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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-08-24

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The daily morning journal and courier., 1899-10-09
SI1PLE.

It is said that Dom Paups favorite beverage is lemonade. At present he highly appreciates Orange aid.-Ottawa (Canada) Free Press,
 Suspicious Resemblance. - Johnny Here's a note from me father to eX- cuse me for not comin' yesterday. Teacher-Your father writes and spells too much like you, Johnny. Puck.
 The Roundabout Way.-"The Fill plnos will learn to trust and love us after awhile" "Yes; but 1t is slow work winning mans affection by go- ing at him with gun"-Chicago Rec ord
 Home is the dearest place on earth" remarked Bilkns to Wilkins.
 Yes" replied Wilkins, that's why we quit housekeeping and went to board. ."-Coumbus (Ohio) State Jour- nal.
 No Joke.-'We'd like to have some football jokes,' said the editor. "Sor- ry," replied the amateur humorist. But, you know, I'm playing the game myself. f."-Phladelphia North Ameri- can.
 Bride throwng her arms about the bridegroom's neck)-You are my pris- oner for life. Bridegroom-1ts not im- priscnment for life, love; it's capital punishment. Sydney Town and Coun- try Journal
 Kate-Im glad you enjoyed your hol- iday so much. But Nellie, dear, how could you go to anything so dreadful as a bull-fght? Nellie-Why, my darling, to make up my mind never to see another.-Punch.
 Candid.-Mrs. Henpecker-I must tell you, MT. Blunt, that if you marry my daughter you will find she has temper of her own. Mir Blunt--I don't mind that, madam, so long as she hasn't any of yours.--Fun.
 Sentiment" What crooked streets this town, has!' exclaimed the strar- ger in the islands. "Yes," answered the Filipino General Were mighty proud of this town It makes us think of Boston. .''-Washington Star.
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lNTELLIGENT.

Since our young friend the Register been a little hard to follow it in some of its flights. Some allowance can be
 made for the sympathies of youth and | the zeal of new joiner, but we can
 not permit our young friend to shake our firm belief in the intelligence of the board of educati tion. No more can we allow our young friend to shake our firm belief in the intelligence of the ! committee which is Investigating the | supervisor system in our public schools. We have all along argued that with &C.,
 curate and voluminous instruction from members of the board of educa- | tion and the superintendent of schools the committee could not fail to know all it ought to know. We were pleased and strengthened when last Friday our young friend came gracefully around to
 our view of the matter and said: "Af-
 ter MT. Kendalps able and exhaustive cNNiNSS ioSh CNCihhSt t'-N cannot fail to be intelligent upon the subject" Yesterday our young friend
 had another notion, to wit: ''The com
 mittee conducting this so-called inves-
 tigation, which as a matter of fact is
 nothing more than an exposition of
 what somebody else knows a hundred
 times better, is just as competent to in
 quire, cross-examine and declaim up
 on the public school system as any
 among the enterprising merchants and
 lawyers of Chapel and Church streets.
 Neither set is as well qualified as the youngsters in the schools"
 The queerness of this notion is so melancholy that we hate to point it out,
 but duty to young friend demands that we should If a committee of merchants and lawyers of Chapel and Church streets can't learn anything about our magnificent school system from members of the board and the superintendent, can the members of a board of education composed of lawyers and business men of Church, Crown and other streets learn anything about our magnificent school system from their frequent visits to the schools and the reports of the superintendent? We are glad to be able to believe that all the members of the committee and the members of the board can be intelligent and can learn. If our young friend doesnt believe the same way why did our young friend join the board of education and imme- diately give signs of fresh intelligence and new learning?
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cution that in a moment of despair he committed suicide. Lilli Lehman closes her letter with these words: "A person who is kind to animals will never harm human being. If parents bore this in mind, fewer children would grow up to be murderers or other crim- inals. If governments realized the i'm portance of that maxim, kindness to animals would soon be taught in all schools throughout the world"
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WHY ONE TRUsT WASN'T FoRMED.

WHY ONE TRUST WASN'T FORM ED. Awhile ago there was much talk of i carpet trust That trust has not been formed and Fabric and Fiber of Boston tells why. It is because one of
 the proprietors of a carpet mill, and
 one of the largest manufacturers of
 carpets in this country, would not join the trust. The promoter of the trust called on all the other manufacturers of note in the country and secured op- tions on their plants. Everything was going smoothly for the promoter until he got up against stone wall opposi- tion in the person of the manufacturer noted above. Of course the promoter
 wanted to see the books. No sir! they
 are my private property" said the
 these buildings and machinery you see
 around here are mine, paid for, not a
 dollar against the property; my em-
 ployes have homes near me; they work
 hard for me- you want me to enter a
 trust and be dictated to whether I am
 to run my mills or let my faithful old employees starve or break up their homes and go elsewhere? No sir! When I die
 these mills will be in my name. I have sixteen travelling men. You want me
 to lay them off, do you, and join trust? No! I will keep my travelling men. If I get dollar, I believe in distributing 1t; that is what makes business And he said to the pro- moter: This is all right for you; com mission Is what you are after; that Is all right, perfectly legitimate, but you don't get me in the trust. I will man. age my mills as I have in the past. If there is no business, will have to stop my mills, but won't join a trust. work as hard as any man have in my employ; there is no occasion for me to do it, but I must do 1t; l was sent here for that purpose and haven't much longer to be here now, but when the times comes I am ready for the sum- mons, and if those who are after me (his heirs) were to join the trust, if I could I would come out of the tomb after them. No, sir! l won't give you an option on my mills. Good day, sir. So the promoter didn't promote the carpet trust.
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THE CHANGING LEAVES.
A Baltimore Scientists Explanation of the Causes of the Many-Hued Foliage If the A1ltllnl n Mnnds

A Baltimore Scientists Explanation ol
 the Causes of the Many-Hued Foliage of the Autumn Woods.
 pr. Boiling w. Barton, lecturer on
 botany at the Jolins Hopkins Univer-
 sity, said in regard to the falling
 leaves in Autumn and the brilliant col
 ors characteristic of so many of them:
 The leaves of most of our trees fall
 in the Autumn because it would be poor economy on the part of the plant to retain them. They would be worn and torn by the cold, the snows, the sleet, and the gales of the harsher period of the year. The weight of the snow and sleet would break the limbs, and the Winter gales would tear them to ehreds or dry them into brittle and useless appendages. Note the trees that hold to their leaves in Winter-the evergreens-and it will be seen that such leaves are tough and leathery, else reduced to mere needles, as in the pines.
 Most trees, therefore, shed their leaves, cast them off by an act of ann putation or sloughing, and cover the scar with a layer of cork, which stops bleeding and excludes hurtful spores or germs. But before they fall they as sume the splendid colors for which we are just now watching from day to day--such wondrous color displays as atone in part for the loss of Summer and the dreaded sight of blue -nosed Winter standing just beyond.
 The strangest part of these yearly shows of brilliant foliage which nature offers is that 1t all seems to be without meaning, or, as the naturalist would put it, 1t has no special biological sig nifcance. It is a mere incident in the later life and the death of the leaves, Color of flowers makes of them organs of allurements to insects. birds, etc, which visit them for their honey, and in return render the service of pollina- ton. Color in fruit likewise makes it conspicuous, and secures free trans portation by sundry animals. which thus scatter the seed But the hues of Autumn foliage means little more in the lives of the plants than do the color of precipitates in the test tubes of the chemist.
 ITO understand these color changes in the dying leaf we must know some thing of the purpose and function of healthy, active leaves. This function Is not, as is often said, to give shade, whether to the plant itself or to man and beast. If they shade the roots and so economize water, this is only by the way, and not the important role they play in the life of a plant.
 "The plant gets its food from the earth and the air. These are the raw salts of the soil dissolved in water and oxygen and carbonic acid gas free in the atmosphere. These simple substances are received in the leaves and spread out with the green of the leaf cells to the ac- ton of the suns rays, and are thus into the complex organic products upon which the plant de-
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WORTH THINKIEG OF.
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Dr. Culberson of the Cincinnati school board has an interesting idea. He believes that all the school houses should be located in the country and should be supplied with all the mod ern facilities and equipments of the city schools. He would have the city transport the children every day to the heart of the country supplying them with nutritious, hygienic noon day meals and bringing them back to
 their city homes each afternoon. The cuisine, which would be supplied at municipal expense, would not only af- ford opportunity for practical demon- strations in domestic science but would supply a never failing element of interest that would attract pupils to the schools and promote punctual at- tendance. It is the opinion of Dr. Gull person that daily contact with a healthful rural environment, away from the smoke and impure air of the
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The Living Dead.

What shall we do with our dead? The dead who have not died- Who meet us still in the very paths Where they once walked by our side. Not those that we love and mourn, At rest on distant shore, But the lost vet living women ana men Whom we loved and love no more There are shroud and flower and stone To hide the dead from our sight. But these are ghosts that VIII not De
 laid--
 They come 'twiXt us and the light; And the heaven loses its blue And the rose has worms at the core Because of the living women and men Whom we loyed-and love no more
 Edith BigelOw in the Critic.
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FASHTON NOTES.
Sketchcd nt the MiIliner's.

Of the current millinery that is dom mated by newness, there are no four types so characteristic as those the artist puts here, first and fourth of these were alike in their arrangement of plumes, both Illustrating the manner in which such feathers will be used during the winter. Otherwise the hats were quite different. The first was helotrope velvet, and big buckle was the only other trimming. Most of the winters plumes will be either black
 white or of a shade to match the hat itself and generally the gown. These feathers were an exception, being pink ish gray. Those of the plumed toque were white, its material being black
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tenement and business districts, con- bined with the training of the public generation that comes from continuous city life, and would produce greater virility and strength in the generations of the future.
 There Is something in this notion. Children who don't go to school in the country miss much.
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Lilli Lehman has sent letter to the Berliner Tageblatt, in which she laments the death, at the age of only thirty nine years, of Rudolf Bergner, one of the most ardent champions of animals. It was due largely to his ef- forts that Austria passed law against the wholesale slaughter of birds, and he was untiring in his efforts to secure a similar law for Italy At his own ex- pense he sent out speakers to villages all over the country to influence pub lie opinion, and he added 42,00O names to the membership of the Society for the Protection of Animals. He made many enemies and suffered much perse-
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H. B. Bostwick, who has been having Trouble with the natives in introducing electric cars in Korea, Is San Francis can. He says the trouble began by his allowing women to ride on the cars, step toward women's rights heretofore unknown, and hence much opposed i'll that country.
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Palace Market.

POULTRY, MEATS and VEGETABLES.
 Special Bargains This Week Roast Reef slice ID. Loin and Porterhouse Steak 14c ID, Sparerib 1oc ID, Lamb Chops 12c 10, 2 lbs Hamburger Steak for 25c. Chickens To- l2e ID, Turkeys 12c .b Partridge. Grouse, and Quail. California Hams Sc 10. Canned Goods of all kinds. Butter, Cheese and Eggs. Our Teas and Coffees are absolutely pure. Prompt delivery. Phone 120
 D. SCHOENBERGER & SONS.
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Frances telegraphic receipts during the Dreyfus trial were $120,000 more than for the corresponding month year ago, while the receipts from tele- phones were $6o,OOO greater. The budget estimates from these two sources for that period were exceeded by over $94o,- poo.
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Major Carson, the well-known Wash prised If the Republicans, ignoring the leaders and bosses, as they were ignored at Chicago in 1892 when Cleveland was nominated should do the indecent thing that is deprecated by Senator Hanna and place George Dewey in nomination for the presidency, It is true that Dewey does not want a nom ination, but" adds the major. "it is hardly reasonable to assume that he would refuse it, particularly as it would come unsought and would have the au- thority of command from the people themselves"
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Boston Is Boston. When Dewey comes to Boston, according to the Post Of that city, there will be erected there TOT the occasion "triumphal arch of Good will and Soul Enthusiasm"
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Isn't there some noble man in New Haven who would like to be real count? The following advertisement is now appearing in the London Times: Title (Count) for sale on reasonable terms. Principals only. Strictest secrecy and confidence must be ob- changed Address Title, etc"
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REFORM IN pENNSYLTdNJ4.

AS there is room enough for reform in Pennsylvania politics 1t is cheering to
 see little. Reform has made it's ap-
 pearance in the counties of Berks and Lehigh. These counties compose the Ninth Congressional district of Penn
 sylvania, and they are expected next month to elect a congressman in place of Daniel Ermentrout, who died recent
 ly. There are four candidates in the
 field, and the thirsty voters looked ahead with enthusiasm to the campaign, expecting, as usual, to enjoy unlimited beer at the expense of the candidates. But it seems that these are thrifty men. and they have signed an ironclad agree ment pledging themselves to furnish no beer to the voters during the canvass. The country tavern keepers, who have been accustomed to reap little har- vest during an election canvass, made vigorous protest, and the agreement was so far modified as to permit a sin gle keg of beer to be furnished at each point at the joint expense of the four candidates. But what is one keg of beer to a gathering of Pennsylvania voters? The tavern keepers kicked even more violently than before, pledg- ing themselves not to furnish any beer paid for by more than a single candi- date. So the matter stands. All the candidates in the field are in the agree ment, and, as there is every prospect that one of these will be elected, they are likely to remain firm.
 If they can nullify the influence of beer in the Ninth district and get the votes in Philadelphia cast and counted honestly this year it will be good start
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To-day is the twenty-eighth ami versary of the big Chicago fire, and Chicagoans will observe it by laying the corner stone, in the heart of the old burnt district, of a building which is to be the tallest in the city.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES. Situations, Wants. Rents. and other slun, in. advertisements, One Cent Wora ..e,d euon weak sertion. Five Gents Word for full "eoN lseven times). .ra ,n. Display advertisements. per men, 9nU 4O sertlon, $1.o0; each subsequent ln,th lnsetss s10: cents one week, $320; one mon'n' one year. $40 .rso 15 Obituary Notices, In prose ., or verSSM Mar. cents per line. Notices of biruss. aaeh rlAges Deaths, and Funerals. oo cen's '" Local Notices, 15 cents per line, . their Yearly advertisers are limited .o +o he own immediate business Gall matter , to not m nnobJectlonable) and their contracts oo Include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
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l velvet arranged in tam shape Many toques like that In the upper right hand corner of this picture will be sean. Ma terials may vary but the trimming will maintain these outlines. In this case they were attained by curved natural colored quill and knot of cream colored satin, these put on braid ed brown felt and velvet. The remain ing hat is winter sailor of dark green felt trimmed with rosettee of ribbon in two shades of green and a fan-shaped jet ornament. Sailor shapes are to vary much in trimming, some of them being without anything but the slight est ornamentation, while in others the hat is fairly weighted down
 The golf walking hat is a change on the English walking shape and the rough rider. The tow Is rather low, the roof slants off rakishly and the brim rolls up slightly all around except where it is turned over the eyes A long quilled stick feather is slanted low towards the back on ihe front brim. The brim is rather wide and the hat is worn in easy head size in all uolors. IL is sealfed or not, and perhaps those tied about with mar row ribbon or with the usual ribbon hat band are the more exclusive. Such hat is very comfortable, will clean several times, suits any weather and altogether is an excellent sort It should be worn with rather a practical tailor rig, and especially suits a double faced cloth skirt in warm brown. flannel shirt waist in gray or one of the new paids, and either a jacket or cape to match the skirt Hats of this order in white have been worn for gen eral outing use during the summer and fall and women have found out how easily they are chalked clean and how very becoming they are to bronzed cheeks. so it Is likely that the wear of white ones will be pushed little.
 F'LORETTE.
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A curious contest is going on in Tam pa, Florida. Residents of certain sec tions of the city want an exemption made of their part of the city so that cows may graze on the streets Other fight is a lively one, the city adminis- tration being the sufferer. So many depredations have been made recently by cows running at large on the streets that the irate residents and owners of lawns and flower gardens have organized shotgun quarantine against the cows, and declare that they are going to murder some of them if they are not kept locked up.
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The cultivation of the velvet bean and the grinding it for feed for stock is new industry in Florida, and bids pie of that State. It is very prolific, yielding from sixty to eighty bushels to the acre, and is very easily cultivated. There is nothing better for feed pur- poses, cattle and horses which have had no other grain for year or more being sons are turning their attention to rais- ing it. The velvet bean promises to do for Florida what corn has done for the States of the far West.
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Judge R. J. Lea sentenced a negro boy in Little Rock, Arkansas, the other day to 115 years imprisonment in the State penitentiary, but encouraged him by telling him that by good behavior he could secure a communication of his sentence of one month the first year, two the second. three the next seven years; and thereafter six months each year, thus reducing the sentence to six fy years.
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UELlVERED RY CARRIERS IN THE ClIf, 15 CENTS, WEEK, b0 GENTS MONTH, &3 FOR SIx MONTHS, So
 YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL
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It is said that Dom Paul's favorite beverage is lemonade. At present he highly appreciates Orange aid.-Ottawa (Canada) Free Press.
The times., 1899-11-12
THE SOUTH AFRICAN CLIMATE
A Low Rate of Rainfall and n High
Temperature.
(From The London standard.

Observations OF the weather have been
Systematically made for many years in
South Africa, and in the Cape Colony the
meteorological conditions have been as care
fully and completely studied as in England
IN other parts. however, the observati tions
are far less satisfactory and in the Trans
vaal observations may be said to scarcely
exist. our knowledge of the weather changes
being extremely meagre. Some few years
ago the Report Of the Meteorological Com
mission" at the Cape Of Good Hope en-
bodied detailed rainfall maps for each
month. showing the distribution OF the rain
in different parts of South Africa. The
average results for the year show that, with
the exception of small area in the imme
diate vicinity Of Cape Town, the total rain
fall for the year is almost wholly below
twenty inches: that is considerably less
than in London. In most places the av-
erage for the year is less than ten inches.
and al some stations il falls as low as five
inches for the whole twelve months.
In the Orange Free State the average
rainfall for the year is about twenty inches
The winter rains are very small, the ag-
gregate for a month being only few tenths
OF an inch on the average. With the com
mencement of the southern summer the
rains increase, although ii IS not until No
VembeF ana December tnaL the average fall
for the month exceeds an inch and even In
those months the rainfall in many places
is only 03 inch or O.4 inch In January.
February, and March the average in the
Orange Free State is four or five inches in
each month. The meagre returns for the
TransvaaI show that in 1890 the rainfall
eight miles east of johannesburg was prac-
tically nil in July, August, and September
while in October the rainfall was 5.77
inches, which was the wettest month of
the year, and rain fell on eleven days
In both November and December the rain
fall in the vicinity OF johannesburg ex-
ceeded FIVE inches, and the total number OF
days with rain during the year was sixty
one. In the Orange Free State the results
for 1880 show that there was practically
no rain in September, but in October the
rains were fairly heavy, and the Basutoland
September is also exceedingly dry.