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The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

n 7 ASHINGTON, Feb. when
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swer confidently "at the be-
ginning Of the year 1900" and consider
the matter settled. 1t isn't settled by a
long way, and the new century doesn't
begin at the beginning, but at the end
Of the coming year, according to learned
men who are sticklers for accuracy
AS the end of the century approaches
the question is likely to assume greater
proportions and the controversy to wax
hotter.
The best thing to do, therefore, is to
quote the opinion Of one Of those wise
philosophers whose lives are occupied
in keeping tabs on the time and tide
that proverbially wait for no man.
Here is the opinion Of a prominent as
tronomer verbatim
The next century will begin on Janu-
ary l, 1901-the last year of the present
century being 1900 The present era
begins with the year A. D. l, and the
year before being B. c. l, there being
no year O. This is inconvenient for
chronology, but it is the accepted mode
Of reckoning.
If historians had been content to
start the era with the year 'naught,
as astronomers start the hour of the
day with the cipher 0, all would have
been we'll and we should not have to
face the inevitable paradox of talking
about the closing year of the nineteenth
century when we shall be already dat
ing our letters 1900. Scientists and
those who have to mark the lapse of
seconds, say in regulating the prolonged
exposure of a Photographic plate or the
printing of a bromide paper, accustom
themselves to count 'naught, one, two,
and so on; but the popular method OF
counting is to begin straightaway 'one,
two, three" by which the first second
is apt to be much curtailed.
A similar error took place in begin
ming the Christian era, the year hav-
ing been dropped for the convenience
of chronolcgists. The present year has,
morally, no more right to be called 1899
before December 81 next than an infant
of one month has to be called a year
old before it has completed it's twelfth
month Accurately speaking the Chris
tian era is in it's 1S99th year, which OBJ
viously is not the same thing as the
completed 1899 years of the era and
cannot be confounded with the 1900th.
Another way of demonstrating the
truth of the statement that the new
century begins at the end Of the year
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tained any specimens Of value in this

tained any specimens Of value in this
way.
'Our usual method of work, which
we followed in every instance, was to
find some stream or pool that was not
fished in by the natives to any extent
To do this we often had to travel
through unknown forests for miles.
when we came to the place that
looked promising we simply put on our
rubber boots, or rolled up our trousers,
and waded in. Then we kept sharp
lookout for any specimens of the tinny
tribe that were moving about And
when once we caught sight Of one he
was doomed, for we pursued him with
our nets until we landed him.
Usually we found the pools at the
bottom of waterfalls the most produc-
tive Of rare specimens. In such pools
the fish from below ran into a bar
rier and those from above spent their
time in the hopes Of getting back up
the falls.
"Sorne Of the places where we fished
were ideal spots. The climate was per-
feet and the surrounding foliage beau
tiful beyond description. Moss COW
cred rocks, ma nificent trees and frag-
rant flowers were on all sides. The
water. was always clean and bright and
bubbled with a most refreshing sound.
"Of the new specimens we caught I
have no knowledge. There are GER
tainly new species, and feel quite sure
that some will prove to be new ge-
nus. But of course I cannot tell this
until after study and investigation.
Certainly some of the specimens are
queer. Here is one white little fellow.
See, he is about the size of your hand
on the sid but not over a quarter
of an inch thick. His eyeballs seem
to touch In fact, it has the appear
ance of being only one eyeball, but I
am not sure of this and will not cut
him until I have made all the other
Investigations. Here is one that has
the tail of a mackerel and a head of
q kind have never seen before. Here
is a perch that has a pair Of fins like
a moon fish. And here is a strange fell
low, with an ordinary looking tail and
also a long straight tail attached just
underneath. think this is a new ge-
nus.
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\ RoFEssoR JORDAN of Stan
J ford University is the greatest
fisherman in the country.
II Won have. any doubts Of this

Il Jford University Is the greatest
= - fisherman in the country.
: . If You have any doubts Of this
= :. go down to his storer0om at the
.. ~. r. university and take look at his
last catch. If you think. you know
anything about catching fish you are
sure to be filed with envy:
When Professor Jordan goes fishing
he does not come home with a few
dozen, but he.:brings thousands Of fish
and Of many varieties. Some of his
last catch are Of species never before
seen by naturalists. These are the
kind Professor Jordan likes, and when
once he gets hold Of such specimen
gold cannot buy 1T. r.:
F. Professor Jordan has Just returned
from a trip through little known por-
tions of Mexico: He has dipped his
net into pools. never before stirred up
by q naturalist. He has found rare
fish and. some hitherto unknown to sci
ence. ~.
The: result Of this fishing trip can be
seen at Stanford, There are lars. bot
ties, tanks. boxes and barrels. all filed
with specimens of the finpy tribe.
Some of the fish are not an inch in
length; others. are several feet. some
of them look very familiar, but others
seem to have had trouble with them
selves. as if unable. to make. up their
minds just what they wanted to look
like. These. are. the valuable and un-
known kind on which so much store is
set =: '.. ~
While on his fishing trip to Mexico
Professor Jordan was accompanied by
Professor Snyder, who is at present
working: over the collection, classify
ing it. and putting 1t in such shape as
to make 1t of value to the university
The collection as it now stands is the
finest and largest owned by any uni
.versity IN the United States, and very
probably IN the world.
This fishing expedition. to Mexico was
q particularly important one in sew
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

Here is story told by Rudyard Kip
ling. His father, John Kipling, went to
pay visit to an Indian Rajah who was
about to bring home queen. The elder
Kipling had been engaged in the decora
uons of the palace, and its owner showed
him the gifts of stuffs and perfumes he
had procured for his coming spouse. The
Rajah also sent for his jewel caskets,
and asked Mr.. Kipling to assist him in Sc
lecting the gems to be included In the
marriage gifts They were of extraordi-
nary size and value, such gems as are
seldom seen except in the East, and to
the artist the selection was a pleasure
Finally he lifted a wonderful diamond,
one of the choicest gems in the collec-.
ton, and said: you should send this
looked up, caught it and held it jealously
to his breast Then slowly replacing 1t
in the casket, he answered: Nay, such
gems are not for women. The Bookman.
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Mrs. William Astor has a collection Of
diamonds worth fortune But the finest
diamond in the world belongs, II is said
affair, weighing one carat, yet 1t cost her
husband $1,000. As the value of the dia-
mond increases in an increasing ratio
this Vanderbilt brilliant, if as large as
the Koh-i-Noor Q024 carats) would be
worth about 2760 900. Mrs. Vanderbilt's
or Golconda
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PROFESSOR ANTHONY.
Naturalist and NAVIGATOR

:: :: !: !: : e: s : f.: =: 6 s:
Flats I expected to meet a vener-
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w
ined by naturalists, but because the
locality has the queerest combinations
Of conditions ia the whole world. Here
the tropic. and the temperate zones
meet and rningle The waters run to
the north and. to the south, and 1t would
seem as If the species Of the uttermost
ends of the earth, north and south, met
and interbred. -.
number. of ~qieer looking fish We're
caught. Although the specimens were
taken entirely from fresh water, sew
eral of them. have almost the charac-
teristics Of deep sea. fish.
-asOur expedition has been a most sue
cessfui ione3 said Professor Snyder.
notwithstanding the tacI tna5 our 4a
time was short Had we been able to
have remained in certain localities Tor
an indefinite period l am sure we would
have obtained. specimens that would
Eurnrise the world. But as It is, we
are amply: repaid and have gathered
enough material for several years OF
study =. -. - 1o..u
sor Jordan and myself caught all. or
these specimens. At first we engaged
natives to come. with us and fish where
we directed them to-. But the natlYes
did not. do: the work properly. They
had an idea that we wanted the 1lsn 70
eat and so would only '1lsn ZOE Ine ILLUS ~
that they knew to be plentiful. That
we wanted to. keep. the: fish for ,speci-
mems to be studied and examined was
more than. they could comprehend.
And when they saw us throw whole
netfuls: back Into the water they were
simply -dumfounded, and formed very
poor opinion of us. -. ..*.'
= AFTER: demonstrating to ourselves
that the natives were failures as fisher
,,,, nc. +y,rr7 ed. in q nd did all the work
ourselves. while they stood by: and
watched us irl, open-eyed. wonder. When
they saw us. bring: up fish Of a kind
that they had never. seen before they
concluded that we must be .magfcians::
eve used the net in nearly all OF
our work. When we came to a very
deep pool IN the depths Of some tropi-
cal forest we were compelIed 20 use 1he
hook and line. But we seldom OBJ
The San Francisco call., 1899-02-12

Y Il T AsHINGTON, Feb. 7-When
~ does the twentieth century
" VI begin?
" " 1t is all very we'll to an
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
A CITIZEN .-.
INTERESTED.
. AA'
G. E. Pratt Is Vice Presi=
dent of the Hubbard
Brake Company.

Tho Hubbard Brake Company is the
name of a manufacturing industry recent
ly Incorporated with u capital Of l,O0),NO
and now doing business in Philadelphia
Tho incorporators and officers are NJ. e
Hubha-d president and general manager;
G. E. Pratt. vice-president; Charles Gil
pin, Jr., secretary and treasurer.
Tho company Is now installing brakes
on the laroe double track open oars OF the
Spring City & thoenisville Railway and
before long large number Of brnkes will
b, in operation around Philadelphia and
a, far west us Chicago,
1t Il stated that engineers who have ex-
aminsd thu brake and seen it in operation
pronounce it perfect and practical. Or
tho many claims for tho brake. is one
which all railway men will appreciate, the
tho non-sliding and flattening Of wheels.
The brake is simple and Of few parts and
the braking is done bya jnnb cylinder.
which Is boited under the center of which
the fulcrum and break levers nre attached.
The breakman's controlling handles are
placed on either platform andso arranged
that he eau not make any mistakes or be.
come confused in emergencies
MIR. Hubbard the patantos and president
Of the Company, was for IN ,uy yoarJ tho
engineer of he Mcclure Manufacturing
Company aud his trucks, snow sweepers
aud other inventions are we'll known
throughout the country. MIR. Fl ubbard
aud Mr.. Pratt are wall known in rail way
circles. The latter was at one time con-
nected with the car shops at Lamokin also
the shops of the Jackson & Sharp COM
pany. Ths secretary. Charles Gilpin is
widely known in the iron aud steel trales
being secretary of tho Andoyer Iron Com
pany, and connected with other large COLI
carna
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
The Owners OF Marsh Lani.

The owners of marsh land 'front.'
ing on the Delaware, have been
made offers during the past thi ee
months by a syndicate, who propose
to fill IN the same. They will erect
bulk heads and thus hope to put the
land in such condition that it can
be used as river front.
There are some 12o acres of
marsh land. which they have been
barg raining for, but the owners think
the price offered too low. At the
same time the price offered per acre
is a good deal better than farm land
is selling for in that vicinity. The
syndicate would have to I'LL III the
marsh land and then run the risk
OF selling for more mon.y than they
paid before filling in the same. 1t
is a risk that is worth something TO
look forward to in reclaimiag this
land that is not of much value for,
farming purposes. The majority
Of the owners have consented to sell
but there are as usual one or two
owners who are holding out tor Il
better price than 5000 an acre the
price which has been offered. The
falling through of this project will
do more injury to the future growth
of Wilmington toward the Delaware
than any other business enterprise
that has been started here for years
If the land is so valuable. the !coun-
tv should receive taxes accordingly
upon it. Put up the taxes accord
ing to the value put on the land by
its owners.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
ADJUSTMENTS.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.

No doubt this will DO the rule for tho
entire engagement OF Miss Katherine
Roter supported by one Of tho cleverest
companies over seen in repertoire. To night
the play will be one of tho greatest scenic
productions ever attempted being dupl..
cate of the one given in Phiadelphia by
MauIe Adams and the Frohman company
Miss R,ber will be an ideal Juliet and
ber hupdsome lending man Mr.. Orr 5
Cash will play the part of Romeo the
cost umes arc all specially imported from
Paris and he way seats arc selling Is a
sure indication that the house will be
packed as This very strong organization
that has The endorsement OF the entire
Clergy and Press OF tho country certainly
deserves. The plays for he week are just
rs strong and wsll known and wo trust
that our theatre gocri will take advantage
of this fact and have their soats reserved
at enc, for he entire engagement Not
withstanlng the enormous expense ofnl
these produc ious the prices will be 10, 20,
80 csrts, daily matinees 1000 seats at 10
cents
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
SHE ONLY
BATTED HIM.
B0arder Abused Children
and Got a Clubbing for
His Conduct.

The residents OF TAYLOR and Ben
nett streets were treated TO a row
Yesterday afternoon, the actors in
which were a woman, of course, a
base ball bat and man. For an
hour the usual quiet of the neigh
borhood was disturbed by the COM
blnation and when order was resum
ed the man found himself minus
much blood which had been batted
out of his head by the woman and
her bat.
The names of the belligerents
are known, but they are withheld
at this time because of family con-
nections. 1t appears that the wo-
man in the case ismarrled, has sew
eral children, and keeps boarders as
side issue. Yesterday afternoon
one Of these boarders had occasion
to remain at home and while he was
enjoying a nap on sofa, his slum-
bers were disturbed by one OF the
Youngsters of the house. Instead
of the parent admonishing the child
for it's conduct, the youngster was
allowed to continue ITS pranks until
the boarder knocked it down. From
that moment the trouble began IN
earnest. The young man heaped
all sorts of abuse on the woman TN
til silence could 10 longer be main
tained. Then, with base ball bat
in hand, she made an assault on the
boarder. A woman and bat, the
man realized. was about the most
dangerous combination man could
"go up against so, with great
dexterity he managed to fight the
woman off until they reached the
street. But this move on the part
of the man was an unWlse one, lor
the cries Of the people in the street
only gave the woman more courage,
and with one rush she planted the
bat against the mans head with
sufficient force to cause him to spill
a quantity of blood. This act on
her part q quieted her and she return
ed to her home, followed by the
boarder, who subsequently informed
the woman's husband of what had
occurred. At last report husband
and wife had agreed that the board
er was not to blame for the trouble,
that the bat swinging was unealled
for and that the boarder could re-
main under the Roof providing he
did not take legal steps to soothe
his wounded feelings (and head).
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
STEWART
ARRESTED,
Acknowledges He Slashed
Cooper and Goes
to Chester.

1t has been demonstrated time and
time again that man that fees
from the clutches of the law in other
States, need not come to Wilmington
with the hope of not being arrested.
Officers Bprchinal and Shelley ar
rested Charles Henry Stewart last
night and this morning Officer Nau-
dain of Chester took him to that
city. An account OF a cutting at
fair in Chester was reported in the
REPUBLICAN yesterday. Francis
Cooper and Stewart got into an al
tercation on Monday evening over a
crap game.
Words led to blows, blows to
more serious phase of tistlculfs and
the result is that Cooper lies in the
Chester Hospital suffering with
numerous cuts about his head and
body. inflicted with a razor.
The disturbance occurred in the
field under a bigtree opposite Stone
Row, and during the progress of
the fight it caused much excitement.
Officer Wright heard OF the trouble
but the assailant had left the scene
on his approach. Then the injured
man was taken to the hospital in
the ambulance.
His injuries consisted Of cut on
the shoulder, three inches long; two
cuts on the head, one of them four
inches long; severe wound across
the abdomen; and one on the arm.
Cooper's wounds bled protusely,
but he is not in dangerous condi-
tion and will, it is expected. short
ly recover.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
Water G Commission.

The water com mission at its meeting
yesterday afternoon was confronted BY u
knotty question. A resident Of Sixteenth
street between King and French wishes
to connect with the sewer In Sixteenth
street and a twelve-inoh water main lies
opposite the sewer pipe Oh the side whore
connection must ba made and is on lev
el with the sewer pipe. The situation pre-
seuted is that to enter the sewer the water
main must be raised. Engineer Hatton.
of the S rect and Sewer Department con-
forred will tho water commissioners AMI
stated that II tho main was raised five
inches connection can bo made with the
sewos. Engineer Bond Of the Water De-
partmsnt was instructed to look into the
matler and was given power to net
On motion of Mr. Belts, Engineer Bond
was instructed to advertise for proposals
for bricks for lining the water tower in
Rockford Park. About 5000 bricks will
bs:rquired. Tho stairway will be lined
with vtrifled or glazed bricks.
Mr. Bolts said Superintendent Vande-
grlft Of the City Railway Company, had
spoken to him about the oompany's desire
to lay double tracks Oh East Fourth street
aud across Market street. No action will
DO taken until a written communication Is
received from the company. Electrolysis
/. Is still on the commissioners minds. Their
bill for damages has received no attention
from tho railway company.
Registrar Groho reported thatfe'inquent
waters renters ave paying up. About 81.
900, 600 gallons of water were pumped last
week. Tho balance in bank Is $94, ,e6S "a.
The weekly y--oll of 1885. 10 was passed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
Addressed Pattcrnmakc.s

Taylor Healu Of Fhl!adolphin II business
agent of the PatternmaEers' Association
OF North America, addlcssed about forty
pntternInakers employed In Wilmington
shops, at the Labor Lcague headquarters
last night. "Unon," 'Organizatlcn'
Mr.. Taylor outlined he objects OF the ass
sociation, which he said pays SICK
md death benefits and insurcs the tools or
the men against loss by fire. No action
was taken toward organization last ni2h5
and another meotng Is TO be held III the
near future
The subject was broachel Of whether
tho local patternmakers should affiliate
with tho Philadelphia union and cnJ y
the benefits of that organization or should
form di,tinctiy cl Dr"ncb. There
seemed to Ee t. difference Of opinion ana ns
1t was stated that tho meeting was only
preliminary deiluite action waspostpohed'
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13

Washing on, Sep 12.-The Great Coup-
Gil Of the United Order of Red Men Of the
United States met at The Ebbitt House in
this city today. There are about $50 dole
gates in attendance and probably 500 other
members of the order are in the city as Wis.
itors. A formal address of welcome was
delivered by +. G, Barnkossell, great
sachem of Washington and the response
was made by Great 1ncohonee George K.
Green of Binghamton, N Y.
Mr.. Green also delivered his 9nual ad-
dress or 'long talk. which consisted prin-
cipalIy of a statement of the present con-
dition of the orler and the relation it sus-
tains to tho National Government. Tho
total mem ber,hip, counting the auxiliary
societies, said Mr. Green. is 100000. who
are pled ged to the full support of the Gov
ernment. The speaker traced tho progress
of the war with Spain and noted the
changes made in the map of the world.
Referring to the war In the Philippines
he said
"When he Filipino demonstrate ability
and capacity to rulo rightly, and to be toll
Grant, substituting liberty and justice for
the worst forms of slavery and savlgery, it
is hen time to permit republican form
of self government Until then tha
bounden duty of tho United States of
America, toitself aud the whole civilized
world, j. to .ubdls rebellion by peaceful
means, il consistently possible, but by he
terrible results Of oxterminating war If
need to, and suppant disorder and chaos
with good order and modern civilization
The receipts of the order for the past
year wero sl,4s7.405 and disLur omonts
s55s Go5. OF which s454,0Ol ws, for relief
aud the remainder for funerals. ~:sassA
Maryland Rod Men attending tho coun-
Gil arc Mossri. James u. Anderson, Jacob
N. Deehay. William A. Hlrvey, ST.,
James c. Littleton. John w. Lounden-
Slayer and Past Sachem Walter II. Rogers,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13

RI Atlantic city, Nd. r
Pacific Avenue between Arkansas anu MIS-;
souri. One block from Heading depot and :
minutes walk from the beach. Ivy airy rooms
II cottat e rates L. ". X. BROWN, Prop.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13

Tha sugar t:llst had big fight or hand
Monday in tine stock market with the in-
depen dent rctineries who have refused to
ioin the ,ru It. What tho ont come Will be
ia uncertain, but the chances are in favor
of the trust winning, and the result VIII
bs higher prices for sugar.
The Standard Oil Company seems to DO
accomplishing is obj ct in raising the
prio. of oil. Yesterday 1t was quoted ut lo
cents a gallon, Wholesale in PhiIauelphia
and our merchants last week were solling
it at Z c,nts here.
Ii the pgiccs Of articles CT nece ssity con-
tinus to advance as they have been lately
w,grs should OF necessity be raised also
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
OCEAN GROVE, NJ.

II Ocean 9 rove MI.
Near Ocean remodeled and improved;.
a. l.. WILCOX.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-09-13
B, & o. New Cars

Within the past month the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad has placed several Or
ders for new freight equipment to meet
t,ee ccssjv. demand for cars Tho South
Baltimore Car Works are builllng l,s)o
Baltimore and Ohio standard box cars
with all modern improvements. Ihe
American Car and foundry Company has
an order for i20 refrigerator cars, anu ten
improved hor cars have also bocn order
ed, The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has
only received 1000 OF tho COCO Sctoen
steel cars ordered soio time ago ana wneh
the remaining 1000 arc delivered will have
&, $50 cars to add to tho 1910 now IN use.
The Bal moro aud Ohio is now handling
more loaded cars daily than ever before III
It's his tory