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DEFENSIVE APPLIANCE.

In 1867 the French army of invasion had
Mexico, at the command of our
cabinet, n the Emperor Macmillan
was made a prisoner of war and executed
by the Juarez government. In the harbor
of Vera Cruz the castle of San Juan
dulloa was garrisoned and commanded
by the imperial government. An Ameri-
can gunboat was at anchor in the inner
harbor, moorcd by a haWser to a ring
bolt in the castle. About a quarter or
half a mile farther out lay at anchor the
British frigate Jason. Seeing his govern
ment without a head, and affairs looking
very complicated Gen. Gomez, the COM
mander of the castle, ordered the Ameri-
can gunbOat to leave the harbOr; but frail
as his little command was, the American
commander had received his orders from
his w government to protect his fellow
citizens in Vera Cruz, and he refused to
leave. Tina night the work of mounting
heavy guns upon the inner walls of the
fortress was industriously prosecuted.
Satisfied of the hostile purpose of the
general in the castle, at midnight the
American commander sent a note to the
following purpost to the British captain
of the Jason: They are mounting heavy
guns on the walls of the castle, that will
point directly down upon my decks and
sink my ship, where one hundred and fifty
officers and men are endangered. | shall
run the risk and the anger and be at
my lock-strings at early daybreak.' In
a half hour more the terse and heroic
! answer was returned by the English cap
tain: "a gun fired at one ship Will be re
turned bv both" Behold here the alli-
| ance of kinship and the glorious analogue
of the cry of Tatnall at the Peiho, blood
is thicker than water!" "A gun fired at
, one ship will be answered by both are
! words that should be writ on the flags OIL
both nations for They are the
| words of alliance w England ana
the United States. A defensive alliance is
not entangling, and it may mean much.
or it may mean little, since it is capable OF
indefinite notifications, but "a gun nred
| at one ship must be answered by both Is
the true spirit of a defensive alllahce.
The fact exists, then let it be writ in OH
ciaI language-From paper on England
| and the United States and a Defensive
Alliance" by Rear Admiral Roe, IN sell
Culture for March.
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PEACHES SCARCE.

The outlook for the peach crop seems to
be universally poor thisseason. The recur-
ring billiards and successive periods of
Connecticut. in Michigan and even in
Georgia. Ex-Governor Hale, of Connecti-
cut, who, besides thousands of acres in
his own state, owns immense orchards in
Georgia, informs the department of agri-
culture that he expects peaches from both
states to Wither in the bud. Every peach
in Connecticut is killed, he says, and what
is particularly alarming, even the semi
hardy kinds kept about his home for
shade trees are dead. The pomologists,
however, although they seem united in
predicting a scarcity, do not believe that
the southern plants are dead.
Michigan, of course, shared the hard
est fate. Not only her peach but also her
apple industry will be crushed for the
coming season. The mercury stood below
zero for so many weeks that there is lit
tie hope entertained for any but the more
hardy, and, therefore, less desirable spe-
cies. In many orchards the ground was
frozen to a depth of four feet. A trust
worthy grower in the north of the state
a man in whom the department is accus-
toned to put confidence, writes hat all
his Ben Davis, Baldwin, Early Harvest
and sweet apples are gone. This leaves
the small districts around Niagara Falls
and in Tennessee to supply the market.
1t is unnecessary to state that some OF
the peach-lovers will go hungry, while
those who 10 indulge will pay heavily for
the luxury.
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The correct glove will be the castor If,
gray or tan, specially the gray, and the
correct flower will be an azalea. :
The man who intends to make the best
of a partly new gut can wear a pair of
enamel shoes, of the new, ever shiny
kind, and a pair of castor gloves. These
with a new broad brimmed derby, will
make him very ~presentable.
The dress suit of Easter will show a
new cut in trousers. They will taper to-
ward the ankles and will be rather full
around the hip. in rench fashion. .
This cuff buttons will match the shirt
studs which will be of pearl. The tiniest
white silk bow is again in style.
The new shoes are less pointed than
formerly and are box toed. Very pointed
shoes are selling at bargain prices: and
wise men are buying them, sure they will
come in again.
The long cutaWay is the proper style
for the average mans spring suit-foI
the man who must wear one suit every
day and Sunday. But the very Easter
like chappie will find 2. frock coat for
Easter day and an azalea even though ht
| ma nave to polish his shoes, for lack OF
the fashionable enamel, or may carry
his old winter gloves in his hand
Mems fashions have changed decidedly
for the brighter. Vests are extremely
pronounced, so that now it is the eXcep-
ton to see the a~ii-Of-a-klnd suit. witt
| vest to match.
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vest to match

profits from the licenses of the gam
bling dens, allowed the keepers, mostly
Chinese, to issue porcelain money, re-
deemable at the establishments at face
value Thus this curious coin got it's cur
rency under government sanction, and,
being light and pretty to look upon, be-
came immensely popular"
The fact that millions of counterfeit
coins of the realm, pals or bats, are in
circulation also contributed to the popu-
larity of the porcelain coin, for the
makers of the latter watched over and
guaranteed their ~genuineness. The SIAM
csc pals or bats are silver coins. ranging
in thickness from the size of a bean and
pea to that of smallest shot. Chinese
counterfeiters make pals of hollow lead,
give them a coating OF silver, n 80
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A NEW light.
the luxury

A phenomenon, the cause of which has
not yet been satisfactorily explained, was
described at a recent meeting of the
scientists. Disks Of loaf uga were
mounted on a lathe and rapidly rotated
while a hammer played lightly against
them. An almost continuous radiation Of
light was thus produced from the sugar.
1t was shown that the light did not arise
from heating of the sugar., and it is be-
lieved to be caused by some change TAX
ing place in the sugar crystals. The act
of crystallization is known to be some
times accompanied by flashes of light.
The practical bearing of these expert
ments is on the question of the possibility
Of obtaining artificial light by methods
as yet untried.
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lord of his subjects lives, but is their
direct master in an economical sense as
we'll. 'All Siamese must work for the
king three months out of every twelve"
says Baron Hesse. HE gives and takes
their wealth at will"
Usually he takes, as his civil list of
$40, 600, 900 a year proves. His majesty's
reputation of this porcelain money is
equivalent to canoeing an internal debt
amounting to some $15, O0O, 900.
ITO understand how this money came
to be issued says the baron, lone must
take into consideration certain phases
Of Siamese life. All Siamese are invet-
ate gamblers. Gambling houses flourish
in cities and hamlets, wherever a few
natives live together.
1.-THE government, which derives large
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25

Friends of Minnie Hauck, the Ameri-
can prima donna, once so popular here,
have just received some quaint souve-
Mrs from her in the shape of pieces of
Siamese porcelain money, which her
husband, the famous traveller, Baron
Ernest Won Hesse-Wartegg, has forward
ed from Bangkok.
The money comes in round, square and
octagonal coins. They are enemaled in
many colors. Coin collectors will do
we'll to get all they can at once, for the
king has issued a decree commanding
their seizure and destruction wherever
found. His majesty can do so with inn
punity. for Paramindr Maha Chulalong-
korn is an absolute monarch in the
widest sense Of the word. He is not only
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25

lust about now, and can not get the whole
suit there are suit substitutes which will
do very we'll.
The spring overcoat is left off Easter
Sunday morning if possible. And
there are strange, though we'll authenti-
Gated, whisperings of channels vests
that are worn underneath the real
vest to keep out the chill But gen
orally it is warm enough, and the East
er chappie can leave his light overcoat
at home for an hour while he takes the
midday stroll which is the annual
spring dress parade.
With the oveTcoat off the spring suit
becomes very prominent; and the man
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25

palm them off on the unsuspecting
natives.
The government apparently has done
nothing to rid the country of the leaden
silver coin money, but a~ntagonism to
the Chinese has caused it's warfare on
the porcelain coin which it had passed
in and out of its Golfers heretofore like
white and yellow metal.
This belated discrimination will prob
ably break up the Chinese gambling
houses in Siam. Indeed, Baron Won
Hesse's letter says that a great many
pig-tailed faro dealers decamped upon
the first intimation of the absolute gov
ernment's displeasure. They were shrewd
enough to leave in such a hurry that they
forgot to redeem the porcelain money
they had issued.
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plain color seen Easter. The brown mix
ed suit, the gray with a stripe of blue, and
the tiny black and white check are the
most popular designs.
The young man who is going to walk
down his own Fifth ayenue in very fine
shape can wear a Prince Albert to the
knees, over 4 pair of pale grey trousers,
or he can wear checks or tiny stripes. But
he must not wear plaids or pronounced
colors. With the long Prime Albert moth
ing is allowable except the light refined
colors, unless it be black.
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sort Of reptile, for when ordered by the
sage to suck the wound on the deceased
lady it at once complied, and then died
to save further trouble. Within an hour
it's human victim lar quite recovered,
and went off merrily with her husband
n relatives, none the worse for her lit
tie adventure.
Such was the marvellous treatment"
says the narrator, "of the peasant Moula
Bux, professor of the occult science,
which, with the spread Of the so-called
western civilization, has almost died out
of the land"
What we cannot understand is why
snakes committed more atrocities when
occult science was in it's prime than I'M
der western civilization.
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who is wearing his old suit must depend
upon his vest for elegance. This can be
a lovely shade of old blue with large mall
tese crosses of black literally distributed
over it's surface. This is used a great
deal for vesting, or the vest can be a
plain robins egg blue, OF a larkspur.
Vests are blue, violet, pale brown and
green and are the gaudiest things seen
in many a day.
The correct vest is Gu t double breasted
and rather law. 1t is worn with the coat
thrown open. The tie is a. very small
bow if the vest be cut very low, but if it be
high a small puff tie is worn.
The chappie who goes in for English
negligee wears a fancy vest, a plaid
coat and a big striped tie. No matter
what the pattern SO long as the stripes
are visible. All the new English suit
ings show stripes and plaids; and
coats. vests. ties and even trousers are
made out of them.
There will be few suits of perfectly
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25
q RECKONING FROM HOURS.

Since the beginning Of May a new sys-
TEN of reckoning the hours has been III
force in Belgium. moor being represented
by - and midnight by "a or 0, according
to circumstances. A train starting eX-
actly at midnight is said to leave at 0
hour, and ono arriving at that time is
considered due at "a o'clock. The dials
of existing clocks at railway stations
have been adapted to the new system by
placing the numbers Is to "a under the
1 T., 10
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25
SCHENCK'S SEXUAL THEORY.

It is exported from Vienna that DR..
Schenck, who recently promulgated a
theory about the parental determination
of sex in human heinS2, is to be disci-
pinned by the senate Of Vienna univer-
sity for securing so much newspaper no.
toriety as he did in connection with his
theory.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25

order a suit from head to foot, coat and
trousers alike and vest to harmonize,
then he is ready for Easter Sunday. And
if he be a New York chappie he can prom
enade Fifth avenue at / o'clock with all
the f~ashionables without feeling other
than one Of the elect. But if he is "broke,"
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-03-25
BRITISH SHIPS.

Half of the ships in the world are Brit.
ish. The best of them can be CONCERTED
into ships of val in forty-eight hours. :
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09
The Critical Ares,

At 40 men begin to feel the strain Of
hard work. If they have been careless OF
reckless, they are liable to break down.
Another critical period is go, when those
holding positions Of responsibility, who
are too absorbed to take proper rest, go to
pieces. Yet man who has lived to that
age ought to continue for ten years longer
provided he takes care Of himself.
1t is the pace that tells. 1t would be
laughable il it were not so serious to see
staid bankers and merchants rushing
along to save a few minutes delay, or,
like General Scott in his famous letter Of
acceptance, swallowing hasty plate Of
soup" for luncheon, or constantly smok-
ing long, black cigars, as Governor Flow
er did, or debating to stenographer on
an ocean steamer. as was Mr.. Hyde's
custom. When I watch these human
machines running at top speed, with ev-
cry electric light burning, and carrying on
operations that affect the whole CONT
nent, ask with Artemus Ward, What
does It signifyT Can Americans never
learn how to make haste slowly and to
work easily and smoothly The secret Of
strength Is poise and self command, and
hustle and hustle Indicate lack Of balance
and reserve powers Philadelphia Post.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09

Long before his name was known out
side his native country Oliver Cromwell
was making one of his rambling speeches
in the house of commons. Lord Digby
asked Hampton who he was, and Hamp-
ton replied. "If ever we should come to
a breach with the king, that sloven will
be the greatest man in England" Never
was any prophecy more completely full
filled than this.
Almost equally remarkable in its way
was Disraeli's prophecy, "But time
will come when you will hear me" made
when nothing appeared more unlikely
than the brilliant series Of triumphs
which fulfilled it.
Another instance of quickly fulfilled
prophecy was furnished by Pope Plus
VII when he was told of Napoleons es-
cape from Elba. Don't worry about
It," he said; ait is storm that will be
over in three months" The story Of the
Hundred Days proved his holiness to be
right to few hours.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09
Lost Their Taste For Honey.

A<Ube AeSsC - ~ .A~-sOte 'l.tt.a.
Two persons, named Badly WAITING
and Herman Znber, were sorely afflicted
the other day In trying to hive swarm
of bees that had alighted on I large
tree near the corner Of Ninth and Trim
BILE. Badly, whose head contains as much
hair as a pumpkin, placed sunny sAek
over his head and body and. after cutting
armholes in it, assembled the tree with. :
cracker box to rake the bees into It. ~
fast as the bees were raked of they Inll-
took the covering he had on for hive
and naturally they assembled to the top.
Badly WAS busy, and SO were the beed,
All at once he felt = peculiar sensation q
II some one were beating him on the held
with a steak beater. Suspecting some.
thing was wrong, he broke away" ffotn
the limb, coming down with the sdcks
box and bees His bald head looks a
though thousand peckerwoods had been
beating a tattoo upon it, and be Ii wear.
ing towel instead Of o hat. His frsend
Mr.. Zuber got of little better, yet BIZ
hands and face look as II he had been
suffering for months with in6ammetoty
rheumatism. These two gentlemen have
lost oil taste for honey-Paducah (KyD
News
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09

FOOLED XII CARSON.
HOW clever InAia. estwitt.i sAs
cr>~x ac~~t'

How . Clever Indian O1twittsA the
Great scent.
Kit Carson's rife, which was carried
by him for more than 40 years and
which never failed him, In now 4 precious
relic in the possession of the Montezuma
LODGE Of Mas0ns at Santa Fe, Of which
he was member.
As an Indian fighter Carson was
matches, and no one understood better
than he the habits and the nature of the
savage. He told Colonel Inman Of Kan
sas that be was deceived but once by In
dian tactics. He said that he was hunt
ing with six others after buffalo in the
summer of 1885; that they had been sue
cessful and came into their little bivouac
one night very tired, intending to start
for the rendezvous at Bents fort the
next morning. They had number Of
dogs, among them some excellent ami
mails. These barked good deal and
seemed restless, and the men heard
wolves.
II saw" said Kit, two big wolves
sneaking about, one of them quite close
to us. Gordon, one of my men, wanted
to fire his rife at it, but did not let him.
for fear he would hit dog. ! admit that
l had a sort of idea that those wolves
might be Indians, but when I noticed
one Of them turn short around and heard
the clashing Of his teeth as he rushed at
one of the dogs felt easy then and was
certain that they were wolves sure
enough. But the red devil fooled me aft
er all, for he had two dried buffalo bones
in his hands under the wolfskin, and he
ratified them together every time he turn
ed to make dash at the dogs. Well, by
and by we all dozed off, and it wasn't
long before was suddenly aroused by a
noise and big blaze. l rushed out the
first thing for our mules and held them.
II the savages had been at all smart, they
could have killed us in trice, but they
ran as soon as they fired at us. They
killed one of my men, putting five bullets
in his body and eight in his buffalo robe
The Indians were band Of Sioux on the
war trail after band Of Snakes and
found us by sheer accident. They en-
deavored to ambush us the next morning,
but we got wind of their little game and
killed three of them, including the Chief
Chicago Record.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09
A Little Late For an Inquest.

London coroners are sticklers for their
rights. A box held at railroad station
recently, owing to the railroad officials
having lost the way bill, was opened,
though it was consigned to Hamburg
museum, and the body of young woman
and two skulls were found inside.
The young woman is a mummificd Pc
ruvian. and the skulls are prehistoric,
yet the coroner Of the district insists on
holding inqucsts on both mummy and
skulls unless the museum people have
them removed.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09

scbeduls In effect May "A, less. 4
| All trains Illuminated with fhtsos
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09

Wall paper does not hang, and yet the
person whose business it Is to paste it up
is called paper hanger. The reason is
simple. Long before the introduction of
wall papers Arrns, town in France,
was famous for its tapestries, called
"Arras." These were used as wall Gov
erings, ard the men who were employed
to put them up were called hangers
When paper succeeded tapestry as a
mural htcora ton, the name Changers
stuck to the men, though instead of be-
ing tnncstry hangers they were now pa.
pcr hangers Chicago News.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09
FOrS Sale.

A mansion house with large lawn
surrounding, close to electric rail-
way and suitable for a home or a
school, will be sold cheap and on
easy terms. Apply to Howard e.
Vernon, this Office. tt
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-09
DEIAWARE DIVISION.

gl.AW IN.
,o- Nav Castle. s13. 11.o4 a. M. ass
az Eo an de we sis a. m; III p. M. weeA
days. mover, Harrington and Delmar, s13
=, F az a. M M; Az. SIS and ll.5d p m. Sun
A1 fUr RrhShoth slss H. az p M week day.
T Hnp 'Wyoming and way stations. 2.35 p
nj I'd S SsRs shfEs . old Vein Vein
DAYS. and ll.56 p. M. daily.
TRAINS LEAVE BROAD STREET STA,
Tio Fok fH HE RMsffi
IN m. daily, PittsburG. Chicago, Gin.
s'S sin n IT, Louisville and St. Louis tDin,
10 Ing !. A. ca m. daily. for Pttsbgrs and Chi.
E iies to two Buffet Haror, Cars.
l2 daily LT To.do cin t!jshnrE
30 i a M. daily, Pittsburg and Cleveland
10 p m tay Ptts9uTg Gh,Ga Go,s NASH M
Silie tyia cir Sinins Ssr rJJ0''"apo's ana
q g. n l' m' daily, Pittsburg and Chicago
e'g Tor = Toledo, except, saturday,
h daily GIliyyeln ntai aSS g. G G,nSin"a
Il, "a D, m. daily, Pittsburg and Chicago
LA; deil II FOR Knoxville via Shenandoah
Valley Route. for Cleveland. except Sat
urday.
~, Congressional Limited Express. Az
ysstihuir Tarlor Cars and Dining Car
No extra fare other than the usual Pull
ma.HH f sMaissii Express vcstlbule, Parloi
rnrs V,stibule Passenger Coaches and
Dining Car No extra fare. .,r
The Wilmington Transfer Company WI
cali for and check baggage IRON hoteE
and residences. .-.-.... -,
For further Information passengers arr
referred to the ticket agent at the sta
j. b. HUTCHINSON. J. R. WOOD.
Gen. Manager. Gen. fass. Agent