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Evening journal., 1899-02-18
RABIES ON THE RANGES.
RRnehman Says Dogs Give II TO Coy
otes, and They Give IL 10
Horses nnd Cattle.

lydrophobia is reported among the
herds OF cattle and horses on the ranges
of Routt and Rio Blanco counties, Col.
The dogs have had the dread disease
for some time, and have communicated
il % the coyotes. which, in tsrn, have
bitten ponies and steers until they, too,
suffer with it, says the Denver Times.
This news was brought to Denver by
Jim Brady from his ranch on the White
river, not far from Rangeley, and he
says the malady has already attacked
much of the stock. Several cows have
dsd, and others will not live over few
days.
According to Brady, all the symp-
toms Of rabies are present--frothing at
the mouth. CLASSY eyes and aversion to
food and drink, especially the latter,
Several cows have become so crazed as
to leopard the lives Of the cowboys,
and a revolver or rife crusade has been
inaugurated against all animals whose
actions betray the presence Of the
germs.
Brady, who is a frontiersman of wide
experience, says that IN all ms NE on
the ranges he never encountered such
state Of affairs, and thinks that un-
less a sharp fight against the coyotes
dogs and infected cattle and horses is
waged, il may spread to human beings
He expressed himself as being anx'
ious- to see some action taken to STAMP
out the disease in its present compare
lively incipient condition, before II get.
into the big herds. So far it is confined
10 few small punches which have
roamed without herders.
DR.. Gresswell, state veterinarian
when asked about the matter, said thai
there are number of cases of hydro
phobia among range cattle, and that iti
presence is directly tracesble 10 the
dogs and coyotes.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
FRENCH ARE PHILOSOPHERS.
They Give tho Impression OF Being
the Happiest People in the
World.

The more nations make the ac-
quaintance Of the more deeply con-
firmed 1 get in this conviction, that the
Trenchman, with all his faults and
shortcomings, is the hapPest man in
the world. OF course, the wealthy
classes have everywhere found the way
OF enjoying life, more or less, but 10
the observer of national charScteristics
these classes are interesting. Good So
csety is good society everywhere. For
a study, give me the masses Of the peo-
pie. And it is among the masses in
France that, after all, find the great
ess amount Of happiness. The French
man is a cheerful philosopher. lie
knows best of all how to live and enjoy
life. Moderate IN all his habits, he par
takes Of all the good things thatnature
has placed at his disposal. without ever
making a fool of himself.
He understands temperance in the
true acceptation of the word, which
means, not total abstinence, but mod.
Grafton. When you say that a country
has a temperate climate you do not
mean that it has no climate at all; you
mean that it has a climate which is
neither too hot nor too cold. We have
no teetotalers, because we practically
have no drunkards. A Frenchmar
would be as astonished to find that the
law prevented him from having a glass
Of wine, because a few imbeciles use
wine to get drunk with, as he would &c
find that the law forbade him TO use
knives in his quiet and peaceful home
because there are a few lunatics wh'
use knives 10 commit suicide with or t'
kill their fellow creatures. - Nortl
American Review.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
GLAMOUR OF THE STAGE.
An Elderly Pessimist Wants m Ex-
pIRnatfOn of the Fascination
OF Chorus Girls.

Il wish somebody w0Nlo explain .
said a porhly old gentleman who. says
the New Orleans TiNss-Gs2ocrat,
wakes his mastaches and believes iirm-
" that the country is going to the dogs,
81 wish somebody would kindly explain
the fascination which chorus gi,.s eN-
ercise upon a certain class OF young
noodles. Take a woman who isas home
ly as a gingham umbrella and as dull
as a Congressional Record and put her
in the back row of chorus where She
hasn't a thing TO do except draw her
breath and her salary and first thing
YOU know n mob Of hals-baked Johnnies
are sending her flowers and mash notes
and jewelry and begging her TO come
out and sample hot birds and cold bot
ties. can't understand it.
III she was playing sonatas on a
typewriter or warbing CASH. in dry
goods store she wouldn't get smile ir
a century. but the moment she lands
behind the footlights she becomes
transigured-invest with an irresist
ible. hypnotic eharm-and the gilded
youths who would pass her in silent
scorn under any other circumstances
arc proud as peacocks is she mods e
them on the street. She's a member Of
the profession. y'know, by Jove! 'Por
my word. it's a queer thing - thi'
glamour Of stage life!"
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Observation-Disclosures.

The light Of freflies contains photo
graphic rays. which will pass through
aluminium, cardboard or copper plate;
the rays are capable Of reflection and
probably refraction and polarization
this indicates the presence of rays be-
longing TO the ultraviolet class, and il
this is so they are probably the same
as the rays emitted by uranium, known
as Becquerel rays; besides these invisi.
lie Photographic rays IL contains or
binary light rays. The organ producing
them consists Of a transparent, super.
fetal layer which gives off the light, and
Ct a deep Opaque layer whose function
Is not obvious; the ultimate branches
# the trachae or air tubes are distrib-
uied through this apparatus, as are
also nerve Scientific American
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
RAILRoApING IN CHINA.
The Advent of the Iron uorse Among
the CeiestiRIs Was Not at
All Welcome.

Mr.. Oox, who was recently assaulted
near Peking, had had many similar ex-
periences during the dozen years he has
been railroad building in the Chilli
province and has only extricated him
sclf by dint of tact, pluck and good hui
NOR. ne has practically for years car
ried his life in his. hand. IN 1890, for
instance, during.th floods. = mob, led
by the soldiery of Lutai, military
camp near Tien-Tsin. cut the railway
embankment and destroyed seven miles
of their line, their officers encouraging
them and enlightened Viceroy Ii Hung
Chang. in his yamen a few miles or.
''layin' low aud sayin' nufiin.' The
cause alleged was that the embankment
prevented the flood water from running
off, which, as there were frequent out
let's. was utter nonsense. Previous TO
that attempts had been made to wreck
trains and the lives Of the foreign en-
ployes were constantly threatened.
The life too Of the foreign guard on a
train Is not always happy one. Man
darins' servants without tickets take
possession of iirst-class carriage; eat,
drink sleep and perform other func-
tions of nature ia it. Perhaps they
light pan Of charcoal to warm them
selves II the weather is cold. Charcoal
has certain asphyxiaung effects; the
other passengers complain and the
servants have to be elected. Too much
violence might lead TO a general attack
on foreigners and another Tien-Tsiu
massacre, while too little would not b0
effective. The unhappy guard has 10
follow the "happy" mean between q
good hard push and mild knock-down
blow.
There have, of course, been many ludi
crous as we'll as dangerous incidents on
the North China line. When II wal
first opened Chinese would come to tbs
booking office and try to bargain fol
tickets. When told the fare they woult
offer half and gradually raise their bid
much disgusted that they should not, Fl
a business spirit, be met half way.
One day a country gentleman on hi
first ride IN train seeing his hous
midway between two stations flying
past deliberately opened the doorsan'
stepped out into space. At the pace tn
train was going European would Ger
tainly have been killed. but tho suppl
celestial, after a prolonged series o
somersaults, was seen to pick himsel
and bundle up, dust his clothes and sc
Off home across the felds-muc
pleased with his short cut and the cor
venience Of the fire wheel carriage"
An unfortunate railway eoolie, equal
" ignorant Of the laws OF mechanics
did not get off so we'll. Seeing tw
trucks coming at a snails pace down
siding he placed his foot on the rail {
stop them. To his astonishment it WA
cut off and he learned, like StepheI
sons COW, that momentum Is made {
mass as well as velocity.
But, in spite OF everything, railway
are bound to prosper In counT
where travelling is otherwise SO slp
and difficult, carts aud ponies in Il
north and boats in the south never d
, ing more than 80 or 40 miles betwee
: dawn and dark.--London News.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
NEM cAsrIE NEws NoTEs.

The electric lights have not been
burning very steadily lately, presum-
ably from the shortness Of the coal
supply.
The sale Of the live stock and farm
ing implements of the late George
Whitfield will take place at his former
residence, near Christana, on Tues
day.
The A. o. U. w. viii give an enter
tainment next Thursday night in the
X. OF P. Hall.
On Thursday last while driving
a.Ong the trolley tracks toward his
home, Chauncey p. HolcCmb had a
narrow escape from being run over by
,hes now plough. On turning out to-
wards his lane the sleigh, which was
loaded with coal. broke down. and he
was compelled to leave it there and
ride home on horseback.
The funeral Of Mrs. Mary Sinister
took place yesterday at O'Clock in
Emmanuel Church, the remains being
placed in the adjacent receiving vault
awaiting a change Of weather.
News has been received that William
]. Black and Thomas HoicOmb, Of this
city. have been relieved of duty as
paymasters in the army, and are on
their way home. Mr.. Black and Mr..
Holcomb have recently been engaged
in Atlanta, Ga, paying off the troops,
where they were the victims Of run
away accident.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
AFTERMATH Of The STOEM

COAL SUPPLY STILL LOW AND
CITY FLOODED MANY PROVIS-
IONS BROUGHT IN.
Much talk is being heard around
town relative to the low condition Of
the coal supply in this vicinity. 1t
seems that the gas works became ex-
hausted in this necessary article. and
were compelled to purchase Of the
Delaware Iron Works. The trolley
company also was forced by cirum-
stances to buy of the same company,
and yesterday and the day before was
engaged in hauling it out on fiat car.
II appears to be a blessing in disguise
that the iron works do not have great
need of coal in this present spell Of
cold weather.
1t is also reported that the supply of
coal oil has been very low, but the way
is now open for reinforcements, and
supplies of all kinds are being brought
over from Wilmington daily.
The electric company has succeeded
in clearing it's tracks with the excep-
ton of Sixth street, which men are
employed on now.
WOrkmen are engaged IN diggirg .ui
the road between here and Whining
ton, but from the appearance of some
of the drifts they have plenty of work
before them yet, as it is necessary to
Go it all by hand.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
A VERY PLEASANT ENTERTAIN
MItNT.

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas T. T. Clark
gave very pleasant party last even
ing at their home, near this city, to
celebrate the twentieth anniversary of
their wedding. The celebration was to
have taken place several days ago, but
was postponed on account Of the
weather Games were INDUCED in, af-
ter which an elebarote supper was
served and very much enjoyed Many
people were present from out of town,
and among those present from here
were: Mr.. and Mrs John King, Mr.
and Mrs. Jesse Biggs, Miss Sallie Rid
de, the Misses Deakyne, Miss Saun-
ders Miss Mary Dyer. Robert Gordon
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Watkins
Mr.. and Mrs. John f, Stoops, Mt and
Mrs. Sudell and Harry Jamison.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
FOR LOCAL OPTION.

Bishop Coleman visited Dover last
week in the interest Of a bill providing
for local option in this city. From the
expressions of several members Of the
General Assembly the bishop met with
but little success on his mission.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Curious Mexican Custom.

A strange custom is followed by Mex
lean farmers. They use oxen OF one
color in the morning and another color
in the afternoon. They do not know
why, but they know it must be the right
thing to do, because their forefathers
did IL
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
nair Cnttlng LII Siam.

The wives of siamese noblemen cut
their hair so that it sticks straight up
from theirsheads. The average length
of it Is about ~ inches.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Wilmington & Northern r. p

TIMETABLE IN effect Nov. q, 1s9S.
Trains leave Wilmington (French Street
station), for b. & o. Junction, Gra-
nogue, Cossart. Chadd's Ford Junction,
Pocopson, Coatesville and intermediate
stations daily, except Sunday, at 7.20 a.
m: ais 400 and $50 p. m. Sunday only,
sos a. m; 2.15 and 400 p. m.
For Waynesburg Junction, Springfield
and intermediate stations, dahy, except
sunday at l.2O a. M; ais and 400 D. m.
sundays only, az SOS a. m.; 2.ls and 4Oo
u. m. i. A..
For Joanna, Birdsboro, Reading and IN
termediate stations, caily, except sun sun
only. sos a. m. and 2.15 p m.
A. q. MCAUSLAND, superintendent.
ROwNHss BRIGGS. Gen. Pass Agt-
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
NEW CASTLE ROAD oFENED.

The road between this city and Now
Castle has been opened for the travel
of light teams by Road Commissi,ner
IGrier.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Good Joiner.

"Does your husband go much into no
ciety, Mrs. Mulcahy?"
"Sure. He b1ongs to all av EN-
Chicago Tribune.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Married Women in Portugal.

In Portugal married women retain
their maiden names. ~.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18

Harry White. colored, fell on the
icy pavement yesterday and broke his
arm near the wrist.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
Keeps On
Forging Ahead.
.THf SUNDAY HERALD
increased it's sales last Sunday des-
pite the cold snap and blizzardly
weather
-
copies, making total increase of
400 under the new management.
1t is very large but shows which way the wind
lis blowing and if it keeps up the increase will reach
the thousands. THE SUNDAY HERALD is not trying
lor expecting to set Wilmington fire. 1t aspres
future and is working slowly but surely to that end
NEXT SUNDAYS ISSUE,

besides the usual budget of local news condensed and
sely presented will have unusually fine spread of special
articles.
Evening journal., 1899-02-18
1.-THE Blushing Critic"

will discuss the proposition recently made by Mrs Kidder
the great New York society DAME THAT the first mis-
take made responsible for the introduc-
ton of the CRADLE WITTY.
The Washburn leader., 1899-11-04
How . B.by Primo. Conquered.


The birth of a son to the duchess OF
Aosta, it is said, was a great shock to
the princess of Naples, which has In
creased her very natural grief at he1
own childlessness. Prince Amadeo
(who by virtue of this childlessness II
now in succession to the throne) is q
small, fair-haired baby Of about a year
with more than the ordinary amount Of
babyish winning ways. One day the
princess met the little chap in corri-
dor in his nurses arms. She would
have avoided him, as usual, but as she
passed with averted head he suddenly
held out his fat, dimpled arms, and on
the impulse Of the moment she took
him from the nurse, while her eyes
filled with tears. The little fellow laid
his lips on each of her lids, strokins
her cheeks with both hands. She gave
q sob, and has ever since been his
most devoted slave
The Washburn leader., 1899-11-04

paralysis, epilepsy and similar afflic-
tions.
American medical men are naturally
jubilant over the fact that one Of their
number has succeeded in solving a
problem with which some of the most
famous scientists in the world have
struggled in vain for years. Prof Koch
of Berlin, Dr. Brown-Sequard of Paris,
DR.. w. A. Hammond of Washington
and others of almost equal fame have
given the best parts of their lives to a
study of this subject in various forms
without material satisfactory results.
They have accomplished just enough to
convince themselves and the medical
profession in general that they were
working on the right lines so far as
the idea of lymph treatment was
concerned, but were never able to
reach the grand finale of being able to
demonstrate its merits in practical
way.
During all the years that these fa-
NOUS men were experimenting, quiet.
The Washburn leader., 1899-11-04
LIFE ON ISLAND OF ST. HELENA

inhabitants Happy and Contented and
Crime Almost Unknown.
From the New York Times: Few
people ever think of st. Helena except
as rock in the sea on which Napoleon
llved a while miserably and then more
miserably died. That the greatest of
antl-climaxes was not the end of the
little islands history is hard to realize,
possibly because poet or romancer
would have. made it the end, and &:
continuation is therefore more or less
unnatural and absurd. Be that as 1T
may, st. Helena has remained the abid-
Ing place of ordinary human beings
VINO concern themselves very little
about the colossal ghost generally sup
posed to be the islands only inhabi-
tant, and the report to the English
government just made by their gov
ernor shows that they have joys and
sorrows exactly like those of the folks
dwelling in places less tragically fa-
nous. For instance, the revenues of
the island last year were E9,152. a de-
cidedly comfortable sum, but alas! the
expenditures amounted to E12,349, and
that is an excess of outgo not comfort
able at all. The governor says, how
ever, that the bad balance was due to
some extraordinary drains upon the
islands resources, and that he antici-
pates substantial surplus for the cur
rent year. A recent increase of the
garrison and extensive improvements
now making by the colonial and I'M
perial authorities assure the imme-
diate prosperity of the islanders. St.
Helena has no public debt, but is pay
ing off by small annual installments a
Misunderstanding grant of $4,000
made by parliament in 1871. The i'm
ports, chiefly foodstuffs and building
materials, amounted last year to G62,-
9S5, and the exports, almost wholly po-
tatoes to s4,391. Lacemaking has been
introduced among the girls of the is
land with great success, and the gov
ernor is experimenting with the manu-
facture of brick and tile. The whal-
ers have now entirely deserted st.
Helena, the few ships engaged in that
industry keeping far to the north or
south. The total population of the is
land Is 4.543. The governor hopes that
winter visitors from England may be
tempted by the salubrity Of the cli-
mate to try st. Helena, which is su-
perior, he says, in some respects to that
OF Madeira and the Canary islands. He
says the people as a whole compare
favorably with the English agricul-
tural population; with few exceptions
all can read and write, and the Ian
guage is spoken with greater purity
than in many districts at home. AS q
rule, the people are happy and con-
tented, with little crime among them
and much kindness in helping each
other. Strangers are greatly impressed
with the general civility shown by
them to old and young.
The Washburn leader., 1899-11-04
REM ARKABLE
Workmanship Shown in a Fan Sent
from Manila.

Workmanship Shown In Fan Sen
from Manila.
st. Louis Globe Democrat: Miss
Augusta Alsmeyer, of 3426 Blair ave
nue., this week received from Manila 8
pretty sample of Filipino handiwork ir
the shape of a gorgeous fan. The send
er is friend of Miss Alsmeyer, Mr.
Valentine Frank, of Company E, Sixth
United States artillery, attached to the
Eighth army corps. The fan is dain'
ty piece of work, and demonstrates
that the inhabitants of Uncle Sans
distant possessions are, fully as well
versed in the art of devising pretty and
valuable ornaments as are the Japan
ese, their work resembling much that
of the Inhabitants of the little empire
as regards the popularity of artistic
conception and oddness. The fan is
made to fold. The handle and separat-
ing parts are made of frail ivory
daintily carved. Inserted into the end
of each is the feather of swan, at the
end of which is the gorgeous tip of 9
peacock feather, altogether forming an
attractively beautiful blending of nat
ural colors. Perhaps the most beauti'
full piece of work in the construction Of
the fan lies in the swan feathers
Woven into these slender feathers are
variegated threads, forming fantastic
figuring of flowers, personages and
leaves. In the center of the right side
of the fan is woven among the feath-
ers a picture representing man and
woman picking fruit. Into this one
picture alone is introduced an amaz-
ing woof Of colors, varied as those Of
the rainbow, causing one to marvel
how such variety of threads could be
woven so intricately and with such
perfect precision upon the slender
swan feathers. About these figures are
clustered varf-colored flowers and
leaves, the latter being of a pure white
silk, while the former are made OF
silks of many hues. Upon the reverse
side of the feathers are also innumer-
able woven flowers and leaves. The
work is evidently that Of some past
master in the art.
The Washburn leader., 1899-11-04

simple, country doctor, and practlclhs
in an obscure hamlet at that, DR.. ROD
erts received scanty attention from the
scientists. 1t was absurd to expect him
to succeed when much greater men had
failed. Like many another man VINO
has solved some immense problem IN
an humble way, while hundreds of dis
tinguished scholars confessed them
selves bafled, he was called "crank.
Even his patients who had faith in his
pills and other prescriptions were at
first unwilling to have the goats
lymph tried on them, and the good doc
tor had hard time finding subjects.
He got a few apparently hopeless
cases, however, and before long the
people of Greene City began to notice
marked change in the condition OF
some patients who had hitherto been
pronounced incurable. Men and wom-
en- bowed and bent with rheumatic at
fictions grew spry and active; several
cases of locomotor ataxia, for which
physicians declared there was no help,
were greatly benefited. and long list
of other diseases were radically cured.
The most notable effects were obtained
in people of old age, who seemed to be
rejuvenated and endowed with new
lease of life. At last, with ample evil
dence of the merit of the lymph treat
ment all about him in his own home,
and presented in manner which could
not be challenged, DR.. Roberts sud-
denly became a man of Importance in
the medical world.
Patients focked to DR.. Roberts
home at Greene City in large numbers,
and his fame spread all over the
world. Then came demand from the
medical profession for the formula of
the lymph, and DR.. Roberts at once
made it public. He did more than
this. He invited physicians to come
to his Missouri home and study the
treatment so they might use it in their
general practice. Among those who
went were number of Chicago men,
including DR.. Joseph R. Hawley, pro-
fessor of physical diagnosis in the Chi
cago Clinical school, and DR.. Hartwell
of ST. Louis.
Like most of their fellow practition-
ers, Drs. Hawley and Hartwell went to
Greene City as doubters, feeling it was
another trip after will-o'-the-wisp
such as the medical fraternity have
been making at periods for many
years. After close investigation,
however, they came back thorough
converts to the new treatment. They
Investigated the entire process care
fully, talked with patients who had
been cured, obtained evidence that
over 800 people had been treated with
out single failure, and then said:
"Dr. Roberts, you owe it to the medi-
cal fraternity and to humanity to
transfer your headquarters to some
larger and more central point where
you can reach more physicians. There
are lots of doctors who cannot afford.
the expense of trip to Missouri to
study your treatment; there are thou
sands of sick people in similar plight"
Dr. Roberts did not hesitate. He had
made his formula public when by re-
tanning the secret he might have made
millions of dollars. His first intention
was to locate laboratory in ST. Louis,
but it was finally decided to establish
it at 1907 Prairie avenue, Chicago, with
a branch in st. Louis under the direc-
tion of Dr. Hartwell, at Vandeventer
and Washington avenues. Distin-