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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
COUNTY TAXES.

The Receiver Of Taxes Horace
G. Rcttew is now deliver
ing bills to the people who owe a
county tax for 1898.
The Levy Court insists on settle
ment OF all delinquent County Tax
es at once. and if those owing a tax
do not settle, action will be taken
without further notice.
HORACE G. RETTEW,
Receiver Of Taxes.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14

Monday Club

Are you going 10 Washington Park
Aug II?
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
SUMMER RESORTS.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.

n g. Tennessee Avenue.
Comfortable, home like; moderate rates; or
CheNtrA, - CHARLES MCGLADE.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-08-14
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Eottler Of oil kinds Of Soft Drinks.
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Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
CAPTAIN CAREERS CASE.
His Attorneys Making Their Great
 Fight Against Imprisonment.

Washington, May H. Attorney
 General Griggs is now actively at work upon the case of Captain o. M
 Carter, who was found guilty by
 court martial of the misuse of 1,0OO,-
 900 of government funds. After the court martial had rendered it's verdict
 the president referred the case to the attorney-general to review and decide
 The president himself did not have time to review the case, the docu
 ments of which compose an enormous mass of paper. The aIttorney-genera also did not find time until recently to begin consideration of the matter. The attorneys for Captain Carter, his chief counsel being Wayne McVeagh former attorney-general and minister to Italy, recently filed their brief and this will be replied to by Col Barr. who was judge advocate Of the court martial. Col. Barr has not yet filed his reply. When he has done so the attorney general will permit an oral hearing, after which he will reach a decision.
 The attorneys for Captain Carter have made great struggle to save their client. Among other things they charge that the officers who tried Captain Carter were prejudiced and that every objection offered was over ruled. Col. Barr will dispute this and will show that of thirty-two objections offered by the defense ten were sus- tained.
 It is declared by those familiar with the case that the concentrated effort of Captain Carter's legal advisers, rel atives and friends will be directed to saving him from the penitentiary sen tence imposed by the court martial. | They are willing to pay the fine and to | allow Captain Carter to be dismissed | from the army, if there is no chance of having a verdict of the court over ruled, but their greatest fight will be | made against imprisonment.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

time. and which for all time will sup ply a denouement to the wares of suc~
 cessive professional story teEerS. The sordid facts Of Gretna Green marriages and the still more sordid details of the Gretna Green registers are different from the picturesque romance which
 we associate with the days of post boys and the mad racing and chasing through Carlisle. The history of Gret- Ia Green and it's marriages rests upon inc aboninable marriage laws of Scot land. We call them abominable, for they are the curse of the Scottish genealosy. The marriage laws Of Scotland were and are (for thcy re- main uraltered) atrociously simple, and therein lay the temptation and attraction Cf Gretna Green. Probably the novel-reading public will be shocked to hear that there is no such definite place as Gretna Green; the name applies to a district comprising some number Of villages or hamletS some miles apart. All that was neces- sary was to get over the border into Scotland, and there make the neceS- sary contract before witnesses. The blacksmiths shop on the high road north from Carlisle was the most easily accessible, and was probably the best known, but there <1sFe some houses just over the border which kept wit nesses at hand. and retained a regisrei of the contracts entered into. The registers were a secondary matter. and the fees demanded were frequently. large and, where secrecy was an ob- ject, eXtortionate
 Those Gretna Green marriages still occasionally take place, though now only between residents in the neigh 'borhood; but as similar ceremonies take place all over Scotland, there is nothing especially distinctive abcut the contracts made at these Gretua Green marrying shops. But unless an actual and proper ceremony takes place, we believe these Scottish mar riages are not valid upon persons
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

where both gre Of English do1nlcile,
 though to those intending to elope we can offer the consolation of the fact That the preliminary residence and adj vertisement necessary in England are not compulsory in Scotland, and a marriage in a Scottish church is bind- ing. So a counie Of return tickets to Scotland may still carry matrimonial advantages. The English law attaches great weight to domicile, and, provided dOmicile be est2 blished, marriage legal under the laws of the place Of domicile is held to be valid in Eng land.-Genealogica Magazine.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
NO NEBRASKA WINTER WHEAT

Lincoln, Neb., May 14-The latest reports to the state agricultural de- partment are most encourag aging as far as the general condition of grain is concerned, but points clearly to tine fact that not five per cent of the SO0,- 900 acres of winter wheat sowed last fall has survived the late severe win ter. Two or three extremely south western counties report some winter wheat saved, but the last three weeks has been even more disastrous than tha winter, and has almost destroyed what winter wheat has left. The gen eral estimate is that Nebraska will produce less than 50,O00 acres of win ter wheat.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

Why worry over a hot stove when you can get so many good things at the bakery, fresh and fine?
 New England Pumpkin Pies ..... 10c HCme Made Mince Pies ........1 10c Fresh Green Apple Pies ..........1 10c Delicious Lemon Meringue Pies. .15c Cream Puffs, reduced to..... .... 200 Fig Roll, per cut...... ............1 10c COcoanut Kisses, dOz.... .......... 10c Macaroons, per pound 50c Marble Cake, per pound ...........25 25c Creose Biscuit, per pound ....... 200 Pretzels, per pound .......2 20c Maple Slices, per doz. .1 15c Sweet home made Doughnuts, dog. 10c Hot Ginger Bread, per cut ........ 10c
 We always have something fresh and good for you to take home.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

larly with 300 grains week, and there was hardly man in the field who did not take the drug at one time or an other.
 supply of the world is consumed in the United States. Imports last year were 1,539,056,750 grains, which, as there were practically no experts, means a per capita consumption of twenty grains.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

Hoods Pills are prompt and efficient easy to take, easy to operate. p cents.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
TIMBER WRoNGFULLY CUT.

Washington, May 14-Inspector Nessler of the interior department who has been Investigating violations of the timber laws in the Chippewa. reservation in Minnesota reports to the department that he has found 100000 feet of green timber, which has been cut by contractors under the pretense that it was dead and down timber. In response to his request for instructions as to the disposition Of the timber Secretary Hitchcock has wired him orders not to deliver this timber to the contractors until they pay the necessary additional s per 1000 feet, the price fixed for green timber by the government being s per 1000 feet and only $2 for the dead. This extra payment will insure to the benefit of the Indians.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

THERE IS NO GRETNA GREEN.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
A NEW INSURANCE PLAN.
A Health Policy" With Benefits in
 Case of Sickness.

New York, May 14-Another large insurance company has entered the field, offering a health policy" against illness from pneumonia, pleurisy, per itonitis, bronchitis, appendicitis, men ingitis, diphtheria, diabetes, erysip- elas and a variety of other ailments. This is a new departure, and, unques- tionably, health policies covering the same field will soon be offered by many of the accident companies At present they are only issued by three American companies.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
NOT so BAD AS THAT.

The big-hearted Chicago Tribune ad- vises St. Louis to make it's worlds fair ''as like the Columbian exposition as possible, emitting the duke of Ver2gua and a few similar features" Gan it be possible that the Tribune wants tke midway plaisance and MT Higgin- botham's breakfast dress suit elimi- mated from the gayeties of the occa- sion ?-St. Lcuis Republic.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
ALLAN LINER DISABLED.

London, May 14-A dispatch from Belfast says a steamer, apparently an Allan liner, has been sighted in q dis- abled condition eight miles east of GIenarm. about twenty-five miles north of Belfast.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
CONSUMPTION OF QUININE.
Equal to Twenty Grains per Capita of
 Population Last Year

Washington, April 1.-The con- sumption of quinine by American sol or another during the past year is said to exceed 125, ,O0O, 900 grains In some instances men in the hospitals of Cuba of Porto Rico were dcsed regu-
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
THE NEW SONGS WELCOME.

New songs always sell well. It's such a relief to get rid of the last enc that anything new will gc.-PortS- mouth Chronicle
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15
OFF TO CAMP MEADE.

New York, May 14.-The Fifth i'm mune regiment, 600 strong, left over the Lehigh Valley railroad today for Camp Meade, Pa.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

SWEET, REFRESHING sleep is givenA by Hoods Sarsaparilla which the nerves tones the stom- ach and oveTcomes all dyspeptic symp- toms. You should try it.
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

The novelists have woven a TO- nance about Gretna Green and it's viI- lage blacksmith which will last for al
Arizona republican., 1899-05-15

Ieonoclasts Cannot Do Away Witt
 Scottish Marriage Laws.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
rhE COST oE COLONIES.

In a speech delivered i'm the house of
representatives. Congressman Bartlett of
Georgia rudely shattered the cheerful
prediction of Secretary Gage, that the
revenues of the Philippines will be at all
times ample to defray the expenses of
our government there. by producing
from the official reports Of England and
France the statistics of their expenditures
and receipts in their colonial possessions
in 1897. England is everywhere con-
ceded to be the most successful of ma
tons in conquerlng and governing
colonies, and many OF her dependencies
have been hers so long and are so pOpu-
lated with Britons that they are entirely
loyal and do not require to be pacitied by
her army, but the table prepared by Mr..
Bartlett shows that it Is only in the
smaller and less important that she is
able to make the revenues she collects
balance the expenses. In British India
the deficit in 1897 was 24,Gl0,000 rupees :;
in Cape Colony l,247,SSS pounds; in
Canada 5l9,9S2 pounds; in Australia
39l 2SS pounds; in Jamaica III 2l4
pounds. and so on, while in Gibralter,
Malta, Hong Kong, Ceylon, British
Borneo and few others there were
small balances on the right side. Taken
together all of her colonies yielded
deficits of $21 ,474, 22i, and excess of re-
venues over receipts amounting to ST.
$40, 729, net deficit of SO ,62i,492. which
had to be taken from the home treasury.
France has similar costly experience
with her colonial subjects, the net deficit
for the year being Sl5, 1G7, S25. And this
has been the history of both these pa-
tions from the time they began to
hunt for new worlds to conquer and
control. With these facts before us it is
folly to expect or even hope that the
Philippines will not be bill Of expense
for years to come. The bare cost of the
army and navy which will be required tC
compel the people to "listen to reason
will scarcely be less than 100000 900 a
year, and to this the expense of civil
administration, if we ever get to that
must be added.
The Spaniards, who, as an army report
says, eXerted their ingenuity and power
to the utmost in extortng money from
the natives by direct taxation, customs
monopolies, lottery licenses and othel
devices, were only able to collect twelve
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10

An exceptionally pretty salad, look
ng almost too dainty to eat, was this
FINISHED lately by a cooking school
graduate for her test dinner. 1t was
town in the m9nu as a birds nest
'alad," and the deprecatory remark Of
cred by one of the invited guests that
1T seemed almost like robbing a birds
rest" was most natural. The white
leart leaves of lettuce were used to
Emulate the nests several Of them be-
ng curled about to make The little hol-
ow. In each .? these were placed
i've little specklet eggs made of cream
heese rolled into shape, then sprinkled
french dressing which was Ito animate
he WHOLE" in Sidney Smith trench
INT words. was cunnngly hidden away
Inder the leaves of the dainty nests.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10

million dollars year, and for long
time we shall not get nearly a much rs
that, for we are not going TO practice the
eXtortions Spain did, and if we should,
the receipts would be small. because the
war has in large measure destroyed the
ability of the people to pay. According
to the reports the total imports of the
Philippines in 1896 were only ten million
dollars. If these are, under the beneti-
cent rule, doubled and trebled. and we
taxed them all 100 per cent of their value,
we should not get enough to support the
military force we shall keep there, and
as we are to maintain and open door
policy and give other nations the same
trading privileges we have, we cannot
expect large revenues from the custom
houses.
In these obvious facts lie the eXplana-
ton of Gen. Grosvenors estimate. which
is presumably that of the administration,
that expansion will cost us 5000 000. 600
annually.-MirrOr and Farmer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
BILLIONS OF FILE S.
The Amount of Mis- ny One Female In
sect Can Inrict Upon Us.


Professor Howard. of the Washing
ton chronological Bureau, has made
a careful computation. and declares
that single femele fly may in one
season become the ancestress OF
4472, 2SG, JOB .713 559.&2o flies. This
estimate srproses that all the progeny
and descendants, generation after gem
Grafton, survive and enjoy favorable
conditions for the propagation Of the
species-which condition OF things does
not occur in nature.
Such a figure is too vast for us to
grasp, and we must reduce it to some
basis of reckoning. BY the very ac-
curate weighing of one member Of the
tribe of windowrane buzzers the
weight was found to be two cent?
grammes; that is, it would take 1.4OO
flies to make an ounce aVOirdUpoise.
Measurement showed that the creature
was four-tenths of an inch long.
With these figures we can arrive al
some interesting conclusions. To make
pound, % 400 flies would be required,
which means that 50,176,000 of the lit
tie pests go to the ton.
Try and imagine 4 ton of fies Yet
it is not such an extraordinary Quanti-
ty. \ good-sized elephant weighs ten
tons, yet it would be balanced on the
scale by only a proportion OF the num-
Der of flies mentioned by Professor
Howard.
Calculation shows that Towards
enormous figures would make $780,
300, 000,0 900 fiy-elephants. But the re-
remarkable nature of the statement is
not fully apparent without little more
easy arithmetic.
To prevent the evil of overcrowding
among elephants it would be necessary
20 give each one an average space
/ measuring fifteen feet square-that is
225 square feet. 1t follows, therefore,
that 1913, 900 fy-elephants could stand
On one square mile of territory. But
when we look at that figure and COM
pare 1t with our total of $500, 600, 000,-
| 300, we ask ourselves how great an
area would be required to accommo-
| date them all Nearly twice the total
area of the globe would be needed to
/ give all these monsters standing room.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
To Clean Fine Lace.

Before fine laces are immersed in
laphtha or benzine or even alcohol for
his, too, will clean them, although it
axes longer, they should be basted
With fine needle and thread on piece
If very thin muslin or old linen. Some
If the most expert professional clean
RS still use the powdered French chalk
o cleanse these valuable possessions.
The lace is thickly sprinkled on both
sides with the chalk and spread on
hick sheet of writing paper, covered
With second sheet and placed under
/ heavy press for several days. In
most households the unabridged die
ionary is considered the requisite
Weight. When the lace is taken out,
is lightly shaken to dust off the
powder. and its soil will be found to
AVE gone with it.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10

"There's been wonderful advance
In dental surgery of late years." said
n man with slightly swollen jaw.
The old. brutal style of yanking out
molars by main strength and awk-
wardness has gone out of date. | had
4 tooth pulled this morning and the
whole thing was so quiet and easy l
could scarcely believe it had been done.
[ took Whit of gas, and opened my
eyes to find the tooth gone. l didn't
even see the fOrceps. 1t was a strong
contrast, by the way, with an expert
ence of mine some years ago, when
painless dentistry was still in its eX-
detrimental stages. | had back tooth
that was giving me fits, and went to
a man who advertised painless eX-
traction by means Of what were called
electrical forceps.' 1t was n compli-
Gated foreign device, long since aban-
1oned, that sent current along the
instrument just as 1t took hold. The
dentist was candd-looking chap, and
[ asked him to tell me honestly wheth-
ar it would hurt. Well he said, it's
ike this: Suppose a fellow hit you In
the mouth with his fist, and at the
same time hit you on the nose with
brick-you wouldn't feel the fist,
would youT l toll him to go ahead
and drag out the tooth in the good old
fashioned way. liter that eXplana-
ton l wanted TO electric forceps in
mine"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10


Among the important measures affect
ing the navy which have been passed by
both houses of congress this session the
so-called personnel bill takes the fore
most place. As finally accepted by the
conference committee, it leaves the chief
features of the house bill practically I'M
charged. The honor of securing the
passage of this bill belongs to Represent
alive Foss of Chicago, who succeeded
where many of the most able, eXpe
rienced and popular members OF previous
naval committees had failed.
While there can be little reason to ex-
pect that the line officers of the navy
will find it possible to become expert
engineers merely because the law re-
qures it of them, and still less to hope
that the engineers will be able to do
duty as lieutenants and commanders
simply a. result of receiving COM
missions in those grades, the effect of the
law undoubtedly will be beneficial to the
whole service. The man who develops a
capacity for certain specialties will be
assigned to them, and all the advantages
of expert specialists will be secured, as
well as harmony of discipline which
results from a homogeneous and con-
tented personnel.
The creation of the grade of admiral
for Rear-Admiral Dewey was. of course,
a foregone conclusion. The passage of
the bill will give pleasure to the whole
country. If, hawever, it does not
authorize the promotion to date from
May l, 1898, it will fall short of the
wishes of the people and the deserts of
the admiral.
One of the most difficult problems
before the navy.is involved in the cost
of the best armor plate. While in the
case of most articles supplied to the
government there is a sufficient amount
of competition TO reduce the price to q
reasonable figure, there is practically nc
competition whatever among the manu-
facturers of armor. There are only two
plants in the United States that can make
heavy armor, and as they have nearly
all they can do to supply the new ships
ordered by congress from time to time
they do not feel under the necessity Of
cutting rates on each other.
When congress fixed the maximum
rate for armor at $500 a ton it wa!
found impossible to make contracts fo
the Kentucky and the Kearsarge
Owing to the war this dispute between
the manufacturers and the government
was patched up, but many members o
congress were determined that tn,
United States should not again be "helC
up" as they expressed IL. The nava
appropriation bill passed by the hous
fixed the maximum cost of armor a
S445 ton. The senate has reduced tn
figures to $500, with provision TO
building an armor plant by the govern
ment in case the contractors refuse t.
make armor at that price.
1t is Objectionable that we should b
made to pay an excessive price for armor
The manufacturers say that the bes
armor cannot be made for $500 ton
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10

To prevent jars from breaking soak
, towel in cold water, place on it your
ar and fill to it's edge with boiling
ruit.
Next screw on the cover closely.
When filled wash any preserves that
nay be on the outside of the jar and
urn it upside down.
In this way it will quickly be seen If
he jar is air-tight.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1899-03-10
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS
FACTS AND OPINIONS GATHERED
FROM CONTEMPORARIES
INVESTIGATING INFLUENZA BAolLLI

INVESTIGATING INFLUENZA BAolLLi
The report of the Chicago department
Of health for the month of January con
tains paper which should be of wide
spread interest to physicians and others
who have studied the growth of the IN
duenga. The department has been CON
ducting some very interesting laboratory
work on this disease, and the results OF
its labors are important
1t will be OF interest to patients and
non-professional people rs well as to
physicians to learn that the influenza
bacillus may now be identified by direct
examination of the secretions from the
throat, nasal passages and bronchial
tubes. From examinations covering
large number of cases the health depart
ment bacteriolgIsts have been able to
make some new observations as to the
character of this organism. They have
found that meteorological diagnosis of
influenza may be of especial value in
detecting the presence of influenza when
complicated with other maladies. In
several instances the bacillus of in
9uenza was found together with the
bacillus of diphtheria, scarlet fever and
other disorders. the complication of influ-
enza with the other maadies being
readily detected by this means. Another
fact reported by the department is that
in cases which on first examination ap-
peared to be diphtheria, accompanied by
the usual throat symptoms, the influenza
bacillus was presented in condition al
most pure. In some cases which re-
sembled influenza, on the other hand, a
microscopic examination showed the
presence of diphtheria bacilli. The value
of such meteorological Investigations as
an aid to correct diagnosis in these cases
is, Of course, patent. An equally inter
esting discovery has been made regard
the acute Inflammation of the eyes which
often accompanies influenza. the depart
ments work showing that this disorder
is due directly to the presence of the in.
huenza organism.
The results OF these investigations are
new, and cannot fail to be of value tc
physicians everywhere Re
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