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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

A fire at the Bellevue quarries de-
stroyed the enginehouse and extensively,
damaged two engines. The origin of
the fire is unknown, but it is reported
that watchman was discharged, which
may have been on account of alleged
Negligence
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

In the United States Court yesterday
morning, on motion of District Attor-
ney Vandegrift, Alfred F. Polk of
Georgetown was admitted to practice
in the United States Courts for this
district. On motion of Anthony Hig-
gins, Robert HI. Richards Of this city,
formerly Of Georgetown, was also adj
mitted to practice before the United
States Courts.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

Associated Press Dispatch by Special Wires.
Harrisburg, Pa. April 5.-The ballot,
s todS as ef o HHd oS sstes sS SonEs
Huff, SO; total, gil; necessary to q
choice, 1o6; paired or not voting, AZ.
The anti-Quayites voted for Huff.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

WANTED - REPRESENTATIVES
Wv in every town OF the Peninsula, to repre-
sent the Purchasers Union. Members can pur-
CHASE everything ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS prices Five
memberships for Sl.00 each will be sold to nrst
1--WE applicants in each town. Address
DELAWARE BRANCH,
apr, 1890 Cos Market Get Wilmington, Del.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06
Elfense AnnIlfatIuns.

NOTICE-l, CALVIN p. STIDIlAM,
In the tenant and occupant OF .he house situ-
ated at Odessa, in School district No. 81, st
Georges hundred county Of New Castle ana
State OF Delaware, in compliance with tho
requirements OF the acts of the General
Assembly in such case made and provided, do
h9rcby give notice that shall apply in writing
to the Court Of General Sessions OF the State Of
Delas aro,in and for New Castle county on MON
DAY, the 18th day Of May. A. D. 1899, being
the next term Of said court for license for said
horse es an INN or tavern, for the sale therein
of intoxicating liquors In less quantities than
one quart, to be drunk on the promises, and the
following respectable citizens OF said School dis
trict at least six OF whom are suDstan dial free
holders Of said Schoo! district, recommend the
said application viz:
William d. Tucker, f. II. Davis,
John BingneRr, C. w. Lloyd,
L, Glch, j. DuRgan,
Alfred Stephens, William johnson,
Chas. T. johnson, Edward f. Dulin,
John i. Maui, Herman KumpeL
John West, ...-.5
apr4-sts CALVIN T. sTIDHAM.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1899-04-06

NOTICE-I,FREDU A. STU
In the occupant OF the house known as Farmers
and Drovers Hotel, situated at Newport, bet,
in School districts Nos. "a and g7, in Chris
tana hundred, county OF New Castle and
State OF Delaware, in compliance with the re-
quirements OF the acts Of the General Assembly
In such case made ard provided, do here
by give notice that | shall apply in writ.
ing to the Court of General Sessions of
the State OF Delaware, in and for New Castls
county, on MONDAY. the 10Th day OF May.
A. D., 1899. being the next term Of said court for
license for said house as an inn or tavern, for
the sale therein of intoxicating liquors in less
quantities than one quart, TO be drunk on the
premises, and the following respectable cit-
zens Of said school districts at least elk of whom
are substantial freeholders OF said School dis
tiicts. recommend the said application, viz:
Hugh NJ. Garrett, George p. Frederick,
William Bocksom, Vim. Lewis Duff,
Samuel Killgore, Thomas P. Lyman,
John W. 6nitcher, ]. Harry Lowe,
John W. Phillips, VIM. H. Lyman,
Joseph l. Barrstt, James =. Eastburn.
VIM. II. Crawford,
apr6,1 3,202 FREDUS A, STUEGEOE.
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FREpus A. STURGEON.
NToTIoE - TO THE HONORABLE

~
IN Judges of the Courtof General Sessions Of the
State OF Delaware, in and for New Castle county.
We, the undersigned, respectable citizens and
substantial freeholders OF the Seventh ward
Of the city OF Wilmington, do hereby certify
that Dennis Dougherty, the owner and occupant
Of the store situated at southeast corner OF scott
street and Lowering avenue, in the Seventh ward,
city, county and State Aforesaid, and described
in his application, and who Is an appli-
cant for license on MONDAY, the 18th day OF
May, A. D., 1899. being the next term Of
said court, for the sale Of Intoxicating liquors
in quantities not less than one-haf gallon
being licensed retailer Of goods. wares aud
merchandise, the aggregate cost value Of his
stock constantly kept on hand for sale is not
less than five hundred dollars: he Is man OF
tull age, Of sobriety and good moral character,
that such sale OF Intoxicating liquors at said
place is necessary TO accommodate the public:
that he is the owner OF said house, and
the following respectable citizens of said
ward, at least twelve of whom are substantial
freeholders OF said ward, recommend the said
application, viz:
Cornelius P.McIaughlin Hamilton Stewart
James McYey, Edw. X. Davis,
Frank p. Rose, John Burns,
Spotswood Garland, Edward Doueherty,
DR.. Fl. G. Moore, Frank Jcandell,
Edw. j. Gittigen, Robert Reed,
John O'Connor, Patrick Desmond,
Frank Vausapt, Adrian HUGHES,
Michael Donohue, John j. Burke,
Geo. II. Hose, John Baxter.
VIM. A. Bacon, Chas. w. Horn,
Oswald Untz, Patrick O'conner,
John Tammany, John s. Dorsey,
John Hartmann, Cyrus Gron,
maraoi aprJ,la DENNIS poUGHkRrY.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

suspicion, and forty-nine out of every
fifty pedestrians will regard me as a
liar. No tramp wants work. He wants
no worries. He doesn't want to bother
with hair cuts or bath tubs. If let
alone he'll slide along in his own fash
ion and have pretty good time of it
and envy no other class. If you've got
dime you can spare without imperil-
ing your cash capital I'll be glad OF it
| wouldn't refuse an overeoat or a pair
of shoes you've thrown aside, but don't
try the philanthropy racket on me. 1t
Injuries my feelings and shortens my
life. I'm not wanting to be an alder
man, a mayor or governor. There 4
be too much to worry over. If l could
be rich and still hang to the profession
it might not be so bad, but | amt los
ing any sleep over what's to happen in
the future. Next week l shall start
out on my annual tour of North Amer
lea, which includes the Red River
country of Canada, and after making
the circuit l shall take in Cuba, Porto
Rico and the Philippines. The expan-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

and in no case will | get back my
money. In almost every case a woman
has rushed in here with her hair flying
and her tears falling and put down
her ring as the last pawnable article
she had. I'll let you have any one of
EN- for 25 cents less than my advance
and the interest. The wedding ring
business is a little scheme. / know
several women who play it for profit.
Let a woman start out to sell her
wedding ring from store to store and
she wouldn't be offered a dollar for it,
but because a pawnbroker won't offer
her more than what he'll be able to
get out of it, she must rush out and
fling herself under the car wheels.
Say now, did you know that the
majority of people are tickled to death
when they can get the best Of a pawn
broker, and that he is taken in and
done for every week in the year?
There's a fur cape up there on which
/ advanced $40. A woman came in
here crying, and told me she must
pawn it to get shoes and stockings for
the children. | stretched point when
| advanced $40, and | didn't examine
it as closely as I should Later on,
when her fearful face had departed, /
Overhauled the cape to find it moth
eaten in three or four places. and I'll
never be able to get over So for it.
The tale of the bare-footed children
took me in, but then / get no credit for
my feelings few weeks ago one of
the papers had an item about a poor
woman who went out to pawn her
baby's shoes to get bread, but every
pawnbrOkcr turned her away. Could
she have sold them to a grocer or a
butcher? Would any pedestrian have
given her a quarter for a pair Of old
shoes with toes kicked out? When
peoples babies want shoes they 20 to
a shoe store and buy new ones, instead
Of coming to me and asking for second
hand goods.
I've got a marble heart. have I?
Well, there are six clocks over there
for you to pick from, and any one Of
EN- is yours for a dollar less than nv
charges When | come to sell them at
auction they must go for whatever is
bid. The newspapers get up a sad and
beautiful story about the man out of
work who came home one evening af-
ter vain hunt and missed the tick
tack Of his clock. 1t had gone to the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
A TRAMP'S PHILOSOPHY.
His Experiences With Philanthropists Not
Beneficial.

"Oh, yes, there are philanthropists
located here and there about the coun-
try said the tramp as he munched
away at a very shabby-looking sand
witch, and some of 'em have been
good enough to experiment on me. I'm
willing to admit that a philanthropist
is an ornament to society and a shin
ing mark, but he don't seem to get
things down pat as far as my profess
sion goes. In seeking to benefit he
Injuries. His ideas are all right in
theory, but when it comes down to
practice they don't pan out.
Il am smiling as | remember a wo-
man philanthropist in Chicago" con-
tinued the man as he munched away.
Il was in rags and hadn't nickel in
my clothes, but had only to work the
street for an hour to get an old coat or
pair of trousers and money enough for
a bite to eat and lodgings. Rags are
so much capital to a tramp. This fe-
male phllanthrOplSt wanted TO expert
ment, and what did she do but send me
to barber shop to get a bath, hair
cut and a shave, and then buy me SIS
suit of clothes, hand me S. in cash and
send me off with her blessing. She
fondly imagined that I'd be a bank
clerk in less than twenty-four hours,
and that l wouldn't quit climbing till
l had been elected governor of Illinois.
I knew she was doing me an injury, but
she was so enthusiastic over it that |
hated to choke her off l couldn't be
tramp with a good suit Of clothes on
my back and money in my pocket.
had to go looking for work, along with
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
TURNING THE FIRST SHOVEL
Full"

Being sent to deliver a peck of pota-
ties, a grocer's boy consumes Is min
utes looking through a knot-hoie at a
game of base ball, 10 minutes more in
speeding the cellar for new house; s
minutes in jaWing with a messenger
boy who says he can lick him; min
utes in looking into a show window
and minutes further in following up
an ambulance. How much time was
lost in all, and how long would it have
taken him to deliver two pecks?
A boy has 20 feet to go to reach a
fence, while a goat has AZ feet to go to
reach boy. The goat moves one-third
faster than the boy, and both put in
their best licks. By how many inches
did the goat miss the target, and how
long did the boy sit on the fence max
Tag up faces at him?
William has a top worth . cents; 4
hunk of putty worth / cent;a novel
worth cents and a door knob worth
cents. He trades them al, with
James for a roller skate worth 4 cents
and a fish line worth 2 cents. Did he
gain or lose, and how much?
A fire engine which has 20 miles to
go moves at the rate of 20 miles ut
hour. When it reaches the scene of
the confagration it finds that 4 10y
who started rods behind it got thirea
10 rods ahead of it. What was The
boys rate of speed per hour, and hkw
|fast would he move if sent on an r.
rand by his mother?
Sopvrisht, 1873 by John Brishen Wall }
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

Bimeby somebody would stir EN- up
agin, and we'd git together to make a
beginnin'. When things was purity
near fixed Tom Lee would suddenly re-
member sunthin' and git up and say:
I'm no hand to brag. as yo' all
know, but I've got a mewl out yere who
kin outrun anything on this road fur
money
That would bust the church bizness
agin," explained the host. Wed drap
the church fur mewl race, and NAB
be it would be year befo' it come up
agin."
But how are things now?" asked the
good man.
Wall, we're goin' to hold another
meetin' next week"
And do you think the matter will
go through"
I'm hopin' so, suh-Tm hopin' so,
but it all depends. Well git together
fur a solid talk, and well all agree that
we orter hev a church, and if Old Joe
Keller don't riz up and bluff somebody
to trade hogs, or Tom Mensloe don't
start us off on a bar hunt over the
hills, yo kin sot it down that We'll git
up and hump ourselves, and that the
Lord will smile on our effortsl"
Copyright. 1888 by Tohn Brisben Walker)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
THE NEW ARITHMETIC.

James had five marbles when he went
to bed and his brother John mad three.
When they got up in the morning
James had no marbles at all and Jonn
had eight How did John increase mis-
number?
Allowing that there are "a hours in &
day and that a boy set to beat carpet
gives it four whacks an hour with a
broom-stick, how many days viii it
take him to finish the job?
An express train moves at the rate
OF So miles an hour, and a telegraph
boy at the rate of 20. How much fast
er does the boy move than the train,
and what reward does he gain for
humping himself in that fashion?
A tramp who is moving at the rate
of Il miles an hour has 40 rods the start
of dog moving at the rate of 22 miles
an hour. What distance will be COW
cred before the dog is near enough
to take hold?
There are 2S panes of glass in the
windows of a certain oldmill A boy
twelve years old passes the mill twice
per day on his way to and from school
At the end of ten days how many
panes will be left, and how long Will
the teacher have to lick the boy before
he will own up that he even broke
one?
William is given a cart worth 81 for
birthday present. After sixteen boys
have helped him to play stage" for an
hour the fragments of the cart are
valued at II cents. How much was
lost Or gained?
A cat walking on back fence must
move at the rateof 100 miles an hour
TO escape a cucumber hurled at her by
boy. What fraction of an hour
would be consumed in moving 20 feet?
Henry is sent to the store for a quart
of mOlasses. On his way home 10 diff
ferent boys are allowed to taste of the
contents to make sure that the grocer
didn't put up vinegar instead When
Henry gets the jug back he swings it
around his head to show his muscle,
and the bottom is knocked out against
a lamp-post. How many hours after
the boy reaches home does he get over
aching?
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15

to investigate the tent, but no sooner
was he inside than he came out again.
He stood for a moment as II absent
minded. and then looked around 1or
me. | kept quiet, and a minute later
there was fun on foot. The whisky hdd
gone to the bears head and the drunk
had come. He tried to re-enter the
cook-tent. but missed the door and got
tangled up and thrown down by guy
rope. He rolled clear and got up SLOW
ly and swung his head from side TO slus
He'd never had jag on before, and ne
couldn't make things right He was
about to lie down when yelled at him.
The effect was magical. 1t was like
calling a half-asleep man liar. Eph-
riam sprang up with grOwl and look
ed around. and as | yelled again he
numbered over to a big. stone few
wards away and went for it like ton
of brick. He cuffed and bit and claWed
for five minutes, and then hauled off
and began to walk in a circle. AS he
passed me | hit him with dead
branch and called him all sorts OF
names. and he made a rush to down the
cook-tent. He missed it again and fell
on his nose, and as he staggered up he
had the same idiOtic leer on his lace
carried by a drunken man.
That bear had enough sense left to
know that he was dOwned, and after
making several efforts to brace up he
started for the brush. 1t was no &C,
however. He lurched and staggered
and finally went down with grunt,
and after waiting ten minutes / slip
ped down from my perch to tind him
snoring like a trooper. | had got his
hind legs tied together when some Of
the bows returned to camp, We Ioped
the fore-legs and left the old fellow to
sleep off his drunk. He recovered SUI
ficiently to do a little whining about
midnight, but it was sunrise before
his head was clear and he was asking
himself where he was at. We ment 70
kill him in the end, but the opportunity
to have little fun was too good 10 be
lost. We sat down before him and
called him names and abused his fam
lily for generations past, we blew to-
bacco smoke IN his eyes. and we shoY-
ed the empty whisky key under his
nose; we tickled his ribs and asked
him how he liked it as far as he had
gone. and as he grOwled and groaned
and shed tears we sang songs and
laughed at him. At the end of two
hours, when we thought we had him
in fitting mood, we put an end to his
life. | don't know as he died repent
ant but l have always believed he
called himself a fool to the very last. "
Copyright. 1SJ9, by John Brisben Walker)
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
THE BOOMERS HARD LUCK.
How Things Went Up and Then Came Suddenly Down in the
Good Old Days When Money Was Plenty.

Lord! Lord. but it breaks my heart
to think of 1.-THE era of booms!
sighed the man with a map of Kansas
on his knees. Il hoped this war with
Spain would kick up an excitement IN
real estate and give me another chance,
but nothing great has come OF 1t yet.
We may never see such an era again,
not even if we go TO war with all
Europe.
s'Ah. those five or six years in the
eighties!' continued the man as he
hunted out and marked down three or
four different localities on the map.
Every foot of real estate in the United
States, from the hills or Maine TO the
Swamps OF Florida, was on the boom.
Everybody was crazy to buy real eS-
tate Money was as plenty as chips IN
a wood yard, and the promoter was
bigger man than any state Governor.
Nobody has ever tried to figure Ip the
amount of money sunk in the five or
six years, and none of the victims
would care to see the figures. If
could only have been sent 10 State
prison or lunatic asylum, and locked
up where no one could have got at me
for a year, | could have drawn my
check to-day for a million or so. There
was time to unload and get out from
under, but l didn't have the wisdom
to realize it. Not one man in a thOus-
and did. We hung on till the bottom
dropped out and left us fiat.
The boom began in the south, and
I was early on the ground. Northern
capital was sent down there almost
by the car load to buy iron and coal
and timber lands, and when every
thing of the sort had been picked up,
new towns were laid out and old ones
began to improve. Everybody was a
boomer. There wasn't g. town in the
whole south which didn't awake to it's
natural advantages and begin to eX-
change them for cash. Lord bless you,
but what an awakening there was A
village situated on a creek three feet
deep suddenly discovered that steam
boat line would convert it into a me-
tropolis. A town which had slumbered
for thirty years alongside of a railroad
! track jumped to its feet and began
bowling for three or four more lines
and issued prospectuses which left no
doubt that it would rival Chicago in
side of a year. They are all there to-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
A GRIZZLY BEAR CIRCUS.

There were six hundred of US in
camp in the mountains OF Nevada"
SAID the colonei, ana one day It came
my turn to remain behind as COOK.
We had two tents, and they were
pitched on clearing of about quarter
of an acre. There was just one tree in
this clearing, and the tents were close
to it. Among the provisions we had
brought was five-gallon key of whis-
ky. That stood at the door OF the cook
tent with faucet IN it and kettle to
catch the drip. At three o'clock in the
afternoon l threw aside a book | had
been reading and got up to replenish
the fire. | was no sooner on my feet
than a big grizzly bear broke cover
across the clearing. He had probably
been accommodating the camp Tor some
time, and was puzzled and suspicious
until he saw me rise up. The old fell
low uttered wool and charged right
down on me, and the way | skinned
UP that tree would have made a coot
feel envious. The first limb was about
twenty feet from the ground and as
threw my leg over it old Ephrlam
clawed away at the roots. l was pref
ty badly ratified for the first five min
utes, but by and by | settled down to
watch the circus.
1T didn't take the bear long to fig
ure out that l was beyond his reach,
but he didn't propose to let matters
end there. After a look around he
struck one of his paws against our
sleeping tent, got a good hold with his
claws. and with one pull tore it down.
Then he went in to wreck the town,
and the way he did tear things into
strings and strips made my heart ache.
When he had finished with one he
started in on the other tent, but got
d sniff of whisky and paused to inyes-
tigate. The faucet leaked little, and
there was about half a pint of whisky
in the kettle. Ephraim shifted at this
and pushed out his tongue, and after
a minute decided that he had struck a
good thing. He Tapped up the half
pint and wanted more, and looking
down on him from my perch | hoped
he'd get it. That bear didn't know as
much as an Indian, but he figured out
that the whisky came through the fau-
Get, and with a pat Of his paw he
knocked it loose. There were about
four gallons in the key. The kettle
held four quarts, and the rest went to
waste. The fumes not only tickled the
bear, but he didn't waste any time
getting at something better. Lying
down on his stomach, he thrust his
head forward and scarcely breathed I'M
til he had licked up the last drop.
Il was mighty curious to know how
much whisky big grizzly bear could
stand up under, and I'm not satisfied on
that point yet. Perhaps half the guam
tity would have had the same effect.
After emptyng the kettle he thought
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small circular mirror weighing a frac-

small circular mirror weighing frac-
ton of gram.
When sound, however slight, enters
the resonator or receiver of the instru-
ment, the diaphragm, and consequently
the small mirror. vibrate backward
and forward, and small beam of
light is sent careening about among
the other mirrors and the prisms, and
is made finally to resolve itself into a
series of colored fringes. These fringes
are projected through a series of Sits
in a screen, until by the time the light
reaches the Photographic plate it takes
the form of waving line. This wav-
ing line is projected on a screen by
means of lantern, and may be viewed
if necessary by number of persons
at once.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-01-15
1T WAS TOO BANG UP"

S. when slipped on her finger a dozen
years ago, and that she was offered its
full value as a pledge.
"Oh, yes-oh, yes" continued the
man of pledges as he pointed to the
paper-'it is always some tale about
the pawnbroker's stony heart and I'M
feeling soul, and the general world
has come to believe us monsters in
human form. If those newspaper men
who are so ready to write columns
about the family Bibles and wedding
rings and baby shoes rejected by the
pawnbroker would hear the other side
of the story, they wouldn't waste so
many tears. Wedding rings! Look at
this lot of 'em-over a hundred l
have taken 'em all within two years,