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Evening journal., 1899-08-31
UNIQUE CoRONER's VERDICT.

RELATED BY A VISITOR IN MIL
TON-NEws OF THAT LIVE LIT
TIE TOWN.
Milton, Aug. ga recent visitor to
Milton related that while at Ocean City
last Winter, the body Of a colored man
was washed ashore. A jury was en-
paneled that rendered the following
unique verdict: THAT the man was
murdered at sea, thrown overheard and
drowned, washed ashore and froze to
death.
Bricks have been hauled at convent
ent points to gutter Mill street.
Tom" a lad in the service Of John
Robinson, Of this hundred, was kicked
on the face below the eye.
William TOmlinson, attorney-at-law
of New York city, is visiting his par
ents.
Captain w. H. Magee, of Philadel-
phia,is visiting his friends in this town
and surrounding neighborhood
EX-State Treasurer Charles Atkins
and Silas Warrington, Of Harbeson,
have purchased the timber on a tract
of land near the latter place. Consid-
Grafton, $3.50.
There was an all-day meeting at
Beaver Dam Church yesterday. The
meeting was under the control of Rev.
G. r. Donaldson, the pastor, assisted
by other prominent divines.
Rev. w. J. Duhadway, Of the NJ. E.
Church, of this town, preached at Re-
hoboth on Sunday. There was nc
preaching at the NJ f. Church here
on that day.
Some young men playing ball In one
Of the streets of the town gave rise t
the question of working for amusement
or pay. S. ]. Wilson said: Some days
ago l tried to hire four men at 81 pei
day to pitch quoits back of my store
where they are in the habit of doing
it for amusement, and could not ge
them. The offer is now on"
A portion of the green, in the school
house yard has been grubbed up to th'
kill the sand burrs that we're prolific
therein.
Tomatoes are very cheap. having
been bought as low as cents per bas
ket Growers are cursing their luck
and threaten to let them rot in tn
RaNNNs 4 At AuALDAlta are running AIT
good fruit is bringing s cents, with
possibility of an upward tendency.
ID. Nj. Conwell says he has a contrac
to fll and when the tomatoes ar,
brought in a proper condition, he viii
pay a suitable price for them.
Myers Reynolds has returned to hi
home in Washington ID. c.
Mrs Coverdale, an aged lady. of tn
/ town, and mother of Wesley Coverdale
/ the skillful painter, is quite i'll.
/ William Wilson. of Philadelphia, 4
visiting his parents.
John Roach, son Of Torbert Roach
is home for a few days.
Frank Manship, son of Postmaste
Manshlp, is visiting his father.
While drawing off gasoline at Deit
rich's cannery, an employe with lam
came too near the vapor and an igni
tion occurred. The tank being close
prevented a general explosion, and dir
results to not only Mr.. Deitrichs inter
est, but probably to the town.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
CANTALoUPEs ABOUT GONE.
YIELD WAS INFERIOR DOWN
ABOUT HOUSTON-SOME BRIEF
PERSONAL ITEMS.

Houston. Aug. 29-Cantaloupes are
about a thing of the past. Those who
had nice sweet melons realized some
thing from their crop, but the vast ma
iority of the yield was inferior. Water
melons are now attracting buyers but
they are offering low prices.
Some farmers are saving their fod-
der. The yield Of corn promises to be
large. Sweet potatoes are looking fine.
Pemberton Truitt is doing the wood
work on the new church.
Owing to the resignation Of II. f.
Lynch the school is without a princi-
pal. The school board has several APP
plicants under consideration.
Mrs. Middlemiss. OF Camden, n. j.,
Is the guest of Miss Stella Townsend.
Clifton Hoskins, of Baltimore, is Wis
iting his aunt, Mrs. George L. Coun-
selman.
d. H. Knots and wife spent a por-
ton of last week at Rehoboth camp
meeting
Miss Eugenia Graham is visiting hel
grandparents, al Milford.
p 3. Wilson and family are at Bow
ers operating the Cannery of Reese &
Wilson
Little Miss Banning, of Milford, is
with her uncle. II. w. Pusey.
The young folks enjoyed a water
melon set out given by Uncle Emory
Marvel
Miss Lizzie Johnson spent last weel
at Denton among relatives.
Samuel Hudson has returned h0ml
from a weeks outing among the camp
in lower Sussex.
Burt Donovan and family returnel
to their home, in Selbyville, having
spent a week among Houston friends.
Rev A. p. Prettyman and family, o
Galena, Nd, We're the guests Of hi
brother, Mr.. Prettyman, here.
W. F. Akers has with him his sis
ters, from Washington.
Mrs. Lizzie Hollis and son, Calvin
are spending the Summer with Mr.. an
Mrs. Henry Ninyard
Professor A. B. Burris is home frOn
Chautaqua Lake, where he has bee
taking a course of studies.
Mrs. Cora Counselman, of Smyrna,
with her mother here on the sick list.
Miss Alta Donovan, Of Philadelphia
is home with her mother for the Sum
mer
Mrs. Jennie Hammond is spendin
the Summer with her brothers and sis
ters here.
Rev. G. p. Smith and wife are q
Rehoboth for the month.
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TrIcl.s I'm punctuntion.

In Atchison the other day a reporter
found a crowd of men on the street
before a store. pulling over a couple Of
fool sentences, which, by proper punctu-
alton, maybe made Ineligible, says the
kansas City Journal. Onewas: THAT
that is is that that is not is not" which,
properly punctuated reads: THAT
that is, is; that that is not, is not" The
other was: ut was not and he said but
or" Punctuation makes this read:
1T was not and, he said, but or
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
THE OYSTER QUESTION.
NOW PERPLEXING THE ToNGERs
ABOUT LITTLE CREEK-BRIEF
PERSONAL MENTION.

PERSONAL MENTION.
Little Creek, Aug. 29.-The oyster
tongers that work in Leipsic and ST..
Simons rivers are making great prep
arations for a good season, as the pros
pective buyers for plants are reported
to be quite numerous; consequently the
outlook for a market is highly encour-
aging. The question which is now be-
ing discussed is, will they be allowed
to dispose of their product for planting
purpose? AS the collector or oyster
revenue claims IL Is a violation and
will not be tolerated, the tongers are
very anxious to know the reason why
they are not allowed to dispose of their
plants to whom and where they feel 50
disposed. The state receives from each
person thus engaged fee for the privi-
lege Of taking plants from the waters
and yet places a restriction that the
oysters thus taken shall not be sold foI
planting purposes. Notwithstanding
the above controversy, they all, to the
number Of seventy-five, will commence
operations the first Of September, des.
pite the ragtime legislation.
Mrs. Kate Burrows and son, William
of Philadelphia, are being entertained
by Mrs. Samuel Hall.
Mrs. Thomas Lambert is entertain.
ing company from Philadelphia.
Charles Fitzsimons, of Camden, n
j., is the guest Of Mrs. Harry Haggerty
Mrs J. II. Hendrickson is visiting al
Lansdowne.
Mrs John Parvis. of Wilmington, /.
here with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w
A. BlOcksom.
Miss Nellie West Of Camden, n. J.
is spending a few days with Miss Fan.
ME Muncy.
Captain Thomas Lambert has gone
to Essington, Pa, to take charge of hi
new oyster vessel which is nearinl
completion.
Miss BERTHE Elegood and Miss Nam,
Coleman, of Brooklyn, n. y. are Wis
iting Mrs. Robert Blizzard.
Miss Ettie Jester. of Wilmington. q
the guest of Miss Lizzie Corsons.
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PENNsY YLVANIA RA ILROAD
Phnadelph.a, Wilmington and Baltimore
Railroad
Schedule IN effect June 3. 1870.


Schedule IN effect June g. 1890
Trains leave Wilmington as follows;
For Philadelphia (eXpress), l.0l, 3Oz, 411,
$50, 742 7.50 $50, S55, 9.35, 9.55. 1908, 1852,
i1-25 u.2z, l1.85 a. M; 's1216. l87, 800, S.ll,
ASS, 5.Ol. sO7. $50, 6.57, 72S' ao6 and s.id
Accommodation $40. no. slt fi.os a.
m. 1880 23l 40N a.15 and 1913 % m
For Chester ieXpresall lai. AlN 1aV, t.i-'
1.50 $50 s.55 1903. MS. n52, u.i7 a. m.'
1881. 800 ass 900, sol and pos y, m.
Accommodation, h-lNl t.lui eitf L'v1 a.
m 1850 2s2 AGO 525 $50 and lJ3 o. m.
For New York (through 6Aprcasl. L9A
500 98 tDming caD, $50. leo4, n-A1 a.
ma tsl2l6 Dining carr. lN dining gafl
l81i. fO7. -620 Dining carr. 90 ana sl1
ID n. connecting via Broad street sta
fton Philadelphia. 400. $50. no. A.1Ni 100.
4 m. 2.s2. 500 ass, 504 and iQ.43 b. m.
For Boston without change loA a. nn
~ For Newark Center and mtermediat,
stations. 7.37 N. and 81 p. m.
Baltimore and washington AS SEQ
5O 3D 500 s6iO SIT, ZOO. 1.3f sn o
m. and t2.5t night
baltimore and intermediate stations
2s2, A43 5.5 p. M 100 night.
"Atiantlc City Special" BIS p. m. sat
urdays only. Solid vestibule train. Pull
/ man Buffet Parlor cars, combined car
and coaches through TO Atlantic City
Leave philadelphia. Broad Street foi
Wilmington (expressl, 3.5C, 40, Us. hSz
1920 11.2s a. m, 12.09. 's12. 36. liz, La, 2l2
846. AOl. Al. sos. 5.s4. SIS, 6.17. $50. 7H
lilo. Ills D. m. and 12.0s night.
Accommodation. 6A. ZSo. sl2, lo.sS a
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

For Philadelphia (express), 1B7. so
40 s55, 9.S5, 9.55, 1852, Las a. m, IN
so0, 4.bs, 6.ol, 7.23. 900 and s.1s'p. M.
Accommodation, 40 SIS a. m. 12.1os
l.50, 400, 5.26, rs and 1O.43 D. m.
For Chester (expresa), L57. 40, 2K
n.45 a. m, 1.s7, 400, 4.5s, e.07, GOT and 9Oe
.. m.
Accommodation, 7.10 SIS a. m. 1910,
l.50. 400, 5.20 7.2S and 1913 D. m.
For New York (throueh express), Isl,
502, 935 Dining Carl, $50 11.45 A. m, L35
Dining Carr 800, co., 'o.20 Dining Carl,
6.5l, BIG p. m, connecting via Broad
Street Station. Philadelphia, 40, 7.10, SIS
a. m, 400, ASS and 10.43 p. m.
For Boston without change, Z23 D. m.
Baltimore and Washington, 4.35. 500
l0ls a. m, 1905. 12.49, f.50. 5.23, s610, 6.17,
l36, S.11 p. m, and 1858 night.
Baltimore and intermediate statione
5.57 p. m, 1900 night.
Leave Philadelphia, Broad Street sta
ton, for Wilmington (express). $50, 7.20,
n.2s a. m, 1909. liz. az. 44l, sos, So
night.
Accommodation. Ss5, ala, 1875 a. M,
1880. 2.s2, $40, s.3s and 1907 D. IN
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

covered and taken to a farm house and
cared for.
The robbery occurred about three
miles below Harrington. The farmers
Of the neighborhood have turned out to
hunt for the highwaymen, and have
traced them to a woods between the
scene of the robbery and this place.
The people are much excited over the
assault and robbery of a peaceful man
on the public road and are disposed tc
deal harshly with the desperadoes il
they are caught.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
Fnn rIIn enIrnu

southern Railway.-6H n 10, dallg
sleepers to New Orleans. Aaltap. NAems-
phls and Tampa; i.S6 p. m, dkaAy, Sleep
er8 TO New Orleans. Memphis. Nashvilh.
vla AEheville and Hot Springs
Atlantic Coast Linc--i2.f9 d. M. daily
sleeper9 20 Charleston, Jacksonville, Popf
Tampa and Macon; 1858 nirht, daily,
fleepers % Richmond and Jacksonville.
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Su D.
M. daily, dining car, and slocpers to Gin
cinnau.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

To make soed mating look fresh and bright prepare
pailfu Of warm water with handful of salt and four
abespoonfuls Of Ivory Soap shavngs dissolved in it.
With clean cloth squeezed out Of the mixture wipe
every breadth Of the matting rubbing soied spots until
they disappear.
OF WAPNGThere good
O Ivory
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
FrRrHER DELAY GRANTEp.

San Francisco, Aug. 31.-Mrs Cor
della Botkin, convicted of the murder
of Mrs. John P. Dunning, of Dover
Del. was granted further stay by
Judge Cook to-day in order to COM
plete the bill of exceptions.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL NOTES.

SOCIAL AND Personal NOTES.
Charles Hoffman, of the Jefferson
House, took a trip to Salem on the
yacht U. S. V. yesterday.
Harry Booker, Of Sudlersville, Md, is
visiting Mrs. Hugh Mcguire, on Water
street.
w. ]. Ferris is attending the inter-
national chess tournament, at Saratoga.
He won the cup last year at the same
place.
Miss Irene Davidson, Of Delaware
City, is visiting Mrs. John Manlove, on
South Fifth street.
Miss Marion Hushebeck will spend a
few days in Middletown, Del.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
Women at University OF michigan.

During the college year now closing
there have been Os3 women connected
with the University of Michigan as in
structors or students. The number of
women in the university faculties, in
cluding one full professor, is ten.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
r, Registers onice.

klIAH I4Ik . OiNDiltN
Registers Office.
New Castle County. Del. July is 1899.
Upon the application OF Henrietta n.
Emory administratrix OF Mary M. Tlgh-
man, late Of Centreville, Maryland, de-
ceased, It Is ordered and directed by the
Register that the Administrative
aforesaid give notice Of grant
tion upon the estate OF the deceased,
with the date Of granting thereof, by
causing advertisements TO be Hosted
within forty days from the date O. such
letters, In six OF the most public tAacee
Of the county Of New Castle, requiring
all persons having demands against the
estate to present the same, or abide by
an act Of Assembly IN such case made
and provided; and also cause the same
10 be Inserted within the same period in
the Evening Journal, "a newspaper pub
lished in Wilmington, Del, and TO De con-
tinued therein three weeks &C. o. a.
Given under the hand and seal Of
office of The Register Aforesaid. al
Wilmington. in New Castle County
~. 81 aforesaid. tho day and year above
CALVIN w. CROssAN.
Register.
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NEWS OF NEW CASTLE
ALARAMA PAssEs UP.

The battleship Alabama passed up
the river about o'clock yesterday
morning. Everything must have
worked satisfactory, or according to
arrangements she would not have re-
turned until last night or this morn
inc
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NnrIrE

Notice Is hereby given mat Letters
OF Admin nstrailou were in due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned, on the 18th
day of July. A. ID. 1899, and that an per-
sons having claims against the estate Of
the deccascd must present The same, dul5
attcsted TO tho said admnlstratrix. on o.
lhe Act OF Assembly n such case mad,
and provided
HENRIETTA r. EMORY,
Admini2tratrix.
Address CanirevIIe. MaIylanl.
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NEw cAsTLR REAL HsrArR

FOR sALH-No % South Fifth
trttt, New Castle; brick house: slate
roof. seven rooms and BATH range; hot
and cold water; gaai plaHtsred Summer
Mtchtni aood cellar. best location in
city. newly pupcred; perfect condition,
immedlate pcg8eaaion. easy terms Apply
g W. Edwards. Evening Journal office
Whmlngton. or Julian d. Janvier. New
Castle. Del.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31
BAsEBALL ON SATURDAY.

The New Castle Baseball Club will
play the Northern Wheelmen, of Phila-
delphia, on Saturday afternoon at $780,.
This is a very strong team and the
home team will have to work to win.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

The Women's Christion Temper
ance Union will hold an important
meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3
o'clock at the headquarters, No. 100
West Eighth street.
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DELAWARE DIVISION.

For New Castle. S1s, il.O a. M, 2s5,
A1l and d.55 p. m. week days.
For Loves, S.l3 a. M, ar p. m. week
days.
For Dover Harrington and Delmar. .sf1.
llW a. M, Az, 655 and 1856 p. m. Sum
days ll56 p. M.
For Rchoboth. SIS o. M, A27 p. m.
week days. "Rchoboth gDeciaff 425 o
m, Saturdays only
For Wyoming and way stations, 2s5 D.
m. week days.
Express Tor Cape Charles. OH Point
Comfort and Norfolk, li.Oi a. m. weet
days and 1856 o. m. daily.
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TRAINS LEAVE BROAD sTRBEI
STATION. PHILADELPHIA.
sEOR ItFTE WEST

TRAINS LEAVE BROAD STREET
STATION. PHILADELPHIA
'FOR THE WEST.
$50 a. m, daily. pittsbure, Chicago. Gin
cinnau Louisville and St. Louis. DIN
ing Car.l
1925 a. M. daily for pitsbufF and Chi.
cQgo. ono coaches 90 pifis1urg) Linn
tied 20 two Buffet parlor cars.
1920 p. m. daily Limited" pl1aburg.
Chi,ago Cleveland. Toledo. Cincinnati.
Louisville and ST. Louis. dining Car)
1875 p. m. daily. Pittsburs and Cleveland.
$50 .. m. daily. plttsburE. Chicago. Nash
Vile (vla ClncinnatD, Indianapolis and
st. Louis Dining Carr
$50 p. m. daily, Pfttsburg and Chicago;
for Toledo. except Saturday.
1875 r. m. daily, Pittsburg. Cincinnati
Louisville. Cleveland and 81. Louis.
u2O p. m. daily, Pittsburg and Chicagos
daily for Knoxville, via Shenandoah
Valley Route; for Cleveland, sxceOa
Saturday.
% Congressional Limited Express. Al
Nostihule Parlor Cars and Dining Car
30 extra fare other chan The usual Pub
man charge.
ffsl Limited Express Ne-linult Parloe
cars Neslhulc Passenger Coaches ans
Dining Car. No extra fare.
The Whining ton Transfer Company N
call for and check baggage from hoteA
and residences.
For further Information, passengers aeF
referred TO the ticket agent at tbs ss
ton.
j. b. HUTCHINSON, ]. R.wOOD.
! General Man. Gen Pass. Agent
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RAILROADS
HINnAY rnAINa

and u.8 D. m.
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REGISTERS ORDER.
REGISTERS ORDER

hhHioIiiitS > ORDER.
Registers Onice.
Upon the application OF James H. Hof-
fecker. Jr., and John Savin Homecker,
administrators OF John W. Savn, late 0f
Wilmington hundred. In said county. de-
ceased % s ordered and directed by the
Register that the Administrators afore-
Letters Of Administrator upon
the estate OF the deceased
With the date OF granting thereof. hy
causing advertisements 20 be posted
within forty days from the date Of such
Letters IN six OF the most public places
OF the County OF New Castle. requiring
all persons having demands against the
/ estate TO present the same, or abide by
an act OF Assembly In such case made
and provided; and also cause the same to
be inserted within the same period in
/ the Evening Journal, noWapaper pub
lished In Wilmington, Del, and 10 be con
tinued therein three weeks (o o. d.)
Given under the hand and seal Ol
office Of the Register aforesaid. al
Wilmington, In New Castle CouuNy
IL. 81 aforesaid, the day and year above
CALVIN W. cRossAN.
Register.
Notice Is hereby given that Letters
OF Administration were IN due form Of law
/ 2fth day Of April, A. ID. 1890, and that
all persons having claims against the es-
/ tate OF the deceased must present the
same, duly attested, to the said admins
TRAITORS on OF before the 24th day OF
April, 1900, or abide the Act OF Assembly
/ In such case made and provided.
JAMES IA. HOFFECKER, JR.,
JOHN SAVlN HOFFBCKER,,
Administrators.
Address. Wilmington. Del.
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ROBBERY NEAR HARRINGTON

COLORED MAN RELIEVED OF HIS
VALUABLES AND ASSAULTED
BY H1GHWAYMEN.
Harrington. Aug S1.-A daring high
way robbery occurred near here at
about o'clock Tuesday night.
Robert Thomas. a colored man, who
had been employed az the fisheries near
Lewes, while coming to this place was
held up on the road by four highway
men and robbed of his watch and $40;
he was badly beaten by the thieves and
left In the road. He was afterward dis.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

A cheap subsh 5lte for standard
,dvertised article may prove 10 be any
thing but a bargain. Be careful to get
what you ask for.
Evening journal., 1899-08-31

Quiet at last reigned over the hotel.
The night was clear, the moon shining
brightly. Leon and his bride looked out
from the window, and inhaled the frag-
rance borne fran the flowers in the gar
den below Suddenly Icons gaze fell
upon a man WHO was sauntering amid
the shrubbery- He walked with head
bent down, a igar IN his mouth, and
h.s hands thrust into his pockets. AS
he turned the moonlight fell upon his
face. It was tlle Englishman's disso-
late nephew.
The night wire on. Leon and his
bride had almost forgotten their Eng
iish neighbor. 1ghen they heard a
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RAILROADS.

Address Csntrevllle. MaFyland,
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Schedule in eject Nay "A, 1850.
An traina Illuminated with PintGN
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ORpER

Address. wilmington.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27

II There ia more Catarrh in this Sec
ton of the country than all other
diseases put together, and until the
past few years was supposed to be
For q great many years
doctors pronounced 1t local disease.
and prescribed local remedies, and bel
failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven it to he a consti-
tutional disease. and therefore re-
quires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio,
is the only constitutional cure. on
the market. It Is taken internally in
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoon
ful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer hundred dollars for any
case 1t fails to cure. Send for clrcu-
lars and testimonials. Address,
.E%%1, F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists 75c. p
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
Glorious News

Comes from DR.. D. B. Cargi9e, OF
Washita, I. T. He writes: Pour
bottles OF Electric Bitters has cured
Mrs. Brewer Of scrofula,. which had
caused her great suffering for years.
Terrible sores would break out ON
her head and face, and the best doc
tors could give no help; but her cure
Is complete and her health ia excel
lent" This shows what thousands
of people have proved -- that
Electric Bitters is the best blood
purifier known. 1t is the supreme
remedy for eczema. letter. salt
rheum, ulcers, boils and running
sores. 1t stimulates liver. kidney and
AMI bowels, expels poisons. helps d.
gestion builds up the strength. Only
30 cents. Sold by L. u. Browns
Drug Store.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
The Man Who Succeeds.

Printers Ink: Success in business
is not to be reached nowadays in
the easy-going method that obtained
a generation or two ago. Times
have changed. and people have
changed with them. Push is the
only thing that will carry a man
ahead, and it is the ]ivelieat pusller
that gets there first. As a general
rule, the chronic pusher is a chronic
advertiser. Printers ink is the lu-
bricating oil of his business wheels,
and he never allows them to lag or
creak for the want of it,. Hard
times and poor business are incen-
tives to increasing his advertising,
rather than any argument to him for
cutting it down. 1t will pay the
selni-occasional advertiser to ponder
over the pusher's success.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-27
TO sTOPFLOODS.
Altkin County Farmers Suffer
Every Year From the ss
Floods. Co.,. 5 la.5S

The settlers along the Mississippi
above Aitkin have their farms food
ed nearly every summer, and the
village people are generally called
upon to help them. This year the
people OF Aitkin abandoned their
Fourth OF July plans, and devoted
their spare money to aid the settlers
who had been damaged. The regu-
lar floods not only cause direct loss
to the settlers, but the conditions
deter the settlement of the country.
Those familiar with the matter be-
lieve that with the proper regula-
ton of the reservoirs these floods
could be prevented. A meeting Of
those interested will be- held in Ait
kin this week to consider, means to
prevent the yearly loss. In comment
ing on the matter the Aitkin Age,
says: =. W \
ut is high time something was
done to prevent the annual overflow
of the Mississippi in this county,. as
, has been intimated heretofore In this
paper, and we are glad to know that
the farmers have at last taken the
bit In their own mouth, and now
propose to see II there isn't some
way OF causing the government and
boom companies dams to be SO
operated as to obviate the necessity
of running thousands of acres ofcrops4
every year. This has been an abnor-
NAL year in matter of rainfall; and
floods are reported in many sections
of the country, but in ordinary
years the overflow of the Mississippi
bottoms in this county is due al
most entirely to the senseless and
selfish operations of the dams on the
upper river and it's tributaries. In
the early spring the reservoirs are
all closed and the waters held back
for possible dry June, and then
when the June rains come, there is
no place to hold the water. With
the water at it's natural high stage,
the dams are opened for the drives,
and the contents of the immense
reservoirs spread all over the bot
toms. This has been the program
for many years, despite the protests
and appeals from the farmers, until
forbearance has ceased to be a vir-
tue; and the farmers are ready to
fight"