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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10

GLOW much do you want?' he asked
his wife at the breakfast table last Mon
day. make it light one, for l couldn't
get hand last night and dropped $12 in
anteing."
Chamber" she Kissed. "To think that
should be mated to a gambler"
81 got into those fellows for $40 last
night" he remarked at the breakfast
table yesterday. "Pack up few things
today. and we'll take little pleasure trip
over Sunday"
"Whcn are you going to keep your
promise and teach me poker, dear" she
asked him swect.y. coming around to his
side of the tablc.-Washngto Post.
Ordinary household accidents have no
terrors when there's a bottle Of DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the medicine
chest. Heals burns cuts, bruises, sprsins.
Instant relief.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
The High Price of Meat.

Speaking of the high price of sir
loin steaks Mr. Adam Barr, Will
mington butcher, who has handled
meat in the city tor 40 odd years,
says it is the people s fault. "Why"
said Mr.. Barr, "don't you know
that there are only so many pounds
of sirloin in every animal killed.
The people nowadays all want
sirloin cuts, when there are plenty
of other cuts just as good eating.
but the people won't have it that
way. When l stood in the old
Fourth street market house, on
Fourth between Market and Shipley
the butchers could not sell sirloin
steaks until nearly every other por-
ton of the animal had been dis
posed of. 1t was the cuts that sold
for levy pound that were sought
for and the meat was tirst-class,
being all home dressed beef. A nice
piece of chunck, with potatoes
Drowned in the pot, was one of the
favorite ways, in thegood old days,
of serving up meal. Then again
hundreds of cooks do not know how
to cook beef steak fit to be eaten.
They slap a large piece of lard in
the frying pan and let it sizz for a
few minutes, then they throw in the
beef steak and let it fry until it re-
sembles piece of sole leather,
when it is taken out of the pan and
put on the table to eat. The prop.
err way to cook steak is to render
the fat Of a bullock, letting it melt
until the pan is hot, then put in the
meat and give it sufficient time to
cook through, and no more, then
basic it with the proper ingredi-
ents and serve it hot. 1t is fit
dish for the gods. If the people
would abstain from eating surloin
steak for one month, the price would
60 down according to the demand.
The demand Tor certain cuts always
regulates the price. The butchers
of to-day make a smaller per cent
than any other class of tradesmen.
Meat is higher to-day than for years
and less for those handling it. A
butcher has to understand his bust
ness to get his money back. Bolog-
ma beef, which is sold in the market
for almost any price, is an exception
as a good profit can be made from
selling it. 1t is the high grade Of
meats am speaking about. ~.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10

,ve., Del August o. John Goodwin
the Church Hill, Md, man who was fined
$3.50 by Magistrate Bratton yesterday for
assault and battery on conductor Sherburn
Of the Delaware Railroad, proves to DO ono
It the leading men Of that town and prosi.
liant Of the town Commissioners. He was
coming down from Philadelphia on the
afternoon express train and when between
Now Castle and Mddlotown he fell asleep
Failing to rouse him with touch the
the conductor handled him rather roughly
which Goodwin resented and both men
struck each other with their fists. God.
win when arrested by detective Hutchins
admitted his fault. and pleaded guilty to
assault and battery and disorderly conduct.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
A LIVELY LITTLE HOTEL.
Some of the Extraordinary Things
That Happened There.

'The greatest man for anecdotes that
ever heard Of" said the travelling sales
man, was n hotel keeper in Julian, Neb.
He kept a small place, but there certain
ly had been number of strange Incl
dents within its walls, if you were to be-
leve the proprietor l don't say the man
lied, but he certainly did some rcmarka.
bic tricks with the truth. The first night
met him he nearly knocked my eye out.
his talks being somewhat as follows:
"IIotel keeping is strange life, and
we Eave to put up with II great many
things to please our guests. l remember
one night an old fellow with a bronzed
complexion came into the hotel and asked
for a room. lie was accommodated, but
staid up stairs only few minutes, after
which he came down and said that he
was n sen captain and could not sleep in
such a quiet room. Don't you know that
had to put him into room next to the
bathroom and keep the water turned on
full at night so that he could sleep2
"'But that's nothing to the trouble
had one day when an Indian medicine
show struck this town. They had troupe
of Eskimo. That fellow was bird. They
said he was from Greenland, but he was
not so green, can tell you. He was all
wrapped up in furs, although the wealth
or was warm. put him into nice COM
Portable room, and he kept the bell ring.
ing continually, ordering absinth frappe
every few minutes. Finally the mana
ger of the show, who went up to see why
the Eskimo was drinking so much, came
down and told me that the little fellow
was trying to get cold and couldn't sleep
in that hot room. Don't you know that
before we could get that fellow comfort
able we had to put him to bed in the re-
frgcrator!
".That was fearful night, and III
never forget it. They had trained bear
with the show, and that animal was
trained, let me tell you. About an hour
after supper tthe bear ate in the dining
room Just like tho other folks, sitting in
a chair the bear ups and walks into the
bar. The man who trained it told us to
give the bear some bottled beer. Well,
the bartender made mistake and put up
ginger ale and lost an car by his foolish
ness. You wouldn't believe it, but that
bear drank 81 bottles of beer without
turning hair 1t didn't even make him
laxative.
"As | said before, that was fearful
night The other things were bad enough,
but when one of the small snakes got
loose and crawled up the speaking tube
we were nearly out of our senses. The
bells kept ringing and the tubes whis.
Ting, but no one had the nerve to answer
the call. A man who put his ear to one
of those tubes was liable to have the
snake come out and bite him. We never
did use the tubes any more, but put in
electric bells next week. '"-Baltimorc
Sim
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
Sick and Injured.

Luarol Gilbie the rivi,er from Ray City
Mich, employed by tho Harlan and Holl :
ingsworih Company, who has boon i'll
with typhoid fever for sometime, was able
to DO out yesterday Tor the first time.
James Mackey the man who fell out Of
the window OF the new High School and
was seriously injured is improving slowy
at the Homeopathic Hospital.
The condition Of Rev. Henry Sander
Son who is at Chester Heights remains
about the same; the doctor still gives no
hopes Of his recovery.
Mrs. Kelly Of Ill Wost Fourteenth
Street was admitted to the Homeopai hi c
Hospital suffering from inward troubles.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
EXCURSION
DID NOT. GO.
Three Hundred Indignant
ColOred People Re.
main At Home.

The excursion of Union A. M. e.
Sunday school, which was adver-
tised to 60 to Lakeside, resort
above Philadelphia, on the steamer
Georgiana, this morning, did not 60
on account of the captain of the
boat refusing to allow the excur.
sionists to got aboard the steamer
until $3.50 had been paid him for the
trip. This the colored people were
unable to do as the sale OF tickets
did not net that much. There were
about 300 people on the wharf, ready
to 60 aboard if the difficulty could
be adjustedin any manner. Wright's
Band, which had been hired for the
occasion. entertained the assembly
until it was decided that the trip
would not be made. The excur-
sionists had made arrangements
and had gone to some expense to
take the outing and when they
heard they were not to 60, were
very indignant. The captain be-
Game alarmed at the black looks
cast at Thin, and fearing there might
be trouble, cast off the lines and
returned to Philadelphia. Both the
Sunday school and the captain will
be the losers by the operation. as
they had both gone to some expense
for the occasion. Itwould have paid
the captain to have taken the people
as the receipts from the tickets tell
short of the amount demanded but
$75.
Although much disappointed, the
colored people left the wharf in
good order. The band played sew
eral catchy selections and many Of
them forgot their disappointment
and were seen doing the cake walk
in fine style.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
A Limit Of Riches.

There is little hotel near one Of the
railroad stations in Washington. 1t is an
old fashioned place, to which an elevator
Is unknown, and the hall boy on duty at
night is little old negro who has trav-
eled up and down the stairs with satchels
for more than 80 years. All the patrons
of the house know old Eph well. As he
was toiling ahead of one who had come
in at midnight his patient, bent, old look
rather touched a sympathetic cord some
where in the traveller, who said:
"Eph, If you had 81 for every time
you've come up these stairs you'd be a
rich man, wouldn't you?"
This was too much for Eph's imagina-
ton to take in. He dropped the satchels
on the floor and stood still in amazed
contemplation.
Boss" he said "ef had a cent-ef I
only had cent fur envy time" and he
picked up the satchel and trudged along,
lost in vision of what bloated bond
holder he would have been on cent
trip.-New York Sun.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
CARD BASKET.

MIS-. y. "A, ID. Ahuuy IL ~ IltGMau
Grove.
Elmer E. Benson has returned from
Dover.
George B. Moore who has boon iii, Is
better.
J. N. Robinson is at the Marsden, At.
lantic City.
Henry 5. Young is at the Pennhurst,
Atlantic City.
wilkins strahorn left for Atlantic
City yesterday.
Mrs: Frank W. Slower has returned
from Leslie camp.
Mrs J. Blazier Of kirkwood was in the
city yesterday,
Mrs Thomas Davis and children re.
turned from Newark yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. P. Carey have gone to
Rehobothfo for two weeks.
Mrs. Eben b. Frazer, Of Newark spent
yesterday in Philadelphia
Miss Jennie L. Clark of Delaware City
was in this city yesterday.
Mrs. Isaac Elliott is entertaining Miss
Anna Mcknitf of Media. Pa.
Miss Eva Vernon Of Marcus Hook is tho
guest Of friends in this city
Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. McCausland will
give river party this evening.
Erdman Hoffman is spending several
days at the Royal, Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs H. 4. Wallace will leave
on trip to New England next week.
Miss Laura Cohnery of Newark Is visit
ing Mrs Bracken near Wilmington.
Mrs. King and Mrs Mcclure are spend
ing few days at Pitnan Grove, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mode Of this city
have been visiting friends In kennett
Square.
Mrs. Jennie Boys and Miss Mary How
ard are the guests Of William II. Graul Of
West Chester.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. X. Work are enjoying
tho ocean breeze at Atlantic City. They
are stopping at Cedarcroit
William F. Thielman Is to be seen on
che boardwalk at Atlantic City. He is
registered at the Royal
Henry G. Moore, vlce.prcsident of tho
Wilmington City Railway Company, has
returned from Trenton,
Mr.. Harry B. Hutton and Mr.. John D.
CITY. wv ''
Mr.. j. +. Belts and J. NJ. Taggart are
enjoying good time at the Richmond,
Atlantic City.
Mr.. Harry Casey and his charming ais
,sr NILE ,,; SHna,ies arr enjoyiHs 'ery
p'o"9an' 'i''' w ee' A''o WV AZ ~
M Mrs; y. M.uoo St, MIS- muor Bie anu
ill., Ds ,han . ,oiv ,1aay io' f Iau.
"'o'o' "nere eheS VIII sponu IL" u"ys'
Miss Lydia I,nyman has returned from
visis TO ihl,aas'pnln, anu ~ ~" o"ys
VIII '"A' "ip W A'i"'''0 on''
Mrs James COPYRIGHT and Miss Hattie
Smith of Philadelphia returned home yes.
lerday from "a trip 10 New York.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
Obituary.

s.- UoUuary. =
Mrs. Mary Hawkins wife Of Conductoi
Thomas Hawkins died ut her homs No
1907 Market street this morning. Mrs.
HAWKINS was 80 yesrs age and suffered
from the effects OF a poralytic stroke,
Mrs. Sarah Hare OF No. $40 Monroe
street died yesterday.
Heart disease was the cause Of deuth.
Mrs Hare was IS years Of age. City
Councilman Jonathan B. Groves Is meet
ing with lot Of trouble. A few weeks
ago his father diod and now his infant
daughter Is died. The funeral took place
to.day and interment was made In River
view cemetery.
Belle D. Stewart Of No. 1881 Davion
street. Philadelphia. died on Tuesday.
She was 10 years Of age and chlorosis was
the cause of her death. Her funeral will
take place tomorrow and interinent will
DO made at Riverview cemetery.
Eva M. Harma died on Tuesday at her
home No. 1921 West Second street In
terment will DO made OF Bayvlew. Md.
= The deceased was popular young girl
Of Is years Of age
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
THE MONSTER OCTOPUS. :
Its Methods Of Catching and Dispss.
. Tag of Its Food.


Tag Of Its Food.
Never before has It fallen to my lot to
see the terrible monster we encountered
on the passage from San Francisco to.
ward Nanaimo in the bark Willscott Of
Honolulu.
We knew that the octupus grew to an
immense size. as Banks and So0ndcr,
who accompanied Captain Cook In his
first voyage around the world, found the
dead carcass of one floating on the water
to the westward Of Cape Horn. 1t was
supposed to be 20 by 30 feet, the body
only. The tentacles were hanging under
water. 1t was surrounded by myriads of
birds, which were feeding greedily on its
remains. Pliny also mentions similar
monster having eight arms 80 feet long
and corresponding girth, and many 9TH
er writer's too numerous to mention have
did not believe that anything similar to
the terrible "devilfsh" described by Vic
tor Hugo was really in existence until I
had ocular demonstration of the fact on
this passage.
Its eyes were large, Of greenish tint
and somewhat protruding. Its mouth,
however, was not so very large, and it
appeared to be shaped like parrots bill.
Its tentacles were tapering and, like its
body. Of grayish color, covered with
spots. 1t appeared to possess the chame-
lconlike power of changing the color Of
these spots in most extraordinary man
ner as fast as the eye could detect the
changes. They varied from very rich
crimson to dark, dull brown, these
changes no doubt indicating the high
state Of excitement under which the crea-
ture was at the time.
Suddenly the octopus discharged huge
jet of dark colored fluid full into the
eyes of the suntish, and then, rushing for
ward with the rapidity of an arrow. it
encircled its prey with the long tentacles,
and in another moment the victor and
the vanquished had disappeared below
the surface of the water.
In few moments more we had sailed
right over the scene and found the water
was colored almost black for space of
fully 200 feet in diameter, and we noticed
an odor slightly resembling iodine rising
from the water. Our patent log line Of
snow white cotton, which was towing
astern was colored almost black, and it
has not yet assumed its white freshness.
although 1t has towed In the water fully
800 miles since the above episode.
About 20 minutes after we had passed
over this spot we saw the huge creature
again on the surface enjoying its meal in
a very leisurely manner, rolling the body
of the unfortunate suntish over and over
and biting off large mouthfuls with its
cruel looking beak.
knew before that these huge octopods
and their relatives. the dccapods, were
not altogether mythical, as they have at
the National museum in Washington
papier mache cast of one of the latter,
which was found stranded on the north
shore of Trinity bay, Newfoundland, on
the 22d day of September 1871 The to-
tai length of this specimen, including ten
taclcs, was only 60 feet, SO it is quite safe
to infer that it had not become of age
when 1t was wrecked.-San Francisco
Call,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
Fell From Wheel In Spas ans.

Richard X. Jones OF No. $40 Rodney
street draughtsman ct the Edge Moo r
Bridge Works, while riding his wheel
this morning was seized with spasn
and fell at Thir,y-flrs and Market. He
was carried into the shop Of the Whining.
ton Plating Company whore everything
was done to resusitats him. lie was later
attended by DR.. James Morgan aud re-
moved to his home in the Phoenix Ambu-
lance. MIR. Jones received several bad
scalp wounds which bled profusely. He
was somewhat better this afternoon
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
A Strange Case.

The police are Investigating the
case of Patrick Mccormick. Officers
Solomon and Fox found the man at
Fourth and French streets last
evening. He was either drunk or
unconscious and his upper right
Jaw looked as if it had been broken.
No one in the neighborhood was
able to give any information about
the man. Some claimed he hurt
his jaw when he fell.
Others maintained he must have
been beaten in a saloon and then
thrown out, while not a few are Of
the opinion that Mccormick fell off
a street car. He is now at the
Homeopathic Hospital and his con-
dition is unchanged.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
The Phoenix Ambulance.

Should the Phoenix Fire Company
win the 800 prize at Shellpot Park
new, improved stretcher will be
bought for the Phoenix Ambulance.
The friends OF the Phoenix company
intend to make every effort to Sc
cure the prize. The ambulance
has been doing excellent service and
is great help to injured people.
The Phoenix has hosts of friends
and they expect to win if possible.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
COurtship In BOerlnnd.

The other evening l witnessed among
the natives the carrying off of girl from
n location. This carrying off is called by
them ukutwala, and the girl, though not
indisposed to accept the man, causes OBJ
stacles to be placed in his way. He
eventually watches his opportunity, after
first placing so many head of cattle in
the kraal Of the girls father, and carries
her off by main force. The heartrcnd-
ing cries of the bride as she is carried
away are something pitiful, cry that
"pierces the heart of q Christian, but is a
cry of her own, which, being interpreted,
means, Don't take me, but want to
go, for l like t."-Johanncsburg Stand
ard
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD. ,
Popular Excursions to Niagara Falls

Thursday, August 18TH.
$1,000 Round Trip $40 90.
A Ten (lO) Day Tour to America s
Greatest Natural Wonder, via B. g. o.
Royal Blue Line and Lehigh Valley Route
through the Lehigh Il Wyoming Valleys
the Switzerland of America. Special
train Of elegant day coaches and parlor
cars will be run on above dates, on fol-
lowing schedule:
Stop overs allowed on return trip at
Buffalo, Roches or, Geneva, Watkins
Gen), and Mauch Chunk, Burdeite.
Side "Trip to Thousand Island, from
Rochester only IS. 80 Round Trip. Tick
cts go ID five days, but within return limit
Of Niagara Falls ticket.
Special arrangements for dinner and
supper Ell route Mt worry reasonable rates,
Call on Ticket Agents, Baltimore & Ohio
H. r for full particulars.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
HYOu Should Smoke"

"When you enter on discussion which
may lead to vehement remarks" said
Bismarck. "you should smoke. With re-
gard to the mental condition it does not
deprive us of our intellectual capacity,
but it produces n state Of kindly rcpose.
The eye is occupied the hand is engaged,
the organ of smell is gratihed-one is
happy. In this state one is very disposed
to make concessions, and our business,
that of diplomatists, continually con-
sists in the making Of mutual conces-
sions. "-A"Bismarcli's Table Talk by q.
Lowe.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
SOCIAL J0TTINGS
and PERSONALS
A rclangs Of Interesting Notes Picked
Here and There OF Whining tonlanS
and their Many Frends
GAVE A TROLLEY RIDE.

Patrick Neary gave q trolley party to
New Castle on Tuesday evening In honor
Of Frank Sballenbergor, a Pit.sburg CON-
tractor, who Is visiting here. The party
stopped ut the jefferson House and had an
enjoyable time. One Of tho features was
cake walk, which was won by Mr.. Shall
enberger. Tnose In the party were Fred
Aammelo Herman First, j., J. Ryan,
Charles Campbell. Elmer n Shallen her,
gor, Leonard II. Heiss, NATL CIV Murphy,
George O'Conner, Harry Monaghan, John
Il. King, HecIr an CossOn.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10

E. B. Riley, ??3 King street, is having
$50 King street altarod into store and
will connect IT with tho store below
When finished it will DO ono of the finest
. ores in the city. He will engage in the
dry goods, in connection with the rim
ming and notion business.
Alfred Downward is the cont ractor,
Mr. Riley has be0n ono of Whining
toms progressive business men, and ha,
kept up with the procession, having sew
eral years enlarged his present store to ac-
commudate his Increased trade
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10

Thore are only four cases Of diphther.a In
Wilmington al present. Executive officers
Hignutt and Mckinney went to No III
Liberty, No. 2O2 West Second and No. 7l3
West Third street this morning and FUN
igated tho apartments. Diphtheria had
been at the three houses last week but all
the patient, with tho exception Of one re-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
A Successful Farmer.

James McCoombs, of Claymont, the
millionaire farmer takes the greatest de-
light in helping to g lther in the crops
This year he Superintendent tho cutting of
his wheat crop and gathering of his hay
crop and looked the typical farmer when
visited by several of his Wilmington
friends. He says lie enjoys the life of
farmer and is no. afraid to work. He Is
an ideal gentlemanly farmer and has one
Of tho most productive farms in Brandy.
wine Hundred. Mr. McCoombs never al
lows his left hand to know what his right
hand gives in charity.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10

Professor Wrights band of this city will
furnish music at tho cako walk given In
Chester. Pa, on Friday night by Naomi
Temple. They will 90 by trolley aud will
give street parade on their arrival. Four
couple from this city have entered the
contest and are confident that they will
win some Of the prizes
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
At .JacksDn & Sharp COmpany.

The third of an order of five lighters was
launched ut the yards of tine Jackson aud
Sharp Company yesterday. The lighter Is
for the Pennsylvania railroad and was nan
cd Belmont. Five fathom lighi ship No. 40
was run on lie marine railway to under
go general repairs, The lightship was
built by tho company and was completed
August II, 1875 Though twenty-fOur
years in service it is still in excellent COIL
dltion.
The company also made some shipments
OF cars YESTERDAY. Two combination cars
for the Chicago, Harvard and Genva Lake
Railway Company, new electric road in
Chicago, and the las iwo OF ten car, for
q steam railway i'll Washington county.
Maine, made up the shipment.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-10
IN MISS DORsEY's HONOR.

On Tuesday evening few friends met
at the home Mrs. Carol, In VEST Chester
to hero her guest. Miss Florence M. Dor.
soy. OF this city. Music. both vocal and
Instrumental was excellently discoursed.
mingled with dancing. At a seasonAble
hour dainty spread table was greeted,
after which all, oparted. deeming Mrs,
those present were the Misses Mary Finn,
Katie Carol, Mary Fitzpatrick. Ella Haley,
Bessie Reilly, Anna REILLY, Florence Dor
sey, Name Barrett, Mrs. Charles Carol,
New York; Mrs. Haley, Messrs. Frank
Carroll, Charles Areson, Ralph Ludwig,
Charles heitly, Philadelphia; Frank l..
Elliott and Norbert B. Hamilton.