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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-07

TWENTY persons were drowned
while standing on the dock leading
to the boat at Mt. Desert Ferry at
Bar Harbor, on Saturday. The
bodies were recovered The North
Atlantic fleet arrived on Saturday
and the people had flocked down to
/, the dock to see the vessels. Several
excursions had been run to Bar
Harbor over the different railroads
and the people were crazy to get a
glimpse OF the fighting monsters.
The first few passengers had cross
ed the gang plank safely. Sudden
ly it broke in the middle, the hinges
holding up one end, the chain the
other, while the broken ends of the
plank dropped and a struggling,
screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water Is feet below
the wharf. The scene after the
planking gave way beggars de-
scription and many brave rescues
were made by the GOODNESS of sever
al men who proved themselves heroes
in helping the weaker ones to land.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-07

4 TROLLEY accidents are getting
to be quite frequent, more so than
there is any sense in, resulting in
fatalities innumerable to the travel
ing public. The latest horror was
the plunging Of a car off trestle
on the Stafford extension of the
Shelton Street Railway Company's
line at Bridgeport, Conn.,, on Sun
day. Thirty-six people were killed
and numerous others injured. The
car was going over a trestle $40
feet long, made of iron with stone
foundations. After running on the
trestle for 10 minutes, the trucks
lett the rails and the car continued
on the ties for about IS feet when it
went off the trestle and dropped
into the pond below, overturning
and completely upending it. The
distance from the top Of the struc-
ture to the bed of the stream is 50
feet and the car, with its occu-
pants struck this rocky bed, reduce
ing the car to klndling wood. The
road was only opened for traffic last
Thursday. The affair has cast
gloom over the entire community.
The Conservative, 1899-05-18

printed in 1866, sold for $500 the first
edition of Paradise Lost for $3.50 the
first edition of Millions complete works
containing a presentation inscription on
a fly leaf in his handwriting, 81, $50.
The highest price paid for a book last
year was $40 800, by Pickering & Chatto
of London, for Raoul lie Fevre's GA
Boke of the Hool Lyle Of JASON"
printed by Caxton in 1890 in black let
ter. 1t is one of the earliest books in the
English language and formerly belonged
to Bishop Heber. Some biographical
details on the fly leaf in his hand
writing greatly increase it's value.
A copy of Captain John Smiths "True
Relation printed in 1908, sold for
81 1925.
The highest price paid for an Ameri-
can book last year was 81 900 for a copy
of the Rev. Mr.. Cushman's ermon IN
'The Danger of Self-Love," which vas
preached at Boston shortly after the
settlement of that place. 1t is the only
copy known of the first sermon printed
in America.
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
Che Conservative.

80 inch steel or thimble skein, pinch
steel or iron, 2Hs inch tubular steel or
iron axle, not less than 5-inch tire 3A
inch steel or thimble skein, "a inch
steel or iron, 3 or 211s inch tubular steel
or iron axle, not less than 51a inch tire 4;
4 inch and larger steel or thimble skein,
21a inch and larger steel or iron, 81
inch, and larger tubular steel or iron
axle, not less than 6-inch tire"
Other styles of axles shall have tires
of the same width as those of equal
carrying capacity above enumerated.
All intermediate axles shall have tires of
the same width as the next larger size
above specified.
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
SILENCED BY LINCOLN'S WORDS.

Professor Laughlin of Chicago univer-
sity was asked to meet a number of i'm
p~erialists at dinner at the Union League
club there a day or two ago, and he
took along with him this quotation
from Lincoln's writings:
mo man is good enough to govern
another without that others consent.
When the white man governs himself,
that is self. government but when he
governs himself and also governs
another man, that is more than self
government-that is despotism. Our
reliance is in the love of liberty which
God has planted in US: our defence is
in the spirit which prizes liberty as the
heritage of all men in all lands, every
where. Those who deny freedom to
others deserve it not for themselves, and
under a just God cannot long retain it,"
When the discussion was we'll under
way the professor whipped out the quo
tation and passed it around the table.
All were republicans, and it is stated
that the face of each one was a study as
he read Lincoln's words. Some doubted
the g~enuineness of the quotation, and
when proof was forthcoming there was
silence.-Springfeld (Mass.) Republi-
can.
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
In California the
roads are grad
GOOD ROADS.


ually improving because of a law to
which the attention of the permanent
citizens of Nebraska is now called.
Whether similar legislation for this
state would be beneficial is a question
worth thinking about. Having a great
dread of lawns and meadows cut up and
quilted out by narrow tires the writer
some years ago had a four-inch tire
wagon made by the Studebaker's, for
use at Arbor Lodge. And the exper-
fence and it's results are entirely salts
factory.
The following is the law of Califor-
mia in relation to wagon tires passed by
the legislature of 1897:
"The width of tires for wheels upon
wagons or other vehicles to be used upon
the public highways of the state of Cali
fornia shall be for the following styles
of wagons as follows:
1.-TWO and three-quarter inch steel or
thimble-skein axle, "a inch tubular
steel or iron axle, not less than 3-inch
tire ~ inch steel or iron axle, pa inch
tubular or iron axle, not less than 80
inch tire 3 inch steel or thimble skein,
158 inch steel or iron, 23s tubular steel
or iron axle, not less than 4-inch tire :;
34 inch steel or thimble skein, "a or
"a steel or iron, 25s tubular steel or
iron axle, not less than 411a-inch tire (;
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
In Answer The
HAS BEEN HERE

In Answer: The
Prince of Wales
landed at St. John July "a, 1860, for his
American tour. He remained on Ca
the United States he visited Chicago,
st. Louis, New York, Boston and sew
eral other prominent cities. He was
met at Washington by President Blu
chanan and visited the several depart
ments of the government. He also Wis
tied the tomb of Washington at Mount
Vernon. When his mother abdicates
he will become king of England.
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
p BLOSSOMS.

In the springtime, bright and breezy,
On a May day, clear and fair,
Stood a bonnie maiden, smiling,
With the sunshine on her hair.
And her eyes were lifted upward
To the blossoms overhead,
With a happy look of wonder;
Joyous were the words she said:
"Apple blossoms, apple blossoms,
O. l know and know it well,
AS you're swaying just above me,
Something sweet you lave to tell.
Can you guess of whom I'm dreaming,
Guess the name / dare not speak?"
All the pink within the blossoms
Was reflected on her check.
Clustered branches bent around her,
Waiting buds hung DER her way,
While her joy was shyly whispered
To the flowers of the May.
"Apple blossoms, apple blossoms,
How you fragrance fills the air!
just as love, so true and tender,
Maketh all my life most fair"
When again upon the blossoms
Gazed the pretty little maid
Fled were blush and smile of greeting,
Sad her eyes with pensive shade.
AS in plaintive tone she murmured,
at was all a dream. All me!'
Silently, the white leaves downward
Fell like tear drops from the tree.
Roguish Cupid oft lies hidden
In an orchards charming maze;
But his arrows aimed through flowers
Youthful hearts will only Craze.
Springtime love so oft, like blossoms,
Short-lived, fingers but to die,
Like the petals. off it flutters
When a fitful breeze blows by.
MARY FRENCH MORTON
The Conservative, 1899-05-18
OLD BOOKS
BIG

OLD
BIG PRICES. ing press was
brought into Eng
land by a merchant named Caxton, who
forsook his trade to enjoy the favor of
the duchess of Burgundy, sister of Ed
ward Nv of England, and in 1476 i'm
ported from Germany a printing outfit,
which he established in a building ad-
joining Westminster Abbey, especially
for the purpose of publishing his trans
lation of the history of Troy (Recueil
DIES Histories de Troyes.) 1t was the
first English book ever printed, and in
1885 a copy was sold by the earl of Jer-
sey to Bernard Quaritch, in London, for
SO, 100.
The next book printed in England was
"The Game and Playe of Ye Cheese"
Copies have been sold as high as 81, 300.
The first English book both written and
printed in England Q4S9) was "Dictes
and Sayings of the Philosophers" of
which only four copies are known.
One of them was sold last year by the
earl of Ashburnham for So, 900.
The first book printed in America was
"Doctrina Christiana," by Juan Crom-
berger in the City of Mexico in 1869.
So far as known there is not a copy in
existence. The second was "Doctrina
Breve,' by Juan Zumarraga, the first
bishop of Mexico. 1t was printed by
Cromberger in 1913, and copies have sold
as high as 5 $4,000.
The first book printed in the United
States was an almanac at Cambridge in
1889 by Stephen Daye, who established
the first printing press in this country.
The second publication was a slip con-
tanning a poem entitled, "The Free
mans Oath" The next book was a
metrical version of the Psalms called
the Ebay State Psalm Book" in 1910.
Copies are very rare. 1t is one of the
most valuable books in the world.
The first edition of "The Canterbury
Tales" printed by Caxton, of which
only two copies are known, has sold for
81, 900, So, 100 and $9, 400.
The first edition of Robinson Crusoe
Q719) sells for 1926. The first editions
of Izaak Walton's Compleat Angler
1858 have sold for $2,O75. The first
! edition of the Vicar of Wakefield,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
4 Neat Roster.

\ copy of the official roster of the
Second Regiment. Oregon Volunteer
Infantry. has been received in this
city. II was compiled by Miss Amelie
de f. Smith. and dedicated to those
soldiers who went from Oregon to Ma
Mia.
1t is elegantly gotten up. o. the
outside of the cover are The seals OF the
United States and OF Oregon. sur
mounted with the Stars and Stripes
and the regimental colors. II is bound
with Manila hemp. which is suggestive
OF the objective point for which the
regiment sailed. II Is repiete with ele-
CANT engravings. among which are the
Governor of Oregon and the chief Of
hcers. The signature OF every man TN
the regiment is also reproduced.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
WONDERFUL STRENGTH.

\ leading teacher Of cycling. In Chi
Cago. used n Gcntleman's and I.ady's
Sterling bicycle the entire season OF
1898, with a total cost OF less than
$3.50 for each machine for repairs. Dur
ing this time he gave zoo lessons on
the Gents Sterling and e.G6s on the
Lady's Sterling. The hardest usage a
wheel ever receives Is when q Is being
used by beginners. Knocked and
banged around In this way. these
dainty. well-made. high-gradc. blue
blooded. thoroughbred and graceful
Stsrlings have yet stood the hardest
test wheel could be put to. This il
but one example out OF mary showing
the immense strength and wonderful
wearing qualities Of this beautiful
machine. Part OF
the large shipment for The Pacific
Cycle < Mfg. Co. will arrive this week
on the Alice Cooke. You had better
save time by placing your order before
they are all gone. 'Dost thou love
time? Then do not squander time. for
that Is the stuff life e. made of The
selling price will only he 5000.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31

CThe Reveille-U. :. v. EnginelrsI
The day OF our departure homsward
seems near at hand and the subject %
our return is or every ones lips. We
all feel glad. and rightly 80. for IL
means 20 most OF us an experience that
words are powerlcss % describe-ths
meeting OF those dear ones whose
friendly intercourse and COMPANION
ship We forfeited when We left our
homes for a foreign shore. While the
prospect Is a happy one. tinge Of re-
gret crosses the mind-amouutiug TO-
many cases TO n feeling OF sogrOw-at
the though; OF what we shall leave be-
hind. We have been here eight
months. and during that time have
have learned 20 regard our temporary
home with feelings stronger than az
lection. Certain Impressions We have
received can never he erased and In
the future their recollection will BE-
fraught with pleasure-and sigh.
When enduring the rigors OF a north
ern winter We shall long for the balmy
breezes that kiss the palm Ieaves-as
ardently In January as in Juuc-and
some of us when the full moon lights
mp the prairie and the wind brings
with II the sound OF the sea. will think
lovingly Of those perfect nights at Wal
kiki. when sitting on the ses-waT they
listened to the song that the surf sang
to the coral reef and breathed the per-
fumed air. laden with the breath Of
the oleander and the spider-lily. The
hospitality and kindly disposition OF
the natives Will be lovingly remem-
bered wherever We may De: indeed
many of us have made friendships here
the severing OF which will cause a bit.
ter pang.
We are going home. however. and
the future seems rosy and fun oi
promise. but some day when the greet.
ing and Handwriting are over. We
shall remember our sojourn in the Ha.
waiian Islands. and seal the memory
thereof with a tear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
J. D. is ANGRY
He Sues New York MI
sic Publishers.
Asks to Have the Press Stopped
and Be Awarded
Damages.
Csan Francisco CALI

\ deathiess song is alleged 20 have
been stolen. both words and music: an
impious hand has dared 10 snatch the
laurels from a gifted brow. and tia;
is why Joseph d. Redd1ng. Bohemian.
musician, bon vivant. art ccnnoisseur.
lawyer and society idol nurses his
wrath in wicked New York.
Eight years ago Mr.. Redding paid a
visit 10 Honolulu. and when he return
ed to this city with the scent OF the
orange groves in his hair he safe him
down in his boudoir on a sad. misty
San Francisco summer eve and poured
forth his soul in song. Then he breath
ed into the verses the breath of melody
and sang them TO his friends. who pro-
nOunced them beautiful beyond COM
pare
For years the song was cherished
las his own. 1t was not intended for
vulgar ears, upon whose tympani the
,soulful sentiment and the harmony
would fall as seed on barren grund !;
but the author sang the tender verses
to the select in Bohemia and at the
festal board of the Four Hundred in
| New York. where the poet-musician
has made his home for the past three
years.
| One day not long ago Mr. Redding
CHANGED 10 glance in at the window
of a music Storn IN prnadva and 70
his anIazement saw the child of his
brain in print. with the announcement
that the song had been arranged" by
]. S. Libornio. He bought a copy and
saw that not word had been changed
nor note of music altered Then
wrote the poet to a lawyer friend in
this city, and yesterday a suit was filed
in the United States Circuit Court
against Z. w. Armstrong and the Mo.
del music store of San Francisco to en-
join them from continuing to expose
the beauties of his song in print TO the
coarse gaze of a hard, senseless world
and TO order the defendants TO render
an account OF their sales of the said
song (if any and to pay him damages
The complaint contains a copy o.
the printed words and music and Z
manuscript copy in the authors owl
handwriting. There are only eight
lines, divided into two stanzas. but
they are great. as will be seen by the
following:
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
A SONG TO HAWAII.

The wind from over the sea
Sings sweetly. Aloha, to me;
The waves as they flow on the sand
Say Aloha; and bid me to land.
The last line of the stanZa quoted de-
licately and ingenuously proclaims to
the world the hospitable character of
the Aloha wave. Now, the average
wave that rolls and Froths in equator
fal regions is not in the habit of bid
ding the stranger to land except upon
a coral reef or in the capacious NAV
of a 20-foot shark. But the Aloha wave
is different. 1t is not only a welcome,
cannot linger long on this delightful
theme and must pass TO tn. second
stanza.
The myriad flowers in bloom,
Watt Aloha in every perfume.
l read in each lovelit eye
Aloha. Aloha, NUI DE.
Observe the easy manner in which
bloom" is made to rhyme with the
noun perfume and how gracefully the
poet has avaiIed himself OF the license
of his craft as TO shift the accent from
the first to The second syllable of the
latter word.
For. the last line, ''AloGa! Aloha, Nui
oe," criticism has nothing 20 offer. The
line. no doubt, has reference to each
iovelit eye" in which the poet read the
Aloha and so forth.
At the end appears the following;
JOSEPH D. REDDING.
1891.
To Kalakaua Rex:
And this is the outrage for which the
injured poet asks balm a the hands
of the court.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
-. -. China.

There was no semi-quarantine of the
liner China in San Francisco when she
arrived in that port March 18th. Says
the Chronicle of that date: The
steamship China. from Hongkong via
Yokohama and Honolulu. arrived
Thursday night and is now lying at the
quarantine station undergoing disin-
lection on account Of two cases Of var
foloid among the Chinese crew. DIT.
Won der Lieth. acting quarantine Off
Ger in the absence of DR.. Chalmers.
boarded the China yesterday morning
and ordered all cabin passengers vac
cinated who could not show recent
marks. Nine passengers were vac
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31

cina;ed. after which they were re-
leased. being taken % the d0sk in a
tug. The China was taken 20 Angel
island for fumisation."
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
Garden Entertainment.
Union Street. next to Ola Fire s,assoa.
G[e0I American biOSCOpe
ANIMATED PICTURES

The BattlcShip Maine Ia Havana H2r-
Dor before the Disaster.
spanish Bull FfEhta
American FaSs Trains and Fire ScracA
Thousands OF People Moving on the
Scrccn-
Positively the most refined and tatei-
iectuai entertainment ever offered to
the public.
Doors open. 5:sO. conmsaee az .
Admission. - cents. Chsidrca half
price.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-31
ROCKED IN THE CRADLE
OF TIE DEEP

Are all those who come to this Land
OF music and flowers and beautiful
scenic effects. Many Of them have
been tempest tossed and need the quiet
and rest that may b. obtained here o.
the shore of this
SToRNft.ESS SEA,
All % them want a series sf views 10
send home to frscuds or relatives. OF
they have a camera and wish TO tnd
the best place In which Co have their
pictures developed and priatet. We
are without question in position 10
give you better satisfaction than any
other establishment 10 the Islands. the
reasons for which are more than naa-
ifold. We have the best work-Too@a
and apparatus. the most experienced
vorkmvn. and Ne pride ourselves on
the fact that Ne have never lost Gus
toner and have ever given sai5sfac-
ton. Drop into the studio and b con-
WINGED.
eoe
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-04

connections are concerned, of
any of the cities mentioned.
The cost OF living and the
society circles of Iron Noun
tain will be more in keep.
ing with the pocketbooks and
social ideas Of the students who
will attend this school than any
other city named. We will be
pleased TO get a normal school
anywhere in the peninsula but
we will be better pleased if our
legislators decide TO locate it at
Iron Mountain.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-04
Mortgage Sale

First publication December 10, 1895 last
March 4. 500
Whereas. default has been made Ia the pay.
ment ~ the money secured by mortgage
dated December first, lS03. executed biz
Solomon fhouin OF crystal Falls Michigan Ia
Mary 4. Cook Of Lake Mills Wisconsin which
said mortgage was recorded In the Office Of Inc
Register OF Deeds al the County Of Iron IN
Liber OF Mortgages, on pages 2G2 and 268. on
the lst day OF December, A. ID. 1898, ~ two
O'Clock p. m.
And whereas. the amount claimed 10 be dine
on said mortgage at the date OF this notice il
the sum Ot seven hundred and one ana 30 lOs,
dollars Of principal aud interest together win
the sum OF twenty-siX aud ~. 100 dollars na,f IN
Tor insurance according 20 the terms OF said
MORTGAGE. also, an attorney ice OF atty dollars
provided Tor Ia said mortgage aud no suit or
proceedings ~ lnW having been instituted ~
recover the moneys secured hy said mortgap,.
or any part thereof whereby the power OF sale
contained in saih mortgage has become optr
utive.
Now, therefore notice IL hereby gwen. TINT
by virtue 81 the said power OF salc and i'm mr.
suitnce ol he statute IN such case made aud
provided, the said mortgaae viii be inrecle,..d
by sale Of the premises therein described al
public auction, 20 the highest bidder al tho
front door ui the court house In the villaee OF
crystal Falls, Iron County. Michigan that
being the place where the circuit court for Iron
Nouuty ~ holden. on the 9Th day of March A
u $500. 40 ten O'Clock in the forenoon ~ that
day which said premises are described M said
mortgage ~ follows. to-wit. Lot numbered
ninety six 600 OF the original plat az the village
oltrystal Falls. Iron County, Michigan
Dated December 9th. 1908
SHERMAN r. HANDY, Morteagee
Attorney for Mortgage
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1899-02-04

THE Norway Current com
pleted it's fourteenth year with
its last edition. In commenting
upon the event Editor James B..
Knight speaks in glowing terms
of the bright prospects which
the future seems to have in store
for the people Of Norway. We
wish the Current and its editor a
realization of all those bright
prospects.