrats abused him with
all the bitterness of which they
were capable. But time proved
that Lincoln was always right, that
he was safe and a leader to whom
it would do to tie. President Nc
Kinley is mauifesting many of the
qualities possessed by his great
predecessor. Time will show that
his plans in regard to the difficulty
between this country and Spain
have been the best. and the Amer
ican people will in the future hon.
or him because of his stand now.
The Independence of Cuba is de-
manded and it must come, whether
by peaceful methods or war to the
hilI.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

The Recorder believes that ev-
cry gentleman or lady who comes
to Elbert for business or pleasure
should by right be accorded a well
come and fair treatment at the
hands of everybody; and nobody
can be in more earnest sympathy
with this spirit than ourselves.
We do not believe, however, that
any person just locating who know
ingly becomes an instrument in
the hands of anybody for the graf
i6cation of spite and perfidy, who
lend themselves in questionable
advertising, or do any of these
things, actively or as a silent part
ner, for the qualification of narrow
and unprovoked spite can reason
ably hope to do so with impunity.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
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A very curious theory lately revived
"a that the sap OF living tree ebbs
and flows In some way in sympathy
with the tides Of the ocean This idea
comes from Italy. where = grower Of
vines and other fruit trees. who l.
also chemist. has boen experimenting
In this direction. He says that no
tree should be Topped or pruned except
during the hours Of Obj tide. He has
taken fourteen years to come to this
conclusion. asd now always acts up
on II. The result 10 his trees and vines
have developed beautiful foliage. bear
splendid crops and nre quito free from
the attacks OF the insccts which dcvas-
tate surrounding properties.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
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~a!s may be read iu the Daily cour-
az Of 1ssb. according to Notes and
.l.rics: There being some Indian
French silks now selling By aue-
On In this town. and two or three
ts~ers' wives In the earl Of Msath's
''r'y having bought a few pieces
.c'''f. the master-weavsru and dysrI
well as jcurneymen OF those cor
7ra'ions. give notice By beat Of drum
nat they would not drink any Liquors
'hateser hrcwed By The Ansbaads Of
a'd ladies. Who would encourage for
Ign msnufacturea. when there are
.unibcrs Of poor wcayers in . starving
-ondition In this town. and all over
The kingdom. for wnnt OF employment :.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

The following are specimens OF
nntiqunted country journalism as
near as we remember having seen
it a long time ago:
"Apy old thing at any old price
taken on subscription"
"Cy Jones left a large punkin
on our desk last Monday. Thanks;
call again, Cy."
"Mr. Shoddy was quite sick last
wesk, but Doc Deadeasy just took
charge; that settled it"
Phil Smith fell from load of
fodder last week aud broke his
neck, but Doc Deadeasy sat it and
he feels ii sht peart now" lSee
testimoninls in some other paper.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

THE question of elccting the
county printer the same as survey.
or. coroner or any other county
officer is under discussion among
the newspapers. The Lance, the
Independent, and other papers
strongly lenouncc the pr ssent cut
throat method of letting it out to
the lowest bidder. There is always
an unpleasant contest for this
plum" and many places like Ell
bert county for instance. bid it in al
81 and thus perform two or three
hundred dollars worth of work for
one dollar for the empty honor OF
right to call themselves the official
county paper.
Tho inconsistency of this was
demonstrated in Elbert county last
year and will necessarily be again
this year, for the sape conditions
exist. While the Tribune set up
the tax list and performed in all
two or three hundred dollars worth
of work for one dollar, the Banner
(not being tied up with contracts,
and there being certain amount
of work that condition of law
made obligatory on the commits
sioners to have printed at Eliza
beth) performed not hundredth
part of the work done by the Tri-
bune and yet received 80 times
more for the work. The county
does not ask nor expect anybody
to treat it as a charity concern;
there are hundreds of individual
cases all around us more destitute
and we hope the matter will con-
tinue to be turned over by the
press until il is properly adjusted.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
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AZ the recent meeting OF the State
horticultural Society At MoberIy the
secretary announced from carefully
prepared nsures that the apple crop
OF Missouri this year amounted to STA
100000. the peach mrop to $500 900
and other fruits to u 900. 900. giving
total fruit production In the state
IA 1897 Of Sis.50c. 900. Tho business IL
In Its infancy. and in the larger .senas
only crudely Understood. But tie tixns
is at hand to devote more systematic
attention to the subject. and to keep
in mind the fact that the fruit Of Mis-
souri, Is destined to yield an enormous
revenue to those who intelligentiy till
tho seiI.-st. Louis oiobe-Democral
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
LEE SHOULD LEAD FIRST TROOPS.

General Fitzhugh Lee, until
Saturday consul general at Havana,
has asked to be allowed to lead the
first division of the Fl rst American
army TO net against Havana. His
request should be promptly grant
ell by the administration. He is
tried soldier of the war of the
rebellion with brilliant record, and
he is in the full yigor of manhood.
Beside, he has personal knowl-
edge Of the weakness of the Span
ish defences of the Cuban capital,
and this should impcl the Presi-
dent and General Miles, the former
to commission him and the latter
to assign him to the command of
the first division. If General Lees
past military record aud present
knowledge of the weakest points Of
attack of Havana should not be
deemed sufficient in themselves to
justify tho Presislent IN grasstsng
his request, the fact that he asks
il because he wishes to be the first
to attack the Spaninrds to nvenge
repeated insults during his last
hours in the island should turn the
scales in his favor. Such an insult
as Captain General Blanco gratu-
itously offered to him is not lightly
to be forgotten, and he should by
all means be afforded ample OPP
portunity to administer to the
naughty Spaninrd the most salu-
tary correction. Blnnco refused
in the most insolent manner possi-
BILE to see General Lee again, and
it would be only poetic justice for
General Lee to have the first chance
to humble the discourteous Span
lard as a prisoner of war.
The last hours, the last minutes,
of the stay of Consul General Lce
in Cuban waters, were filed with
repeated insults from Spanish SOL
dlers and sailors and the Spanish
rabble. Led by General Lee the
first soldiers of the United States
to storm Havana would be almost
irresistible, for each and all of
them would be eager 10 avenge
these insults. Nothing but the
severest lesson, unsparingly ad-
ministered, will ever teach the
scmi-savage Spaniard respect for
the United States. General Lee
is just the man to administer this
lesson and the President and Gen
eral Miles should not hesitate a
moment to accede to his most reas-
onablerequest.- -Denvor Republican
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
oiri Carrie. IN. n.rl.

Dispatches from English. Ind. tell
how Miss Cassie Natrick. the 17-ycar-
old daughter OF Mail Contractor Thorn
as Natrick. on the orIoIe and Eckcrty
mail route. line seventeen miles long.
is delivering the mall on horseback.
Mr.. Natrick was thrown from his
horse. receiving compound fracture
Of his right shoulder. which. owing TO
his advanced age. will incapacitate him
for some months. Miss Natrick de-
ciares that she will carry the mail tIli
be RECEIVERS or TIL the ciose OF the con-
tract. The task Is described as one
that few men care to perform during
the winter months.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
W repeat that a war with Spain

YE repeat that war with Spain
last more than a few weeks
ugh the outcome is a foregone
clusion. If as Col John L.
llivan said to Mitchell they
and up and fight" the finish will
prompter than if privateerine
the rulc. The whole world oi
elgn powers would like to sec a
r between the United States and
ne toreign country, and in every
portant battle would have mill
experts on board ships closely
'ching every new wrinkle in the
Pdern warfare.
Ihe little skirmish between ia
N and China developed the fact
|a' some of the immense naviec
'o-day may prove to be cumbcr-
lme and antiquated compared
IN the cards that Uncle Sam
Is up his sleeve in the way OF
" guns, powder, submarine boats
~ and they are anxious to find
1t the facts at tho cost of some
lie else.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
cnrsmh.r. xIu n...h..

II you have any reaches that thsnf
'hey are going to spend the wfnter
sith you. and you want to get rid OF
HON. try tho remedy sugsosted by au
sxpericnced housakoeper. "cncun,-
iers." she says. ~nrc most enoctuaI
!esiroyer. Simply scatter tns peel or
trimmings about In the places waeru
z he roaehcs arc seen. The roach eats
.hcm and thereby ends his cxintenre.
IN c'se tho roach does not feoi hungry
enough the nrst night and tho cucum-
ner Is not sufficiently attractive, throw
10 trimmings Into the stove the naxf
morning and set out frcsh lot TIM
ext night Tho green cclorins mat
Ter that kills the reaches Ia the same
hing tha, makes cucumbcfs 10 annoy
.az at tr,rs to the human fa<niiy.-
The western recorder., 1898-04-14
APR Asses

ELBERr is the most pleasantly
situated little town in the state of
Colorado; there is no great advan-
tage enjoyed by other towns that
we are without. We have railway
facilities good enough for town
20 times our size, educational and
religious advantages, nearly all
classes OF trade are represented,
and with just little streak of luck
to start the Creamery, Elbert would
be immense.
P. S. Forgot to say one of the
best country newspapers in tn,
state also.
The western recorder., 1898-04-14

Jack Carr an Alaskan mail car
ricr aid the man who brought the
first news of gold on Bonanza and
Eldorado creeks hns news obtained
from a carrier pigeon stating that
Andree and his two companions,
who left in the balloon "Ornen''
July llth, from Dunes Island arc
on land alive. We may yet hear
that the trio reached the north
pole safely.