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Evening journal., 1899-04-10
DRAMATIC CLUE PLAY.

The Wilmington Dramatic Club has
decided TO give for ITS last play of the
season 1S9S-99. Married Life" a COM
edy By Buckstone The cast is not yet
complete, but will probably be made
ont this week. and rehearsals begun for
the performance. wh1ch win be given
| I'm May
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.scNIE pEcIsIoNs ENPEcrnn-

On Wednesday Chancellor Nicholson
VIII f-t in this city in both chancery
and Orphans Court. Il is expected
that he Will take advantage 90 the &C.
cas.on to hand down several decisions
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.KGlIarl &. Co.
Dress Goods

The SOC all wool
Dress Goods reduced
to 39c on Saturday
are still in good as
sortment, but bear in
mind that goods re-
duced by us do not
last very long. 1t
will he we'll if in want
to see them.
If you would pre-
fer to have a suit
ready-made, we have
a very superior line
at
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Suspenders.

Wash Suspenders, two pair
in a box. made of white and
figured pique, 25c per box.
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Senator Blake.y. charman cf the
Ford-McVey INVESTIGATING oonmi zee.
to-day drew checks for the last three
Witnesses. an THE others having been
paid TIE three were Irwin D'sharoon.
Dennis $. Shield, and Asram r. Carey.
OF the $500 appi oTristel the expamsss IS
have taken about $3.50
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Special Correspondence Evening Journal
A cheap substitute for standard
advertised article may prove TO he any
thing bnt bargain. Be careful To get
what you ask for.
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We have enough trouble on cur
hands without arne1ing such Mtte
yeEcwjacket as Nicaragua.
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VIA. B. Sharp Z Co.
Fourth aa! Market sis.
Cotton Grenadine.

Tamis Cloth "a cotton
grenadine to initiate the WOOL
en- goods in the following
colors black, navy, green,
brown, red, plum, light blue,
pink, lavender, pea green, ecru
aud cream-beautiful goods
for waists and dresses. A
fortunate purchase makes the
price about half, 1oc per yard.
Table Linens.
Two special offerings Of
fine Damask Table Linen as
follows:
Lot No. /. 800 yards extra fine German
silver bleached. all pure Linen Dam.
ask, 75c. grade for soc. per yard. g.
inches wide.
Lot No. ?. $50 yards extra fine 70 inches
wide. full bleached Irish Damask, g
grade, for Csc. per yard.
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NIGHT sC,uOOT TO.N1cur

'7''I'' vi 7 ~ TNITI
Al Goldey College. Sth and Market Indi-
vldual Instruction iu bOOkkg ping pen-
manship. shorthand. etc. can tonight
L l.
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White Plaids.

1000 yards extra fine plaid
lawns. new and beautiful pat
terms, special price, Ioc per
yard for I5c grade.
Corsets.
In addition TO our full line
of r. & c.,
Thompson's,
Sonnette,
DR.. Warmers,
P. D.,
c P. and J. B.,
in all sizes, we have the cele-
brated Memo, self-reducing
corset, hygienically construct
ed, giving grace and SYM
metry and support. They
are recommended by leading
doctors and dressmakers,
$3.50 per pair.
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Summer Corsets.

With our special Summer
Corsets that we are selling
at SO and soc per pair, we
will offer 600 pairs of an ex-
ira good Summer Corset, in
all sizes, at 25c per pair.
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IENTH ANNIVERsARY

High or low Shoes are proper flo
spring wear Clcland sells Them
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Shams and Scarfs

Braided Shams and Scarfs
for bureau and washstands
will be here by Wednesday,
at 25c each. We will also
sell Wednesday about 800
Irish point Shams and Scarfs,
new and beautiful patterns,
at the following reductions:
75c. grade for 50c.
Sl00 grade for 75c.
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POLITICAL NOTES.

TLe Demacratic County Executive
Ccmmayee of Sussex county VIII meet
lat Georgetown tO-momCw.
on April p the Democratic League
.Ci Brandyw.ne hundred which Is ta.l-
Ing Ci erecting clubhouse naar
She.irct Park, wr1 give a reception TO
the Democratic members Cf the Cen
eral Assembly at Shellpot Park.
From now on ihc Department os
Elections VIII sit from . to 8 p. m. each
day to transfer the names Of voters
who have moved their resilence since
the last registration and it IS thought
thar about 600 transfers wiz be made.
The friends Of p. W Lynch are sug-
eesUng his name fer president CT CITY
Council Mr.. Lynch was the Demo
cratic nominee in 1898
This evening a special meeting cs
the Young Mems Republican Glib VIII
ls leld
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ASH W1TNEssFs PAIN

.s9 g99es that are Shoes are sold at Gle
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France to Abolish the Lance.

It is the determination of the French
war Office to disband the regiments of
lancers, because it has been discov-
cred that the lance is very dangerous
weapon-to the lancer. According to
the statistics of the Prussian army,
which are cited as we'll as those OF
Saxony and Wurtemberg, it appears
that 667 soldiers have been accident
ally wounded by the obnoxious weap-
on since 1885, OF the 667, divided
among eighty-three regiments, l26
men were wounded by their own
lances and $50 by lances in the hands
of comrades. The other men were
wounded through accidents happening
to the horses they were riding. Out
of the 667 wounded men, the injuries
to four proved fatal, and twenty-eight
had to be retired because of their
wounds. After the Franco-German
war the use of the lance was discon,
tinued il the French army until
about five years ago, when it was re-
instated IN the dragons.
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Some plain but smart-looking win.
ter costumes of cloth or cheviot for
women of moderate means who will
use the suits for general wear during
the entire season, are made with a
beautifully shaped and fitted prin.
cesse back and redingote front. The
skirt beneath is of = matching or con-
trasting color, as is preferred. Some
of these gowns have fitted bodice
front, trimmed simply with braid or
stitching and tailor buttons, and often
there is a guimpe Russo inserted in
the rounded opening about the neck.
For slender figures, however, most of
these new garments are made with a
trim-looking but seamless, dartless
front, slightly dropped, and turned
back over vest of braided cloth, or
with passementerie Stimulating SOU
tache braiding-or else vest of plait-
ed silk framed with velvet revers that
reach from the turn-down collar to the
waist. The sleeves are close coat
shapes, and most of the models show
the skirt still made with slight dip
at the back.
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MOURNING COSTUME.

suitable textile for mou rning, OF
course, heavily trimmed with crepe,
with which material the hem of the
dress is invariably covered. Another
favorite te1tilefor mourning is "Cash-
mere de PInde," and again cheviot
and. "droguet.
For half-mourning, all the new pas
tel shades of bluish-grays which are
now 30 fashionable are adopted. On
these the trimming, thoug b not neces-
sarily of crepe, must in all cases be
black, or black and white mingled.
Capes, or the new long semi fitting
garment, are more seen than short
Jackets, which are considered some
what too negligee. These garments
are made this year of considerable
length, reaching to within about
twelve inches Of the foot of the skirt.
Among furs, astrakhan, caracule and
Mongolian.goat are suitable, not as
trimming for the dress, but in the
shape of capes or boas.
{ I'm Paris no deep mourning attire is
considered complete without the long
crepe veil, starting from the back OF
the bonnet and reaching to the ex-
treme verge of the skirt: but only
during the first three months does it
cover. the face, after which period it
is allowed to droop over the back OF
the dress, while short square veil
shields the face.
A pretty new fashion for half-mourn-
ing for children's wear shows dresses
of some heavy weave of white wooden
textiles trimmed with narrow bands Of
black crepe. In this case the hat may
also be of white felt or velvet, trimmed
as lightly as possible with crepe, but
without either feathers or flowers.
The mourning costume shown in
the large engraving is OF black cloth,
trimmed with festoons of Grape. On
the waist bertha of crepe surrounds
o tucked chemisette of the same mate
rial.
The long cloth coat shown is cut in
7ery narrow cores and piped with
crepe. There are two rows of black
crepe scallops. one on the front of the
deep. shaped founce, the other head
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,HirhLirhts.

Love has thousand eyes, but most
of them are near sighted. a
Ofknowledge even the wisest man
carries only sample case. g
If girl can't sing all she has tos do
is to act as if she thought she could&
A liberal education is one that aIs
lows girls as we'll as boys 70 run tcs s|
fires. ~ q,
If sorrow gnaw your vitals be glad
it isn't moths in your winter oyerc coat 81
We pursue happiness on the high
way, but it is more often found IN the
by-paths. q. "a
As an obstacle to success in life TOO
much self control is sonetimes as bad
as too little.
To be obviously and an1iously care
full regarding the correct thing is not;
the correct thing. "a
Second thoughts are wisest, because
by The time we get them we have re-sS e
membered to hold our tongues. s
For woman to worship 9 mnn iE
all right, but for her to let him know
it is to give him her best trump.
As soon as DOCTORS prescriptlpnj
makes woman feel better sheis sorry
she wasted money getting it filed
Chicago Record.
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nor will the shadow of the shirt waist
diminish in the least during the win
ter. The former tried and true friend
in every wardrobe is putting out some
amendments on its previous condition.
That is to say, it is arriving in the
shops made of satin or the very soft
satin surfaced silks that have suf-
fcient body to stand fanciful stitching.
This is pretty and commendable and
the effect is very like the sketch of q
bodice given here, the original OF
which was of black peau de sole, hand
painted in design of iris in the natural
color of the flower. The collar is of
shirred chiffon and q similar finish is
at wrists.
Scores of the silk and flannel shirts
just out of the workrooms show how
they have shed their loose shirt sleeves
and broad cuffs for dress waist sleeves
and cuffs that dropiover the hand; it
is easy. therefore, tohazard a prophecy
in favor of this fashion that is going
to rob our shirt waists of one.half their
simple charm.
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Style of the New Toques.

The new toques are considerably
larger than former shapes. They are
wider, and are therefore becoming to
women with slender faces, when the
trimmings are not arranged too
straight and high. Many of the
French models are composed of ex-
.quisitely shaded velvets; thatis, there
is not a single piece of shaded velvet
used, hut three separate weaves. For
instance, one handsome toqueis COM
possd of beautiful trio of tints,
shading from deep prelate purple to
palest Parma violet. Another hasvel-
vet grading from dark jacqueminot red
to rose pink, with three ostrich plumes
matching three distinct shades, held
by triangle.shaped buckle Of French
brilliants. A third model shows an
artistic blending of moss, mignonette
and stem green velvet, the hat being
nearly covered with standing and
gracefully drooring green plumes.
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Cut on tho wrong Leg.

There is an enterprising Liverpool
tailor who has never been known to-
acknowledge that he didn't have any
thing o possible customer night ask I
for.
One day q customer entered the
shop and asked if he had any trousers
made especially for one-legged men.
Certainly" replied the merchant
"What kind do you want?" i
"Dress trousers said the man.
"The best you've got"
HErrying into the rear OF the store,
the enterprising merchant snatehed
mp pair of trousers and shipped Oh
the right leg with pair of scissors
Hastily turning under the edges, he
presented them to the customer.
That's the kind, want. What's
the price?" y
Zone guinea"
"Well, give me pair with the left
leg off," S
A month later the merchant was
pronounced convalescent and on the
high road to recovery.-Tit-Bits.
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Peculiar Accident to a woodcoch. Z

Recently Q hunter started up large
woodcock, which acted much differ
emily from any woodcock that he had
ever seen. Instead of rising up and
flying away rapidly, the bird circled
round and round, narrowly escaping
a violent death by colliding with the
trees. When. the bird was killed the
sportsman found that large oak leaf
had been the innocent cause of the
birds peculiar actions. In scraping
around the woods for its dinner the
woodcock had run it's bill through
large leaf, which so obscured its sight
that it was impossible for it to guide
itself in the air. The sudden pres
ence of the hunter had started the.
bird before it had ti.ae to remgsgFtn&
leaf withEits feet, and in this s.
,apped condition II, had vahHl M
in the ar until it Was shcts ss q 4 Sss5ss
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Bore His Loss in Silence.

The following episode happened at
the recent brilliant charge of the
Twenty-frst Lancers, ct the fall OF
Omdurman:
One of the men got his thumb cut
off, and turning to his chum, an Irish
man, calculated:
"Whatever shall I do? I'm done
for life"
Pat, taking things somewhat coolly
and thinking his chum was making q
fuss over a mere triae, responded,
solemnly:
"Begorra. that's nothin to make
fuss about; here's poor Jones wild his
head cut of, an not word is he
anpin'n -
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An old Dane from san FRANCISCO uau
no companion, not even dog.
Sometime I do get mad" he said,
"when the sled pull so hard, and ]
say, 'Yohn you are big fool to start
for Klondyke when you are sixty-nine.'
But we do not like to gif up. Meier
do we get so old we tank it too late to
make a fortune. If man know as we
would drop dead on top of the pass, l
tank a man 20 on to see the ting out.
I make fortune tree time, and efery
time haf many pad lucks-yes, very
many pad lucks. Sometime I set
lonely, and then I say, 'Yohn, there is
YOUR wife, there is your shildren; it is
Sunday dinner, and you are home with
a pile of gold. '"-Frederick Palmer,
in Scribner's.
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CHAPTER VII.
AN AMBITIOUS GIRL.


Bertha Seton, who went to the opera
for the purpose of hearing the music
an uncommon reason gave her en-
tire attention to the business of listen
ing to it; but her companion, who was
seated farthest away from the rest OF
their party, felt that the mimic drama
going on before had suddenly lost ali
interest il. .comparison:to the more per-
sonal one which she had now an op-
portnnity of studying. She had but
recently returned from England, where
she had spent several months; and
while there she had become acquainted
with Earl of Windermere and'his fam
ily; and she had been admitted to a
degree of intimacy that is only per-
mitted on brief acquaintance to young,
pretty and rich American girls
Olive Gaye was not rich, and, to
many persons, she was not even pretty
but she had that mysterious quality
which the French call "chic," and
which in English can only be described
as combination of tact, style and
personal fascination. All this, to.
gether with q groundless reputation
as an heiress, had opened many very
tall doors to her in English society
which would have remained closed
without these recommendations to
worldly success. Under an appear
ance of almost childlike ingenious
ness, she carried an amount of world
ly knowledge that might have done
credit to any dowager-leader OF fash
ion and cold, determined, persistent
ambition, of which few people even
suspected the existence. This almost
\ baby. like appearance of ingenuousness
now enabled her to watch Stanley and
Polly Hamilton, to seem at times ab'
sorbed in the play and music and to
keep an observant eye upon the owner
of the broken fan, the foreigner,
whose elderly husband had addressed
her as Celestine; and all this Olive
Gave mahaged to do without attract
ing any more attention to herself than
a well-behayed child might have done.
It was not the least of this young
lady's charms that there was something
attractive even about her way of being
rude. She quickly perceived thai
Polly Hamilton was also giving hel
undivided attention to the music, hav'
ing come for the same reason as
Bertha; and Stanley, now that he was
no longer devoting himself in word anc
look to his companion, ceased to ap
pear to this shrewd observer so much
like an engaged lover.
mo, he doesn't love her." she
thought, "but he chooses to have hel
believe that he does. If he has made
up his mind to marry her, Of course
that amounts to the same thing. Doe.
he love any one, I wonder? Or is h
capable of love? Ifear not, and thos'
men are always the hardest to manage
Now. I have made up my mind t.
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OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR,
LAUcHTER.PRovoKINc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN. !.

her Little Laugh-DurIng the Quarrel
Worse Than War-His Preference
Criticism-One OF His Needs-Willing
to Oblige-More Appropriate, Etc.
Her little laugh rang sweet and clear,
Irs silvery music charmed my ear;
All life seemed on the merriest plan
When she laughed at the other man.
Her little laugh again heard,
But to no mirth my soul was stirred;
It made difference, you see,
When, heartless girl, she laughed at me.
Chicago Rec ord.
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Short Gloves Worn.

Our grandmothers thought them.
selves very smart in one-button gloves,
and q few years ago six-button ones
were very commonly worn, but the
length of the sleeve Of the moment has
sent many buttoned gloves out Of
fashion, and three and two buttons are
the smsrtest thing to wear inst now.
Indeed, longer gloves than these are
out of the question il we are to look at
all in the fashion and to preserve our
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A Smaller Investrn ent.

"Just think of the men who became
great by burning the midnight oil"
YES" answered the man who
speaks of weary accents. "Oue could
afford to burn oil. Those men didn't
have to run risks and put in their
good money burning gas at sl.25 per
thousand feet. Washington Star. .
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Clerical Ordnance,

Hobbs-''I see by the papers that
your friend, the Rev. DR.. Bang, has
Joined the artillery of the church"
Dobbs-"Wha do you mean?"
Hobbs-"W why, he's been made a
canon of the cathedral"
"Hm; I didn't know that
be was such big gun:."-New York
Weekly.
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CHAPTER vi.
CONTINUED.

At that moment sharp exclama'
ton caused both speakers to turn sud.
denly in the direction whence it had
come-to meet the sparkling gaze of
pair of beautiful flashing dark eyes.
Those eyes were 50 beautiful and sc
brilliant that it was several moments
before either of the young girls recov'
cred from her surprise sufficiently tc
understand what had happened. Bu'
in the meantime the owner of these
eyes had spoken, and with smile thai
gave added radiance to her beauty was
explaining the cause of trifing acci
dent and her own sudden exclama.
tion.
Pardon" she said in perfect Eng,
iish but with strong though charm
ing foreign accent, ''it is only my poor
fam" And she held up the wreck o.
an elegant fan in lace and mother.of
pearl. IT am the only person tc
blame. In mere forgetfulness I hac
rested my hand on the back of mad
emoiselle's chair, and when she leaned
against it the poor fan was crushed.
was startled into exclaiming aloud,
Pray, pardon me!'
"Oh, dear!'' exclaimed Bertha, who
saw at once that she had brought de-
struction on the fan. 'I'm afraid i
is who ought to be making apologies
how awkward of mel am 80 very
e sorry"
"No-I beg-don't give yourself 6
thought about it, mademoiselle; it is
really y my fault entirely. To be quite
frank, I was trying to see the gentle
man in the box yonder. I am certain
that I recognize an old friend, but ]
couldn't catch his attention, and thai
is why I leaned forward d and forget al
about my poor FAM"
"Mr.. Stanley, you mean? Is he q
friend of yours?" said Bertha, impul'
puisively.
STANLEY, did you call him? Mon
sieur Stsnfey-ah! Then I must have
made a mistake" said the fair for
eigner in a disappointed tone.
''The Honorable Clarence Stanley"
said Bertha, with a sudden curiosity
rs to what the owner Of the fne"eyes
might say in reply. A young English-
man Who has but recently come to
New York"
"Ah, the Honorable Clarence Stan
ley, an Englishman, then am mis-
taken; but I could only zee his side
face from here. The gentleman ]
meant was not an Englishman and
quite different person. Thanks. 80
much, mademoiselle, for giving me
the name"
Bertha murmured some further
apology for the breaking of the fan, at
which the foreign lady's companion, Q
stout, elderly man with very red
face and very white hair said impa'
tiently:
"Whatis all this talk about broken
fan Celestine? What nonsense! I vii.
buy you dozen fans!"
The owner of the fan shrugged he,
graceful shoulders, and murmured II
q low tone:
"Mon mari!''
Preliminary sounds were heard from
the neighborhcod of the stage, her
aiding the return OF the orchestra: the
curtain rolled up, and the third at Of
the opera began.
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An Unfortunate Recollection.

"Whom did you marry, Eilly"
"a Miss Jones, of Philadelphia. :"
"You always did like the name
JONES' you used to tag round after q
little snub-nosed Jones girl wher we
rent to school together"
eyes; she's the girl married.
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Tho Smallest Cemetery.

The smallest cemetery in the world
which only measures twenty-five
and one-half feet by fourteen feet-is
situated in the tweed manufacturing
town of Galashiels, in Scotland. Il
has long been closed as a buria
ground.
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Criticism.

First Tramp-"Dese people what
complain OF dere work bein'. too hard
make me tired"
Second Tramp-"Dey do?"
First Tramp-''Yes. Why don't
dey t'row up de job"-Puck.
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Written For His Benefit.

The Inquisitor-''The first essential
Of joke is a good point, is it pot?"
The Manufacturer -"Not at all.
The one essential is to write something
an exchange editor can put smart
head on. n."-Indianapolis Journal.
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His Vigorous Kick.

Stubb-"So the audience found the
show to be fake?"
Penn-"Yes, and among them was
a football captain. He made the big
gest kick.
Stubb-"Good for you! But how
did he express himself?' ..-.....s
Penn-"He said he wanted his
Quarter back" -.
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Worse Than War.

"What's the difference between foot
ball and warp
Footballs war without any humane
object in view. Chicago News.
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Dnrinr the OuILrral.

Hubby (angrily)-"Whateve I say
goes"
Wife tsweetly)-"Of course it does,
dear. You say it 80 loud that it goes
all over the neighborhood. New
York World.
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Lucky Jiamies

Johnnie-"Ain't you ,gcin' ter
school ter day?"
Jimmie (joyfully)-"No stree, I'm
goin' ter stay home; and all I got ter
do is clean out the pump, cut two
cords O. wood and put in a ton O. coal"
-Collier's Weekly. ~ (.