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Evening journal., 1899-10-03
MILLIONS OF DICE.
They Are Made of Various Ma.
terials and Sold in Large
Numbers.

The bone dice used in the United
States are all imported from France.
though it may be that the bone of which
they are made came originally from
this country. They are made in a man
ufacturing district not far from Paris
in which are produced various articles
Of bone, and also things partly of bone,
as, for instance, tooth brushes. Bone
dice are made in IL sizes, from to 10
inclusive, and in each of these sizes
they are made both square and round
cornered, as are all other kinds of dice.
In all kinds of dice there are sold of
the square-cornered variety ten times,
perhaps 20 times, as many as of those
made with rounded corners. Round
cornered dice are often used in playing
backgammon; they wear a board less
than square-cornered dice would and
roll easier. There are made some black
bone dice with white spots, but the sale
of these is comparatively very limited.
The great majority of the very large
number Of bone dice sold are in the form
of the familiar white cubes with black
spots.
Celluloid dice, which are made in this
country, are of both Opaque and trans
parent material. The transparent dice
are made In saffron color, in magenta
and in green; the ouaque in imitation
of ivory. The imitation ivory dice are
finished in various ways as to the color
Of the spots, some being made with
black spots and some with spots Of
blue and some with red spots. The
spots on the various transparent dice
are made white. These various kinds
of celluloid dice are made in seven
sizes.
There are made in celluloid two styles
Of poker dice, one octahedron-shaped
and containing on its eight faces rep
resentations of the seven, eight, nine,
ten. jack, queen, king and ace of or
binary playing cards; the other poker
dice is cube-shaped containing on its
faces, instead of the spot, numbering
from one TO six, as seen on common dice,
representations Of the ordinary play
ing cards from the nine-spot to the ace
inclusive.
Dice are made in various sizes Of
vegetable ivory, Of ivory, and of pearl;
the most costly dice are those Of pearl,
a set of five of medium size would cost
at retail about $3.50. Some Of the bone
dice are very cheap, dice of small size
selling at retail for a cent apiece, or ten
cents q dozen.
A considerable number of dice Of
one kind and another are sold for use
in the household. All cabinets made
TO hold cards and counters and so on
have a compartment for dice, which
are part Of the equipment, and many
dice for such use ere sold separately.
Take IL altogether, the consumption
Of dice in this country amounts to mil
lions annually.-N. y. Sun.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
HUMOROUS.

Jaggles-"I see there's a new keeper
in the menagerie. Didn't the animals
like the old oneG' Waggles-"I guess
so. They ate him up."--Judge.
He-"I'm thinking of proposing to
you" she--"I hope you will postpone
it awhile" He-"Why?" She-'I don't
know you well enough yet to refuse
you."-Town Topics.
There's a mountain of evidence
against you,' said the young lawyer TO
his first client. Tunnel it, my boy, tun-
mel It'll" cried the old sluice robber.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Alasl Yes.--AIrs. Bjenks (severely)
There is absolutely no excuse for
polygamy. One wife is enough for any
man" Mr. BjenlSs (softly)-"Yes. One
wife is too much for some men. SOM
erville journal.
A Wordy Row.-"Dunphy is pretty
well battered up" "Yes. He and Nc
Cracken had a passage of words"
only words?" THAT'S all. McCrack-
en- threw dictionary at him" m."-Phila-
delphia North American.
Idpa- Ou and wine ought 10 be
ashamed Of yourselves not to give little
sister any of your gumdrops.' Tommy
well, paw, you see, me an WiEie
have formed a trust, an she don't be-
long."-Ohio State Journal.
Living Skeletons don't want
to sit next to the fat woman any more"
Manager-"Why not?" Living skele-
ton-"She's all the time cracking jokes
and making me laugh. I'm afraid I'll
grow fat.p-N. Y. Evening journal.
you are one of those humanitarians
who believe in bringing up children
without corporal punishment, amt
you?" "Yes, it's as true as I'm stand
ing here, I've never struck one of my
children a blow, except in self-defense.
-IIeitere Welt.
Achieving His Ambition.--"Andb by
the way" asked the old schoolmate
what has beoome of Mosely, who used
to talk so much about devoting his life
to uplifting mankind? Did he go into
the ministry" NO" answered the
other schoolmate, "he is in the elevator
business. indianapolis Journal.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

DIME VS.. DOCTOR.-Some people
have spent fortunes seeking to repair
the inroads of disease which have had
origin in the simplest Of beginnings ?
food fermentation and INDIGESTION
disordered stomach-the moneys gone
the physician has failed to cure--but
DR.. Won STAINS Pineapple Tablets have
proved the little specialists" in a
thousand cases-and a box of IS OF
them have made a cure-cost just 10
cents-10. Sold by Miller Drug Co.,
402 Market and N. B. Danforth, Mar
ket and Second street
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
BIBLE CONFERENCE
DIR. c. e. HURLBURT AND REV. A.
c. GAEBELEIN, THE SPEAKERS
OF YESTERDAYS SESSION.


c. GAEBELEIN, THE SPEAKERS
OF YESTERDAYS SESSION.
At yesterday afternoons session Of
the Bible Conference, held in Grace M.
b. Church, Rev. Arno c. Gaebelein ad-
dressed large congregation on the
prophetic scope of the Psalms, during
which he referred to the Joys and trials
and tribulations as revealed in the
Psalms. 1T escapes many students,
he said, "that the pastors are prophetic
from beginning to end
The evening session was conducted
by Rev. DR.. Cornelius Woelfl1in, who
held the close attention Of everyone
present His illustrations Of his state
ment that a careful reading Of the New
Testament shows three ways of saliva
tion, were strong and well chosen.
The conference will continue to-day
and tomorrow, with sessions at 3 p. m.
and 8 p. m, in Grace Church. Rev.
Charles e. Hurlburt, president Of the
Pennsylvania Bible Institute, will ad'
dress the meeting this afternoon, while
Rev. John f. Carson will speak this
evening.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
A G0UETYs FINANCES
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF CARO-
LINES AUDITORS FOR THE
YEAR 1899.

STATEMENT OF CARO-
LINES AUDITORS FOR THE
YEAR 1899.
Denton, Nd, Oct. 3.-The report of
the public auditors of Caroline county
for the year 1899 is now being dis
tributed. It is a neat pamphlet OF
twenty-five pages, and gives a full
statement OF the receipts and disburse-
ments OF all the public treasurers of
the county. In their supplementary re-
marks they say that the snowing made
by the trustees of the poor reflects
credit upon the management of the in
stitution, having reduced the outstand-
ing indebtedness from So, ,290 to 1860
with resources Of $3.50. The states at
torney is commended by the auditors
for declining to appear before the JUS
tices OF the peace in trivial criminal
cases, and in that lessening the costs oi
such cases materially.
The report shows the disbursements
for county commissioners to amount tc
$4,000, which includes the state taxes
for redemption funds. The bills unpai
at the close of the fiscal year amounted
to $14,6S1; outstanding bonds, S41, 500;
notes outstanding and unpaid $17,37li
making total Indebtedness Of $73,55S
with resources amounting to $10,5OO
One year ago the tax rate was raiseC
TO $1.30, which is the highest in thu
history of the county, and yet the float
ing Indebtedness is being reduced bu
little The tax rate is the principal is
sue in the county campaign, the Demo
Gratis having pledged themselves II
their convention TO a more economical
administration.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

John Brisben Walker of the Cosmo-
politan. has devised a national clear
ing-house bank to cheaper transfer OF
money between distant traders. He
states that 1T is estimated by two Of
the most conservative bankers of New
York that the cost OF collecting coun-
try checks exceeds S1,3OO.0OO per an
num for New York banks alonei" and
that the present system for small ex-
changes are still more expensive for
merchants than for the banks. Mr.
Walkers plan is modelled on that OF
Hungary, which is successful
As he figures it, the cost Of exchange
for the debtor would be only abou
one-third Of the expense now incurred
when the postal order, express order o.
bank draft is employed He woul'
have the clearinghouse bank sell
book Of its own checks-say for $50
and honor them through other banks
upon notice from the clearinghouse
bank, to the aggregate of the amour
deposited, or paid for the checks, b
the drawer
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
CHESTER BOLTERs HAVE TROU-
RIE

West Chester, Pa, Oct. 3.-The fu-
sionists Of Chester county have not yet
succeeded in getting their ticket upon
the official ballot. Yesterday boilers
Thomas Hopes and John B. Kendall
visited Harrisburg and presented nomi-
nation papers at the Office Of Secretary
of the Commonwealth Griest. That Of
fetal was not present and Clerk Pat
rick accepted the papers and will refer
them to the secretary for action. The
Bryan Antitrust" party is the name
adopted by the Democrats for the
ticket, which they will place in the
field to oppose the fusion Democrats. A
committee of the party will go to Har-
risburg to-day to have their ticket pui
upon the official ballot.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

The New York Sun says: while the
thrill and the glow OF the splendid
spectacle were still on the people, and
the town was yet wrapped in the col
ors Of Americanism, one man was
heard to say: Dewey be damned
Dewey won't buy me any coal or any
-four this Winter-not a damned bar
relful'" That man eyinced his con-
temptible selhshness and such utter
lack of patriotism as should disfran-
chise. In heart he is a man without a
country. Equally without any OF the
elective rights of citizenship should be
men like Pennsylvania railroad gate
man at Claymont. To him a patriotic
Wilmington gentleman made some re-
mark about Dewey, and found that the
industrious gentleman from Italy
whose industry is consumed in sitting
idly by the hour, only occasionally
turning a crank-had never before
heard the name of Dewey Nor hat
he ever heard Of Manilal
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

large circle OF admiring friends-the
entire population. feInaps, however,
Rochester is not sufficiently informed
in legal and moral matters to realize
that Marie e. Simmons committed lar
|ceny. The glass. which is engraved ~.
Is. NJ" and evidently belongs to the
United States. is on exhibition in a
show window of the establishment
wherein Miss Simmons is employed
and Rochester, with open gates, invites
all the world, except United States Of
icers and county sheriffs, to come anc
see it.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
boiling starch.

More starching is a failure from the
starch being han cooked than from
any other cause said a capable house
wife who was complimented on the
perfection of the starched goods that
game up from her laundry. II make II
a rule TO have the starch boiled steadily
an hour before IL is strained. After this
some of It is thinned to the proper con
dition for dresses, shirt waists and
other pieces that require light starch
ing. Starch that is not boiled enough
win stick to the iron. If starch is not
strained there wiz be uneven places in
Il. It is very little trouble 20 boil
starch. IL needs TO be stirred few
times after it begins TO boil. Stretch a
triangular bag across pail and pour
the starch through It. twill nearly all
soon drip through and it requires very
little squeezing to press the remainder
through. There is always some starch
left in the strainer that cannot be used.
1t saves time to skim off the film that
gathers over starch that has been boiled
for considerable length of time.-N,
" Tribune.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
A Financial shnnIr-

A man went TO a local bank with a
check which there was 10 cash on de-
posit to meet. When the paying teller
declined to respond the applicant loud
ly demanded to see the cashier.
I've have no cash here for you,''
quietly responded the teller.
The man with the check saw the
point. He moved in circles till he found
his way out, tobogganed down the
front steps and was led a block by a
policeman before sufficiently recovered
TO make explain tion.-Detroit Free
Press.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

In referring to the Dewey reception
Rev. DR.. Carson, OF New York in his
sermon last Sunday said. 1T is the
shame and disgrace Of our political
life that there are in 1t men who have
no business but politics and who have
grown enormously rich. Politics has
become trade. The offer Of office is
the barter of the politician. It is citi-
zenship lowered to the money stand
ard. II Is patriotism OF the shoptilled
type. Even the joyous notes of praise
of heroism and the patriotism of the
past few days have been marred by the
suggestion of office. and by the presen-
tation of the name OF the hero OF Ma
nila for the presidency. The sugges-
tion has in it the ring of the politi-
clans metallic soul. The time has
come when citizenship which can dc
no more than hold Office and draw a
salary, should be sent to the rear. The
day has come when the criminal greed
of the official class should be rebuked
and broken by the patriotism Of men
who will give their thought and time
and means and themselves for the
good OF the state. More and more are
men coming to see that self-sacrifc'
ard not self-interest is the only Law
upon which the republic can be bull
in beauty and in strength"
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
DnAFNEss CANNOT BE ouRnD

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion OF the ear. There ls
only one way 10 cure deafness. and that
& BY constitutional remedies. Deafress
ie caused by an inflamcd condition Of the
mucous lining OF the lIustachian Tube.
When ehis tube Is lntian1ed you have a
rurniblng sound or imperhect hearing. and
when u Is entirely closed. Deafness is the
result, and unless the Inflammation can
be taken out and this tube restored 20 its
normal condiihon. hea1ing viii be destroy
ed forever; nlne cases out Of ten are
caused by Cararrh. which IS nothing but
am in1iamed cDndltion OF the mucous sur
faces.
We win give One Hundred Dollars fol
any case Of Deafness (caused by catarrh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. send for circulars; free
F. j. CHENEY 4 co. Toledo. o.
sold by Druggists 75c.
Halls family Pills are the best.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
OUR FLAo. LIFE. PROSPERITY.


Never before. not elsewhere in the
world, has there been exhibited SO
great immediate proofs Of the benefits
that wise government confers upon the
people as our possessions Of Havana ex-
hibits. In Cuba is shown conspicuous
ly that with our flag goes life, i'm
proved health conditions. enhanced
business facilities, education and mo-
rality.
In one year the United States has
converted that port from one OF the
most pestilent cities in the East to one
OF the healthiest. Expansion is not a
question Of revenue, of sovereignty or
Of conquest" II is a question of CIV
ing civilized government, sanitary re-
,orm and honest and efficient admins
tration to cities and TO communities
where, without the flag Of the United
states, these things would not be. This
duty to the population of Cuba and its
own various islands the United States
has begun to discharge. and the people
win see that it is completed.
The justification for the presence of
the United States in Havana is that it
makes the city better worth living in,
increases the chances of life and
health which means better business
methods and results. Havana, city and
province together, has population OF
100000. When the American troops
came in, the place was without sew
ors. the streets were not cleaned, house
refuse was not removed, house cess
pools were not emptied, markets were
iecaying heaps of refuse, the police
were disorganized. For three years
travel had been unsafe out of the city
lines and neither public education mol
the honest collection of taxes waf
known.
Not year has passed A police force
has been organizedfor the city and sub
urbs. The rule Of law is practically
complete With native material, men
who had no previous experience in
public administration and relying for
the result Of their labors mainly upon
their own integrity and intelligence
with the aid, advice. instruction and
Encouragement Of the American au-
ihoritles. the revenues are honestly col
lected and faithfully and intelligently
expended.
From a death rate of about forty In
normal years and two or three times
that in years OF pestilence, famine and
war, the death rate has been reduced
until It has reached substantially the
normal point Of large cities in the
United States. Yellow fever, once en-
demic and epidemic. has been reduced
70 a few sporadic cases. No pestilenc'
exists and the city is Quarantinec
against the disease Of which II
vas once the central source. The
streets are clean. Nuisances are sup
pressed. Sanitary regulations are en-
forced. The street broom and the dis
Infection spray pump have proved suf
leient to check yellow fever, hithert,
supposed to be beyond control in Ha
sana.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
Mhen the Lads IIas convuIsIons.

There is little TO be done when a
child has commissions except to put IT,,
as quicldy as possible, into a warm
bath Moisten tablespoonful Of dry
mustard. rub Il smooth, and add II 10
the water in the bathe after the child
is in It; do not wait TO do IL before. The
doctor will order one or two teaspoon
fuls Of sirup Of ipecac, until vomiting is
produced. if the convulsion has been
caused by undigested food II from
nervous irritation. rs IN teething, five
or ten grains Of bromide Of soda dis
solved in water may be given.--Ludies'
Home Journal
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
Violated LIQUOR law

Bridgeton, Oct. Sat a special term
'of court yesterday Judge Trenchard
sentenced William Daley to $50 fine
and costs; Mrs. Emma Obledoble to
$3.50 fine and costs, and Ma
thaniel Colyin to six months and
$3.50 fine and costs for the habitual IL
legal selling of liquor. They had each
pleaded guilty to the charges. It was
Dailey's first offense, but Colvin had
served two terms in Jail Of six months
each, and Mrs. Obledoble had been be-
fore the court before for the same Of
fense.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03

Admiral Dewey gratified half a dozen
ladies' whom he caught peeping at
Governor Roosevelt and himself
through his cabin window by handing
them a glass Of champagne that he
was about TO drink. The ladies quick
ly made the contents Of the glass a
portion Of their respective corsages and
-hocus pocus presto vamoose- The
glass was gonei Now Rochester. n. Y.
Is overheating the wires to inform the
world that the larcenist is a Rochester
saiesIady." and that her larceny has
endeared her more than ever to heI
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
CHILD IDENTIFIES AssAILANT.

Chester, Oct. s.-Pointing her finger
at the gray haired man who stood be-
fore the bar yesterday among a score
OF citizens, 9year-old Maggie Pounds
identified Abe Christy as her brutal
assailant on Friday night The girl,
who is frail and small. told the story
of the assault. He said he would
throw me down bank" she sobbed,
"if 1 cried out. and then he said he
would cut my throat" Although
Christy denies being in the woods at
the time Maggie was assaulted, two
men swore that they saw him with the
child. They were James w. Jones and
John II. Bentley. Mayor Jefferis COM
mitted the prisoner to Jail.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
pRETTY NooN WEppING.

Andrew Kerr, formerly OF Newark,
but now of Cleveland, Ohio, and Miss
Lille Jones, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Francis Jones, of Clayton, were mar
ried at noon to-day. at the home OF
the brides parents, at Clayton. Mr.
Kerr is a graduate OF Delaware College
Of the class of 95, and until recently
was engaged in the draughting depart
ment of the Edge Moor Bridge Works
at Edge Moor.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
DEATu or HOWARD CORsON.

The death of Howard l.. Corson, the
small son of William Corson. of No.
$40 East Fourth street, occurred at the
Delaware Hospital yesterday morning
as the result of burns received on July
z The healing of the wounds was only
superficial, and a few days ago serious
internal complications set in. The fu-
neral will be held on Thursday.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
SOCIAL AND Personal NOTES

SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.
Daniel Burton, of Millsboro, is in
this city to-day.
Ex-Sheriff William r. Finn, of New
port, is in Wilmington to-day.
Miss Cora M. Biggs, of Philadelphia,
has returned home from visit to Miss
Simms, OF this city.
Miss Ada Mifflin, of Philadelphia, is
visiting Miss Nan Cause, in this CITY,
Horace Greeley Knowles is in New
York.
City Solicitor Henry c. Conrad has
gone to New York.
c. Harvey Dlggans is in Washington,
where he will witness the Dewey cele-
bration.
r. N. Carrow, Of Elkton. Nd. is in
this city to-day.
Miss Fanny P. Stroud, of Fairville,
Pa, is visiting relatives in this city.
Mrs. Sarah S. England is visiting
her daughter, at Fairville, Pa.
Miss l.. w. Polk, OF Fagg's Manor,
Pa, who has been visiting Mrs. w. S.
Prickett, at No 1907 West Fourteenth
street, left here yesterday to take up a
post graduate course at the University
Of Pennsylvania.
State Treasurer l.. II. Ball, OF Bran
dywine Springs, was in this city yes
terday.
John A. Lengel has returned from
Europe, where he has been spending
several months.
William Lawton was visitor in
Trenton yesterday.
Mrs. Richard Conaway, of George
town, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. M.
B. Hickman, here.
Miss Kate Lengel is spending a week
in New York.
Miss Lille Fountain has returned 10
her home, in Millsboro.
Deputy Attorney-General Peter l.
Cooper left here this morning fol
Georgetown to attend the Sussex
County Court of General Sessions
which opened to-day.
Herbert Rice, the popular young Law
student, who has been coaching the
Delaware College football team for the
past two seasons left this morning foI
Pittsburg, where he will play in the po-
sition OF quarterback on the Duquesne
Athletic Clubs eleven during the re-
mainder of the season.
Mrs. Amanda Webster and daughter
Mrs. Frazer, who have been living IN
San Francisco, will spend a few months
in Wilmington.
Mrs. Summers Rhoades and Mis-:
Rhoades, of Chester. have been the
guest of Miss Minnie Carpenter.
Miss Sophia Williamson is being en-
tertained by Mrs. Harry Anderson, il
Germantown.
Courtland G. Pierson returned las
evening from New York, where he wen
last Wednesday to witness the Dewe!
demonstration.
Miss Clay, of Philadelphia, is thu
guest of Mrs. Alfred /. DUPONT.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ernest Smith an'
Miss Rebecca Smith have returne'
from Cape May, where they spent tn
Summer
Misses Martha and Rosalie Robinson
have returned from a visit to their sis
ter, Mrs. William Ewing, in Baltimore
Mrs. Hugh c. Browne has returnel
from a weeks visit to her mother, Mrs
Parvis in Middletown
Z Miss Ella Frazier is the guest o
friends in Frederica.
Judge Gray is at present sitting Il
, the United States Court of Appeals Il
Philadelphia.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
PIE GETs A coMMIssIoN.

p. Blair Pie. Of Newark a member OF
the New Castle county bar, has been
commissioned a second lieutenant in
the United States Army, and will join
his regiment to go to Manila. Mr.. Pie
was graduated at Delaware College in
the class of "a. and is well-known in
this city.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
IMPROVEMENTS no TRINITY.

The interior walls and woodwork of
Trinity Church have been repainted re-
Gently and the organ pipes regilded.
The Ladies' Guild has repainted and
repapered the interior of the rectory,
No. HOS Adams street.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
RRorHERHoon TO MEET.

The brotherhood Of St Andrews will
resume its monthly meetings this af-
ternoon at Bishopstead, at which time
an essay viii be read by Rev IA. Ward
Cunningham. rector OF Calvary P. F..
Church.
Evening journal., 1899-10-03
srRINGHAM's TRIAL TRIP.

After being in the drydock of the
Harlan and Hollingsworth Company
and having her stearing year placed in
position, the torpedo boat Stringham
was removed yesterday. She will leave
in few days on her builders trial trip,
which will take place on the Delaware
river