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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
Swimming In The Brandywlne.

Yesterdays warm weather sent the boy 8
toward the Brandywine at double quick
pace. Tho water was a little cool, but
tcw such days as yesterday will warm 1t
and open the swimming season in earnest.
Where the boys used to walk by tho doz-
ems fer their afternoon bath, now they
have their wheels and drop out In short
order alter school hours.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
School Directors Elected.

Shonl director; were elected throughout
the county on Saturday. Districts 70, 80
aud 09l4 at Marshalton elected Harry
Ellison, David Bowling and Walter Fam
ing for years. Districts Nos 81 and q,
Newport, elected y. Walter Young and
the Rev. u. X. Miller.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

The Douglass Star Juniors will chal-
lenge any team under sixteen. Send the
challenge to captain Stewart Brown, No.
West Twelfth street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Can't be perfect health without pure
blood. Burdock Blood Bitters makes pure
blood. Tones and invigorates the whole
system.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Perfection In Shirt Waists
When lnundered by Manhattan Laundry.
Both telephones.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Herring Is plentiful in tho Delaware and
Chesapeake Canal thereby interfering
with the fishing with the rod.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
FOR SALE.

ECR sALE-TEN R. p. A. MS. FOR s
4 cents Vt druggists. One gives relief
a22lyrd
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Do right this year: buy for your home
Ludwig Piano, Nothing better. Store 5l6
Shipley street,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
Addicks In a Copper Company

Take no chances on that aching tooth
Dents Toothache Gum. Druggists 15c.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

E'OR SALE HARDWOOD COUNTERS
IL and shelving in 4l6 Market street 10 cent
store, in part Or in whole. G. /. 5wayne, con-
tractor. nl3l.3t@
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Full line of muslin under wear 20? King
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Get under Straw. Sentman. 4001a King
street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
Departure of Delegates,

Tho hat that looks we'll Is found at 4Oo1,
King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

DR.. Simms' White Pulmonc Balsam
will cure any kind Of a cod 6O6kfng st,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
OFFICIAL
FIGURES.
They Make No Material
Change in the Announc-
ed Returns.

The Department Of Elections yesterday
afternoon flushed its canvass Of the
vote polled at Saturdays election and
while many changes were made in the pub
lished returns no material damage was
done any candidate. The official figures
ara nj fol toWu.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
NOTICES.
-------------
NOTICE.
COUNTY TAXES.

Delinquent taxpayers laving
received sufficient notice and hav-
ing had ample opportunity TO set
tie their taxes | take this method
Of informing all property owners
owing taxes for 1897 and 1898, that
the month Of MAY is the last one
that any one can arrange for pay
ment Of said taxes. The costs will
be entered up against all deIin-
luents after May 3Ist.
HORACE G, RETTEW,
Receiver of Taxes.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

L,siiluI INC EMTi2Wu For Cholera
hNIIlVk Diarrhoea
s'NVl Lt5 v HVVVIuG Ieethins
lntantvW
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06
For Ladies' Only,
Think 1t Over.

DR., Simms Compound Pennyroyal Pills
Il box. BY mail COG King street,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-06-06

Frederick kleitz Of No 1926 King street
shipped his pool table to John Sayers' ho
tel at Rehoboth this morning which was
purchased by Mr.. Sayers last week.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
FUNNY FIRE BRIGADE.
Constnntinoplc Has Departments
whose Operations Would Make
Our Firemen Laugh.

OF all the queer things to be io.nd
in Constantinople, none seem so stupid
as the fire engines, il they can be called
by so big n name. The houses in that
city are almost all built of wood, and il
Il fire does start, IL burns fast and fierce
| ly, and yet the precautions taken for
discovering fires and the methods OF
extinguishing them are most feeble.
There is constant watch kept on
the summit of the old Genoese tower in
Galcta; similar watch Is kept on the
tall tower of the SeraslSierat in SIAM
boul, and another on a hill behind Cam
dill, one of the suburbs. From this last
place cannon is fired to give warning
of Gre, and when this takes place
the watchmen OF the city knock on the
shutters of all the houses, crying:
There is a fire in such and such quar-
ter" And then the fire department.
comes running down the street. II con-
sists OF a long barrel carried on the
shoulders OF half a dozen men, who are
relieved as fast as they get tired by
other men who run along with them.
Arrived at the scene of the fire, there
is tremendous confusion. All the fire.
men get in one another's way, and per-
haps Ina the course of an hour few
feeble hand-pumps ore playing gentle
streams Of water somewhere in the
neghborhood Of the burning buildings.
IL the fire has not burned itself out by
that time. How would such n system
work in any American city? Yet this
Il the Constantinople method OF not
putting out fires. So far there is no case
on record of one having been quenched
by this funny brigade.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
struggle with a Cougar.

In company with an Indian Port Ar
thur (Wash.) man went fishing for
salmon in a rocky river. Suddenly q big
cougar appeared ut the entrance to a
cave, and with roar crouchcd TO
spring at the Indian. The white man
threw his fish spear at the cougar, while
the Indian ran for his life. The spear
entered the animals neck and ear, and
thus the man held him at distance and
tried To drown him. But the cougar
was too strong and agile for that, and
finally the spear came out Of its hold
For four long hours the man and the
cougar fought, the cougar walking
around and around, and every once in
awhile making spring, which the
man every time repulsed with the
spear. The combat only ended when
the Indian returned, after l2-miAs
trip. with gun. His first shot wound
ed the beast i'm the side; the second
lodged i'm its head and killed IL.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29

dressed a. was, onto the bod, AID, draw
ing in great brcaths of the damp night air,
soon slept as only sleep the tired and
healthy.
! lay like one dead until well into tho
morning waking as blithesomely as a child,
only to be shocked as l came TO realizing
sense of the tolls that beset me. Physically
was new man, and the feeling Of antago-
nsm and defiance with which met the out
look proved that my spirit was yet nm
broken.
But not hole could discover through
the network Of circumstances that had made
me a victim. Testing the matter from all
sides. the result was the same. Ii was tight
and die, though | was careful not TO betray
this conclusion 10 either Ames or his sister.
] knew that the youth was equally at sea,
but the girl was cheerful and acted as
though her troubles would be of short dura-
ton, feeling doubtless, ~ her sex is prone
to do, that with two protectors things would
go not far wrong.
And, indeed, we needed the FLIP OF good
spirits from some source, and hers aided
my philosophy TO the extent OF causing me
TO think 1t were as well 10 smile at approach
ing death as to sit and quake over its GER
tainty.
All that day we fed well, this once maiden
Of fashion preparing our food, while by the
aid OF the ladder in the attic Ames and my
self kept watch by turns through one OF the
half.moon windows which commanded the
high road mile or so away. But we We're
undisturbed, though we saw numerous
troops going north, and once feared squad
was about to turn toward us, but they went
en-, only hating a moment where the roads
Joined.
At sunset Burns returned, bringing the
news that double Gordon of the enemy had
been drawn across the island near the Dove,
which body was to divide and beat up the
country both north and south, securing
every house, tree, and nook and Granny from
enc end of Manhattan to the other. This
accounted for the unusual number of troops
we had seen that day, and 10 this extent had
my act stirred 20 its center the British
army. 1t almost enabled one to count the
hours of remaining freedom, and figured
| that by uoon on the day following the forces
would have drawn their line close to the
purlieus of the city and caught us as a fish
is caught in n narrowing net.
The thought fairly drove me wild, and IN
my very despair | rose from the table at
which we had been sitting and went to the
window for air, that | might be rid OF the
oppression which like weight lay upon my
chest. Was this fear? Hardly; for, had the
house been assaulted at that moment, the
load would have fallen away as fell the bur
| den from the back Of Christian. Nay, ii was
uncertainty and inaction still playing on the
harp strings OF my nerves, but it was an
unbearable feeling
fro DE Continued
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
HE TASTED THE INK,

to swell the quantity of literature which
has been devoured by this caprine gour-
mand.
One day last week a small boy en-
ployed by stationery firm entered the
lumber yard TO deliver a bottle of ink.
The youth was not aware of the peculiar
characteristics of the goat, and suspect
ed nothing when the animal shifted and
approached. just before he reached
the Office the boy felt himself perform
ing sundry aerial convolutions and
when he sat up he saw the goat placidly
licking the ink from the plank pave
ment near the brick wall of the Office
against which the quart bottle had
burst. The goat grcedily chewed the
sawdust and shavings which had be-
come saturated with the black fluid,
and smacked his lips between bites.--
Chicago Daily News.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
A STRANGE NURSERY.
lily Around I'm Little Pouches
Her Back.

The Surinam toad is the possessor of
one of the strangest nurseries known
- science. 1t lives in the dense trop-
zeal forests of Guiana and Brazil, and
Is a true water-haunter. But at the
breeding season the female undergoes
curious change of integument. The
skin on her back grows pulpy, soft and
jelly-like. She lays her eggs in the wa
ter; but as soon as she has laid them,
her lord and master plasters them on
10 her impressionable back with his
feet, so as to secure them from all as
saults of enemies. Every egg is pressed
separately into a bed of the soft skin,
which soon closes over ii automatical-
~, thus burying each in a little cell
or niche, where il undergoes its further
development. The tadpoles pass
through their larval stage within the
cell, and then hop out, as the illus ira
ton shows, in the four-legged condi-
ton. AS soon as they have gone Off
to shift for themselves, the mother toad
finds herself with ragged and honey
combed skin, which must be very un-
comfortable. SO she rubs the remnant
of it off against stones or the bark of
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29

Dogs and horses generally get on well
together, but the following story from
Manchester proves that in some cases
the friendship is something more than
a mere liberation OF each other. A car
riage horse, accompanied by his stable
companion, retriever dog, 10 which
he WINS exceedingly attached, was drink
ing at n trough near the exchange.
While the dog was waiting for his
friend to finish his drnught large
nlastia picked quarrel with him
which ended in a fight The mastiif, ns
may be supposed, had the better OF the
battle, ard the retriever was severely
bitten. The horse. the moment he heard
his friends cry. broke from the mnsl
who was holding him, hurried 10 the
rescue, and, after kicking the mastir
across the street, returned to the
trough and finished his drink.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
GOAT FoNp OF INK.
Nothing Satisfies Billy's Epicursas
Tastes Quite m Mnch NJ black
Writing Fluia.

A valued appurtenance Of Twenty.
second lumber yard is an elderly goat
whose gastronomic propensities rival
the reputed accomplishments of his
comic paper prototype. Ink is the APP
petizing delicacy which appeals to the
epicurean taste Of this goat, and he will
not only eat newspapers and blotters.
but considers pads used for letter press
purposes toothsome morsels, provided
they have been long enough in. use to
have become covered with the ink
soaked from copied letters. Every writ
ten thing has to be handled with care
outside the lumber Office, else II will 60
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
HISTORY OF A METEOR.
II Was Manufactured by a Desperate
Editor and Is Now Regard
ed ms Truth.

Speaking OF shooting stars" said
an old reporter. III you will turn to any
encyclopedia, Of the great aerolites
that have bumped into the earth you'll
find an entry something like this:
Huge meteoric stone, weight approx
mately a ton, fell near Fort Stanton.
Tex, 1884 happen TO know some
thing about that meteor myself. II
didn't land in exactly the vicinity OF
Fort Stanton. but fell one hot night in
July at about IL p. M, in little news
paper Office not l.c00 miles from the
Rio Grande. The phenomena occurred
in this way: News was dull that night,
the foreman was bowling for copy, and
the city editor who was also the local
staff reporter. bull-fght historian and
other things. was Off on his regular
semimonthly jag. The night editor,
who comprised the balance OF the staff.
was truthful man normally, but cir
cumstances and jags over which he had
no control had rendered him desperate
so when the foreman bawled 'copy!'
for the 'steen hundredth and sixth
time, he grabbed pad of paper, and
the meteor, which nftorward became so
celebrated. began falling at the velocity
Of about page every four minutes. IL
fell on the cabin OF an humble Mexican
herder, smashed the whole family as
fiat as pancakes and filed the heavens
for miles around with what the night
editor called 'baleful illumination.
The story made n full column, pulled
the paper through that night. and
scored n wild, uproarious, undreamed-
of hit. Ii was copied all over the coun-
try, was discussed by the yard In scien-
tifc journals, and after raising ire
mendous row in learned societies In
every corner OF creation. settled down
to respectable Immortality In the en-
cyclopedias and text books. Meanwhile
the Office was inundated with flood
of letters from astronomers. biologists
and savants high and low from Yoke
hama 10 Kalamazoo. The night editor
saved the foreign postage stamps on
the envelopes and they made the finest
collection in the Lone Star State. The
letters he used for pipe lights. That's
the true and authentic history OF the
huge meteoric stone which weighed APP
proximately a ton and fell near Fort
Stanton, Tex, in 1854. Don't tell any.
body / gave IL away IN. O. Times.
n.,.-r~,t
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29

refuge in the house on the shores OF Turtle
bay, and they had thus far eluded capture
by retreating by day to the concealed quar-
ters before described.
From there Ames had proceeded to
Stryker (another link in the chain of secret
patriots), hoping through him 10 find the
means OF getting TO the Jersey shore or
above the lines at kingsbridge; but partly
through the fact that all points IS possible
escape were doubly guarded, and partly
through the adventure caused by my going
TO the Dove, he could obtain no help from
the innkecper. However, as he had further
protected his sister by starting Lowney's
companion, the trooper, on false scent 10
the northward, and had ended the days OF
the tory blackleg himself his errand could
hardly be considered fruitless
The only remarkable point in the Sc
quence Of events that had brought rs all to-
gether was that should have met REX"
in the nick OF time and had him made known
to me.
There was nothing in his present appear
ance by which / could have connected him
with the scorched youth had encountered
at the fire. He was now clean shaved, and,
with the CRIME of smoke washed from his
face, his singed hair replaced by white
wig, and his entire change of costume, he
was an aged Quaker if one peered not too
closely at the lines which had oeen laid upon
his features.
The details OF their escape and a recital OF
my own adventures were given as we re-
called ourselves with hasty meal in room
beneath the attic. Though solid shutters
were over the windows, they were further
protected from any CLEAN OF light straying
outward by hanging of sheets nailed to
the casing. This eloseness made the heat
sitting, but physical discomfort was n small
matter, and was almost forgotten as j
listened in turn 10 the news from the city
as il was given by our host
Like a band of plotting freebooters in
masquerade we mus. have appeared as we
sat at the small table with its single candle,
talking in whispers, the girl and her broth
er in their incongruous characters making
the strong points of the picture, while the
tail, longfeatured man, whose melancholy
cast was instantly corrected by smile, sat
| opposite me, more than sufficient foil TO
nv proportions.
Ny host never laughed, but his smile was
a passport to favor, making his natural ex.
preston sour by contrast or as though he
was acting part when his face was in re-
pose. OF the little band of those who re-
NAMED in New York, and were under
handed though active in their devotion to
the cause, | saw not one but who was an
adept in his ability to mimic or portray a
character totally at variance with the one
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
sparrow. stopped n Clock.

A few days since. TO the annoyance of
everybody, IL was found that the town
clock had ceased 10 toll out the hours
of the day. A jeweler was called. and
an examination made. Nothing wrong
could be found with the mechanism OF
the clock; everything seemed ITO be
right, and no reason was apparent why
the clock did not run, but the old thing
would not tick. A further inyestiga-
ton revealed the fact that the sparrows
had built nest on the face OF the
clock behind the hands. and had car
ried sticks and strnws there enough TO
clog the wheels. A long fishing pole was
procured, the birds nest Knocked ont,
and the clock resumed its tick with its
accustomed reg 1larity. -Pineyille (Ky.)
Courier.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29

trees, and redevclops n similar back
afresh at the next breeding season.
Almost never do we find n device in
nature which occurs only once. The
unique hardly exists; nature is a
great copyist. AZ least two animals of
wholly unlike kinds are all but sure 10
hit independently upon the self-samc
mechanism. So ii Is not surprising TO
learn that catfish has Invented an
exactly similar mode of carrying it's
young to that adopted by the Surinam
toad only, here IL is on the uader sur
face, not the upper one, that the spawn
is plastcred. The eggs OF this catfish,
whose scientific name is Aspredo. are
pressed into the skin below the body,
and so borne about by the mother till
they hatch. This Is one of two in
stances where the female fish herself
assumes the care OF her offspring, in
stead OF leaving IL entirely 10 her ex-
cellept partner.-Strand Magazine.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
JEST ERsour AS BIG As Ne.

There's Teller Twin round here.
Somewheres. that I'm layin' for.
An whenever kin md him.
Let me tell yer. there'll be war.
He is always cuttin' rusties.
Always gettin inter scrapes:
An the worst Is. folks is always
Putin blame on me--Jim Mapes.
Cause he happens fer 10 be
Jest erbout as big as me.
S'posln' pa should loos his hammer
(Sech things. somehow. will set losO.
I will hear him tellin' mother
4 When Z was got an what II cost:
An he thinks boy has had H.
''Jest erbout the size o. Jim.
An the chances are fer findin',"
He will say. most mighty slim"
There II rs agen, yer seel
Jest erbout as big as me-"
Mebbe mother makes some cookies,
Leaves 'em on the pantry shelf,
Where, the window bein' open,
1hey most says. lest help yerselfr'
Course, i don't do eny countin'
But don't eat more than ten.
Though ma says they're most all taken
An I'm sure to hear agen.
Some young feller's been too free
Jest erbout as big as me-
i would like TO find that chap, sir.
An TO find out what's his name:
Fer I've got a sneakin' notion
That they think is's me 10 blame.
They don't say so when they're taikin',
Course" they say, at wasn't jim:
Must a-been that other Teller
That we're apt 10 take fer him"
But their eyes look kinder sideways
An they mean me all the time.
Oh. I'm goin' ter lick that Teller
Now. sir. yer kin bet dime.
He's no business TO be
jest crbout as big as me.
Cora Gaines Carrel. in Ohio Farmer.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
The scientinc nsrse.

~ friend OF mine" says snnon Mac.
Coll. "once shared the box seat with the
driver Of n stage coach in Yorkshire,
and being lover Of horses he talked
with the coachman about his team. ad.
niring one horse in particular. 'Ah.
said the coachman, but that 'oss amt
MS good as he looks; he's scientific
'oss.' a scientific horse exclaimed my
Friend. what on earth do you mean by
that?' u meaus.' replied Jehu. "A 'oss
as thinks he knows a great deal more
nor he does London Spectator.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
DRESSED IN WHITE.

twas quite clearly / remember.
On . Sunday 81 September.
Sunday night:
And IN church We were together,
Shea night OF summer weather.
Dressed In white.
ia no book. by some omission.
And the space Of our division
Lesser grew:
Lesser grew since she perceiving
Plight. half hers would be relieving.
Nearer drew.
Then II fingers strayed together
Round the soft morocco leather
In that song:
II In singing leant nearer
To her cheek. 10 read the clearer.
Was II wrong?
Was Il wrong? The cheek was blushing
Next 10 mine, and mine was flushing
Next her sighs.
II thrilled was IL amazing
Al the unexpected raising
or her eyes7
And / always shall remember
Twas a morning In December.
Frosty, bright;
That. In church again together.
She was rightly-'spite the weather.
Dressed In whitel
Leonard Merrick, In Harlem Life.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29
CHAPTER XIV.
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.

Whether our meeting would prove for
good or evil fortune the future alone would
tell, but certain II was there was nothing
remarkable in the fact of our coming to-
gethcr. Twas but natural that the girl had
flown straight from Clinton 20 where she
might expect to find her brother, and, as the
report OF his escape had been true. she there
found him. Her freedom from arrest had
been due 20 the same cause or causes that
had allowed me 10 retain my own liberty on
that memorable Sabbath; namely, the lack
Of military prccaution at headquarters on
that day and the suddenness and unlocked.
for nature OF the episode. Once under the
roof OF Quaker relative, she and her broth
er had been quickly disguised and passed
through the lincs as father and son, finding
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-07-29

A law has been passed forbidding
any one to give solid food OF any kind
10 infants OF France. Owing 10 its
low and rapidly declining birth rate.
France has awakened TO the fact that
she must take care OF her babies. SO
low has the birth rate become that II
means m annual loss Of 10000 in popu-
alton.