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The times., 1898-02-20

Why are there lions on the monument
OF Emperor William that was Unveil-
ed last March? What do they signify?
% O. VI
The times., 1898-02-20

Besides his novel THE Uncalled." Paul
Laurence Dunbar has lately written a
volume of short stories which will be
published by Dodd, Mead & Co. under the
title Stories of Western Life and illus
trated by E. w. Kemble.
The times., 1898-02-20

Frank r. Stockton will publish new
novel called ''The Girl at Cobhurst,"
which is said to be perhaps the first ro-
nance of the author to be presented in
book form without having first run it's
course as a serial in some magazine.
Where did .The Late Mrs. Null" THE
Adventures of Capt. Horn" and ''Ardis
Claverden' appear serially?
The times., 1898-02-20

Lions signify sovereignty and rule,
grandeur and nobility. They are rep
resented on many monuments 10 sol
diers and kings.
The times., 1898-02-20

Harriet Prescott spofford will publish
this spring small volume called "Pris-
elias Love Story
The times., 1898-02-20

One OF the features of the March Scrib-
ner's is story by Octave Thanet. called
The Moment of Clear Vision,' which
deals with the labor problem.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
HOW IT HAPPENED.
The Singular MANNER in Which n
Young Spanish Soldier Gained
Promotion.

There's never any telling what mo-
ment q mans fortunes are going to
turn" remarked the man who likes to
tell stories, relates the Washington
Star.
"Of course opportunities are sure to
present themselves" commented the
off-hand philosopher. "The only ques-
tion is whether the individual is a man
Of courage and resource, capable Of
recognizing and seizing them"
THAT consideration doesn't always
count. I was in Cuba some time ago
when a young fellow was promoted in
the Spanish army and proclaimed a
hero through his native country.
Wherever he went there was an oya-
ton. He was sung about in the the
aters and his photograph was in do
mand everywhere. He had been sent
out to meet an attacking partyof Gu
bans. He didn't want TO go at all. He
fairly trembled when he confessed tc
me that it was the first call he had ever
had for dangerous duty and that he'd
give anything he possessed to be out OF
the affair. In less than "a hours the
town was ringing with stories of the
way he held has ground wheh all the
men he started with had beat n re-
treat. II was a marvel that he was
not captured, but he stayed for sew
eral minutes single-handed to face and
fire on the advancing foe. The wonder
was that he got away at all"
1T was merely one of these familiar
cases of a mans suddenly finding his
courage in the presence of real dan
ger"
''No. He was riding a mule, and just
at the critical moment the auima
baked"
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
MARRIED LIFE.
A Few Sensible Suggestions which,
IL Adopted, VIII surely
bring Happiness

To give yourself away in true love
is the beginning of true humanity and
usefulness. The man or maiden who
opens that golden gate lives hence
forth in a sweeter and bettar atmos-
phere. Do but be true to higher in
stincts; do but cultivate candor and
simplicity and fidelity, and have every
hola for you. But let it never pass
from your thoughts how much depends
upon you now If you would secure not
only love but respect. Every married
man and woman passes through a
transition after they come TO lsnow
each other thoroughly, and ever after
they love each other more or less. If
they are patient with each others
faults and try to keep the fairest face
on all things-try to make the best of
all things-they viii fnd n new bond
of union in this mutual hopefulness
which is the truest Office of love. But
II, when they find out that they are
each not angels, not altogether per-
feet, they become Indifferent and neg
lectful, then alas for bethl Beware
of this. The sum of human happiness
is made up of numberless little things.
1t is not the great things-great pres
ents, great occasions or great demon
strations of any kind which will make
you happy, but the many nameless
courtesies and surprises of affection,
the neat looks and kind words and gen.
tie ways and profund respect of true
love-it is these Httle things which
falling drop by drop lilOe spring show
ers upon the frozen earth, melt away
all that is cold and hard in our natures
and make them bud and bloom with full
luxuriance.-Rev n. A. Staples, in De
troit Free Press.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Great Britain has 2o4 torpedo-boats.
and torpedo-boat destroyers.
Indiana's cement belt covers about
20 miles square. Seventeen miles are
in operation.
Probably the smallest theater in the
world is Prof. Herkomer's, in England.
1t seats only 100 persons.
The moon moves through space at
the rate of 1888 feet per second. Its
mean distance from the earth is 23s,-
$50 miles.
As a rule a six months cruise de-
creases the speed of a ship IS per cent.
This is caused by the barnacles which
form on ships hull.
More than 100000 sewing machines
are made in this country annually,
which is 90 per cent. of the production
of the world.
Skates made Of hardened glass, in
various colors, are now made in Eng
land. 1t is said that they make it
easier to get over rough places than is
the case with steel skates.
Within a year Thomas sanderson,
six years old, of Fall River, has fallen
from a second-story window, drank a
piRt of kerosene, been run over twice,
and escaped without breaking bone.
The insect known as the water boat
man has regular pair of oars, his
Legs being used as such. He swims on
his back, as in that position there l.
less resistance to his progress.
A gun which discharges 10000 bull
let's a minute has been invented by an
English engineer. One minutes work
of this gun, under favorable condi
tons, would NOW down a full regi
ment.
The Swedish bride fills her pocket
with bread, which she dispenses tC
every one she meets on her way e
church. every piece she disposes o
averting, as she believes a misfortune
Five pairs OF corsets were burned b,
Philip Stila of Parkersburg, w. Va.
who objected to hiswife wearing them
The sixth pair she brought hom
one day last week and he also burne,
them. Then he packed his traps an'
! deserted his home.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
Real FIame from vesuvIus.

vesuvius presented a rare sight re-
entity, real flames issuing from the
lmmit. Part of the south wall Of the
rater fell in, blocking up the vents
rom which the gases had escaped. A
wv days later, this mass having be-
Dme red-hot, q squirt of flame 200 feet
| gh was sent out, accompanied by a
tremendous roar. The column of fire
Eas yellow, with flashes Of red, violet
|nd intense blue. Prof. Matteucci.
no saw it, says that it was the only
X of incandescent gas ever observed
|n Vesuvius, the light which people
|sually mistake for flames being mere
I the reflection of the lava below on
be smoke that rises from the crater
IChicago Chronicle.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
EYE LANGUAGE.
More Truthful Exponent OF the
Inward Thoughts Than the
Tongue.

No part of the human countenance
engages our attention so frequently
as the eyes. When face to face in con-
gersation, we do not look at the lips
although, as n rule, the attention Is
very quickly taken by any movement
but at the eyes of the person with
whom we are speaking. So much is
this the case that the habit OF many
leaf people Of watching the mouth al
ways strikes us as peculiar. In fact,
one usually feels that there is a sense
II incompleteness in the association
Of mind with mind by means OF con-
rersa.ion If there IS not a continual
interchange OF glances making a kind
Of running commentary on the words
spoken. The same may be said Of or
linary greetings when two people
shake hands. Unless there is at the
same moment a meeting of friendly
looks the ceremony loses much Of its
meaning.
Now, why is there this continual
meeting of eyes accompanying all
kinds OF human intercourse2 Partly,
no doubt, it is attributable 10 cer-
laiR habits Of comparatively recent
date. The eye, 1.-The window of the
soul" is a more truthful exponent of
The inward thoughts than the tongue,
and seeing that speech is very fire.
luently used not to tell the thoughts
hut to conceal them, we look TO the
I'VE for confirmation or the reverse
Of what our ears are taking in.-
Louis Robinson, in Appletons' Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
NEW PLANT DISCOVERED.
Makes n Valuable Find in
New Guinea.

A remarkable plaRt-remarlable
pth for its beauty and the circum-
ances under which it was discovered
II an adventurous plant hunters
view at the Temple show. The
calypha Sanderi, which it is called,
lils from New Guinea. 1t was found
4 Mr.. Micholitz, the famous plant
lnter, who also discovered the new
9th orchid growing out of skeletons
i Papuans, which lay bleaching in
,e sun. Mr.. Micholitz was travelling
a remote district of New Guinea
habited by fierce cannibals, when he
. me across q beautiful Towering
liant, which sprang up not only from
ground, but from the tops of the
4 nd huts of the natives. The ex-
ditien was of sufficient strength TO
crave the savages, and Mr.. Michol-
2, delighted at his discovery, caused
veral specimens to be collected. So
ire was he that their beauty would
luse u furore in England that he ac-
Hmpanied the consignment over $500
,nes to Singapore, in order to see that
te plants were safely dispatched from
at port.
Bhe Acalypha Sanderia is a green
ayed specimen with spikes of gor-
eous crimson flowers hanging from
yery node. These beautiful floral
Al likes are from 20 to 30 inches long,
ld as thick as an ordinary walking
ick. A plant SO striking in appear
ice has not been introduced to the
yilized world since the Victoria Regia
as transported from its African
PINE. All the year round it sends
rth its glowing pendants, and as its
itial cost will be small, it is likely
be popular with those of modest
irses who love the presence of floral
y auties.
Technically, the new plant is claimed
belong to the family of emphor-
accae, which includes Hevae and
N anihot, two of the caoutehouc trees,
i'd the croton oil and the castor oil
ants are the other two of it's kin
red. Where a startling and beau
full effect is wanted, as in conserva-
ries, plant-houses, large staircasesi
lere are few growths in the plant
orld that can equal Il. Easy OF
rowth, requiring but little attention,
I'D perpetually Towering, when a
ore domesticated name is bestowed
the Acalypha Sanderia, London and
suburbs may expect to be hit uI
ith the blood-red lances of the New
uinea plant.-Londop Mail
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Swimming is taught IN some Of the
fiblic schools of Boston.
fThere are 125 bishops of the Church
n England distributed over the world.
+ just 100 years ago the Connecticut
ome Missionary society was organ
Ned.
Among the 2s,7s2 students in French
7)lleges, according to the latest fig
f'es, only sT1 were women.
The evangelical churches in Spring
|lld, Mass, are considering church
deration after the manner of free
lhurches in Great Britain.
according to the Maryland Medical
:purnal the number of medical mis-
lonaries in the world is now 400, an in
rease of 122 in five years.
George A. Fowler, of Kansas City,
as given So, 900 to Rebuild the agricul-
iral shops of the University of Kan
$, recently destroyed by fire.
1.-THE trustees of the state university
I'D of the state normal and industrial
bllege in North Carolina have ordered
pat the study of Spanish be part of
se regular course.
Cairo, Egypt, has German school
it'll 10s pupils, o1 of whom speak Ara
c, 54 German, 81 English, 16 Italian,
Trench, Greek. The children repre-
p'nt 10 different nationalities.
One of the Presbyterian mission
Fies in Manchuria during a recent
bur of $40 miles baptized 214 convicts.
hundred others were examined for
aptism and kept back for further in
,ruction.
The American Bible society has sup
jed about 40, 900 Testaments and Cos
als for the use of the Army Christian
bmmission among the enlisted men OF
be army and navy. 1t has also sen!
500 Spanish Testaments to Santiago
ssides a supply to Tampa for distri-
ltion among the Spanish prisoners
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
THIS COURT HITS HARD.
Any Man Who Undertakes TO Insult
1t Is Liable to BE Taken Away
in an Ambulance.

William Jennings, a litigant before
Justice Robert NJ. Bowling, of Kansas
City, Kan, was beautifully whipped
one afternoon recently for contempt
of court and by the trial judge, reports
the Cincinnati Enquirer. He appeared
before the court and offered to file an
affidavit in an attachment suit setting
forth that he did not own the wood in
question.
"How is this? ?" inquired Judge Bowl
ing. did you not testify when this
case was up before that you did own
the wood?"
mo, / never said anything of the
kind, and any man who says / did is
liar" retorted Jennings, excitedly,
$50 you mean to say. then, that am
liar?" said Justice Bowlings ipdig-
nantly, rising to his feet. This court
will take a recess for IS minutes, and
we will go outside and settle this mat
ter"
"Do have to fight?" exclaimed Jen-
nings, in some confusion.
"Yes, sir; you do" Numbered the
Judge. "It is rule of this court, sir
Saying this the judge pulled off his al
paca coat, and in less time than II
takes to tell it the two men were out
in the street and were at it hammer
and tongs. In ten minutes Jennings
eyes were closed, and he was so badly
battered that he looked like he haC
been run through a stone crusher
while the judge, sans hat, sans coat
sans shirt, stood painting for breath
but with the dignity of his court up
held. Judge Bowling did his man NJ
in style. He called carriage to re
move him. As the carriage pulled VI
to take Jennings away Judge Bowling
was heard TO say:
"Any man who insults this court viii
have to fight"
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
Apricot Charlotte.

Cut open some sponge cakes, and
line with them the bottom and sides Of
a buttercd mold, in star shape, putting
the outside of the cakes against the
mold. Empty q can of aprieots, or
tome fresh ones, into stewpan, add
ing sugar as needed, glass Of sherry
and few drops of vanilla; simmer for
4 few minutes, then rub through a
ieve. Add to tic pulp half an ounce
of dissolved gelatin, then pour careful
v into the mold. Chop up the apricot
Kernels and mix with the pulp.-House-
wife.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
EXERCISING A DEMON.
A Sensational Ceremony Last Year in
bavaria Which Recalls the
Dark Ages.

Perhaps the most recent instance Of
this survival of medievalism in one of
the chief centers of modern civiliza-
tion and scientific culture occurred on
March IS, 1897, at Munich, Bavaria,
where a Catholic priest of St. Bene-
diets church solemnly went through
the ceremony of exercising a demon
that haunted house at "a Park street,
in that city. 1t seems, says Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly, that the evil
spirit had disturbed the pious inmates
of the dwelling by groaning, signing
and making such racket generally
that it was impossible for them TO
sleep ,and was seen one night by q
child passing through the room in the
disguise of an old woman dressed in
black, evidently n survival of the race
of. ugly and ill-tarred hags who have
played such a melancholy part in the
tragic annals of witchcraft. On re-
eeiving this information the parish
priest and his acoiytes went at once
to the house with aspergills and CEN
sers to eXpel the internal intruder by
the supernal power inherent in holy
water and consecrated incense. Tho
event caused considerable sensation
in the Bavarian capital.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
AN INNOCENT LAWYER.
lie Knew his client Was Guilty and
He wanted Him TO Plead SO,
But He wouldn't.

"When 1 was new to the business and
had a beautiful faith in the efficiency
of our jury system" tells a veteran Of
the Detroit bar, "I was employed to
defend a murderer The fellow was
guilty enough and that, to my youth
full mind, was sufficient to insure his
conviction. He had wealthy friends
who retained me and worked with
the greatest zeal until satisfied that
the man had done the crime OF which
he was accused. Then l went to him
and said thet his MEest course would
be to plead guilty. ! would make a
strong talk for him and then appeal
to the mercy OF the court.
"'Young man. he said, looking me
over scornfully from head to foot,
you've been hired TO defend me. and
been well paid. You take good money
TO help me and then ask me to save
you all the work and trouble by plead
ing guilty. Now you get right out OF
here as he ratified the grating to call
the jailer. and if you don't put up the
hottevt kind of a fight I'll announce
right out in open court that you
weakened and wanted TO get your
money without earning it,"
did you let him bluff you that
way?"
20. yes. humored him and tried the
case"
"Got life sentence, presume?"
"No; Jury acquitted him.
Free Press
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
WATER FROM SAND DUNES.
Curious Sources of supply for the
cities Along the sencOast
OF Holland.

Consul Corey, of Amsterdam, in the
July consular reports, makes the curl
Gus statement that the water supply
of that city is being obtained from the
sand dunes bordering the sea in the
vicinity. The dunes consist Of sand
blown up into ridges from the beach,
having a height near Haarlem of about
30 feet and a width of about two and
half miles. The fresh water they CON
tain is supposed to come chiefly from
the rainfall. Not only Is the water In
the dunes fresh above sea level, but il
is perfectly fresh also to a depth Of &C
feet below the SEE level. The water in
the immediate nei0' borhood is salt.
IL is held by some persons that the
sand in some way renders the sea wa.
ter fresh, but it is more ineligible TO
find the source of the fresh water Of
the dunes in the rainfall.
Be the cause what it may the dunes
are a vast reservoir of fresh water.
which is being collected for Amster-
dam by means Of stoneware pipes 13
feet beneath the surface and by means
Of o7aen canals. For HARLEM the
water is collected in wells 55 feet below
sea level. There is some doubt, how
ever. as to the permanency of the sup
ply II too largely drawn upon. Wells
sometimes give fresh water for awhile
and afterward turn salty. The occur
renee of fresh water ON small low
islands and on sandy beaches has 'ong
been a curious problem upon Which
the waterworks Of Amsterdam may
throw some light.-Baltimore SUI.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
A 0necr CompInint.

A Shan princess has written the fol-
lowing letter to the medical officer IN
charge of one of the environments In
the Shan States: ''Kindly supply rue
the aforementioned medicines by
bearer, as 1 am unwell, being fell down
from elephant, and oblige. One does
of smelling-salt, one dose for curing
headache, one dose for curing the pain
In neck"
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
sirht of r,rn Eyes.

The two eyes really see two objects.
L the two forefngers be held, one at
be distance of one foot, the other two
bet in front of the eyes, and the for
|er be looked at, two phantoms OF
be latter will be observed. one on each
Ede. If the latter finger be regarded,
|wo phantoms of the nearer finger will
le observed mounting guard, one on
fther side.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
Nn,r ErnlnsIrc.

Under the name Of dynammon a new
explosive has been introduced into
Austria for blasting and other pur-
poses. which is said TO combine the ex-
plosiye power Of dynamite with abso-
lutte safety during storage and trans
port. II Is impossible to explode it by
means OF any ordinary mechanical i'm
pulse. such as an accidental blow or
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
Frtar's OrneIet.

Pare and core one dozen apples,
stew. add one-half cupful of sugar,
two tablespoonfuls of butter. When
cold add four well-beaten eggs. Cover
the bottom and sides of a buttered
baking-dish with crumbs. Put in the
mixture. and cover with crumbs, bake
until cruEbs are brown; turn out and
serve with sugar and cream.-Ladiea'
World.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
OF No consenner &c.

The Doubling Citizen-I would not
\ bind giving you something, if were
j sure that your blindness were not as
Sumed.
The Mendicant-You NEEDN'T let that
Forry you. You can pat yourself on
he back for your charitable action
/ Enst the same.-Indianapolis Journal.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06

Delaware avenue car No. 107 ran
into wagon belonging to the McCul-
bugh Iron Company,at Front and Mar
|ket streets yesterday, but little damage
|as done. .
Evening journal., 1898-09-06

Take your trade to the storekeepsr
who sells what Won want 70 huy. and
Aoes M wear ont vou~ nat'ence irvine
~ make you accept something you do
not want
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
Amber I'm nritish CoIumbIa.

Valuable discoveries of amber have
recently been made in British Colum-
bia. which it is claimed will be able to
supply the pipemakers Of the world
with amber for another hundred years.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06

John c. Taylor, Republican candi.
date for nomination for the office Of
sheriff, is making strong fight and is
doing plenty of hustling despite the
hot weather.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06

The funeral Of Helen Dorothea, in
fant daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. James
]. English, Of No. 915 West Fourth
street. was held yesterday afternoon
interment being made at Lombardy
Cemetery,
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
salt ns Money.

Tn Abyssinia not so very long ago
salt was the principal medium of ex-
change. being practically used as
money.
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
REGISTERS ORDER.
REaIsrER,s oRpER.

n q
REGISTERS OFFICE
New Castle County, Del. June a. isoS
Upon the application OF Alice h. Lloyd.
administratrlx of John B. Lloyd. late
OF Wilmington hundred in said county,
dccenacd, III ia ordered and directed by the
register that the administrators Aforesaid
give notice of granting OF Letters OF Ad-
mlnlstradon upon the estate of The de-
ceased, with the date Of granting thcreofby
causing advertisements 10 be posted
within forty days from the date OF such
Letters In six Of The most public plneea OF
the county OF Now Castle. requiring all
persons having demands against the oe-
tate 10 present the same, or abide by
act OF Assembly iu such case made ans
provided; and also cuuae the anne TO IN
Inserted within the same period IN Tho
Evening Journal a newspaper publishec
In Wilmington, Dol, and to he continued
therein three weeks e. o. ID
Given under the hand and seal
Of office OF the Register afOre-
Fald. az Wilmington, IN New
n. 81 Castle County aforesaid, the
day and year above written.
CALVIN W. CROSSAN,
ReglsteC
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
ALICp b. LLQYpL
REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTER'S OFFICE.


New Castle County, Del, May a, issa
Upon the application of Robert MoBdR
In, executor OF Anna M. McFarlin, laW
N New Castle hundred, In said oountA
d.sceased Il IL ordered and directed by the
register that the executor Aforesaid glv4
notice OF granting OF Letters TestamaEf
tary upon the estate OF the decea-
with the date OF granting therot. u4
causing advertisements 70 be pogtG4
within forty days from the date OF suss-
Letters IN six Of tho most public places ~
the county OF New Oustle, reqinrinR 4.
persons ',aving demands against the o.
tate tC l-cesent the same, or abide by az
act OF Assembly in such case made and
provided; and also cause the same to be
Evening Journal, a newspaper published
IN Wilmington, Del, and 70 be continued
therein three weeks (e. o. d.
Given under the hand and seon
OF office OF the Register afore-
said, at wilmington. in New
IL. 81 Castle County aforesaid, the
day and year above written.
CALVIN w. CRQSSAN,
Register.
NOTICE
Notice Is hereby given that Letters Tes-
tamentaEy were in due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned on the 3lst
day Of May, A. d 1898, and that all per
sons having claims against the estate Of
he deceased must present the same. duly
attested, TO the said executor. on or
the Act Of Assembly IN such case made
ROBERT MFARLIN.
Address J. e. Smith Esq, Attorney-at-
Law. Wilmington. Del
Evening journal., 1898-09-06
NOTICE

Notice Is hereby given that Letters q
Administration were In due form OF lae
granted unto the undersigned on the 2itA
day OF June, A. ID. 1898, and that all PEI
sons having claims against thu estate %
the deceased must present the anme, duW
attested, to the said Administrative, on -
before the 2ith day OF June. 1899 or abidF
the Act OF Assembly In such case dnade
and provided. sslov tnMA
ALICE b. LL,QYU
Administrative.
Address; 1919 West Third street, wa
mington. Del.