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an Jemima and anything might be

than Jemima and anything might be
better.
"By the way said Monty after a
pause, 81 believe there was a time
when l had a fancy for you, Minnie,
and thought you might not make me
bad wife"
"'There may have been," I answered
calmly, ''for l can distinctly remem-
Der a time when decided that certain
~ you would make me bad husband"
And Monty bestowed upon me one Of
those all forgiving, albeit sad, glances
that are so abominably irritating when
one is trying ones best to snub him.
After MOnty's casual remarks I was
surprised to find Efie nice looking
girl, though with, of course, no pre-
tensions to the JunoesQue that Monty
demands of his ideal woman. She was
young, indeed, but had an old fash
toned way with her that was infinitely
attractive. I had guessed intuitively
that she had neither father nor moth
er, although many people might say
that this was judging my cousin too
hardly. Her guardians were an elder
ly uncle and aunt, who didn't mind
what she did so long as she didn't
worry them, so [ was glad to help her
with her rousseau and see as much
of her as possible.
[ soon discovered that Monty object
ed to her having so many friends.
''Lancelot," as she was made to call
him, thought ''gadding about showed
"empty headedness."
But, my dear child" I exclaimed,
she surely doesn't expect you to drop
your friends just because you are 60
ing to marry him? Why, you will
want them more than ever. What do
you suppose you'll do when he's at
work all day."
Then he hasn't told you he's going
to resign the partnership" said Eff
fie timidIy.
My heart froze, and the fact must
have been. clearly evident to her. for
she fastened to add, you don't think
he spoils me too much, do you, in Civ
ing it up for my sake?"
And the recording angel should put it
to my credit that only answered:
''Effie, if he ever spoils you let me
know"
Yesterday I tackled him
what do you mean" I asked, "by
retiring from business at your age?"
And why nOt?' he said Isn't a
husbands place at his wife's side?"
Most emphatically no." I rejoined
with deadly earnestness. "a husbands
duty is to make money for his wife to
pniOV herself with -
MY dear Mimmie,'' he begged pa
thetically. don't put those sorts of
ideas into Euphemia's head. You are
too frivolously minded to understand
that woman should be a mans hand
maid mentally as we'll as physically
and not his pIaything. I don't want a
wife who requires amusing or who
wishes to amuse me. If l want relax
alton, can come and see you. 1 want
her to be useful and domesticated,
and"-
And" l interrupted, what do you
think she viii want to be-"
Monty actually gasped. Then he re
covered himself sufficiently to answer
misunderstanding:
she will want to be what l make
her.
Poor Efie. And the wedding is to-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Budget.
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VILLAGE FARM FOR SALE.

Situated in Bloomington Village, contain
ing about twenty-five acres of land. suitably
divided for tillage and pasture; also about
FIVE acres of woodland, situated labout one
mile easterly of said village: Building very
good with running water in the yard. Al
together very desirable village resi- dence.
The property is q part of the estate of the
late +. H. Conner and unjust be sold o close
the estate.
36tf A. ID. MATHEWS, Admir-,
Barton Landing, VT.
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H1T Sale Or EXeh2ngH.

\ 210S st of buf'dr8a~. house and barn,
and -four acres OF land ,yitA young orchard,
situated 0uIy ten minutes walk from the
Post Office Anyone desiring good home
Will do we'll 20 look This place over and get
the price.
&; PHILIP SHIELDS. Barton. vi.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

He has no heir Of his loins, for his only
son, man Of striking promise, died in
1889, as Is believed, by his own hand. He
has no wife, for his empress, in early life
one Of the most beautiful of women, after
wandering for years over Europe in a
restless effort to shake off the melancholy
produced by her sons death, was murder
cd on Sept. 10 by an assassin of anarchist
opinions. The emperor, rsore, broods
in melancholy retirement, listening Ill
ways, one can imagine, to the sounds of
another great storm now rolling up against
the fortunes Of his race.
The ultimate danger of the house Of
Hapsburg and perhaps the Ultimate secret
Of its strength, the hatred IF race which
it's subjects bear to one anpti.ar, has bro
ken out afresh, and we have yet to SEQ
whether the emperor can again quiet the
rapidly rising waves. II his lie IL to be
thoroughly consistent, he should on some
great day be once more beaten to the
ground, possibly by q revolt Of his Ger.
man subjects, should then achieve some
impossible success possibly the throne Of
Constantinople, and thenceforward should
glide on 10 the grave, II mighty monarch Of
whom history will say that his failures
plicablc. To him, alone among all the SOW
creigns VIC can recall, tho strange destiny
has been given that he should never sue
coed, yet never suffer from failure, that
ashes should always be presented to his
lips and that they should nnurish him bet
ter than bread. London Spectator.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
The Angel of the CowEate.

There died in Edinburgh a few years
ago cheerful, happy looking old woman,
who sold sweets to the children of the
Cowgate, that wretched, squalid spot Of
the Scottish capital Her whole stock was
worth about couple of shillings, and she
once told me that when at the end Of the
day she had made or pence profit she
was quite satisfied.
Alas, there are many children In the
Cowgate who never felt in the hollow Of
their hands halfpenny or even far
thing, and who, on beholding the old wOn-
ans basket full Of shiny white, PINK and
rose candles, would throw side glance Of
envy and pass on, sad and detected, or stop
q few seconds with their fingers In their
mouths. Seldom was q child who could
not afford to pay her allowed to pass that
basket without receiving one for love. One
day, coming out Of school, the children
looked for the old woman in vain. She
was dead. At her funeral hundreds Of
barefooted little boys and girls in rags
followed their departed friend down the
Cowgate.
When that old woman arrived at the
gates Of heaven, there were more angels to
meet her and take her to the throne Of the
Almighty than there would be for the ar
rival of all the dukes in Christendom. II
there arc social sets in heaven, guess that
old woman is q leader of fashion among
the Four Hundred there or my idea Of
heaven is altogether wrong.-Max O'Rell
In North American Review
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

''It Is matter of common belief, says
Il. p. O'Connor, that in tho extremely
unlikely event of the entire abolition of
all titular distinctions in this country her
majesty's present royal designation would
be reduced to'the simple formula Of Mrs.
Guelph. This is an entire mistake The
queens legal name, were she by some
mysterious process to become o simple
commoncr, would be Mrs Victim, by
virtue Of her marriage with Prince Albert
Of Saxe-C oburg- Gotha, whose name, strip
ped Of territorial and other furnishings
was plain Albert Victim
Victim Is the patronymic Of King Leo
pold of Belgium, of King Albert Of Sax
ony, Of Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, of
the Duke of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, of the
Duke of SAKE Wrimar and the Duke of
SAKE Meiniugen, as well as the Prince Of
Wales and his brothers and Of Prince
Charles Of Portugal. Victim, who died in
1855, was a descendant of one Wittikind,
who was q contemporary of the great
Charlemagne The majority of the reign
ing princes of Europe claim to be descend
cd from Wittekind.
1.-The queen prior to her marriage was
entitled to the patrOnymic Of Azon-sho
was Miss AEON, in fact. The founder Of
the house of AEON died in the year 964 and
was lnargraye or Marquis OF Este. 1t is
for this reason that the royal house of
Great Britain has sometimes made use Of
the name D'Este, notably in the case Of
the Duke Of Sussex, a younger son Of King
Georgs III, who gave the name Of ID Este
inter marriage to his morganatic vile. ~
Mainly About People,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
Z ~ < = 1870
fHE DEAR OLD. LADY,.


OLD .F6sAioned and Aothsrly, bat She
Dased the Hack Driver.
II was ut my usual stand near the Do.
pot the othor morning" said the hack
driver, when an old lady came out Of tho
station and took my hack.
"She was motherly looking old wom-
an, with an old fashioned bonnet and
oorkscrew curls, and II was very evident
that she was from the country and not &C.
oustomed to city life.
II congratulated myself upon securing
such an easy fare, as she asked no ques-
ton in regard to what the expense would
be, merely ordering ME to show her all
there was to be seen In the city.
81 followed her directions to the letter.
l nearly drove my horse to death looking
up attractions about the city that thought
would amuss the old lady and incidental
ly add few hours to my bill.
II flatter myself that 1t has been some
time since any one has seen in one day all
the attractions that l showed the old lady.
"She enjoyed 1t and asked me thou
sand and one questions, which answered
to the best Of my ability.
"At noon loaned her 25 cents to pay
AVE- ACH Auiiou, az bHO AUu i1oUhAAS ohhAoA
than g." bill, which she was afraid she
could not get changed.
During the afternoon took her around
10 the places that had overlooked In the
morning, and later in the afternoon
drove her to one Of the large department
stores, AZ she wished TO do little trading
before she left for home on the late train.
Maybe I'm green, but waited outside
for her for two hours before it dawned up
on me that something might be wrong.
Even then should have notified the po-
lice that she was lost had not fellow
hackman told me that he had seen an old
lady who looked like my fare taking . late
train out Of the city.
but what makes me mad worse than
anything else Is the fact that had made
up my mind when she asked for the
smount Of my bill to try to remember
that had mother once myself. De-
troit Free Press.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24


Professor William M. Woodwork Of
Harvard came up from Samoa on the Ala
meta He accompanied the Agassiz scion
tific expedition tt, the south sea islands
year or 80 ago, and the second visit was
made in the interests of the Mu 'um Of
Comparative Anatomy Of Harvard, to In
yestigate the ''palolo," q curious marine
worm which has long been q Sc ntiflc
mystery. Il, .
. 'sThe palolo, which Is found near the
Fiji and Samoan islands said Mr.. Wood
worth, measures 12 to IA inches III length
and Is about the thickness Of woolen yarn.
On two days in the year the sea is thick
with it, like vermicelli soup. The native
bake 1t in breadfruit and esteem 1t q great
deiicacy. 1t looks like spinach and tastes
fishy
"Only twice in the year does the palolo
como to tho surface-in October and No
wonderland then only ut sunrise on the
tenth day after the full moon. The ma
tives gather from great distances and
make festival Of the occasion. The
weather, which Is invariably bud at that
time, Is known as 'palolo weather, and
October and November are known respec-
lively % the month of the little paiolo'
and the month OF the big palolo, because
Of the greater quantity Of palolo that up.
pear In the latter month.
THE palolo has never been scientific
ally classified, though Fricklander was on
tho right track when he hazar1led sguess
in 1890. 1t is an annelid marine worm,
living Oh coral rocks. / detached several
specimens from the rocks below the sur
face and found that the palolo il really
only the tail Of the creature. The stock,
so to speak, on which the palolo grows is
a ser worm resembling those that bore In
tho piles about San Francisco bay, and
tho long appendage is thrown off at the
breeding seasons. "-San Francisco Exam
inar
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Her Summary Method OF Swapping
Obstructive OMcIal Red Tape.

Her Summary Method Of Swapping
Obstructive OMcia1 Red Tape.
When Florence Nightingale came, in
stantly new intelligence, instinct with
pity, afame with energy, fertile with vo-
manly invention. swept through the Sou
tart hospital. Clumsy male devices we're
dismissed, almost with a gesture, into
space Dirt Became crime, fresh air and
clean linen, sweet food and soft hands
piety. A great kitchen was organized
which provided we'll cooked food for a
thousand men. Washing was lost art
In the hospital, but this band Of wo-
men created, as with breath, a great
laundry. and strange cleanliness crept
along the walls and the beds Of the hos
pital. In their warfare with disease and
pain these women showed a resolution as
high as the men Of their race showed
against the gray coated battalions Of Ink
ernan, or In the frozen trenches before
Sevastopol. Middle headed male routine
was swept ruthlessly aside.
II the commissariat failed to supply rea-
uisites, Florence Nightingale, who had
great funds at her disposal, instantly pro-
vided them horself, and the heavy footed
officials found the swift feet Of these wo-
men ontrunning them in every path Of
help and pity Only one flash of anger is
reported to have broken the serene calm
which served as mask for the steellike
and resolute will Of Florence Nightingale.
Some stores had arrived from England;
sick men were languishing for them. But
routine required that they should be Gin
spected" by board before being issued,
md tho bnard u0viNu With haayv fOotad
slowness, had not completed Its work
when night fell. Tho stores were, there
fore, with official phlegln, locked up and
their use denied to the sick Between the
needs Of hundreds OF sick men and the
comforts they required was the locked
door, the symbol Of red tape. Florence
Nightingale called couple Of orderlies,
walked to the door and quietly ordered
them to burst 1t open and the stores to be
distributed i-Cornhill Magazine.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
Where Franklin Failed.

A recent critic, writing Of some ones
thew version of the book Of Job, says
that we have Matthew Arnold's authority
for the great difficulty of improving on
that masterpiece Of literature.
Mr.. Arnold reminded the world that no
less sensible person than Benjamin
Franklin once attempted a revision of
Job. The old version, Franklin said, had
become obsolete and therefore less agree
able. II give" he said, "a few verses
which may serve as a sample Of the kind
Of version would recommend"
We all remember a famous verse in the
accepted version:
Then satan answered the Lord and
said, Doth Job fear God for noughtf'
Franklin made this read in his "more
agreeable version'
Does your majesty imagine that Jobs
good conduct is the effect Of mere personal
attachment and affectionf'
As an observation on this, Mr.. Arnold
said, II well remember how, when I first
read that, drew deep breath Of relief
and said to myself, After all, there is q
stretch Of humanity beyond Franklin's
victorious good sense. youths Com
panion.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
A Good Shot,

Candidates for parliamentary honors
have in Scotland to run the gauntlet of So
rious "heckling." Lord Glasgow-not the
late one who sat for Buteshire, but his
elder half brother-when Lord Kelburne,
was In the forties candidate for Green
ook. At several meetings he had been Sc
verely "heokled" by a member Of "the
black squad" One night meeting had
BEEN called unusually early, and Lord Kel-
burne f1attered himself that his merciless
"heckler" would not be present.
No sooner was his speech over than up
jumped his tormentor, black and grimy
as he came from his work. Lord Kel-
burne," said he, 'if ye're returned to
parliament, what's the first thing ye wad
tax the duty Off"
Lord Kelburne his eyes sparkling at the
opportunity, bent down toward the check
Ter" and said, Soap, you dirty rascall''
London Chronicle.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

"Oh, grandma, what big eyes you've
got!
1.-THE better to see you, my dear"
Obscrvant Little Red Riding Hood
would see stranger "cyes" than those Of
her supposed grandmother if she took note
Of theill fitting, unbecolnirg eyeglasses
worn by the majority Of persons. Men
md women with big, broad faces persist
in wearing small, round glasses set in I'M
becoming frames, that lock lost In the
breadth of their faces; school children
with delicate features and tiny noses are
obliged to wear great goggling glasses,
better fitted to big eyes and big heads.
People who buy Inrgain glasses and have
their eyes tested ut a counter scarcely can
expect to secure both n becoming shape
and scientifically accurate GLASSES, but
little precartion and the exercise Of very
moderate amount OF good judgment would
prevent many Of the incongruous effects
which are produced by wearing mistltting,
unbecoming eyeglasses and specs. New
York, Press
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

"Lesohetizky, the famous teacher Of the
piano, often brightens his talk with rem
inisosnoe," writes Cleveland Moffett in
The Ladies' Home journal. "'I al
ways practiced piece with six dried
peas,' be said to one pupil. When be-
gan, would lay the six peas on the piano
rack side by side. Then when I had play
ed the piece through perfectly, or part Of
1t, I would put one of the peas In my pock
ct. That would leave five peas and when
! had played it through perfectly second
time would put another pea In my pock
ct. And so would go on until had
played 1t through perfectly six times in
succession and all tho peas were in my
pockets. But IL made single mistake,
sny in the third playing or the fourth play
ing, would put the six peas back on the
rack and begin all over again. Whoever
practices with six dried peas is sure to
play as we'll Rs he can. d"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
4 WHITE WOMAN IN. AFRICA


TooChin8 BI9Ck m0ye Nn8tAsA-AAS
Terrible Dread Of witches.
A letter received here the other dsy from
woman missionary living In Monrovia
tho capital Of Liberia, gives some interedt-
ing news from that part Of the world. She
Is . medical missionary, and part Of her
usefulness In Africa Is to care for the sick
among the natives. She writes: 1.-THE
diseases here are simple and not 90 COM
plicated as they are in the United States,
and they are not Of the nervous kind.
There are always plenty Of sores Every
little abrasion Of the skin runs into sore,
eating tho fesh to the bone and occasion
ally resulting In blood poison. Tho food
here is not bloodmaking. Rice and fish
are the main diet, and fish is eaten when
too long out OF the water. TIE natives
battle once or twice day. They and the
Liberians, as a general thing, are clearly.
Just now the grip Is prevailing com
plant"
This missionary Is not much impressed
with what the negroes from America have
done for the natives around them. She
says: "Monrovis, as you know, was set.
tied by ex-slaves from America, whom
their masters had set free, and this town
was named for President Monroe. The
American negroes in turn treated the ia
tives q. Q. hesthen) as though they were
their slaves. In all these years they have
done nothing to speak Of toward ciyilizing
the natives, 30 that within hearing of the
church bells there are several thousand
heather"
The following gives an idea of the busy
life medical missionary leads In that
part of Africa: II have IL children in my
home whom feed, clothe and teach. 9th
ers come to the house to be taught. At .
p. IN. take the boys to the native town
and teach there. When at home they study
geography, arithmetic, oral grammar, and
! also teach them physiology to get into
their heads some idea Of the human body.
This 10 most important, for now, when they
are sick, they say some ono has bewitched
us, and II they die 1t Is because some one
compnsses their death by witchcraft. This
constant fear Of witches is terrible op-
preston. A sick person Is often taken
away at night to some secluded place in
the hope to throw the witch off hts track
Down in Old Calabar it is even worse
Twins and their mother are put to death
The natives say, Ono child DO proper
Cnllu ANO IAoro' 4Ouuci 70 uoVh. oohoy
put both to death The babies arc thrust
into largo mouthed jar, taken to the bush
and left to DO devoured by driver ants or
eaten by wild animals The mother is fas-
tened to bamboo sticks 80 that she may bc
carried to tho bush and abandoned The
poles to which she is tied make 1t unnec-
essary to touch her, which would be ter
rible crime as she has given birth to q
demon. One of the first things try to do
Is to disabuse the native mind Of the old |
prevailing faith In witch power"
She goes on to say that she teaches only |
English in her school. All her pupils are
very anxious to learn English. Her chill
dren are much interested in events in thu
United States and ran up the American !
flag every time they heard of victory over
the Spanish. York Sun. \
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

"a firm Of German booksellers, " say
the London Chronicle, "sends ,Is little
shilling book and, lest we have no critic
who Is savant of this matter, obliges vi
with ready made review, from which VIC
extract the following: The little Book Of
the Marine. A handbook Of all being ne.
markable Of the German Navy, with q
comparative description Of the naval forces
Of the other countries. -" This book is
from very competent hands, and there
need no hesitation in pronouncing this
work the most authoritative that exists on
the subject. 49, The price Is very moder-
ate, viewing the contents 1856 pages and
numerous illustrations) and the very nice
and solid cover; it is only sh.'"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24

z Good looks are really more than skin
Deep depending entirely on a healthy con.
dition VI all the vital organs. II the liver
be inactive, you have q bil,ou. look, IL
your stomach DO disordered, you have q
dyspeptic look, II your kidneys be affected
you have pinchsd look. Electric Bitters
IL good Alternative and Tonic Acts d.
rsctly on the stomach, liver and kidneys.
Purifles the blood, cures pimples, blotches
and boils, and gives y good complexion.
Market strssss. % tsnts psr bottle. 1lm
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
The Enslish Blue md White

In 174S George II accidentally met the
Duchess Of Bedford on horseback in Q
blue riding habit faced with white, and
was 80 pleased with the effect of 1t that, q
question having been just raised as to the
propriety Of deciding upon come general
dress for the royal navy, he immediately
commanded the adoption Of these colors,
q regulation which appears never to have
been gnzetted, nor does 1t exist In the REQ
ords Of the admiralty, although subss-
quent one in 1907 refers to it.--Journal Of
Archaeological Association.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-24
CARD OF THANKS
Wilmington. Del.

Jan, q, 1899.
TO the President of The Economic
Insurance Company:
Mr.. Peter J. Ford, Dear Sir
Kindly accept my sincere thanks
for the prompt settlement of the
claim on the life of my late brother,
Levi ID. Smith The claim was paid
by the Superintendent less than
three hours after ! reported at your
office. take this method of thank
ing you all and I also wish to let
my friends and the public know
what the home companyis doing for
the people in Wilmington.
remain very respectfully,
MARY A. ToMLINsoN,
Sal Windsor st.