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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
All o'clock p. m.
40 Head of Horses:

10 head OF Mules. In this lot is a car load Of
the boss horses over bren shipped from North
west Missouri. There are Blacks that cannot
be beat for size and quality. Also lot from
Of good second hand horses, 2pair Of second.
hand mules. and pairs Of fresh mules.
Nos aud 2-Pair Of black horses, weigh 200
pounds. 8 and Q years old, 80 hands high, ono Of
sound and extra good workers. well broken,
single and double.
Nos. 8 and pair Of black horses. years old,
l81f hands high, weigh 8ll POUNDS, lets of bone
bought In the west. we'll broken, single Or
double, and are cracking good team.
Nos s and 6'-Pair Of gray mares . years OLD
weigh 2sio pounds, l6 hands high, thtsis an ex,
an extra good team. well broken, singh. or
double one Of the best teams we ever looked at
No. Ozark gray horse. weighs l4G0 pounds,
6 years old, 1917 hands high, well broken single
or double an extra good horse will make =
good shafter, or suitable for any kind Of heavy
work.
No. Slight gray horse, 8 years old, lo'a
hands nigh, wei CHS 1870 pounds will mate with
No. 0 Dark gray horse, 5 years, old, lss4
hands high, weighs 1870 pounds, we'll broken,
single and double and as nns as silk.
No. l0-Brown horse, weighs l57O pounds
well broken. single or double.
No. II Jet black horse, years old. 10 hands
high, weighs 1850 pounds, great actor, wen
broken single or double, fearless Of all objects
will make . nice family or hearse horse.
No. l2-Brown mare, with foal. Q years old,
weighs 1850 pounds. 10 hands high, will make
an extra good farm mare, well broken, single
or double.
The others are good work and driv ing horses
Every horse to be as represented or no sale.
Sale positive rain or shine. Second hand horses
taken in exchange.
Tsrms-A credit Of 90 days will bs given on
purch aser giving o bankable note with An APP
proved endurssr. interest added.
JESTER & MCDANIEL.
L.W. stidnam & Son, Auctioneer.
3. q. Brown, Clerk. mls
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
THE GREAT BoMBARDMENT.
A Constant Rain OF Missiles Upon the
Worlds Atmosphere.

Constant Rain OF MISSILES upon th0
Worlds Atmosphere.
The regions of space beyond our planet
are filed with flying fragments Some
meet the earth In its onward rush; others,
having attained inGonceivable velocity,
oyertake and crash into the whirling
sphere with loud detonation and Cminous
glare, finding destruction in its molecular
armor or perhaps ricochetting from 1t
again into the unknown. Some come SIN
gly, vagrant fragments from the inflnity
of space; others fall in showers like golden
rain, all constituting a bombardment
appalling in It's magnitude.
It has been estimated that every "a
hours the earth or its atmosphere is struck
by 400, 900, 900 missiles Of iron or stone,
ranging from an ounce up to tons in
weight. Every month there rushes upon
the flying globe at least $4,000, 600, 900
iron and stone fragments, which, with
lurid accompaniment, crash into the cir
cuInambient atmosphere.
Owing to the resistance offered by the
air few Of these solid shots strike the
earth. They move out Of space with pos
sible velocity of 80 or 40 miles per second,
and, like moths, plunge into the revolving
globe, lured to their destruction by Its
fatal attraction. The moment they enter
our atmosphere they ignite, the air Is
piled up and compressed ahead of them
with Uncomfortable force, the resultant
friction producing an immediate rise in
temperature, and the shooting star, the
meteor of popular parlance, is the result.
&C. F. Holder in Popular Science
Monthly .'r''
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
The MaddinE Crowd.

"Stupendous union stations" says q
correspondent of the Boston Transcript,
."aro great disadvantage to the subur-
banites, who may make no use Of the III
ion feature and yet constitute 80 per cent.
l suppose, of the traffic Here is another
point: The scattered stations make 1t pos
sible for persons to select suburban homes
on lines of railroads that tap the city near
their place Of business. This distributes
the congestion of great city. l have
never understood why people do things to
make the biggest crowds possible when
there is nothing more disagreeable than
being crowded
"Theaters should distribute their time
of beginning over the widest range posi-
bic, so the cars would not be oyercrowded
to death one-half hour and empty the rest
of the time. Noon hours in business cs-
Establishments should be SO distributed a. TO
make luncheon rooms habitable. need
not elaborate. Our whole drift of modern
life is toward such degree Of uniformity
in everything as to crowd everything and
leave great blank spaces Of time and OPP
portunity."
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

The celibacy Of Hannah More, the Eng
lish writer, which gave her SO much time
to bend the powers Of her mind to the in
terests of humanity, has always been a
subject of surprise and discussion. A
writer relates this circumstance: "she
was early engaged to DO married to gen
tleman Of family and fortune. The we'd
ding day was fixed. The bride and her
party moved off gayly to the church where
the ceremony was to be performed, only
to find that the lover was not there. THE
laggard comes late, thought the attend
ants They miscalculated; he came not
Mt all. A horseman rode up to the church
door and handed letter to Miss More.
With melancholy apologies the faithless
swain told her that he could not take the
responsibility Of making her his bride.
At the Same time he offered any pecuniary
remuneration In his power.
whether the lady tainted or only
pouted Is not mentioned, but her relatives
followed the business up with such
promptness and spirit that the bastard
In love- made settlement upon the
sighted lady for f40O o year for life. -
Exchange
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
MONDAY. MARCH 9th, 1909.
At IL o'clock M,

6head Of horses and mules.
No billy, stylish black horse, coming
years old, q good worker Or driver
No. 2-Sadie, bay mare, coming 10 years old
good worker aud q steady driver, for family
use can be driven by ladies'
No. 3-Nancy, sorrel mare, coming years
old, good worker.
No. a-Polly, sorrel mare, u years old, good
worker or driver, good walker when WORKING
No. 5-Blarch, black mare, coming years
old, good worker or driver.
No 81 ..pod mule.
good mitch COWS, all home raised, some
fresh and others close sprngers. hrfffS,
stock bull lG shoats, brood sows, boa', ~
pair OF chickens.
Farming Implemrnts-2 farm wagons, side
door milk wagon. good as new. Bedford and
Huffman grain drill, Eavens corn planter, hay
trdder, nearly new, land roller. moving ma
chine 2 suIlfey cultlvators, grain fan, Ohio
cutting box, No. H. endless chain Al horse
power, 2 syracuse plows, lOtuolh harrow,
i2tooth Thomas smoothing harrow, Acme liar
ow, Disc harrow, set platform scales, VIII
weigh lODO pounds. GRIND stone, seed sewers:
crosscut saws, hay fork and blocks, set OF
stage harne ~, 4 sets rope harness, set heavy
carriage harness, collars, brides, haters, shoves
hoes, Soy thes double and single trees, lot COW
chains lot empty cider barrels, grain bags and
many other articles too tedious to men tion.
tor, new last spring, III perfect order parrei
churn, will churn 60 lbs. Reid butter worker,
butter tub with ice cooler, DquArt milk
cans, cream cans, one twelve FOOT extension
table. bed stead, bed spring chairs, room stove
and other thing. One halfinterest of u acres
Of wheat in the ground
Terms-All sums OF s26 and under cash over
that amount a credit Of 7months will be given
by purchaser giving bankable note with ap,
proved endorser, interest from day Of sale
per cent discount for cash on all credit sums.
l.. W. etidham & Son, Auo III
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
WENT OUT BETWEEN ACTa
And When He Came Dack He Got
atartliu9 AurpriaQ.

And When He Came Dack He Got
Startling Surprise.
1t did not take place in the city Of Wash
ington, because no man In Washington
leaves lady alone while he goes out be-
tween the acts at theater-unless 1t be
his wife, and Of course that doesn't count.
But 1t did occur, and the site of Its occur
renee is not west Of the Alleghanies,
WHERE according to some eastern think
ers, all the peculiar occurrences occur
The man In the case was perhaps 80, the
girl az, and the theater was one in which
the melodrama has its home. The girl
was pretty and there was that kind OF a
jaw hedging the lower part of her rosy
checks that ought to have been a hint to
the young man. The young man was a
very fair sample of the average chap who
makes 81, 300 to q, 500 year.
Between them and the aisle sat big
man of 30 and his wife and two daugh-
tors and the big man had q voice bigger
than he was When the curtain went down
on the first act, there was slight scrap
between the couple, which ended in the
young man not going out between tho
first and second acts, because the wait was
short and he hadn't time to argue. The
girls cheeks were redder than before
whom the curtain went up and the set Of
her jaw was flrmer.
At the next fail Of the curtain there was
q slight scrap again, which ended this
time In the young man dragging himself
over four people and leaving the girl to sit
alone until he was ready to come back to
her Two minutes later the girl dragged
herself after him over the same four peo-
pie, but she stopped in the aisle long
enough to say something to the big man
with the two daughters. Then she disap-
peared. 1t was long wait, and just IS
the curtain started up the young man
hurried down the aisle and was about to
drag himself over the four people when
the big man called his attention to the va.
canoy which had occurred during his alb
sence. The young mans jaw dropped,
and he actually grew red in the face. The
big man handed him ring with bright
little diamond glistsning in It.
"She gave me that and told me to give
It to you," he said with a menace in his
tone as he looked over at his own girls,
land she said If you ever came to her
house again or spoke to her her father
would thrash you as you deserved. Inc
young man was paralyzed.
"And want to say" added the big
man, THAT If the old man amt able to do
1t he can call on me.
Then he let the young man go, and the
way he went WAS caution to flying ma
chine. 1t was clear case of ships that
pass in the night, but with just little
more interesting cargoes than usual
Washington Star.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
Erie Medical Co., Buffalo, MY.
FOR SALE.

CCR SALE-TEN r. /. P. A. N. 8. FORj
r cents W druggists. Ono gives selief.
A22.lyrd
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

M Office TO THE TAX PAYERS OF MILL
dler's store Hockessin, February ~ "a; March
1927; at Stanton, March 20, for the purpose OF
receiving taxes, between the hours Of l6a. III.
and B p. III. five per cent will DO added after
April LIST. HARVEY Il. BALDWIN,
fllBw Collector.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

TWO PEA ROOTS SHOWING TUBERcLEs
duced by micro organisms closely re-
lated to the bacteria. They make their
entrance from the soil through the ten
der cell walls of the younger portions Of
the roots and induce cell growth in
the region of the invasion that results
in a tubercle.
In some unknown way the tnbercle
germs are able to lay hold of and adapt
the free nitrogen for the use Of the
plant that is bearing the gals. To a
certain extent the number and size Of
the gals may be taken as an index Of
the success of the plant.
There is marked difference between
the gals upon the roots Of leguminous
plants; for example. those Of the pea
are quite unlike those of the bean.
This Is brought out in the cuts, made
from sun prints of the roots and their
gals. From the great difference in size,
shape and distribution, one might easily
think that the gals were caused by dis
tinct kinds of germs, but there is no
marked distinction in the micro organ
iems when studied with the microscope.
1t is true that germ that has grown
upon certain crop plant is more at
home upon that kind Of host. In other
words soil extract from an old pea field
will produce gals upon the pea roots in
new land better than upon clover or
any other crop.
The foregoing illustrated talk upon
root tubercles, originally given in The
Rural New Yorker by Professor B. D.
Halsted, leads that gentleman to fur
ther word upon soil incubation, as fol-
lows:
The study Of the tubercle germs has
gone so far that now they are isolated
and sold in the market under the trade
name Of "Nitragin" This is "start-
er" in land when the germs are not
present. Very good results have come
from the use Of this germ fertilizer. A
small bottle of it is enough to make
difference Of tons Of yield in certain
crops. as shown by experiment at the
Alabama station with crimson clover
and hairy vetch. OF course, soil that
contains the germs may be used in the
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

NATURALIZATION
IN Wilmington, DEL, February %, 1890
: The annual meeting Of the Wilmington Coal
Gas Company for the election Of directors to
serve the ensuing year, will be hold at the office
Of the company, on Monday, March from to
6p.m. WILLIAM p. TAYLOR,
f2Sbt Secretary.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
zsalkaR;a,
AeARN~ cAROEN
WSSE
ROOT TUBERCLEs.
Differences In the Calls Upon Pea
and Wax Bean Roots.

Differences In the Calls Upon Pea
and Wax Bean Roots.
The whole subject of root tubercles is
q comparatively new one, and there Is
much to be found out about it. 1t, how
ever, seems settled that close relation
ship exists between the taking up Of
the free nitrogen by plants and the
presence of gals upon their roots. The
majority of plants do not have such
root tubercles, as, for example, the CO.
reals, potatoes and the like, while clo-
vers and cloverlike plants are generally
gall bearing where the circumstances
IRE favorab for their formation. When
soil is rich in combined nitrogen, the
tubcrcles are less liable to form than
when the soil is poor in such substances.
The host plant needs to be ''hungry'
for nitrogen for the full development
Of the tubercles These gals are pro-
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

L'oH RENT--STABlE 9Th AND MORROW
Il streets. Apply to James +. Sutton. 1909
Went 8th street. fleod-t
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
Crude Mnthe mi tics.

An illustration Of the mathematical
powers Of the savage is given by the Rev.
A. Z. Hunt in an account of the native
arithmetic Of Murray islands, Torres
straits. "Nctat" (one) and "neis' (two)
are the only numerals, higher numbers
having been described by combinations Of
these-as 'neis netat' for three, "neis-i.
neis" for four, etc--or by reference to ono
of the fingers, elbows or other parts of the
body. A total Of 81 could be counted
by the latter method. Beyond this all
numbers were many" as this was the
limit reached in counting before the in
PRODUCTION of English numerals, now in
general use in the islands.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
Killed by q Poem.

An author. having waited in vain for a
check for an accepted poem, wrote the cdi-
tor mildly inquiring about 1t. The editor
replied:
DEAR sIR-The magazine is dead. It could
not stand everything. 1t passed peacefully
away, with your poem on the front page. The
sheriff, who is man Of some literary ability.
IL now writing its obituary. The blow Ia a sad
Que, but we hope to get damages out Of you.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

English bred kangaroos may now be
hunted in the wilds near London. The
original parents escaped from private
park to Leith Hill common IA years ago
and have been breeding since in wild
state without hindrance. So far they have
withstood the British climate.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

Schedule in effect November 20. i'm
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70 NEW f:sE0 os'RiLgANs AND u, NEMsHls ~
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IIEAVE PH1LADEL PHIA FOR VIII
10, sioS. il. 50 an; s122O. 'i.a7. 400. IN.
10, $50 500 laIi Pullman carsl. So.
days. 'ss5, 800, 400, ilso a.; M; I'm
es cars 50. .7S. 'ss5 1853 p y.
Delmarvia Telephone, No. 19S
Rates to Western points lower than w
UN EsR,y.s Man Of P p p sA Taa,
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ROBBED THE GRAVE.

A startling incident. Of which Mr.. John
Oliver of Philadelphia. was the subject,
is narrated by him as follows: II was in a
most dreadful condition. My skin was al
most yellow, eyes sunken, tongue coated,
pain continually in back and sides, no ap-
petite-gradually growing weaker day by
day. Three physicians had given Inc up.
Fortunately, o friend advised trying 'E'ec
prize, the first bottles made decided i'm.
provement. l continued their use for three
weeks, and am now well man. know
they saved my life. and robbed the grave Of
another victim" No ore should fail 10 try
them Only 80 cents, guaranteed, at N. B.
Danforth's Drug Store.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

U'OR SALE-GOOD HOUSE sPLENDIDLY
II located on west side front and side yards,
terracad and fenced, shade trees, convenient
to Eighth street cars reasonable terms. Adj
dress W W W thisoffice. ml5t3
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
TIE Daily Republican ia
read by more people than any
other paper in Delaware ex-
cepting none.
Location, Quality
and Finish

considered, these houses arc not dupics
ted IN Wilmington for the money.
DON'T BUY a HOUSE UNTIL YOU HAVE
slDi, BETWEEN 2st and 22d sTkEETs.
Three story, colonial design, porch
fronts reception halls, hardwood finish, tiled
vestibules, tiled bathrooms, open fire paoos,
tiled hrsrths modern sanitary Plumbing
throughout Electric Rs4 lighting electric bells
bed chambers large and rooIny, Front and siae
lawns For price and terms spply TO
~ N, 4. HAWKINS, manager,
7i2 rlarket Street.
onD. 4
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

ented cellars. hard wood mantes, -wardrobes'
etc. For sale cheap and on easy terms. APP
ply P. A Horty, 10th and Market streets.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
A Sure Cure.

Doctor" said he, "I'm victim Of IN
somnia can't sleep II there's the least
noisc-such as cat on the back fence, Tor
instance"
"This powder will be effective" replied
the physician after compromising q pre-.
scription.
"When do take 1t, doctor?"
"You don't take 1t; give 1t to the cat in
little milk. "-ESchange.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
IsThis True7

David A. Mcclure at Fifth and King strnet,
has the best and cheapest fish in the city, also
the incest oysters. That IL what every one
says who trys them. David A. Mcclure, Fifth
and King strests. Delmarvia phone Jl'
Goods delivered
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

L'oR SALE-FINE STOCK FARM. 1850
L acres rolling land, well watercd; excel
lent buildings; splendid country home, six
miles from Wilmington on the B. & D. \. R. at
Mt Cuba. Otley Vernon. fT.3tt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02

W. NJ. Field is allowing new tenants to
occupy his houses on Riddle avenue rent
free until the Goth Of March, so that they
may avoid the rush OF moving day. On.
ly q few houses remain ut sig 80 per
month.
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WHAT is SHILOH!

grand old remedy fo- Cough, Colds and
Consumption used through the worli for half
u century, has cured innumcrable cases Of in.
cipienv consumption and relieved many in ad-
vanctd stages, IL you are not satisfied with
thu results we will refund your monsy Price
2jc, 5Oc and ST.
sold by N B. Danlorth Second and Market
streets
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YOUTRY IT.

II Hhiloh's Cough and Consumption Cure
which Ia sold for the small price OF 25c.. ~
md 81, does not cure take the bottle back and
we will efund your money. sold for over %
years ON Ills guaranteed Price 20 and 50 cts.
Sold by =. B. Danforth, Second and Market
atreeta
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-02
PRINTERS ODD TOOLS.
Some Appliances which Our Great
Grandfather Used.

Grandfather Used.
Once in awhile one hears a reference 10
the sheepskin mixing balls with which our
great ndfathers In the printing trade
used to ink their forms. This Is about the
only old tool Of the trade now in disuso
with which the printers of today are ia.
miliar. There are Others which were more
or less used at various times that have
dropped out and been forgotten. A couple
of these have come to light through an old
catalogue that has fallen into the writer's
hands. Ono was short wooden galley,
open at one side and having clamps below,
by means of which it might be attached to
the boxes of the upper case. Thus sup
ported it was three or four inches above
the surface of the boxes leaving room for
the compositor to reach tho type without
disturbing the galley. This form Of galley
was probably brought into use about the
time that printers discovered 1t to be
nuisance to carry the galley on the cap
case. The old plan was to lay the Gaps and
small caps in the four upper rows of the
cap case and then to rest the galley across
the three lower rows, into which there was
seldom necessity for the compostor's hand
to travel. While the propped up galley was
undoubtedly better than the galley laid
across the cap case, the plan Of placing the
galley on disused case or on bank rem
dered 1t useless.
A universal stereotype block was ut ono
time in use, being made with grooves that
ran santendicularly, or an angle of about
As degrees to the base and side Of the
block. The block was clamped in the
grooves and was readily brought to any
position. Such block answered very we'll
on hand presses but when steam cylinder
presses came into use 1t proved too unre-
liable, allowing the pages to slip, and so 1t
was discarded.
The shsepsfoot is tool unknown In
many modern pressrooms, and In another
generation we may expect that the shoot
ing stick will also have disappeared. 9th
er tools, though altered and improved in
various ways, seem mostly to hold their
own in spite Of the many additions being
made to the list. Printer and Bookmaker.